glance-api pod fails if a file based backend is used
I'm using the configuration as documented here: https://docs.yaook.cloud/user/explanations/examples/glance.html#glance-using-a-file-based-backend
Unfortunately, glance-api pod won't start. The error message looks like this:
```bash
{"message": "Failed to load driver [<module 'stevedore.driver' from '/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/stevedore/d
river.py'>, NoMatches(\"No 'glance_store.drivers' driver found, looking for 'filesystem'\")]. The driver will be disable
d", "asctime": "2026-04-22 15:15:58", "name": "glance_store.multi_backend", "msg": "Failed to load driver %(driver)s. Th
e driver will be disabled", "args": {"driver": "[<module 'stevedore.driver' from '/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-package
s/stevedore/driver.py'>, NoMatches(\"No 'glance_store.drivers' driver found, looking for 'filesystem'\")]"}, "levelname"
: "WARNING", "levelno": 30, "pathname": "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/glance_store/multi_backend.py", "filena
me": "multi_backend.py", "module": "multi_backend", "lineno": 177, "funcname": "_load_multi_store", "created": 177687095
8.2292101, "msecs": 229.0, "relative_created": 1963.627576828003, "thread": 140327456592960, "thread_name": "MainThread"
, "process_name": "MainProcess", "process": 187, "traceback": null, "hostname": "glance-api-64499cdd4c-qk75p", "error_su
mmary": "stevedore.exception.NoMatches: No 'glance_store.drivers' driver found, looking for 'filesystem'", "context": {}
, "extra": {}}
{"message": "Directory to write image files does not exist (/var/lib/glance/os_glance_staging_store). Creating.", "ascti
me": "2026-04-22 15:15:58", "name": "glance_store._drivers.filesystem", "msg": "Directory to write image files does not
exist (/var/lib/glance/os_glance_staging_store). Creating.", "args": [], "levelname": "INFO", "levelno": 20, "pathname":
"/usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/glance_store/_drivers/filesystem.py", "filename": "filesystem.py", "module": "
filesystem", "lineno": 355, "funcname": "_create_image_directories", "created": 1776870958.2297385, "msecs": 229.0, "rel
ative_created": 1964.155912399292, "thread": 140327456592960, "thread_name": "MainThread", "process_name": "MainProcess"
, "process": 187, "traceback": null, "hostname": "glance-api-64499cdd4c-qk75p", "error_summary": "", "context": {}, "ext
ra": {}}
{"message": "Directory to write image files does not exist (/var/lib/glance/os_glance_tasks_store). Creating.", "asctime
": "2026-04-22 15:15:58", "name": "glance_store._drivers.filesystem", "msg": "Directory to write image files does not ex
ist (/var/lib/glance/os_glance_tasks_store). Creating.", "args": [], "levelname": "INFO", "levelno": 20, "pathname": "/u
sr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/glance_store/_drivers/filesystem.py", "filename": "filesystem.py", "module": "file
system", "lineno": 355, "funcname": "_create_image_directories", "created": 1776870958.2303789, "msecs": 230.0, "relativ
e_created": 1964.7963047027588, "thread": 140327456592960, "thread_name": "MainThread", "process_name": "MainProcess", "
process": 187, "traceback": null, "hostname": "glance-api-64499cdd4c-qk75p", "error_summary": "", "context": {}, "extra"
: {}}
ERROR: 'file'
```
Here's what glance-api.conf looks like:
```
[DEFAULT]
bind_host = 127.0.0.1
bind_port = 8080
enable_v1_api = false
enable_v2_api = true
enabled_backends = file:filesystem
image_size_cap = 5368709120
show_image_direct_url = true
use_json = true
use_stderr = true
[audit_middleware_notifications]
driver = noop
use_oslo_messaging = false
[barbican]
barbican_endpoint_type = internal
[cache]
memcache_servers = ...
memcached_servers = ...
[database]
connection = ...
connection_recycle_time = 280
[glance_store]
default_store = file
default_backend = file
[keystone_authtoken]
auth_version = 3
interface = internal
auth_type = password
auth_url = https://keystone.yaook.svc:5000/v3
cafile = /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt
memcached_servers = ...
password = ...
project_domain_name = Default
project_name = service
service_token_roles = admin,service
service_token_roles_required = true
service_type = image
user_domain_name = Default
username = glance-f6vrf.yaook.cluster.local
valid_interfaces = internal
memcache_servers = ...
[oslo_middleware]
enable_proxy_headers_parsing = true
[oslo_policy]
policy_file = /etc/glance/policy.yaml
[paste_deploy]
flavor = keystone
config_file = /usr/local/etc/glance/glance-api-paste.ini
```
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