Create a Storage Pool

Using the Virtual machines page in the web console, Cockpit administrators can create a storage pool as needed on the managed host system. By default, a storage pool is provided in the /var/lib/libvirt/images directory.

Note:

For information about how to create storage pools using the virsh command, see KVM Storage Configuration in one of the following locations:

What Do You Need?

Steps

Using the Cockpit web console, follow these steps to create a storage pool on the managed host system.

  1. In the navigation pane, click Virtual machines, and then on the Virtual Machines page click Storage pools.
    The Storage pools page appears.
  2. In the Storage pools page, click Create storage pool.
    The Create storage pool dialog box appears.
  3. In the Create storage pool dialog box, specify the following properties and then click Create.
    Connection Select either a System or User session storage pool connection.
    Name Enter a unique name for the storage pool.
    Type Select one of the following storage pool types.
    • File system directory

      Requires path on host's file system.

    • Network file system

      Requires path on host's file system, host name, and the directory on the server being exported.

    • ISCSI target

      Requires path on host's file system, host name, and iSCSI target IQN.

    • Physical disk device

      Requires path on host's file system, physical device disk on host, and format.

    • LVM volume group.

      Requires host name, iSCSI target IQN, and iSCSI initiator IQN.

    For more information about each type of storage pool, see https://libvirt.org/storage.html.

    Target path

    Note:

    The Target path property isn't required for LVM volume group storage pool types.

    Specify the file path for the storage pool on the host system.

    Startup Do one of the following:
    • (Default) Select the Start pool when host boots checkbox to automatically start the storage pool upon powering on the host.
    • Clear the checkbox to prevent starting the storage pool upon powering on the host.
    The newly added storage pool appears on the Storage pools page in a deactivated state.
  4. In the Storage pools page, navigate to the newly added storage pool and perform any of the following:
    • Click the [>] icon to view the storage pool properties.
    • Click Activate to activate the storage pool.