API Overview
This section describes some of the most commonly used Manila API calls
and their corresponding CLI commands. It is not meant to be a
comprehensive list that is representative of all functionality present
in Manila; for more information, please refer to the help text from
running manila help.
Share API
Table 6.1, “Manila API Overview - Share” specifies the valid
operations that can be performed on Manila shares. Please note that
Manila shares are identified as CLI command arguments by either their
names or UUID.
Operation |
CLI Command |
Description |
|---|
Create |
manila create
|
Create a Manila share of specified size; optional name, availability zone, share type, share network, source snapshot. The create_share_from_snapshot_support extra spec must be set to true for the associated share type in order to allow a snapshot to be the source of the new share |
Delete |
manila delete
|
Delete an existing Manila share; the manila force-delete command may be required if the Manila share is in an error state |
Edit |
manila metadata
|
Set or unset metadata on a Manila share |
Extend |
manila extend
|
Increase the size of a Manila share |
List |
manila list
|
List all Manila shares |
Manage |
manila manage
|
Bring an existing storage object under Manila management as a file share |
Show |
manila show
|
Show details about a Manila share |
Shrink |
manila shrink
|
Decrease the size of a Manila share |
Unmanage |
manila unmanage
|
Cease management of an existing Manila share without deleting the backing storage object |
Table 6.1. Manila API Overview - Share
Share Access API
Table 6.2, “Manila API Overview - Share Access” specifies the valid
access operations that can be performed on Manila shares. Please note
that Manila shares are identified as CLI command arguments by either
their names or UUID.
Warning
Please refer to the caveat as explained in
the section called “Share Access Rules”.
Operation |
CLI Command |
Description |
|---|
Allow |
manila access-allow
|
Allow access to the specified share for the specified access type and value (IP address or IP network address in CIDR notation or Windows user name). |
Deny |
manila access-deny
|
Deny access to the specified share for the specified access type and value (IP address or IP network address in CIDR notation or Windows user name). |
List |
manila access-list
|
List all Manila share access rules |
Table 6.2. Manila API Overview - Share Access
Share Export Location API
Table 6.3, “Manila API Overview - Share Export Location” specifies the
operations that can be performed to get export locations of Manila
shares. Please note that Manila shares are identified as CLI command
arguments by either their names or UUID. There may be multiple export
locations for a given share, at least one of which should be listed as
preferred; clients should use the preferred path for optimum
performance.
Operation |
CLI Command |
Description |
|---|
List |
manila share-export-location-list
|
List export locations of the specified share. |
Show |
manila share-export-location-show
|
Show details for a specific export location. |
Table 6.3. Manila API Overview - Share Export Location
Snapshot API
Table 6.4, “Manila API Overview - Snapshot” specifies the valid
operations that can be performed on Manila snapshots. Please note that
Manila snapshots are identified as CLI command arguments by either their
display name or UUID.
Important
In the Mitaka and Newton release of OpenStack, snapshot support is
enabled by default for a newly created share type. Starting with the
Ocata release, the snapshot_support extra spec must be set to
True in order to allow snapshots for a share type. If the
‘snapshot_support’ extra_spec is omitted or if it is set to False,
users would not be able to create snapshots on shares of this share
type.
Other snapshot-related extra specs in the Ocata release (and later)
include:
If an extra-spec is left unset, it will default to ‘False’, but a
newly created share may or may not end up on a backend with the
associated capability. Set the extra spec explicitly to False,
if you would like your shares to be created only on backends that do
not support the associated capabilities. For a table of NetApp
supported extra specs, refer to
Table 6.10, “NetApp supported Extra Specs for use with Manila Share Types”.
Operation |
CLI Command |
Description |
|---|
Create |
manila snapshot-create
|
Create a Manila snapshot of a specific Manila share |
Delete |
manila snapshot-delete
|
Delete a Manila snapshot |
List |
manila snapshot-list
|
List all Manila snapshots |
Manage |
manila snapshot-manage
|
Bring an existing storage object snapshot under Manila management, specifying the snapshot name as the provider location |
Rename |
manila snapshot-rename
|
Change the display-name of a Manila snapshot |
Reset State |
manila snapshot-reset-state
|
Reset the state of a Manila snapshot |
Show |
manila snapshot-show
|
Show details about a Manila snapshot |
Unmanage |
manila snapshot-unmanage
|
Cease management of an existing Manila snapshot without deleting the backing storage object snapshot |
Revert to SnapShot |
manila revert-to-snapshot
|
Revert a Manila share (in place) to the latest snapshot. The snapshot_support and revert_to_snapshot_support extra specs must be set to True for the associated share type |
Table 6.4. Manila API Overview - Snapshot
Share Type API
Table 6.5, “Manila API Overview - Share Type” specifies the valid
operations that can be performed on Manila share types. Please note that
Manila share types are identified as CLI command arguments by either
their display name or UUID. Creation or deletion of share types normally
requires administrative privileges.
Operation |
CLI Command |
Description |
|---|
Create |
manila type-create
|
Create a Manila share type |
Delete |
manila type-delete
|
Delete a Manila share type |
List |
manila type-list
|
List existing Manila share type |
Table 6.5. Manila API Overview - Share Type
Share Group API
Operation |
CLI Command |
Description |
|---|
Create |
manila share-group-create
|
Create a Manila share group |
Delete |
manila share-group-delete
|
Delete one or more Manila share groups |
List |
manila share-group-list
|
List Manila share groups |
Reset state |
manila share-group-reset-state
|
Update the state of a Manila share group |
Show |
manila share-group-show
|
Show details about a Manila share group |
Update |
manila share-group-update
|
Update details of a Manila share group |
Create SG Snapshot |
manila share-group-snapshot-create
|
Create a snapshot of a Manila share group |
Delete SG Snapshot |
manila share-group-snapshot-delete
|
Delete a snapshot of a Manila share group |
List SG Snapshot |
manila share-group-snapshot-list
|
List Manila share group snapshots |
Show SG Snapshot members |
manila share-group-snapshot-list-members
|
Get member details for a Manila share group snapshot. |
Reset SG Snapshot state |
manila share-group-snapshot-reset-state
|
Update the state of a Manila share group snapshot |
Show SG Snapshot |
manila share-group-snapshot-show
|
Show details about a Manila share group snapshot. |
Update SG Snapshot |
manila share-group-snapshot-update
|
Update details of a Manila share group snapshot. |
Table 6.7. Manila API Overview - Share Groups
Share Replication API
Operation |
CLI Command |
Description |
|---|
Create Share Replica |
manila share-replica-create
|
Create a Manila share replica. |
Delete |
manila share-replica-delete
|
Delete a Manila share replica. |
List |
manila share-replica-list
|
List all Manila Share replicas. |
Show |
manila share-replica-show
|
Show detailed information for the specified replica. |
Promote |
manila share-replica-promote
|
Change the specified replica to the ACTIVE replica for the share. |
Resync |
manila share-replica-resync
|
Tell Manila to initiate an update for the replica. |
Reset Replica Status |
manila share-replica-reset-state
|
Update the status attribute of a replica. |
Reset Replication State |
manila share-replica-reset-replica-state
|
Update the replica_state attribute of a replica. |
Table: 6.8. Manila API Overview - Share Replication
Share Migration API
Operation |
CLI Command |
Description |
|---|
Start |
manila migration-start
|
Start the share-migration process. |
Get Progress |
manila migration-get-progress
|
Show the migration progress information for a share. |
Complete |
manila migration-complete
|
Complete the migration process by removing the source share, and setting the destination share to available. |
Cancel |
manila migration-cancel
|
Cancel the migration of a share. |
Table 6.9. Manila API Overview - Share Migration
Note
Several parameters need to be specified when starting migration for
a share. For a list of supported parameters, refer to the help text
from running manila help migration-start. For example, the
NetApp driver supports preserving snapshots and file system
metadata, and can perform in-Vserver migrations non-disruptively. In
order to do so, preserve_metadata, preserve_snapshots, and
nondisruptive must be set to True.
Share Server Migration API
Operation |
CLI Command |
Description |
|---|
Check |
manila share-server-migration-check
|
Check if the destination host is compatible with the requested share server migration parameters. |
Start |
manila share-server-migration-start
|
Start the share server migration process to the provided destination. |
Get Progress |
manila share-server-migration-get-progress
|
Show the migration progress information for a share server. |
Complete |
manila share-server-migration-complete
|
Complete the migration process by updating all export locations, disconnecting all clients, and setting the destination share server to active and the source share server to inactive. |
Cancel |
manila share-server-migration-cancel
|
Cancel the migration of a share server. |
Table 6.10. Manila API Overview - Share Server Migration
Note
Several parameters need to be specified when starting migration for
a share server. For a list of supported parameters, refer to the help text
by running manila help share-server-migration-start. For example, the
NetApp driver doesn’t support migrate share servers non-disruptively until
Wallaby release. In such case, to have the migration accepted by the
NetApp driver, nondisruptive must be set to False, while
preserve_snapshots and writable can be set to True.
Important
As from Xena release, the NetApp ONTAP driver is able to perform
non-disruptive migrations of share servers when the ONTAP Cluster version
is equal to or greater than 9.10. In order to have a non-disruptive
migration accepted, a new share network with different neutron network ID or
neutron subnet ID can not be specified.
Note
“Get Progress” operation can’t provide the current progress percentage of
the data being copied. The command output will inform the current state
of the migration and the destination share server id.