# Convoy **URL:** https://forums.suse.com/c/archived-categories-topics/convoy/13.md [Latest](https://forums.suse.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.suse.com/categories.md) --- ## [About the Convoy category](https://forums.suse.com/t/about-the-convoy-category/366)
**Author:** [@denise](https://forums.suse.com/u/denise)\ **Replies:** 0
This is a discussion area for Convoy. In addition to the discussions here, you can contact us in other ways: GitHub: All development goes on in GitHub. You can contribute code and find or submit file issues. IRC: … --- ## [Why the gluster and convoy-gluster catalog items gone?](https://forums.suse.com/t/why-the-gluster-and-convoy-gluster-catalog-items-gone/3618)
**Author:** [@brutus333](https://forums.suse.com/u/brutus333)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/why-the-gluster-and-convoy-gluster-catalog-items-gone/3618 "2021-12-06T09:12:47Z")
I noticed that gluster and convoy-gluster disappeared from catalog. Was this something planned or intentional? --- ## [Looking for a "hello world" tutorial for convoy](https://forums.suse.com/t/looking-for-a-hello-world-tutorial-for-convoy/3153)
**Author:** [@mathuin](https://forums.suse.com/u/mathuin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/looking-for-a-hello-world-tutorial-for-convoy/3153 "2021-09-28T15:29:47Z")
This file has enough information for me to add Convoy to one of my Rancher hosts, but I'm getting errors when I try to create a Convoy volume. http://rancher.com/using-convoy-to-backup-and-recover-a-wordpress-mysql-… --- ## [Glusterfs and elasticsearch](https://forums.suse.com/t/glusterfs-and-elasticsearch/2293)
**Author:** [@bonovoxly](https://forums.suse.com/u/bonovoxly)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/glusterfs-and-elasticsearch/2293 "2019-02-07T19:43:28Z")
I'm seeing issues with running elasticsearch on a glusterfs volume. I've configured Convoy with Glusterfs and the volume is mounted. All seems well. When elasticsearch starts up, I see this: 4/3/2016 8:53:55 AM\[201… --- ## [Can't find any Convoy in the catalog](https://forums.suse.com/t/cant-find-any-convoy-in-the-catalog/5061)
**Author:** [@sheridavandenbent](https://forums.suse.com/u/sheridavandenbent)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cant-find-any-convoy-in-the-catalog/5061 "2019-01-29T14:53:31Z")
Hi! I’m new to rancher and docker, so my apologies if this is a very, very stupid question. But I’m trying to figure out how to do regular backups of my docker volumes. I’ve come across this helpful documentation, and i… --- ## [Is convoy project deprecated?](https://forums.suse.com/t/is-convoy-project-deprecated/8403)
**Author:** [@verglor](https://forums.suse.com/u/verglor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/is-convoy-project-deprecated/8403 "2018-09-07T14:01:16Z")
There is no activity and no release of convoy for quite some time and if I understand it right Convoy-NFS is replaced by Rancher-NFS. On the other hand, there is no information that the project was shut down. Should I u… --- ## [Rancher catalog, GlusterFS, how to choose where bricks get created?](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-catalog-glusterfs-how-to-choose-where-bricks-get-created/2103)
**Author:** [@marceloaguero](https://forums.suse.com/u/marceloaguero)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-catalog-glusterfs-how-to-choose-where-bricks-get-created/2103 "2018-01-24T12:05:20Z")
Hi. If I create a glusterfs cluster using GlusterFS stack from rancher's catalog, I can't find a way to specify that I want to use a specific directory for gluster's bricks. For example, I'd like to use /data/brick1. I… --- ## [Rancher NFS Caching](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-nfs-caching/7417)
**Author:** [@fbiaustria](https://forums.suse.com/u/fbiaustria)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/rancher-nfs-caching/7417 "2017-09-26T16:18:31Z")
Hi, I started using Rancher a while back and I am very much a fan of Rancher, hopeing to see it in production at my workplace soon. As I am benchmarking Rancher NFS right now, I saw that a Rancher NFS Volume is faster … --- ## [Benefit of convoy-glusterfs over pure glusterfs](https://forums.suse.com/t/benefit-of-convoy-glusterfs-over-pure-glusterfs/5854)
**Author:** [@floriankammermann](https://forums.suse.com/u/floriankammermann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/benefit-of-convoy-glusterfs-over-pure-glusterfs/5854 "2017-03-14T16:30:04Z")
I have a problem to see the benefit of glusterfs with convoy over pure glusterfs Our starting position: we just use convoy of rancher, nothing else we have glusterfs setup for persistent data Setup without convoy … --- ## [File system locking when snapshotting?](https://forums.suse.com/t/file-system-locking-when-snapshotting/5580)
**Author:** [@peebles](https://forums.suse.com/u/peebles)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/file-system-locking-when-snapshotting/5580 "2017-02-17T23:21:19Z")
I have not seen any explicit mention of file system locking when doing a snapshot. I have been looking at https://github.com/alestic/ec2-consistent-snapshot as a possible solution for snapshotting AWS EBS volumes. That… --- ## [How to implement the 'Add Rancher EFS Stack' catalog service?](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-implement-the-add-rancher-efs-stack-catalog-service/4827)
**Author:** [@RichBos](https://forums.suse.com/u/RichBos)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-implement-the-add-rancher-efs-stack-catalog-service/4827 "2017-02-05T17:13:35Z")
Hi, apologies for what may be an obvious question, I'm new to Rancher and still finding my way about. I've also posted this in 'Convoy' as it is storage (NFS) related, hope it's the right place. I'm just wondering if a… --- ## [Use existing directory with convoy NFS](https://forums.suse.com/t/use-existing-directory-with-convoy-nfs/3283)
**Author:** [@moensch](https://forums.suse.com/u/moensch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/use-existing-directory-with-convoy-nfs/3283 "2017-02-01T19:54:20Z")
I started playing with convoy NFS to solve a challenge I'm facing with moving some of our environments over to docker. This is all within the context of Rancher. I notice that, when I create a new convoy-nfs stack in R… --- ## [Broken/frozen volume after nfs-storagepool service crash](https://forums.suse.com/t/broken-frozen-volume-after-nfs-storagepool-service-crash/5372)
**Author:** [@pkrizak](https://forums.suse.com/u/pkrizak)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/broken-frozen-volume-after-nfs-storagepool-service-crash/5372 "2017-01-31T22:42:16Z")
We're still using Rancher 1.1.4, and are working on upgrading to Rancher 1.3.x (with Rancher-NFS) so this may not be a huge issue if it cannot be solved, or if it's due to a known (and fixed) bug in 1.1.4. We have a Co… --- ## [Issue with Convoy-NFS causing docker problems](https://forums.suse.com/t/issue-with-convoy-nfs-causing-docker-problems/5314)
**Author:** [@chent](https://forums.suse.com/u/chent)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/issue-with-convoy-nfs-causing-docker-problems/5314 "2017-01-25T09:41:48Z")
Good day all. We woke up today with docker down on one of our hosts and we can't seem to get it started again. We keep seeing convoy-nfs errors as shown below. We are not even using convoy at the moment, although we tr… --- ## [Can convoy be used with lvm partitions or only with Physical disc partitions](https://forums.suse.com/t/can-convoy-be-used-with-lvm-partitions-or-only-with-physical-disc-partitions/4960)
**Author:** [@giovannicandido](https://forums.suse.com/u/giovannicandido)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/can-convoy-be-used-with-lvm-partitions-or-only-with-physical-disc-partitions/4960 "2016-12-20T02:17:07Z")
Do I need to use 2 physical partitions for convoy, or could convoy be use with lvm partitions. In other words, Do I need to attach a second disk and create /sdb1 and /sdb2 partitions. Or could I use a existing volume g… --- ## [Convoy-nfs causing containers to fail with File Not Found error](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-nfs-causing-containers-to-fail-with-file-not-found-error/2993)
**Author:** [@Daniel\_Jensen](https://forums.suse.com/u/Daniel_Jensen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-nfs-causing-containers-to-fail-with-file-not-found-error/2993 "2016-12-16T15:31:18Z")
So I have been using convoy NFS for a while. For whatever reason today when I try to restart several of my services I get the following error, it almost looks like something is awry with the path that convoy thinks the … --- ## [Devicemapper Utilization?](https://forums.suse.com/t/devicemapper-utilization/4852)
**Author:** [@imichaeldotorg](https://forums.suse.com/u/imichaeldotorg)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/devicemapper-utilization/4852 "2016-12-08T16:10:11Z")
Apologies if this is somewhere in the docs and I haven't been able to find it, but is there a straightforward way to see how many bytes are being used by a Convoy volume that's backed by devicemapper? --- ## [Control convoy commands via REST API](https://forums.suse.com/t/control-convoy-commands-via-rest-api/4777)
**Author:** [@zepouet](https://forums.suse.com/u/zepouet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/control-convoy-commands-via-rest-api/4777 "2016-12-02T15:56:03Z")
Hello, Is it possible to execute snapshot/backup/restore via REST API ? Would you be interested by a PR about this feature ? Thanks a lot Best regards --- ## [Convoy-nfs is stuck initializing](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-nfs-is-stuck-initializing/1472)
**Author:** [@Magnus919](https://forums.suse.com/u/Magnus919)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-nfs-is-stuck-initializing/1472 "2016-11-17T19:43:24Z")
I have a two-host Rancher environment. It's running on top of RancherOS. Everything is the newest version that was out as of tonight. I installed convoy-nfs. It spun up fine on one of my nodes, but another is stuck in an… --- ## [Stuck with volumes I can't remove](https://forums.suse.com/t/stuck-with-volumes-i-cant-remove/4579)
**Author:** [@kiboro](https://forums.suse.com/u/kiboro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/stuck-with-volumes-i-cant-remove/4579 "2016-11-10T15:50:03Z")
Hi, I'm trying to clean up a docker host to work out a proper process to upgrade from convoy 0.4.3 NFS to 0.5.0 across our cluster. As part of this procees I'm trying to clear down any unused volumes and I am stuck with … --- ## [\[SOLVED\] Convoy-nfs: Failed to allocate instance, bad instance, scheduling failed](https://forums.suse.com/t/solved-convoy-nfs-failed-to-allocate-instance-bad-instance-scheduling-failed/4544)
**Author:** [@Nicolinux](https://forums.suse.com/u/Nicolinux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/solved-convoy-nfs-failed-to-allocate-instance-bad-instance-scheduling-failed/4544 "2016-11-10T14:09:12Z")
As soon as I try to create a service which uses the convoy-nfs driver, I get the following error: Failed to allocate instance \[container:1i84\]: Bad instance \[container:1i84\] in state \[error\]: Scheduling failed: valid h… --- ## [Convoy for Managing Database Data Volumes](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-for-managing-database-data-volumes/4428)
**Author:** [@nma](https://forums.suse.com/u/nma)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-for-managing-database-data-volumes/4428 "2016-11-04T06:32:47Z")
Just wondering if anyone has used Convoy for managing database volumes on Rancher. How did that workout? Which driver did you end up choosing? I'm looking into various ways to do Volume Management on Cattle, so far the… --- ## [Wrong name volume == unpurgeable volume](https://forums.suse.com/t/wrong-name-volume-unpurgeable-volume/4495)
**Author:** [@Sebastien\_ROUL](https://forums.suse.com/u/Sebastien_ROUL)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/wrong-name-volume-unpurgeable-volume/4495 "2016-10-31T12:42:31Z")
Hi, Is there anybody had the same experience as me ? Any idea ? I created a volume named "Mongo/data" : bad idea, because "/" cause problem : My volume keep restarting and purging for days and days... It's not a big … --- ## [Convoy-EBS with Rancher](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-ebs-with-rancher/4127)
**Author:** [@gsethu](https://forums.suse.com/u/gsethu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-ebs-with-rancher/4127 "2016-10-28T01:38:55Z")
Hi, I am new to docker/Rancher. I am trying to explore how EBS volume can be attached to containers created in Rancher. I went through the below link http://rancher.com/rancher-convoy-adds-amazon-ebs-support-with-0-… --- ## [How to manage/delete vfs volume snapshots?](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-manage-delete-vfs-volume-snapshots/4393)
**Author:** [@alusvedejs](https://forums.suse.com/u/alusvedejs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-to-manage-delete-vfs-volume-snapshots/4393 "2016-10-27T09:28:28Z")
Hi! I am trying to build a setup where convoy vfs volumes are used for persistance. however i am having hart time figuring out how to manage and delete old snapshots and backups the idea is that Docker run on multipl… --- ## [Convoy initializing stuck](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-initializing-stuck/4350)
**Author:** [@k9ert](https://forums.suse.com/u/k9ert)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-initializing-stuck/4350 "2016-10-25T16:19:32Z")
I tried to setup convoy with this howto: http://rancher.com/setting-shared-volumes-convoy-nfs/ So whenever the containers come up the logs look like this: 10/18/2016 10:55:14 PMWaiting for metadata 10/18/2016 10:55:1… --- ## [Multiple paths in a convoy volume?](https://forums.suse.com/t/multiple-paths-in-a-convoy-volume/2925)
**Author:** [@Patrick\_Baker](https://forums.suse.com/u/Patrick_Baker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/multiple-paths-in-a-convoy-volume/2925 "2016-09-26T20:01:57Z")
This may be a stupid question, but wanted to see if the following was possible. Can you specify multiple paths to exist on a single volume based on what the container advertises as mount points? I suspect not. If I'm … --- ## [Configuring Convoy-nfs](https://forums.suse.com/t/configuring-convoy-nfs/3902)
**Author:** [@Kalim](https://forums.suse.com/u/Kalim)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configuring-convoy-nfs/3902 "2016-09-25T16:00:19Z")
Hi..Can anybody provide a link/doc for configuring convoy-nfs? I am lost at this and is stuck - The convoy-nfs container is initializing for 4 hours now. --- ## [How do I upgrade to 0.5.0 in a largish cluster?](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-do-i-upgrade-to-0-5-0-in-a-largish-cluster/4006)
**Author:** [@kiboro](https://forums.suse.com/u/kiboro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/how-do-i-upgrade-to-0-5-0-in-a-largish-cluster/4006 "2016-09-20T10:52:33Z")
Hi, I've just hit the problem of convoy 0.4.3 not properly supporting docker 1.11. The instructions for upgrading convoy say to back up your volumes, upgrade and then restore them. How on earth do I do this with dozens… --- ## [Convoy EFS Issue](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-efs-issue/3909)
**Author:** [@jaypasz](https://forums.suse.com/u/jaypasz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/convoy-efs-issue/3909 "2016-09-07T17:06:01Z")
Getting these errors in convoy-efs\_convoy-efs\_X when connecting to ECS instances with nfs installed: 9/6/2016 1:47:17 PMWaiting for metadata 9/6/2016 1:47:18 PMtime="2016-09-06T17:47:18Z" level=info msg="Execing \[/usr/… [Next page](https://forums.suse.com/c/archived-categories-topics/convoy/13.md?page=1)