Description of problem: As described here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gluster-devel/2014-01/msg00097.html Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
I came across this issue while working on Puppet Gluster... volume create: puppet: failed: The brick annex1.example.com:/var/lib/puppet/tmp/gluster/data/puppet is is being created in the root partition. It is recommended that you don't use the system's root partition for storage backend. Or use 'force' at the end of the command if you want to override this behavior. For automation purposes, this is a problem, because while I'm happy to add in the 'force' argument for all commands to avoid the above error, if a different type of error that can be overrided by force occurs, then I'll be unknowingly allowing it. For this reason, it probably makes sense to add in an alternate syntax, such as --allow-root-storage or similar... One for each possible override. Also: As a side note, I would _LOVE_ to see an --allow-reusing-prefix to forcibly clear the prefixes if they are empty and create the volume. The problem is failed gluster volume create commands make folders on all the hosts, and cause you to hit the prefix problem. Cheers, James
Ehm. Any update on this?
This is something what we have taken into account in glusterd2. we'll have explicit flags instead of a generic 'force' flag to bypass certain validations. This enhancement will not be worked at glusterd1.