Red Hat SummitChapter 5. Configuring shared storage using NFS
The RHUA and CDS nodes require a shared storage volume that both can access to store content managed by RHUI. Currently, RHUI supports only network file system (NFS) solutions. You can set up an NFS server either on the RHUA node or on a dedicated machine.
The following instructions explain how to create and configure an NFS to work with RHUI.
Setting up your NFS server on a dedicated machine allows the CDS nodes and your RHUI clients to continue working even if something happens to the RHUA node.
Prerequisites
- Ensure you have root access to the NFS server
- Ensure you have root access to the RHUA node
- Ensure you have root access to all the CDS nodes you plan to use.
Procedure
Install the
nfs-utilspackage on the node hosting the NFS server, the RHUA node (if it differs from the NFS node), and all the CDS nodes.# yum install nfs-utilsCreate a suitable directory to hold all the RHUI content.
# mkdir /exportAllow your RHUA and CDS nodes access to the directory by editing the
/etc/exportsfile and adding the following line:/export rhua.example.com(rw,no_root_squash) cds01.example.com(rw,no_root_squash) cds02.example.com(rw,no_root_squash)Start and enable the NFS service.
# systemctl start nfs-server # systemctl start rpcbind # systemctl enable nfs-server # systemctl enable rpcbind
NoteIf the NFS service is already running use the
restartcommand instead of thestartcommand.
Verification
To test whether an NFS server is set up on a machine named
filer.example.com, run the following commands on a CDS node:# mkdir /mnt/nfstest # mount filer.example.com:/export /mnt/nfstest # touch /mnt/nfstest/test
Your setup is working properly if you do not get any error messages.
