Support query volume detail with glance metadata¶
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cinder/+spec/support-volume-glance-metadata-query
Provide a function to support query volume detail filter by glance metadata.
Problem description¶
The purpose of this feature is to make user to query volume detail more conveniently. User can query a specific bootable volume quickly filtering by image_name or other glance metadata.
Use Cases¶
At large scale deployment, there could be many bootable volumes in a tenant. So if user want query some bootable volume detail filtering by the image name or other info came from glance metadata, they could use this feature to query it more conveniently. No need to list all volumes and find what you want tiring.
Proposed change¶
Add DB query filter using volume_glance_metadata in api of sqlaclchemy.
User can use glance metadata to filter volume detail in cinder api. The query url is like this:
"volumes/detail?glance_metadata={"image_name":"xxx"}"
Alternatives¶
None
Data model impact¶
None
REST API impact¶
- Add query filter support using glance metadata:
GET /v2/{project_id}/volumes/detail?glance_metadata={“image_name”:”xxx”}
Security impact¶
None
Notifications impact¶
None.
Other end user impact¶
None
Performance Impact¶
Search a lot of glance metadata may take longer than other querying. It may need add new index to column key and value in volume_glance_metadata table to improve searching performance.
Other deployer impact¶
None
Developer impact¶
None
Implementation¶
Assignee(s)¶
- Primary assignee:
wanghao<wanghao749@huawei.com>
Work Items¶
Implement code in db query filter.
Update cinderclient to support this function.
Add change API doc.
Dependencies¶
None
Testing¶
Both unit and Tempest tests need to be created to cover the code change that mentioned in “Proposed change”.
Documentation Impact¶
The cinder API documentation will need to be updated to reflect the REST API changes.
References¶
None
