Provide the ability to attach volumes in the read-only mode. Read-only mode could be ensured by hypervisor configuration during the attachment. Libvirt, Xen, VMware and Hyper-V support R/O volumes. https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cinder/+spec/read-only-volumes
Matched priority to upstream.
Server side landed in H-3, cinderclient changes still pending. (Will be 1.0.7+.)
Eric, if only server side landed, how could I verify this bug? is it a code change only at this point or are there any system actions that I can do to test this?
A new Blueprint was opened to allow create of a new volume as RO: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cinder/+spec/new-ro-volume
The following bugs has been discovered in RDO: Bug 1087030 - can't attach a read only volume to an instance Bug 1084038 - cinder: please mark a volume as read-only
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2014-0852.html