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authorRonnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com>2012-01-26 09:39:02 +1100
committerKevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>2012-02-09 16:17:50 +0100
commitf9dadc9855ae1554a98c53a10a3a962859992865 (patch)
tree0caa488862f25a75658e28b0b01f636f5143ba29 /qemu-doc.texi
parent71b58b82dac1e1dc5e08a005a14bbcafecbd9e2a (diff)
iSCSI: add configuration variables for iSCSI
This patch adds configuration variables for iSCSI to set initiator-name to use when logging in to the target, which type of header-digest to negotiate with the target and username and password for CHAP authentication. This allows specifying a initiator-name either from the command line -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.2004-01.com.example:test or from a configuration file included with -readconfig [iscsi] initiator-name = iqn.2004-01.com.example:test header-digest = CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE user = CHAP username password = CHAP password If you use several different targets, you can also configure this on a per target basis by using a group name: [iscsi "iqn.target.name"] ... The configuration file can be read using -readconfig. Example : qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.ronnie.test/1 -readconfig iscsi.conf Signed-off-by: Ronnie Sahlberg <ronniesahlberg@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
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@@ -730,6 +730,57 @@ export LIBISCSI_CHAP_PASSWORD=<password>
iscsi://<host>/<target-iqn-name>/<lun>
@end example
+Various session related parameters can be set via special options, either
+in a configuration file provided via '-readconfig' or directly on the
+command line.
+
+@example
+Setting a specific initiator name to use when logging in to the target
+-iscsi initiator-name=iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator
+@end example
+
+@example
+Controlling which type of header digest to negotiate with the target
+-iscsi header-digest=CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE
+@end example
+
+These can also be set via a configuration file
+@example
+[iscsi]
+ user = "CHAP username"
+ password = "CHAP password"
+ initiator-name = "iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator"
+ # header digest is one of CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE
+ header-digest = "CRC32C"
+@end example
+
+
+Setting the target name allows different options for different targets
+@example
+[iscsi "iqn.target.name"]
+ user = "CHAP username"
+ password = "CHAP password"
+ initiator-name = "iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator"
+ # header digest is one of CRC32C|CRC32C-NONE|NONE-CRC32C|NONE
+ header-digest = "CRC32C"
+@end example
+
+
+Howto use a configuration file to set iSCSI configuration options:
+@example
+cat >iscsi.conf <<EOF
+[iscsi]
+ user = "me"
+ password = "my password"
+ initiator-name = "iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator"
+ header-digest = "CRC32C"
+EOF
+
+qemu-system-i386 -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
+ -readconfig iscsi.conf
+@end example
+
+
Howto set up a simple iSCSI target on loopback and accessing it via QEMU:
@example
This example shows how to set up an iSCSI target with one CDROM and one DISK
@@ -744,7 +795,8 @@ tgtadm --lld iscsi --mode logicalunit --op new --tid 1 --lun 2 \
-b /IMAGES/cd.iso --device-type=cd
tgtadm --lld iscsi --op bind --mode target --tid 1 -I ALL
-qemu-system-i386 -boot d -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
+qemu-system-i386 -iscsi initiator-name=iqn.qemu.test:my-initiator \
+ -boot d -drive file=iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/1 \
-cdrom iscsi://127.0.0.1/iqn.qemu.test/2
@end example