S3 storage driver support¶
Provide more storage media options for users to store the backup data.
Problem description¶
Currently, freezer can only store backup data to swift compatible object storage (except local and ssh), so we should increase support for other storage driver. S3 compatible object storage is a valid choice, which is used by many individuals and companies in the public or private clouds. With S3 driver, freezer can store backup data in S3 compatible object storage, such as AWS S3 or ceph S3 interface.
Use Cases¶
Users that want to backup data to S3 compatible object storage.
OpenStack distributions deployed without swift module.
Proposed change¶
Implement in the freezer-agent a new storage type called ‘s3’.
With specifying the ‘s3’ storage type, the authentication parameters and the S3 endpoint, backup data will be stored on S3 compatible storage after the backup finished.
Alternatives¶
None
Technical details¶
Related docs:
Amazon S3 REST API Introduction * http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/Welcome.html
The python client module that could be used is botocore * https://github.com/boto/botocore
Data model impact¶
None
REST API impact¶
None
Security impact¶
None
Notifications impact¶
Some message log will be added.
Other end user impact¶
None
Performance Impact¶
None
Other deployer impact¶
A new storage type called ‘s3’ will be added.
When specify ‘s3’ type, ‘access-key’, ‘secret-key’ and ‘endpoint’ should be required.
Developer impact¶
None
Implementation¶
Assignee(s)¶
- Primary assignee:
Pengju Jiao <jiaopengju@cmss.chinamobile.com>
Work Items¶
Implementing the new storage driver (S3)
Bundling the storage driver to freezer-agent
Dependencies¶
None
Testing¶
None
Documentation Impact¶
Some instructions should be added to tell users how to use S3 storage driver.
References¶
None
History¶
None
