openeuler/sheepdog repository overview

⁠Quick reference

• The official sheepdog docker image.

• Maintained by: openEuler CloudNative SIG⁠.

• Where to get help: openEuler CloudNative SIG⁠, openEuler⁠.

⁠sheepdog | openEuler

Current sheepdog docker images are built on the openEuler⁠. This repository is free to use and exempted from per-user rate limits.

Sheepdog is a distributed storage system for QEMU. It provides highly available block level storage volumes to virtual machines. Sheepdog supports advanced volume management features such as snapshot, cloning, and thin provisioning.

Learn more on sheepdog Website⁠.

⁠Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

The tag of each sheepdog docker image is consist of the version of sheepdog and the version of basic image. The details are as follows

⁠Usage

In this usage, users can select the corresponding {Tag} based on their requirements.

• Pull the openeuler/sheepdog image from docker

  docker pull openeuler/sheepdog:{Tag}
  

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• Run with an interactive shell

  You can also start the container with an interactive shell to use sheepdog.

  docker run -it --rm openeuler/sheepdog:{Tag} bash
  

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• Set up the storage environment

  Create a directory for sheepdog storage

  mkdir -p /home/storage
  

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• Start the sheepdog daemon

  The -c local flag runs sheepdog in standalone mode(no cluster).

  sheep /home/store/ -c local
  

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• Initialize the cluster

  The --copies=2 flag ensures data redundancy by storing two copies.

  collie cluster format --copies=2
  

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• Create a virtual disk image (VDI)

  Create a 10GB volume named myvolume

  collie vdi create myvolume 10G
  

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• Verify the volume

  List available volumes

  collie vdi list
  

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⁠Question and answering

If you have any questions or want to use some special features, please submit an issue or a pull request on openeuler-docker-images⁠.