UForge Repository on Shared Storage

NFS (Network File System) is used to share the information between the various UForge nodes. To setup the NAS or SAN for the UForge Repository you must create two shared directories, one for the operating system data and the other for all the user data (My Software and images generated).

Note

This option is mandatory if you are installing UForge as a multi-node environment.

To setup the shared storage:

1. Log in to the machine where the NFS server is running

2. Create the operating system directory, for example: /volume1/DISTROS

   The following NFS options are required:

   *(rw,async,no_wdelay,no_root_squash,insecure_locks,anonuid=0,anongid=0)
   

3. Create the user data directory, for example: /volume1/USER_DATA

   The following NFS options are required:

   *(rw,async,no_wdelay,no_root_squash,insecure_locks,anonuid=0,anongid=0)
   

Check the mount points on each UForge node:

1. Run the following commands:

   mount 192.20.777.205:/volume1/USER_DATA/ /mnt
   su - tomcat
   cd /mnt
   touch test
   

2. If it returns:

   touch: cannot touch 'test': Permission denied
   

   Then execute the following commands (as root)

   cd /mnt
   chown -R tomcat:tomcat .
   

3. Confirm you can create a file on /mnt as user tomcat. Then perform the following:

   cd ~
   umount /mnt