btrfs - Same Null, Different Cloud

Same Null, Different Cloud

Sign in Subscribe

btrfs

A collection of 6 posts

Migrating BTRFS Subvolumes locally

Migrating BTRFS Subvolumes locally

This post will focus on moving a BTRFS file system from loopback file to a mounted BTRFS subvolume on a local file system. The Scenario A server has BTRFS as it's root file system and is being used with systemd-nspawn. While this server has been online for several

Migrating a BTRFS Volume Between Devices

Migrating a BTRFS Volume Between Devices

When using BTRFS volumes it's sometimes necessary to move things around. BTRFS has some great tools to assist operators to move volumes and this post will cover one available method. What is this post about While the reasons to move a device from one place to another are

Mounting a BTRFS Subvolume

Mounting a BTRFS Subvolume

Porque Podemos Let's say there's a BTRFS filesystem happily running things in one location and it becomes desirable to use the same BTRFS filesystem in a different location. Traditionally would require the administrator to create a new partition or logical volume, format it, and mount it

OpenStack-Ansible Machinectl Storage setup

OpenStack-Ansible Machinectl Storage setup

When using the machinctl container storage backend you've got choices on how to setup your host machines. This article will cover the three very common deployment situations. 1. Simply let systemd back the /var/lib/machines directory using a loop device file which has been formatted BTRFS; this

Growing BTRFS in a Logical Volume

Growing BTRFS in a Logical Volume

As you may know, I run quite a few nspawn containers which are responsible for running my entire home network, entertainment system, home automation, and a few other applications here & there. What you may not be aware of is the fact that I'm running everything on top

Nspawn OpenStack with OpenStack-Ansible

nspawn Featured

Nspawn OpenStack with OpenStack-Ansible

The OpenStack-Ansible project has been around for a few years now but if you're unfamiliar with it, the TL;DR is it's an OpenStack deployment project running OpenStack services within containers and uses Ansible. The original project came from the Rackspace Private Cloud, and when it

Mastodon