# glance-manage.conf

## DEFAULT

debug
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Mutable

    This option can be changed without restarting.

  If set to true, the logging level will be set to DEBUG instead of the default INFO level.

log_config_append
  Type

    string

  Default

    `<None>`

  Mutable

    This option can be changed without restarting.

  The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation. Note that when logging configuration files are used then all logging configuration is set in the configuration file and other logging configuration options are ignored (for example, log-date-format).

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | log-config
  DEFAULT | log_config

log_date_format
  Type

    string

  Default

    `%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S`

  Defines the format string for %(asctime)s in log records. Default: the value above . This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

log_file
  Type

    string

  Default

    `<None>`

  (Optional) Name of log file to send logging output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stderr as defined by use_stderr. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | logfile

log_dir
  Type

    string

  Default

    `<None>`

  (Optional) The base directory used for relative log_file paths. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | logdir

watch_log_file
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Uses logging handler designed to watch file system. When log file is moved or removed this handler will open a new log file with specified path instantaneously. It makes sense only if log_file option is specified and Linux platform is used. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_syslog
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED and will be changed later to honor RFC5424. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_journal
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Enable journald for logging. If running in a systemd environment you may wish to enable journal support. Doing so will use the journal native protocol which includes structured metadata in addition to log messages.This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

syslog_log_facility
  Type

    string

  Default

    `LOG_USER`

  Syslog facility to receive log lines. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_json
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Use JSON formatting for logging. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_stderr
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Log output to standard error. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

use_eventlog
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Log output to Windows Event Log.

log_rotate_interval
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `1`

  The amount of time before the log files are rotated. This option is ignored unless log_rotation_type is set to “interval”.

log_rotate_interval_type
  Type

    string

  Default

    `days`

  Valid Values

    Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weekday, Midnight

  Rotation interval type. The time of the last file change (or the time when the service was started) is used when scheduling the next rotation.

max_logfile_count
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `30`

  Maximum number of rotated log files.

max_logfile_size_mb
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `200`

  Log file maximum size in MB. This option is ignored if “log_rotation_type” is not set to “size”.

log_rotation_type
  Type

    string

  Default

    `none`

  Valid Values

    interval, size, none

  Log rotation type.

  Possible values

  interval

    Rotate logs at predefined time intervals.

  size

    Rotate logs once they reach a predefined size.

  none

    Do not rotate log files.

logging_context_format_string
  Type

    string

  Default

    `%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s`

  Format string to use for log messages with context. Used by oslo_log.formatters.ContextFormatter

logging_default_format_string
  Type

    string

  Default

    `%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s`

  Format string to use for log messages when context is undefined. Used by oslo_log.formatters.ContextFormatter

logging_debug_format_suffix
  Type

    string

  Default

    `%(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d`

  Additional data to append to log message when logging level for the message is DEBUG. Used by oslo_log.formatters.ContextFormatter

logging_exception_prefix
  Type

    string

  Default

    `%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d ERROR %(name)s %(instance)s`

  Prefix each line of exception output with this format. Used by oslo_log.formatters.ContextFormatter

logging_user_identity_format
  Type

    string

  Default

    `%(user)s %(tenant)s %(domain)s %(user_domain)s %(project_domain)s`

  Defines the format string for %(user_identity)s that is used in logging_context_format_string. Used by oslo_log.formatters.ContextFormatter

default_log_levels
  Type

    list

  Default

    `['amqp=WARN', 'amqplib=WARN', 'boto=WARN', 'qpid=WARN', 'sqlalchemy=WARN', 'suds=INFO', 'oslo.messaging=INFO', 'oslo_messaging=INFO', 'iso8601=WARN', 'requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', 'urllib3.connectionpool=WARN', 'websocket=WARN', 'requests.packages.urllib3.util.retry=WARN', 'urllib3.util.retry=WARN', 'keystonemiddleware=WARN', 'routes.middleware=WARN', 'stevedore=WARN', 'taskflow=WARN', 'keystoneauth=WARN', 'oslo.cache=INFO', 'oslo_policy=INFO', 'dogpile.core.dogpile=INFO']`

  List of package logging levels in logger=LEVEL pairs. This option is ignored if log_config_append is set.

publish_errors
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Enables or disables publication of error events.

instance_format
  Type

    string

  Default

    `"[instance: %(uuid)s] "`

  The format for an instance that is passed with the log message.

instance_uuid_format
  Type

    string

  Default

    `"[instance: %(uuid)s] "`

  The format for an instance UUID that is passed with the log message.

rate_limit_interval
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `0`

  Interval, number of seconds, of log rate limiting.

rate_limit_burst
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `0`

  Maximum number of logged messages per rate_limit_interval.

rate_limit_except_level
  Type

    string

  Default

    `CRITICAL`

  Log level name used by rate limiting: CRITICAL, ERROR, INFO, WARNING, DEBUG or empty string. Logs with level greater or equal to rate_limit_except_level are not filtered. An empty string means that all levels are filtered.

fatal_deprecations
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.

## database

sqlite_synchronous
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `True`

  If True, SQLite uses synchronous mode.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | sqlite_synchronous

backend
  Type

    string

  Default

    `sqlalchemy`

  The back end to use for the database.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | db_backend

connection
  Type

    string

  Default

    `<None>`

  The SQLAlchemy connection string to use to connect to the database.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | sql_connection
  DATABASE | sql_connection
  sql | connection

slave_connection
  Type

    string

  Default

    `<None>`

  The SQLAlchemy connection string to use to connect to the slave database.

mysql_sql_mode
  Type

    string

  Default

    `TRADITIONAL`

  The SQL mode to be used for MySQL sessions. This option, including the default, overrides any server-set SQL mode. To use whatever SQL mode is set by the server configuration, set this to no value. Example: mysql_sql_mode=

mysql_enable_ndb
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  If True, transparently enables support for handling MySQL Cluster (NDB).

connection_recycle_time
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `3600`

  Connections which have been present in the connection pool longer than this number of seconds will be replaced with a new one the next time they are checked out from the pool.

max_pool_size
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `5`

  Maximum number of SQL connections to keep open in a pool. Setting a value of 0 indicates no limit.

max_retries
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `10`

  Maximum number of database connection retries during startup. Set to -1 to specify an infinite retry count.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | sql_max_retries
  DATABASE | sql_max_retries

retry_interval
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `10`

  Interval between retries of opening a SQL connection.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | sql_retry_interval
  DATABASE | reconnect_interval

max_overflow
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `50`

  If set, use this value for max_overflow with SQLAlchemy.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | sql_max_overflow
  DATABASE | sqlalchemy_max_overflow

connection_debug
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `0`

  Minimum Value

    0

  Maximum Value

    100

  Verbosity of SQL debugging information: 0=None, 100=Everything.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | sql_connection_debug

connection_trace
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Add Python stack traces to SQL as comment strings.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | sql_connection_trace

pool_timeout
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `<None>`

  If set, use this value for pool_timeout with SQLAlchemy.

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DATABASE | sqlalchemy_pool_timeout

use_db_reconnect
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Enable the experimental use of database reconnect on connection lost.

db_retry_interval
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `1`

  Seconds between retries of a database transaction.

db_inc_retry_interval
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `True`

  If True, increases the interval between retries of a database operation up to db_max_retry_interval.

db_max_retry_interval
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `10`

  If db_inc_retry_interval is set, the maximum seconds between retries of a database operation.

db_max_retries
  Type

    integer

  Default

    `20`

  Maximum retries in case of connection error or deadlock error before error is raised. Set to -1 to specify an infinite retry count.

connection_parameters
  Type

    string

  Default

    `''`

  Optional URL parameters to append onto the connection URL at connect time; specify as param1=value1&param2=value2&…

use_tpool
  Type

    boolean

  Default

    `False`

  Enable the experimental use of thread pooling for all DB API calls

  Deprecated Variations
  Group | Name
  --- | ---
  DEFAULT | dbapi_use_tpool

  Warning

  This option is deprecated for removal since 10.0.0. Its value may be silently ignored in the future.

  Reason

    This feature has never graduated from experimental status and is now being removed due to lack of maintenance and test coverage

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