go-ceph/docs/hints.md
John Mulligan 4ec7a91da8 readme: move the scattershot api hints to a separate doc
There were various random "documentation" tidbits, all for rados,
on the main readme. As these are neither comprehensive nor complete
I am moving them to a seperate page and calling them "hints" which
seem to be closer to what they are.

Eventually, we could include more comprehensive examples in the
docs/ directory.

Signed-off-by: John Mulligan <jmulligan@redhat.com>
2020-08-28 13:44:24 -04:00

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# API Hints & Quick How-Tos
Below you'll find some brief sections that show how some of the API calls
in go-ceph work together. This is not meant to cover every possible use
case but are recorded here as a quick way to get familiar with these
calls.
## rados Package
### Connecting to a cluster
Connect to a Ceph cluster using a configuration file located in the default
search paths.
```go
conn, _ := rados.NewConn()
conn.ReadDefaultConfigFile()
conn.Connect()
```
A connection can be shutdown by calling the `Shutdown` method on the
connection object (e.g. `conn.Shutdown()`). There are also other methods for
configuring the connection. Specific configuration options can be set:
```go
conn.SetConfigOption("log_file", "/dev/null")
```
and command line options can also be used using the `ParseCmdLineArgs` method.
```go
args := []string{ "--mon-host", "1.1.1.1" }
err := conn.ParseCmdLineArgs(args)
```
For other configuration options see the full documentation.
### Object I/O
Object in RADOS can be written to and read from with through an interface very
similar to a standard file I/O interface:
```go
// open a pool handle
ioctx, err := conn.OpenIOContext("mypool")
// write some data
bytesIn := []byte("input data")
err = ioctx.Write("obj", bytesIn, 0)
// read the data back out
bytesOut := make([]byte, len(bytesIn))
_, err := ioctx.Read("obj", bytesOut, 0)
if !bytes.Equal(bytesIn, bytesOut) {
fmt.Println("Output is not input!")
}
```
### Pool maintenance
The list of pools in a cluster can be retreived using the `ListPools` method
on the connection object. On a new cluster the following code snippet:
```go
pools, _ := conn.ListPools()
fmt.Println(pools)
```
will produce the output `[data metadata rbd]`, along with any other pools that
might exist in your cluster. Pools can also be created and destroyed. The
following creates a new, empty pool with default settings.
```go
conn.MakePool("new_pool")
```
Deleting a pool is also easy. Call `DeletePool(name string)` on a connection object to
delete a pool with the given name. The following will delete the pool named
`new_pool` and remove all of the pool's data.
```go
conn.DeletePool("new_pool")
```