Charms for Contrail 3.1 with Mitaka

Change-Id: Id37f3b9743d1974e31fcd7cd9c54be41bb0c47fb
Signed-off-by: Stuart Mackie <wsmackie@juniper.net>

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diff --git a/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/__init__.py b/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/__init__.py
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+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
diff --git a/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py b/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/ceph.py
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+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#
+# Copyright 2012 Canonical Ltd.
+#
+# This file is sourced from lp:openstack-charm-helpers
+#
+# Authors:
+#  James Page <james.page@ubuntu.com>
+#  Adam Gandelman <adamg@ubuntu.com>
+#
+import bisect
+import errno
+import hashlib
+import six
+
+import os
+import shutil
+import json
+import time
+import uuid
+
+from subprocess import (
+    check_call,
+    check_output,
+    CalledProcessError,
+)
+from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
+    local_unit,
+    relation_get,
+    relation_ids,
+    relation_set,
+    related_units,
+    log,
+    DEBUG,
+    INFO,
+    WARNING,
+    ERROR,
+)
+from charmhelpers.core.host import (
+    mount,
+    mounts,
+    service_start,
+    service_stop,
+    service_running,
+    umount,
+)
+from charmhelpers.fetch import (
+    apt_install,
+)
+
+from charmhelpers.core.kernel import modprobe
+
+KEYRING = '/etc/ceph/ceph.client.{}.keyring'
+KEYFILE = '/etc/ceph/ceph.client.{}.key'
+
+CEPH_CONF = """[global]
+auth supported = {auth}
+keyring = {keyring}
+mon host = {mon_hosts}
+log to syslog = {use_syslog}
+err to syslog = {use_syslog}
+clog to syslog = {use_syslog}
+"""
+# For 50 < osds < 240,000 OSDs (Roughly 1 Exabyte at 6T OSDs)
+powers_of_two = [8192, 16384, 32768, 65536, 131072, 262144, 524288, 1048576, 2097152, 4194304, 8388608]
+
+
+def validator(value, valid_type, valid_range=None):
+    """
+    Used to validate these: http://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/rados/operations/pools/#set-pool-values
+    Example input:
+        validator(value=1,
+                  valid_type=int,
+                  valid_range=[0, 2])
+    This says I'm testing value=1.  It must be an int inclusive in [0,2]
+
+    :param value: The value to validate
+    :param valid_type: The type that value should be.
+    :param valid_range: A range of values that value can assume.
+    :return:
+    """
+    assert isinstance(value, valid_type), "{} is not a {}".format(
+        value,
+        valid_type)
+    if valid_range is not None:
+        assert isinstance(valid_range, list), \
+            "valid_range must be a list, was given {}".format(valid_range)
+        # If we're dealing with strings
+        if valid_type is six.string_types:
+            assert value in valid_range, \
+                "{} is not in the list {}".format(value, valid_range)
+        # Integer, float should have a min and max
+        else:
+            if len(valid_range) != 2:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Invalid valid_range list of {} for {}.  "
+                    "List must be [min,max]".format(valid_range, value))
+            assert value >= valid_range[0], \
+                "{} is less than minimum allowed value of {}".format(
+                    value, valid_range[0])
+            assert value <= valid_range[1], \
+                "{} is greater than maximum allowed value of {}".format(
+                    value, valid_range[1])
+
+
+class PoolCreationError(Exception):
+    """
+    A custom error to inform the caller that a pool creation failed.  Provides an error message
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, message):
+        super(PoolCreationError, self).__init__(message)
+
+
+class Pool(object):
+    """
+    An object oriented approach to Ceph pool creation. This base class is inherited by ReplicatedPool and ErasurePool.
+    Do not call create() on this base class as it will not do anything.  Instantiate a child class and call create().
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, service, name):
+        self.service = service
+        self.name = name
+
+    # Create the pool if it doesn't exist already
+    # To be implemented by subclasses
+    def create(self):
+        pass
+
+    def add_cache_tier(self, cache_pool, mode):
+        """
+        Adds a new cache tier to an existing pool.
+        :param cache_pool: six.string_types.  The cache tier pool name to add.
+        :param mode: six.string_types. The caching mode to use for this pool.  valid range = ["readonly", "writeback"]
+        :return: None
+        """
+        # Check the input types and values
+        validator(value=cache_pool, valid_type=six.string_types)
+        validator(value=mode, valid_type=six.string_types, valid_range=["readonly", "writeback"])
+
+        check_call(['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'tier', 'add', self.name, cache_pool])
+        check_call(['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'tier', 'cache-mode', cache_pool, mode])
+        check_call(['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'tier', 'set-overlay', self.name, cache_pool])
+        check_call(['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'pool', 'set', cache_pool, 'hit_set_type', 'bloom'])
+
+    def remove_cache_tier(self, cache_pool):
+        """
+        Removes a cache tier from Ceph.  Flushes all dirty objects from writeback pools and waits for that to complete.
+        :param cache_pool: six.string_types.  The cache tier pool name to remove.
+        :return: None
+        """
+        # read-only is easy, writeback is much harder
+        mode = get_cache_mode(self.service, cache_pool)
+        version = ceph_version()
+        if mode == 'readonly':
+            check_call(['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'tier', 'cache-mode', cache_pool, 'none'])
+            check_call(['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'tier', 'remove', self.name, cache_pool])
+
+        elif mode == 'writeback':
+            pool_forward_cmd = ['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'tier',
+                                'cache-mode', cache_pool, 'forward']
+            if version >= '10.1':
+                # Jewel added a mandatory flag
+                pool_forward_cmd.append('--yes-i-really-mean-it')
+
+            check_call(pool_forward_cmd)
+            # Flush the cache and wait for it to return
+            check_call(['rados', '--id', self.service, '-p', cache_pool, 'cache-flush-evict-all'])
+            check_call(['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'tier', 'remove-overlay', self.name])
+            check_call(['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'tier', 'remove', self.name, cache_pool])
+
+    def get_pgs(self, pool_size):
+        """
+        :param pool_size: int. pool_size is either the number of replicas for replicated pools or the K+M sum for
+            erasure coded pools
+        :return: int.  The number of pgs to use.
+        """
+        validator(value=pool_size, valid_type=int)
+        osd_list = get_osds(self.service)
+        if not osd_list:
+            # NOTE(james-page): Default to 200 for older ceph versions
+            # which don't support OSD query from cli
+            return 200
+
+        osd_list_length = len(osd_list)
+        # Calculate based on Ceph best practices
+        if osd_list_length < 5:
+            return 128
+        elif 5 < osd_list_length < 10:
+            return 512
+        elif 10 < osd_list_length < 50:
+            return 4096
+        else:
+            estimate = (osd_list_length * 100) / pool_size
+            # Return the next nearest power of 2
+            index = bisect.bisect_right(powers_of_two, estimate)
+            return powers_of_two[index]
+
+
+class ReplicatedPool(Pool):
+    def __init__(self, service, name, pg_num=None, replicas=2):
+        super(ReplicatedPool, self).__init__(service=service, name=name)
+        self.replicas = replicas
+        if pg_num is None:
+            self.pg_num = self.get_pgs(self.replicas)
+        else:
+            self.pg_num = pg_num
+
+    def create(self):
+        if not pool_exists(self.service, self.name):
+            # Create it
+            cmd = ['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'pool', 'create',
+                   self.name, str(self.pg_num)]
+            try:
+                check_call(cmd)
+                # Set the pool replica size
+                update_pool(client=self.service,
+                            pool=self.name,
+                            settings={'size': str(self.replicas)})
+            except CalledProcessError:
+                raise
+
+
+# Default jerasure erasure coded pool
+class ErasurePool(Pool):
+    def __init__(self, service, name, erasure_code_profile="default"):
+        super(ErasurePool, self).__init__(service=service, name=name)
+        self.erasure_code_profile = erasure_code_profile
+
+    def create(self):
+        if not pool_exists(self.service, self.name):
+            # Try to find the erasure profile information so we can properly size the pgs
+            erasure_profile = get_erasure_profile(service=self.service, name=self.erasure_code_profile)
+
+            # Check for errors
+            if erasure_profile is None:
+                log(message='Failed to discover erasure_profile named={}'.format(self.erasure_code_profile),
+                    level=ERROR)
+                raise PoolCreationError(message='unable to find erasure profile {}'.format(self.erasure_code_profile))
+            if 'k' not in erasure_profile or 'm' not in erasure_profile:
+                # Error
+                log(message='Unable to find k (data chunks) or m (coding chunks) in {}'.format(erasure_profile),
+                    level=ERROR)
+                raise PoolCreationError(
+                    message='unable to find k (data chunks) or m (coding chunks) in {}'.format(erasure_profile))
+
+            pgs = self.get_pgs(int(erasure_profile['k']) + int(erasure_profile['m']))
+            # Create it
+            cmd = ['ceph', '--id', self.service, 'osd', 'pool', 'create', self.name, str(pgs), str(pgs),
+                   'erasure', self.erasure_code_profile]
+            try:
+                check_call(cmd)
+            except CalledProcessError:
+                raise
+
+    """Get an existing erasure code profile if it already exists.
+       Returns json formatted output"""
+
+
+def get_mon_map(service):
+    """
+    Returns the current monitor map.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :return: json string. :raise: ValueError if the monmap fails to parse.
+      Also raises CalledProcessError if our ceph command fails
+    """
+    try:
+        mon_status = check_output(
+            ['ceph', '--id', service,
+             'mon_status', '--format=json'])
+        try:
+            return json.loads(mon_status)
+        except ValueError as v:
+            log("Unable to parse mon_status json: {}. Error: {}".format(
+                mon_status, v.message))
+            raise
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+        log("mon_status command failed with message: {}".format(
+            e.message))
+        raise
+
+
+def hash_monitor_names(service):
+    """
+    Uses the get_mon_map() function to get information about the monitor
+    cluster.
+    Hash the name of each monitor.  Return a sorted list of monitor hashes
+    in an ascending order.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :rtype : dict.   json dict of monitor name, ip address and rank
+    example: {
+        'name': 'ip-172-31-13-165',
+        'rank': 0,
+        'addr': '172.31.13.165:6789/0'}
+    """
+    try:
+        hash_list = []
+        monitor_list = get_mon_map(service=service)
+        if monitor_list['monmap']['mons']:
+            for mon in monitor_list['monmap']['mons']:
+                hash_list.append(
+                    hashlib.sha224(mon['name'].encode('utf-8')).hexdigest())
+            return sorted(hash_list)
+        else:
+            return None
+    except (ValueError, CalledProcessError):
+        raise
+
+
+def monitor_key_delete(service, key):
+    """
+    Delete a key and value pair from the monitor cluster
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    Deletes a key value pair on the monitor cluster.
+    :param key: six.string_types.  The key to delete.
+    """
+    try:
+        check_output(
+            ['ceph', '--id', service,
+             'config-key', 'del', str(key)])
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+        log("Monitor config-key put failed with message: {}".format(
+            e.output))
+        raise
+
+
+def monitor_key_set(service, key, value):
+    """
+    Sets a key value pair on the monitor cluster.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param key: six.string_types.  The key to set.
+    :param value: The value to set.  This will be converted to a string
+        before setting
+    """
+    try:
+        check_output(
+            ['ceph', '--id', service,
+             'config-key', 'put', str(key), str(value)])
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+        log("Monitor config-key put failed with message: {}".format(
+            e.output))
+        raise
+
+
+def monitor_key_get(service, key):
+    """
+    Gets the value of an existing key in the monitor cluster.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param key: six.string_types.  The key to search for.
+    :return: Returns the value of that key or None if not found.
+    """
+    try:
+        output = check_output(
+            ['ceph', '--id', service,
+             'config-key', 'get', str(key)])
+        return output
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+        log("Monitor config-key get failed with message: {}".format(
+            e.output))
+        return None
+
+
+def monitor_key_exists(service, key):
+    """
+    Searches for the existence of a key in the monitor cluster.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param key: six.string_types.  The key to search for
+    :return: Returns True if the key exists, False if not and raises an
+     exception if an unknown error occurs. :raise: CalledProcessError if
+     an unknown error occurs
+    """
+    try:
+        check_call(
+            ['ceph', '--id', service,
+             'config-key', 'exists', str(key)])
+        # I can return true here regardless because Ceph returns
+        # ENOENT if the key wasn't found
+        return True
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+        if e.returncode == errno.ENOENT:
+            return False
+        else:
+            log("Unknown error from ceph config-get exists: {} {}".format(
+                e.returncode, e.output))
+            raise
+
+
+def get_erasure_profile(service, name):
+    """
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param name:
+    :return:
+    """
+    try:
+        out = check_output(['ceph', '--id', service,
+                            'osd', 'erasure-code-profile', 'get',
+                            name, '--format=json'])
+        return json.loads(out)
+    except (CalledProcessError, OSError, ValueError):
+        return None
+
+
+def pool_set(service, pool_name, key, value):
+    """
+    Sets a value for a RADOS pool in ceph.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param pool_name: six.string_types
+    :param key: six.string_types
+    :param value:
+    :return: None.  Can raise CalledProcessError
+    """
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'pool', 'set', pool_name, key, value]
+    try:
+        check_call(cmd)
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        raise
+
+
+def snapshot_pool(service, pool_name, snapshot_name):
+    """
+    Snapshots a RADOS pool in ceph.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param pool_name: six.string_types
+    :param snapshot_name: six.string_types
+    :return: None.  Can raise CalledProcessError
+    """
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'pool', 'mksnap', pool_name, snapshot_name]
+    try:
+        check_call(cmd)
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        raise
+
+
+def remove_pool_snapshot(service, pool_name, snapshot_name):
+    """
+    Remove a snapshot from a RADOS pool in ceph.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param pool_name: six.string_types
+    :param snapshot_name: six.string_types
+    :return: None.  Can raise CalledProcessError
+    """
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'pool', 'rmsnap', pool_name, snapshot_name]
+    try:
+        check_call(cmd)
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        raise
+
+
+# max_bytes should be an int or long
+def set_pool_quota(service, pool_name, max_bytes):
+    """
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param pool_name: six.string_types
+    :param max_bytes: int or long
+    :return: None.  Can raise CalledProcessError
+    """
+    # Set a byte quota on a RADOS pool in ceph.
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'pool', 'set-quota', pool_name,
+           'max_bytes', str(max_bytes)]
+    try:
+        check_call(cmd)
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        raise
+
+
+def remove_pool_quota(service, pool_name):
+    """
+    Set a byte quota on a RADOS pool in ceph.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param pool_name: six.string_types
+    :return: None.  Can raise CalledProcessError
+    """
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'pool', 'set-quota', pool_name, 'max_bytes', '0']
+    try:
+        check_call(cmd)
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        raise
+
+
+def remove_erasure_profile(service, profile_name):
+    """
+    Create a new erasure code profile if one does not already exist for it.  Updates
+    the profile if it exists. Please see http://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/rados/operations/erasure-code-profile/
+    for more details
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param profile_name: six.string_types
+    :return: None.  Can raise CalledProcessError
+    """
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'erasure-code-profile', 'rm',
+           profile_name]
+    try:
+        check_call(cmd)
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        raise
+
+
+def create_erasure_profile(service, profile_name, erasure_plugin_name='jerasure',
+                           failure_domain='host',
+                           data_chunks=2, coding_chunks=1,
+                           locality=None, durability_estimator=None):
+    """
+    Create a new erasure code profile if one does not already exist for it.  Updates
+    the profile if it exists. Please see http://docs.ceph.com/docs/master/rados/operations/erasure-code-profile/
+    for more details
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param profile_name: six.string_types
+    :param erasure_plugin_name: six.string_types
+    :param failure_domain: six.string_types.  One of ['chassis', 'datacenter', 'host', 'osd', 'pdu', 'pod', 'rack', 'region',
+        'room', 'root', 'row'])
+    :param data_chunks: int
+    :param coding_chunks: int
+    :param locality: int
+    :param durability_estimator: int
+    :return: None.  Can raise CalledProcessError
+    """
+    # Ensure this failure_domain is allowed by Ceph
+    validator(failure_domain, six.string_types,
+              ['chassis', 'datacenter', 'host', 'osd', 'pdu', 'pod', 'rack', 'region', 'room', 'root', 'row'])
+
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'erasure-code-profile', 'set', profile_name,
+           'plugin=' + erasure_plugin_name, 'k=' + str(data_chunks), 'm=' + str(coding_chunks),
+           'ruleset_failure_domain=' + failure_domain]
+    if locality is not None and durability_estimator is not None:
+        raise ValueError("create_erasure_profile should be called with k, m and one of l or c but not both.")
+
+    # Add plugin specific information
+    if locality is not None:
+        # For local erasure codes
+        cmd.append('l=' + str(locality))
+    if durability_estimator is not None:
+        # For Shec erasure codes
+        cmd.append('c=' + str(durability_estimator))
+
+    if erasure_profile_exists(service, profile_name):
+        cmd.append('--force')
+
+    try:
+        check_call(cmd)
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        raise
+
+
+def rename_pool(service, old_name, new_name):
+    """
+    Rename a Ceph pool from old_name to new_name
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param old_name: six.string_types
+    :param new_name: six.string_types
+    :return: None
+    """
+    validator(value=old_name, valid_type=six.string_types)
+    validator(value=new_name, valid_type=six.string_types)
+
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'pool', 'rename', old_name, new_name]
+    check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def erasure_profile_exists(service, name):
+    """
+    Check to see if an Erasure code profile already exists.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param name: six.string_types
+    :return: int or None
+    """
+    validator(value=name, valid_type=six.string_types)
+    try:
+        check_call(['ceph', '--id', service,
+                    'osd', 'erasure-code-profile', 'get',
+                    name])
+        return True
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        return False
+
+
+def get_cache_mode(service, pool_name):
+    """
+    Find the current caching mode of the pool_name given.
+    :param service: six.string_types. The Ceph user name to run the command under
+    :param pool_name: six.string_types
+    :return: int or None
+    """
+    validator(value=service, valid_type=six.string_types)
+    validator(value=pool_name, valid_type=six.string_types)
+    out = check_output(['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'dump', '--format=json'])
+    try:
+        osd_json = json.loads(out)
+        for pool in osd_json['pools']:
+            if pool['pool_name'] == pool_name:
+                return pool['cache_mode']
+        return None
+    except ValueError:
+        raise
+
+
+def pool_exists(service, name):
+    """Check to see if a RADOS pool already exists."""
+    try:
+        out = check_output(['rados', '--id', service,
+                            'lspools']).decode('UTF-8')
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        return False
+
+    return name in out.split()
+
+
+def get_osds(service):
+    """Return a list of all Ceph Object Storage Daemons currently in the
+    cluster.
+    """
+    version = ceph_version()
+    if version and version >= '0.56':
+        return json.loads(check_output(['ceph', '--id', service,
+                                        'osd', 'ls',
+                                        '--format=json']).decode('UTF-8'))
+
+    return None
+
+
+def install():
+    """Basic Ceph client installation."""
+    ceph_dir = "/etc/ceph"
+    if not os.path.exists(ceph_dir):
+        os.mkdir(ceph_dir)
+
+    apt_install('ceph-common', fatal=True)
+
+
+def rbd_exists(service, pool, rbd_img):
+    """Check to see if a RADOS block device exists."""
+    try:
+        out = check_output(['rbd', 'list', '--id',
+                            service, '--pool', pool]).decode('UTF-8')
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        return False
+
+    return rbd_img in out
+
+
+def create_rbd_image(service, pool, image, sizemb):
+    """Create a new RADOS block device."""
+    cmd = ['rbd', 'create', image, '--size', str(sizemb), '--id', service,
+           '--pool', pool]
+    check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def update_pool(client, pool, settings):
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', client, 'osd', 'pool', 'set', pool]
+    for k, v in six.iteritems(settings):
+        cmd.append(k)
+        cmd.append(v)
+
+    check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def create_pool(service, name, replicas=3, pg_num=None):
+    """Create a new RADOS pool."""
+    if pool_exists(service, name):
+        log("Ceph pool {} already exists, skipping creation".format(name),
+            level=WARNING)
+        return
+
+    if not pg_num:
+        # Calculate the number of placement groups based
+        # on upstream recommended best practices.
+        osds = get_osds(service)
+        if osds:
+            pg_num = (len(osds) * 100 // replicas)
+        else:
+            # NOTE(james-page): Default to 200 for older ceph versions
+            # which don't support OSD query from cli
+            pg_num = 200
+
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'pool', 'create', name, str(pg_num)]
+    check_call(cmd)
+
+    update_pool(service, name, settings={'size': str(replicas)})
+
+
+def delete_pool(service, name):
+    """Delete a RADOS pool from ceph."""
+    cmd = ['ceph', '--id', service, 'osd', 'pool', 'delete', name,
+           '--yes-i-really-really-mean-it']
+    check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def _keyfile_path(service):
+    return KEYFILE.format(service)
+
+
+def _keyring_path(service):
+    return KEYRING.format(service)
+
+
+def create_keyring(service, key):
+    """Create a new Ceph keyring containing key."""
+    keyring = _keyring_path(service)
+    if os.path.exists(keyring):
+        log('Ceph keyring exists at %s.' % keyring, level=WARNING)
+        return
+
+    cmd = ['ceph-authtool', keyring, '--create-keyring',
+           '--name=client.{}'.format(service), '--add-key={}'.format(key)]
+    check_call(cmd)
+    log('Created new ceph keyring at %s.' % keyring, level=DEBUG)
+
+
+def delete_keyring(service):
+    """Delete an existing Ceph keyring."""
+    keyring = _keyring_path(service)
+    if not os.path.exists(keyring):
+        log('Keyring does not exist at %s' % keyring, level=WARNING)
+        return
+
+    os.remove(keyring)
+    log('Deleted ring at %s.' % keyring, level=INFO)
+
+
+def create_key_file(service, key):
+    """Create a file containing key."""
+    keyfile = _keyfile_path(service)
+    if os.path.exists(keyfile):
+        log('Keyfile exists at %s.' % keyfile, level=WARNING)
+        return
+
+    with open(keyfile, 'w') as fd:
+        fd.write(key)
+
+    log('Created new keyfile at %s.' % keyfile, level=INFO)
+
+
+def get_ceph_nodes(relation='ceph'):
+    """Query named relation to determine current nodes."""
+    hosts = []
+    for r_id in relation_ids(relation):
+        for unit in related_units(r_id):
+            hosts.append(relation_get('private-address', unit=unit, rid=r_id))
+
+    return hosts
+
+
+def configure(service, key, auth, use_syslog):
+    """Perform basic configuration of Ceph."""
+    create_keyring(service, key)
+    create_key_file(service, key)
+    hosts = get_ceph_nodes()
+    with open('/etc/ceph/ceph.conf', 'w') as ceph_conf:
+        ceph_conf.write(CEPH_CONF.format(auth=auth,
+                                         keyring=_keyring_path(service),
+                                         mon_hosts=",".join(map(str, hosts)),
+                                         use_syslog=use_syslog))
+    modprobe('rbd')
+
+
+def image_mapped(name):
+    """Determine whether a RADOS block device is mapped locally."""
+    try:
+        out = check_output(['rbd', 'showmapped']).decode('UTF-8')
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        return False
+
+    return name in out
+
+
+def map_block_storage(service, pool, image):
+    """Map a RADOS block device for local use."""
+    cmd = [
+        'rbd',
+        'map',
+        '{}/{}'.format(pool, image),
+        '--user',
+        service,
+        '--secret',
+        _keyfile_path(service),
+    ]
+    check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def filesystem_mounted(fs):
+    """Determine whether a filesytems is already mounted."""
+    return fs in [f for f, m in mounts()]
+
+
+def make_filesystem(blk_device, fstype='ext4', timeout=10):
+    """Make a new filesystem on the specified block device."""
+    count = 0
+    e_noent = os.errno.ENOENT
+    while not os.path.exists(blk_device):
+        if count >= timeout:
+            log('Gave up waiting on block device %s' % blk_device,
+                level=ERROR)
+            raise IOError(e_noent, os.strerror(e_noent), blk_device)
+
+        log('Waiting for block device %s to appear' % blk_device,
+            level=DEBUG)
+        count += 1
+        time.sleep(1)
+    else:
+        log('Formatting block device %s as filesystem %s.' %
+            (blk_device, fstype), level=INFO)
+        check_call(['mkfs', '-t', fstype, blk_device])
+
+
+def place_data_on_block_device(blk_device, data_src_dst):
+    """Migrate data in data_src_dst to blk_device and then remount."""
+    # mount block device into /mnt
+    mount(blk_device, '/mnt')
+    # copy data to /mnt
+    copy_files(data_src_dst, '/mnt')
+    # umount block device
+    umount('/mnt')
+    # Grab user/group ID's from original source
+    _dir = os.stat(data_src_dst)
+    uid = _dir.st_uid
+    gid = _dir.st_gid
+    # re-mount where the data should originally be
+    # TODO: persist is currently a NO-OP in core.host
+    mount(blk_device, data_src_dst, persist=True)
+    # ensure original ownership of new mount.
+    os.chown(data_src_dst, uid, gid)
+
+
+def copy_files(src, dst, symlinks=False, ignore=None):
+    """Copy files from src to dst."""
+    for item in os.listdir(src):
+        s = os.path.join(src, item)
+        d = os.path.join(dst, item)
+        if os.path.isdir(s):
+            shutil.copytree(s, d, symlinks, ignore)
+        else:
+            shutil.copy2(s, d)
+
+
+def ensure_ceph_storage(service, pool, rbd_img, sizemb, mount_point,
+                        blk_device, fstype, system_services=[],
+                        replicas=3):
+    """NOTE: This function must only be called from a single service unit for
+    the same rbd_img otherwise data loss will occur.
+
+    Ensures given pool and RBD image exists, is mapped to a block device,
+    and the device is formatted and mounted at the given mount_point.
+
+    If formatting a device for the first time, data existing at mount_point
+    will be migrated to the RBD device before being re-mounted.
+
+    All services listed in system_services will be stopped prior to data
+    migration and restarted when complete.
+    """
+    # Ensure pool, RBD image, RBD mappings are in place.
+    if not pool_exists(service, pool):
+        log('Creating new pool {}.'.format(pool), level=INFO)
+        create_pool(service, pool, replicas=replicas)
+
+    if not rbd_exists(service, pool, rbd_img):
+        log('Creating RBD image ({}).'.format(rbd_img), level=INFO)
+        create_rbd_image(service, pool, rbd_img, sizemb)
+
+    if not image_mapped(rbd_img):
+        log('Mapping RBD Image {} as a Block Device.'.format(rbd_img),
+            level=INFO)
+        map_block_storage(service, pool, rbd_img)
+
+    # make file system
+    # TODO: What happens if for whatever reason this is run again and
+    # the data is already in the rbd device and/or is mounted??
+    # When it is mounted already, it will fail to make the fs
+    # XXX: This is really sketchy!  Need to at least add an fstab entry
+    #      otherwise this hook will blow away existing data if its executed
+    #      after a reboot.
+    if not filesystem_mounted(mount_point):
+        make_filesystem(blk_device, fstype)
+
+        for svc in system_services:
+            if service_running(svc):
+                log('Stopping services {} prior to migrating data.'
+                    .format(svc), level=DEBUG)
+                service_stop(svc)
+
+        place_data_on_block_device(blk_device, mount_point)
+
+        for svc in system_services:
+            log('Starting service {} after migrating data.'
+                .format(svc), level=DEBUG)
+            service_start(svc)
+
+
+def ensure_ceph_keyring(service, user=None, group=None, relation='ceph'):
+    """Ensures a ceph keyring is created for a named service and optionally
+    ensures user and group ownership.
+
+    Returns False if no ceph key is available in relation state.
+    """
+    key = None
+    for rid in relation_ids(relation):
+        for unit in related_units(rid):
+            key = relation_get('key', rid=rid, unit=unit)
+            if key:
+                break
+
+    if not key:
+        return False
+
+    create_keyring(service=service, key=key)
+    keyring = _keyring_path(service)
+    if user and group:
+        check_call(['chown', '%s.%s' % (user, group), keyring])
+
+    return True
+
+
+def ceph_version():
+    """Retrieve the local version of ceph."""
+    if os.path.exists('/usr/bin/ceph'):
+        cmd = ['ceph', '-v']
+        output = check_output(cmd).decode('US-ASCII')
+        output = output.split()
+        if len(output) > 3:
+            return output[2]
+        else:
+            return None
+    else:
+        return None
+
+
+class CephBrokerRq(object):
+    """Ceph broker request.
+
+    Multiple operations can be added to a request and sent to the Ceph broker
+    to be executed.
+
+    Request is json-encoded for sending over the wire.
+
+    The API is versioned and defaults to version 1.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, api_version=1, request_id=None):
+        self.api_version = api_version
+        if request_id:
+            self.request_id = request_id
+        else:
+            self.request_id = str(uuid.uuid1())
+        self.ops = []
+
+    def add_op_create_pool(self, name, replica_count=3, pg_num=None):
+        """Adds an operation to create a pool.
+
+        @param pg_num setting:  optional setting. If not provided, this value
+        will be calculated by the broker based on how many OSDs are in the
+        cluster at the time of creation. Note that, if provided, this value
+        will be capped at the current available maximum.
+        """
+        self.ops.append({'op': 'create-pool', 'name': name,
+                         'replicas': replica_count, 'pg_num': pg_num})
+
+    def set_ops(self, ops):
+        """Set request ops to provided value.
+
+        Useful for injecting ops that come from a previous request
+        to allow comparisons to ensure validity.
+        """
+        self.ops = ops
+
+    @property
+    def request(self):
+        return json.dumps({'api-version': self.api_version, 'ops': self.ops,
+                           'request-id': self.request_id})
+
+    def _ops_equal(self, other):
+        if len(self.ops) == len(other.ops):
+            for req_no in range(0, len(self.ops)):
+                for key in ['replicas', 'name', 'op', 'pg_num']:
+                    if self.ops[req_no].get(key) != other.ops[req_no].get(key):
+                        return False
+        else:
+            return False
+        return True
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if not isinstance(other, self.__class__):
+            return False
+        if self.api_version == other.api_version and \
+                self._ops_equal(other):
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        return not self.__eq__(other)
+
+
+class CephBrokerRsp(object):
+    """Ceph broker response.
+
+    Response is json-decoded and contents provided as methods/properties.
+
+    The API is versioned and defaults to version 1.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, encoded_rsp):
+        self.api_version = None
+        self.rsp = json.loads(encoded_rsp)
+
+    @property
+    def request_id(self):
+        return self.rsp.get('request-id')
+
+    @property
+    def exit_code(self):
+        return self.rsp.get('exit-code')
+
+    @property
+    def exit_msg(self):
+        return self.rsp.get('stderr')
+
+
+# Ceph Broker Conversation:
+# If a charm needs an action to be taken by ceph it can create a CephBrokerRq
+# and send that request to ceph via the ceph relation. The CephBrokerRq has a
+# unique id so that the client can identity which CephBrokerRsp is associated
+# with the request. Ceph will also respond to each client unit individually
+# creating a response key per client unit eg glance/0 will get a CephBrokerRsp
+# via key broker-rsp-glance-0
+#
+# To use this the charm can just do something like:
+#
+# from charmhelpers.contrib.storage.linux.ceph import (
+#     send_request_if_needed,
+#     is_request_complete,
+#     CephBrokerRq,
+# )
+#
+# @hooks.hook('ceph-relation-changed')
+# def ceph_changed():
+#     rq = CephBrokerRq()
+#     rq.add_op_create_pool(name='poolname', replica_count=3)
+#
+#     if is_request_complete(rq):
+#         <Request complete actions>
+#     else:
+#         send_request_if_needed(get_ceph_request())
+#
+# CephBrokerRq and CephBrokerRsp are serialized into JSON. Below is an example
+# of glance having sent a request to ceph which ceph has successfully processed
+#  'ceph:8': {
+#      'ceph/0': {
+#          'auth': 'cephx',
+#          'broker-rsp-glance-0': '{"request-id": "0bc7dc54", "exit-code": 0}',
+#          'broker_rsp': '{"request-id": "0da543b8", "exit-code": 0}',
+#          'ceph-public-address': '10.5.44.103',
+#          'key': 'AQCLDttVuHXINhAAvI144CB09dYchhHyTUY9BQ==',
+#          'private-address': '10.5.44.103',
+#      },
+#      'glance/0': {
+#          'broker_req': ('{"api-version": 1, "request-id": "0bc7dc54", '
+#                         '"ops": [{"replicas": 3, "name": "glance", '
+#                         '"op": "create-pool"}]}'),
+#          'private-address': '10.5.44.109',
+#      },
+#  }
+
+def get_previous_request(rid):
+    """Return the last ceph broker request sent on a given relation
+
+    @param rid: Relation id to query for request
+    """
+    request = None
+    broker_req = relation_get(attribute='broker_req', rid=rid,
+                              unit=local_unit())
+    if broker_req:
+        request_data = json.loads(broker_req)
+        request = CephBrokerRq(api_version=request_data['api-version'],
+                               request_id=request_data['request-id'])
+        request.set_ops(request_data['ops'])
+
+    return request
+
+
+def get_request_states(request, relation='ceph'):
+    """Return a dict of requests per relation id with their corresponding
+       completion state.
+
+    This allows a charm, which has a request for ceph, to see whether there is
+    an equivalent request already being processed and if so what state that
+    request is in.
+
+    @param request: A CephBrokerRq object
+    """
+    complete = []
+    requests = {}
+    for rid in relation_ids(relation):
+        complete = False
+        previous_request = get_previous_request(rid)
+        if request == previous_request:
+            sent = True
+            complete = is_request_complete_for_rid(previous_request, rid)
+        else:
+            sent = False
+            complete = False
+
+        requests[rid] = {
+            'sent': sent,
+            'complete': complete,
+        }
+
+    return requests
+
+
+def is_request_sent(request, relation='ceph'):
+    """Check to see if a functionally equivalent request has already been sent
+
+    Returns True if a similair request has been sent
+
+    @param request: A CephBrokerRq object
+    """
+    states = get_request_states(request, relation=relation)
+    for rid in states.keys():
+        if not states[rid]['sent']:
+            return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+def is_request_complete(request, relation='ceph'):
+    """Check to see if a functionally equivalent request has already been
+    completed
+
+    Returns True if a similair request has been completed
+
+    @param request: A CephBrokerRq object
+    """
+    states = get_request_states(request, relation=relation)
+    for rid in states.keys():
+        if not states[rid]['complete']:
+            return False
+
+    return True
+
+
+def is_request_complete_for_rid(request, rid):
+    """Check if a given request has been completed on the given relation
+
+    @param request: A CephBrokerRq object
+    @param rid: Relation ID
+    """
+    broker_key = get_broker_rsp_key()
+    for unit in related_units(rid):
+        rdata = relation_get(rid=rid, unit=unit)
+        if rdata.get(broker_key):
+            rsp = CephBrokerRsp(rdata.get(broker_key))
+            if rsp.request_id == request.request_id:
+                if not rsp.exit_code:
+                    return True
+        else:
+            # The remote unit sent no reply targeted at this unit so either the
+            # remote ceph cluster does not support unit targeted replies or it
+            # has not processed our request yet.
+            if rdata.get('broker_rsp'):
+                request_data = json.loads(rdata['broker_rsp'])
+                if request_data.get('request-id'):
+                    log('Ignoring legacy broker_rsp without unit key as remote '
+                        'service supports unit specific replies', level=DEBUG)
+                else:
+                    log('Using legacy broker_rsp as remote service does not '
+                        'supports unit specific replies', level=DEBUG)
+                    rsp = CephBrokerRsp(rdata['broker_rsp'])
+                    if not rsp.exit_code:
+                        return True
+
+    return False
+
+
+def get_broker_rsp_key():
+    """Return broker response key for this unit
+
+    This is the key that ceph is going to use to pass request status
+    information back to this unit
+    """
+    return 'broker-rsp-' + local_unit().replace('/', '-')
+
+
+def send_request_if_needed(request, relation='ceph'):
+    """Send broker request if an equivalent request has not already been sent
+
+    @param request: A CephBrokerRq object
+    """
+    if is_request_sent(request, relation=relation):
+        log('Request already sent but not complete, not sending new request',
+            level=DEBUG)
+    else:
+        for rid in relation_ids(relation):
+            log('Sending request {}'.format(request.request_id), level=DEBUG)
+            relation_set(relation_id=rid, broker_req=request.request)
diff --git a/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/loopback.py b/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/loopback.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a3f514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/loopback.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+import re
+from subprocess import (
+    check_call,
+    check_output,
+)
+
+import six
+
+
+##################################################
+# loopback device helpers.
+##################################################
+def loopback_devices():
+    '''
+    Parse through 'losetup -a' output to determine currently mapped
+    loopback devices. Output is expected to look like:
+
+        /dev/loop0: [0807]:961814 (/tmp/my.img)
+
+    :returns: dict: a dict mapping {loopback_dev: backing_file}
+    '''
+    loopbacks = {}
+    cmd = ['losetup', '-a']
+    devs = [d.strip().split(' ') for d in
+            check_output(cmd).splitlines() if d != '']
+    for dev, _, f in devs:
+        loopbacks[dev.replace(':', '')] = re.search('\((\S+)\)', f).groups()[0]
+    return loopbacks
+
+
+def create_loopback(file_path):
+    '''
+    Create a loopback device for a given backing file.
+
+    :returns: str: Full path to new loopback device (eg, /dev/loop0)
+    '''
+    file_path = os.path.abspath(file_path)
+    check_call(['losetup', '--find', file_path])
+    for d, f in six.iteritems(loopback_devices()):
+        if f == file_path:
+            return d
+
+
+def ensure_loopback_device(path, size):
+    '''
+    Ensure a loopback device exists for a given backing file path and size.
+    If it a loopback device is not mapped to file, a new one will be created.
+
+    TODO: Confirm size of found loopback device.
+
+    :returns: str: Full path to the ensured loopback device (eg, /dev/loop0)
+    '''
+    for d, f in six.iteritems(loopback_devices()):
+        if f == path:
+            return d
+
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        cmd = ['truncate', '--size', size, path]
+        check_call(cmd)
+
+    return create_loopback(path)
+
+
+def is_mapped_loopback_device(device):
+    """
+    Checks if a given device name is an existing/mapped loopback device.
+    :param device: str: Full path to the device (eg, /dev/loop1).
+    :returns: str: Path to the backing file if is a loopback device
+    empty string otherwise
+    """
+    return loopback_devices().get(device, "")
diff --git a/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/lvm.py b/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/lvm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34b5f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/lvm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from subprocess import (
+    CalledProcessError,
+    check_call,
+    check_output,
+    Popen,
+    PIPE,
+)
+
+
+##################################################
+# LVM helpers.
+##################################################
+def deactivate_lvm_volume_group(block_device):
+    '''
+    Deactivate any volume gruop associated with an LVM physical volume.
+
+    :param block_device: str: Full path to LVM physical volume
+    '''
+    vg = list_lvm_volume_group(block_device)
+    if vg:
+        cmd = ['vgchange', '-an', vg]
+        check_call(cmd)
+
+
+def is_lvm_physical_volume(block_device):
+    '''
+    Determine whether a block device is initialized as an LVM PV.
+
+    :param block_device: str: Full path of block device to inspect.
+
+    :returns: boolean: True if block device is a PV, False if not.
+    '''
+    try:
+        check_output(['pvdisplay', block_device])
+        return True
+    except CalledProcessError:
+        return False
+
+
+def remove_lvm_physical_volume(block_device):
+    '''
+    Remove LVM PV signatures from a given block device.
+
+    :param block_device: str: Full path of block device to scrub.
+    '''
+    p = Popen(['pvremove', '-ff', block_device],
+              stdin=PIPE)
+    p.communicate(input='y\n')
+
+
+def list_lvm_volume_group(block_device):
+    '''
+    List LVM volume group associated with a given block device.
+
+    Assumes block device is a valid LVM PV.
+
+    :param block_device: str: Full path of block device to inspect.
+
+    :returns: str: Name of volume group associated with block device or None
+    '''
+    vg = None
+    pvd = check_output(['pvdisplay', block_device]).splitlines()
+    for l in pvd:
+        l = l.decode('UTF-8')
+        if l.strip().startswith('VG Name'):
+            vg = ' '.join(l.strip().split()[2:])
+    return vg
+
+
+def create_lvm_physical_volume(block_device):
+    '''
+    Initialize a block device as an LVM physical volume.
+
+    :param block_device: str: Full path of block device to initialize.
+
+    '''
+    check_call(['pvcreate', block_device])
+
+
+def create_lvm_volume_group(volume_group, block_device):
+    '''
+    Create an LVM volume group backed by a given block device.
+
+    Assumes block device has already been initialized as an LVM PV.
+
+    :param volume_group: str: Name of volume group to create.
+    :block_device: str: Full path of PV-initialized block device.
+    '''
+    check_call(['vgcreate', volume_group, block_device])
diff --git a/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/utils.py b/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e35c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charms/trusty/ceilometer/charmhelpers/contrib/storage/linux/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# Copyright 2014-2015 Canonical Limited.
+#
+# This file is part of charm-helpers.
+#
+# charm-helpers is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# charm-helpers is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with charm-helpers.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+import re
+from stat import S_ISBLK
+
+from subprocess import (
+    check_call,
+    check_output,
+    call
+)
+
+
+def is_block_device(path):
+    '''
+    Confirm device at path is a valid block device node.
+
+    :returns: boolean: True if path is a block device, False if not.
+    '''
+    if not os.path.exists(path):
+        return False
+    return S_ISBLK(os.stat(path).st_mode)
+
+
+def zap_disk(block_device):
+    '''
+    Clear a block device of partition table. Relies on sgdisk, which is
+    installed as pat of the 'gdisk' package in Ubuntu.
+
+    :param block_device: str: Full path of block device to clean.
+    '''
+    # https://github.com/ceph/ceph/commit/fdd7f8d83afa25c4e09aaedd90ab93f3b64a677b
+    # sometimes sgdisk exits non-zero; this is OK, dd will clean up
+    call(['sgdisk', '--zap-all', '--', block_device])
+    call(['sgdisk', '--clear', '--mbrtogpt', '--', block_device])
+    dev_end = check_output(['blockdev', '--getsz',
+                            block_device]).decode('UTF-8')
+    gpt_end = int(dev_end.split()[0]) - 100
+    check_call(['dd', 'if=/dev/zero', 'of=%s' % (block_device),
+                'bs=1M', 'count=1'])
+    check_call(['dd', 'if=/dev/zero', 'of=%s' % (block_device),
+                'bs=512', 'count=100', 'seek=%s' % (gpt_end)])
+
+
+def is_device_mounted(device):
+    '''Given a device path, return True if that device is mounted, and False
+    if it isn't.
+
+    :param device: str: Full path of the device to check.
+    :returns: boolean: True if the path represents a mounted device, False if
+        it doesn't.
+    '''
+    try:
+        out = check_output(['lsblk', '-P', device]).decode('UTF-8')
+    except:
+        return False
+    return bool(re.search(r'MOUNTPOINT=".+"', out))