Unable to Create Image From Instance
Problem
- Unable to create an image from a running instance. The Image creation fails with below error in /var/log/pf9/imagelibrary/imagelibrary.log file on the glance node.
[2021-08-11,09:59:14] WARNING Thread-1 imagelibrary.observers | Could not create directory snapshot: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/mnt/nfs/imagelibrary'[2021-08-11,09:59:19] WARNING Thread-1 imagelibrary.observers | Could not create directory snapshot: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/mnt/nfs/imagelibrary'[2021-08-11,09:59:21] INFO Thread-372180 imagelibrary.maintenance | running maintenance[2021-08-11,09:59:22] INFO Thread-372180 imagelibrary.glance | Retrieved 11 images from glanceEnvironment
- Platform9 Managed OpenStack - All versions
- Glance
- Nova
Cause
- The path to store the snapshot and images is no longer present on the glance node or defined incorrectly in config files.
Resolution
- Verify the paths configured for snapshot and images are available. If yes, check if the paths are correctly defined in the /etc/glance/glance-api.conf and /etc/pf9/imagelibrary/imagelibrary.conf config file.
$ less /etc/glance/glance-api.conffilesystem_store_datadir =$ less /etc/pf9/imagelibrary/imagelibrary.confdata_directory = - Restart the pf9-glance and imagelibrary service if the config files are changed for changes to take effect.
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