26 Jun
2021
26 Jun
'21
8:26 a.m.
Ok, I got a bit further. I can now mount the NFS export on my ESXi
server and use it as a datastore. I added the ESXi host with RW and
no_root_squash permissions in the Ceph Dashboard. After re-mounting it
on the ESXi datastore it works fine. Any idea about the ingress?
Regards,
Oliver
Am 15.06.2021 um 12:01 schrieb Oliver Weinmann:
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> I have deployed the latest CEPH Pacific release in my lab and started
> to check out the new ?stable? NFS Ganesha features. First of all I'm a
> bit confused which method to actually use to deploy the NFS cluster:
>
>
>
> cephadm or ceph nfs cluster create?
>
>
>
> I used "nfs cluster create" for now and noticed a minor problem in the
> docs.
>
>
> https://docs.ceph.com/en/latest/cephfs/fs-nfs-exports/#cephfs-nfs
>
>
> The command is stated as:
>
> $ ceph nfs cluster create <clusterid> [<placement>] [--ingress
> --virtual-ip <ip>]
>
> while as it needs a type (cephfs) to be specified
>
> nfs cluster create <type> <clusterid> [<placement>] : Create an
NFS
> Cluster
>
> Also I can't manage to use the --ingress --virtual-ip parameter. Every
> time I try to use it I get this:
>
> [root@cephboot~]# ceph nfs cluster create cephfs
> ec9e031a-cd10-11eb-a3c3-005056b7db1f --ingress --virtual-ip 192.168.9.199
> Invalid command: Unexpected argument '--ingress'
> nfs cluster create <type> <clusterid> [<placement>] : Create an
NFS
> Cluster
> Error EINVAL: invalid command
>
> So i just deployed a NFS cluster without a VIP. Maybe I'm missing
> something?
>
> What about this note in the docs:
>
>>> From Pacific, the nfs mgr module must be enabled prior to use. <<
>
> I can't find any info on how to enable it. Maybe this is already the
> case?
>
> ceph nfs cluster create cephfs ec9e031a-cd10-11eb-a3c3-005056b7db1f
> "cephnode01"
> This seems to be working fine. I managed to connect a CentOS 7 VM and
> I can access the NFS export just fine. Great stuff.
>
>
>
> For testing I tried to attach the same NFS export to a standalone ESXi
> 6.5 Server. This also works, but its diskspace is shown as 0 bytes:
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm not sure if this supported or I'm missing something. I could not
> find any clear info in the docs only some reddit posts where users
> mentioned that they were able to use it with VMware.
>
>
>
> Thanks and Best Regards,
>
> Oliver
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