Adding NAS (NFS) - storage to FOG

[boeleke]

@ch3i

Hi there ch3i,

thanks for your answer.
that was the first thing i tried. I added a user ‘fog’ with the same password on the QNAP.
Then i added a storage node. But it failed. (See pictures)

LINK FOR BETTER IMAGE : http://i65.tinypic.com/5yucyd.png

[ch3i]

@boeleke FTP and NFS path or the sames on your NAS ?

[boeleke]

@ch3i

hi there!
I’m not sure , i’m not that familiar with all the NAS-settings.
I can acces my NAS on windows with :

ftp://172.16.0.17/images

& i use the same path for my nfs , isn’t it?

Sorry , i’m just a beginner :).

[ch3i]

@boeleke For QNAP the NFS path seem to be : /share/your_nfs_share but for the ftp access it’s /your_nfs_share. In FOG trunk (https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php/Upgrade_to_trunk) you can differentiate NFS and FTP path. In your version FTP and NFS path must be the same !

[boeleke]

@ch3i

hi there.
Thank you for the help. I’m working in a school environment & we can’t work with unstable releases.
If we want to use it every week , it need to be stable.
Is there not another option?

Thanks for the help!

[ch3i]

@boeleke I’m working in a School and use Trunk version Trunk versions of FOG are “stable”.

[Wayne Workman]

@ch3i I too am a systems admin at a school, and I’ve been using FOG Trunk for over a year now. It’s much more stable than it used to be. Others here in the corporate world also use FOG Trunk.

I would recommend that you setup FOG Trunk on a VM though, and take snapshots before each update - just so you have a safety net.

[boeleke]

@Wayne-Workman & @ch3i ,

Hi there guys,

you both convinced me to do this. So i upgraded to Fog Trunk (i can Revert anyway with a snapshot).
But now i need your guys help to add this storage node. You got a lot more settings :
I’m not sure if its correct now. I mean , the snapin path – must that be a map on the QNAP also?

When i use this settings , i get next mistake

while upgrading trunk , he said : (Setting up and starting VSFTP server : Failed! )

Can you guys help me further?

Sorry for my bad english.

Greetings,
Tom

[ch3i]

@boeleke Hi, it’s normal, because your NAS is not a “FOG Storage Node”. A real FOG Storage Node is an installation of FOG on another server with “Node Installation”. You NAS have not the FOG installation. It’s not a problem to upload/download.
Tip : If you use multicast your NAS storage node can’t be the master of the group storage.

@Tom-Elliott It’s possible to check if the hw.php is present and display a message to indicate that it’s not a normal node ?

[boeleke]

@ch3i

Hi Ch3i,
eumh wait. With Multicast you mean , imaging more computer at once? So for example 100 computer with 1 image?
So i need to make a new storage GROUP and link the image with this group?
But how can i image more computers at once then? Just not set it as master node?

I’ll try an upload in a couple of minutes then.

[boeleke]

@ch3i :

i tried to upload an image now.
But still , i get an error :
Could not mount images folder (/bin/fog.upload)
Args Passed.

[raice]

I didn’t test it. But I would say, mount it via linux (ssh into the fog server) and make sure it got the right permissions.

[boeleke]

@raice

Thats Re-Exporting , that is not working.
I hope ch3i or Wayne workman can help me. Maybe with teamViewer,
i don’t get this done.

[boeleke]

I teamviewed with @ch3i & he did it!
New password , more rights on the QNAP & better settings for the node.

Thank you verry mutch guys! For the patience ;)!
You can set this topic on SOLVED

[ch3i]

@boeleke said:

I teamviewed with @ch3i & he did it!
New password , more rights on the QNAP & better settings for the node.

Thank you verry mutch guys! For the patience ;)!
You can set this topic on SOLVED

There was two problems : NFS path and NFS network access.

[Wayne Workman]

@boeleke In your screen shots, it looks like the Image Path and the FTP Path are backwards. Usually, the FTP Path contains the entire path, while the NFS Path starts in the exact shared NFS Folder.

-EDIT-
Just read that @ch3i solved it. Good job ch3i!