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For EUMETSAT EWC side you should have a look at SFS EUMETSAT - Shared File System (SFS) usage in tenants.


Provisioning the VMs

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Make sure both server and client have a private network enabled, in order to see each other.

You may want to also set up an extra volume other than the root one to use as the export. See Adding extra disk storage to your instances to see how to set it up.

Installing and configuring the NFS server

  1. Install the NFS server and tools if not installed. On CentOS:


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    sudo yum install nfs-utils

    On Ubuntu:

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    sudo apt install nfs-kernel-server


  2. Configure the directory or directories to export. For example, if you want to share a directory called /data within your private tenant network (here, we assume it's 192.168.1.0/24)

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    echo "/data 192.168.1.0/24(rw,sync,no_root_squash)" | sudo tee -a /etc/exports

    You may want to adapt it to suit your needs.

  3. Start the services. On CentOS:

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    sudo systemctl enable rpcbind
sudo systemctl enable nfs-server
sudo systemctl enable nfs-lock
sudo systemctl enable nfs-idmap
sudo systemctl start rpcbind
sudo systemctl start nfs-server
sudo systemctl start nfs-lock
sudo systemctl start nfs-idmap

    On Ubuntu:

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    sudo service nfs-kernel-server restart


  4. You may need to configure the firewall to recognise your private network IP range (here assumed to be 192.168.1.0/24 ) as trusted, enabling access to the NFS server.  On CentOS:

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    sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=trusted --add-source=192.168.1.0/24
sudo firewall-cmd --reload


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    Do not enable NFS on a public / internet-facing interface!


  5. Take note of the private IP of the server, as you will need it when configuring the clients.  On the EUMETSAT part of EWC, you can also use the name of the machine, but the IP will work too.

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    ip addr show


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titleEUMETSAT: Creating new Security Group for NFS server

If your VM runs on the EUMETSAT cloud, you will need to use a special security group. NFS uses 111 (UDP and TCP) and 2049 (TCP and UDP) ports for communicating through the network, which are not open by default in EUMETSAT configuration. In order to allow connections coming from the network to those ports, you need to create a new security group and set rules. Our "Creating Security Groups in Morpheus" knowledge base article covers the details regarding the task and you can follow it to create your own rule to allow NFS connections. After creating the new security group for NFS, you need to change the NFS Server's current security group to your new rule. 

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