Configure vCenter data stores for the Image service back end

To use vCenter data stores for the Image service back end, you must update the glance-api.conf file, as follows:

	Note
	You must configure any configured Image service data stores for the Compute service.

You can specify vCenter data stores directly by using the data store name or Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM), which requires vCenter Server 5.5 or later. For details, see the section called “Configure vCenter data stores for the back end”.

	Note
	If you intend to use multiple data stores for the back end, use the SPBM feature.

In the glance_store section, set the default_store option to vsphere, as shown in this code sample:

[glance_store]
# Which back end scheme should Glance use by default is not specified
# in a request to add a new image to Glance? Known schemes are determined
# by the known_stores option below.
# Default: 'file'
default_store = vsphere

The following table describes the parameters in the VMware Datastore Store Options section:

The following block of text shows a sample configuration:

# ============ VMware Datastore Store Options =====================
# ESX/ESXi or vCenter Server target system.
# The server value can be an IP address or a DNS name
# e.g. 127.0.0.1, 127.0.0.1:443, www.vmware-infra.com
vmware_server_host = 192.168.0.10

# Server username (string value)
vmware_server_username = ADMINISTRATOR

# Server password (string value)
vmware_server_password = password

# Inventory path to a datacenter (string value)
# Value optional when vmware_server_ip is an ESX/ESXi host: if specified
# should be `ha-datacenter`.
vmware_datacenter_path = DATACENTER

# Datastore associated with the datacenter (string value)
vmware_datastore_name = datastore1

# PBM service WSDL file location URL. e.g.
# file:///opt/SDK/spbm/wsdl/pbmService.wsdl Not setting this
# will disable storage policy based placement of images.
# (string value)
#vmware_pbm_wsdl_location =

# The PBM policy. If `pbm_wsdl_location` is set, a PBM policy needs
# to be specified. This policy will be used to select the datastore
# in which the images will be stored.
#vmware_pbm_policy =

# The interval used for polling remote tasks
# invoked on VMware ESX/VC server in seconds (integer value)
vmware_task_poll_interval = 5

# Absolute path of the folder containing the images in the datastore
# (string value)
vmware_store_image_dir = /openstack_glance

# Allow to perform insecure SSL requests to the target system (boolean value)
vmware_api_insecure = False