Hello oliverlambert,
thanks for the hint. I edited my post correcting the formatting.

Thanks for the new patch. Applying the patch does not report any errors or warnings. When I try to create a "NFS" SR I still get the generic python error message from xencenter however the error message in /var/log/SMlog has changed:

Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975] lock: opening lock file /var/lock/sm/76ad6fee-a7a8-34e6-bcce-a53f69a677a9/sr
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975] lock: acquired /var/lock/sm/76ad6fee-a7a8-34e6-bcce-a53f69a677a9/sr
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975] sr_create {'sr_uuid': '76ad6fee-a7a8-34e6-bcce-a53f69a677a9', 'subtask_of': 'DummyRef:|c98cee36-24ff-4575-b7
43-3a84cd93ed17|SR.create', 'args': ['0'], 'host_ref': 'OpaqueRef:72898e54-20b2-4046-9825-94553457fa60', 'session_ref': 'OpaqueRef:175293cb-a791-
44be-bd5f-a4cb911adddb', 'device_config': {'server': '1.2.3.4', 'SRmaster': 'true', 'serverpath': '/base', 'options': 'name=admin,secretfil
e=/etc/ceph/admin.secret'}, 'command': 'sr_create', 'sr_ref': 'OpaqueRef:a36f0371-1dc7-4685-a208-24e04a1c1e08'}
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975] lock: released /var/lock/sm/76ad6fee-a7a8-34e6-bcce-a53f69a677a9/sr
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975] ***** generic exception: sr_create: EXCEPTION <type 'exceptions.NameError'>, global name 'useroptions' is no
t defined
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 110, in run
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]     return self._run_locked(sr)
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 159, in _run_locked
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]     rv = self._run(sr, target)
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 323, in _run
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]     return sr.create(self.params['sr_uuid'], long(self.params['args'][0]))
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/NFSSR", line 216, in create
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]     raise exn
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975] ***** NFS VHD: EXCEPTION <type 'exceptions.NameError'>, global name 'useroptions' is not defined
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 372, in run
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]     return self._run_locked(sr)
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 159, in _run_locked
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]     rv = self._run(sr, target)
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 323, in _run
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]     return sr.create(self.params['sr_uuid'], long(self.params['args'][0]))
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/NFSSR", line 216, in create
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]     raise exn
Oct  1 10:17:52 xenserver8 SM: [4975]

Hello and thanks for the new patch. I understand that this is only a kind of hack or better a proof of concept. I do not want to use this for a productive system but only wanted to give it a try with nautilus and see what performance I can expect if this hack hopefully develops to a supported integration of Ceph.

I hoped that the patch might work for XCP-ng 8.0 as well but it seems it does not that easily. So I could also install a xenserver 7.6 and use the original patch and test how it works for me. I do not want you to invest too much work in the 8.0 adoption. So if you think testing the patch 8.0 does not really help you in any way, then please do not hesitate and tell me. Else if you are as well interested to test if it works with 8.0 here is what I found out:

The new patch does not work completely, there is a "patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line" -warning. On a fresh installed system:

# cd /
# patch --verbose -p0  < /cephfs-8.patch
mm...  Looks like a unified diff to me...
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- /opt/xensource/sm/nfs.py   20199-27 16:45:11.918853933 +0530
|+++ /opt/xensource/sm/nfs.py   20199-27 16:49:26.910379515 +0530
--------------------------
patching file /opt/xensource/sm/nfs.py
Using Plan A...
Hunk #1 succeeded at 137.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 159.
Hmm...  The next patch looks like a unified diff to me...
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|--- /opt/xensource/sm/NFSSR.py 20199-27 16:44:56.437557255 +0530
|+++ /opt/xensource/sm/NFSSR.py 20199-27 17:07:45.651188670 +0530
--------------------------
patching file /opt/xensource/sm/NFSSR.py
Using Plan A...
Hunk #1 succeeded at 137.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 160.
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
Hunk #3 succeeded at 197 with fuzz 1.
done

I can do a ceph.mount just like described before but when I instead try to create a new Ceph-FS-SR named "Ceph" in xencenter 8.0.0 I still get the error that SM has thrown a generic python exception.

The SMlog error log indicates that creating a NFS repos is tried with the given parameters and not a CephFS one:

...
Sep 30 13:03:05 rzinstal4 SM: [975] sr_create {'sr_uuid': '79cc55db-ee9f-9cc0-8d94-8cdb2915363b', 'subtask_of': 'DummyRef:|6456510f-b2dd-4dcd-b6ab-eb5eb40ceb9c|SR.create', 'args': ['0'], 'host_ref': 'OpaqueRef:72898e54-20b2-4046-9825-94553457fa60', 'session_ref': 'OpaqueRef:8a0819af-8b91-4086-a9cf-04ae37dc8e79', 'device_config': {'server': '1.2.3.4', 'SRmaster': 'true', 'serverpath': '/base', 'options': 'name=admin,secretfile=/etc/ceph/admin.secret'}, 'command': 'sr_create', 'sr_ref': 'OpaqueRef:91c592f6-47a0-40d6-8a33-7fe01831145f'}
Sep 30 13:03:05 rzinstal4 SM: [975] ['/usr/sbin/rpcinfo', '-p', '1.2.3.4']
Sep 30 13:03:05 rzinstal4 SM: [975] FAILED in util.pread: (rc 1) stdout: '', stderr: 'rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused
Sep 30 13:03:05 rzinstal4 SM: [975] '
Sep 30 13:03:05 rzinstal4 SM: [975] Unable to obtain list of valid nfs versions
...

I attached my /opt/xensource/sm/nfs.py file as well.

Thanks a lot

Rainer
nfs.py.txt

Hello,

thanks for your answer. I can mount the the CephFS filesystem on the xenserver this way:

mount.ceph  1.2.3.4:/base /mnt -o "name=admin,secretfile=/etc/ceph/admin.secret"

where 1.2.3.4 is the IP of the active ceph monitor.

In xencenters New-SR-dialog I put the "1.2.3.4:/base" part in the "Share Name" input field and the options name=admin,secretfile=/etc/ceph/admin.secret in the "Advanced Options" field .

Below I attached my patched /opt/xensource/sm/NFSSR.py file:
[0_1569574207746_NFSSR.py](Uploading 100%)

NFSSR.py.txt

Hello oliverlambert,
thanks for the hint. I edited my post correcting the formatting.

Hi,

I also play around with xcp-ng and ceph and just tried to use CephFS as a storage repos. I am using XCP-ng 8.0.0 with Ceph Nautilus. Before I tried to use lvm on top of a rbd which basically works but performance is really bad this way.

So I downloaded your patch and ran it on my test 8.0.0 xenserver, all Hunks succeeded. ceph is also installed, modprobe ceph works. Next I tried to add a new cephFs repository just as you described it above.

In the end I see an error box pooping up in XencCenter: "SM has thrown a generic python exception". And thats all.

In /var/log/SMlog I see the log attached below.

Thanks
Rainer

/var/log/SMLog:

Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] lock: opening lock file /var/lock/sm/d63d0d49-522d-6160-a1eb-a9d5f34cec1e/sr
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] lock: acquired /var/lock/sm/d63d0d49-522d-6160-a1eb-a9d5f34cec1e/sr
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] sr_create {'sr_uuid': 'd63d0d49-522d-6160-a1eb-a9d5f34cec1e', 'subtask_of': 'DummyRef:|55cbc4ef-c6e9-4dba-aa5f-8f56b2473443|SR.create', 'args': ['0'], 'host_ref': 'OpaqueRef:0c03f516-7ed5-48ac-895b-51833177aed5', 'session_ref': 'OpaqueRef:d472846e-c6aa-467d-ac8b-0f401fbc698c', 'device_config': {'server': 'ip_of_mon', 'SRmaster': 'true', 'serverpath': '/sds', 'options': 'name=admin,secretfile=/etc/ceph/admin.secret'}, 'command': 'sr_create', 'sr_ref': 'OpaqueRef:9fb35d75-a45c-4ce4-b9f4-8ed8072ad6ad'}
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] ['/usr/sbin/rpcinfo', '-p', 'ip_of_mon']
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] FAILED in util.pread: (rc 1) stdout: '', stderr: 'rpcinfo: can't contact portmapper: RPC: Remote system error - Connection refused
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] '
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] Unable to obtain list of valid nfs versions
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] lock: released /var/lock/sm/d63d0d49-522d-6160-a1eb-a9d5f34cec1e/sr
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] ***** generic exception: sr_create: EXCEPTION <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>, not all arguments converted during string formatting
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 110, in run
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]     return self._run_locked(sr)
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 159, in _run_locked
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]     rv = self._run(sr, target)
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 323, in _run
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]     return sr.create(self.params['sr_uuid'], long(self.params['args'][0]))
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/NFSSR", line 216, in create
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]     raise exn
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] ***** NFS VHD: EXCEPTION <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>, not all arguments converted during string formatting
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 372, in run
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]     ret = cmd.run(sr)
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 110, in run
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]     return self._run_locked(sr)
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 159, in _run_locked
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]     rv = self._run(sr, target)
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 323, in _run
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]     return sr.create(self.params['sr_uuid'], long(self.params['args'][0]))
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/NFSSR", line 216, in create
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]     raise exn
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075]
Sep 26 09:42:54 rzinstal4 SM: [18075] lock: closed /var/lock/sm/d63d0d49-522d-6160-a1eb-a9d5f34cec1e/sr