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== Windows Storage Node ==
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= Windows Storage Node =
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*This is for <span style="background-color:RED; color:Orange; boarder:solid thin black">STORAGE NODES '''ONLY'''</span> you will still need a Linux install running as the main server. However, this will be part of the building blocks for a windows server build that yet does '''not''' exist.
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*You may have a Windows Storage Node in combination with any number of Linux Storage Nodes or just a single Windows Storage Node.
 
*This has been put together from the forum and should be useful to many. [http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fatal-error-failed-to-mount-nfs-volume.10457/#post-26912 Windows Server NFS]
 
*This has been put together from the forum and should be useful to many. [http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/fatal-error-failed-to-mount-nfs-volume.10457/#post-26912 Windows Server NFS]
  
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===Requirements===
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==Requirements==
 
#Windows Server 2008 (R2)/Windows Server 2012 (R2)
 
#Windows Server 2008 (R2)/Windows Server 2012 (R2)
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#NFS Role Installed
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#NFS Role Installed (NFS)
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#Filezilla Installed
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#Filezilla Installed (FTP)
  
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=== Windows Step-by-Step===
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==Windows Step-by-Step==
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#'''Create folder C:\images'''
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=== Folder Creation & Setup ===
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#'''Create folder C:\images\dev'''
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*'''Create folders'''
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#'''Set Sharing'''
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*#'''Create folder C:\images'''
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#'''Set Permissions'''
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*#'''Create folder C:\images\dev
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#'''Set Security'''
 
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#'''Setup Filezilla Account'''
 
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[[File:Filezilla1.png|center|Create fog account and make sure this is the same password for your ''Management password'']]
 
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#'''Setup Filezilla Folders'''
 
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[[File:Filezilla folders.png|center|Make sure these files $ Directories all have Read, write, delete, append rights]]
 
  
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*'''Set Sharing''' (you may not have kerberos enable do not worry about this)
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[[File:NFS Sharing1.png|center|]]
  
  
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*'''Set Permissions''': Set proper permissions for All Machines
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[[File:NFS Permissions.png|center]]
  
  
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*'''Set Security''': Make sure you do this for C:\, C:\images, and C:\images\dev
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{|style="margin: 0 auto;"
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|[[File:Security 1.png]]
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|[[File:Security 2.png]]
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|[[File:Security 3.png]]
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|}
  
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====Filezilla Setup (FTP)====
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*'''Setup Filezilla Account''': Create fog account and make sure this is the same password for your ''Management password''
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[[File:Filezilla1.png|center|frame|Create fog account and make sure this is the same password for your ''Management password'']]
  
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*'''Setup Filezilla Folders''': Make sure these files $ Directories all have Read, write, delete, append rights
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[[File:Filezilla folders.png|center|frame|Make sure these files $ Directories all have Read, write, delete, append rights]]
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*'''Set Ports''':
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====Windows Firewall====
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====Windows Policies====
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*'''Set Local Policies''': Set this policy to '''Enabled'''
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[[File:Local policy settings.jpg|center|frame|Set this policy to enabled]]
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====NFS====
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*'''Configure NFS Server''': Stop NFS Server Service, Edit Transport Protocol to TCP+UDP, and Start NFS Server Service
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{|style="margin: 0 auto;"
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|[[File:Properties of nfs server.png]]
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|[[File:Nfs tcp+udp.jpg]]
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|}
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==Fog Server==
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*Here is the tricky part.....You need to copy the hidden files on your Linux server to your windows server. These files are located @:
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*/images/.mntcheck --> c:\images\
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*/images/dev/.mntcheck --> c:\images\dev\
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*xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ==> ip address of the windows server
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*I mounted the NFS drive and just did a cp command.
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*'''Using terminal or ssh remote:'''
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<pre>
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cd /
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sudo mkdir images2
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sudo chmod 777 images2
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sudo mount xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images /images2
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sudo cp /images/.mntcheck /images2
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sudo cp /images/dev/.mntcheck /images2/dev/
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sudo umount /images2
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</pre>
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==Fog Web GUI==
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*Then continue by adding a storage node just as you would in the wiki.
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*I Simply added a Storage Node Definition in its own Storage Group independent to the default storage Group, added it's IP 172.19.102.6 and the path /images/ because it's the path 172.19.102.6 exports also /images/dev/ like an original FOG node does.
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[[File:Web gui.png|center]]
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[[File:Storage manage.png|center]]
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==Glitches==
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*At times NFS does not want to replicate (minimally after restarts) so need of restarting the NFS service is required.
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*Windows Nodes will not report any information in the Dashboard [[File:Home.png]]. This means no bandwidth and no disk information.
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**The only really way to know if it is working is to check the '''Image Replicator''' log. It will show something like:
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<pre>
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[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image1]'
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[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image2]'
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[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image3]'
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[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image4]'
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[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image5]'
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[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image6]'
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[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image7]'
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[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `postdownloadscripts'
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[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Complete
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</pre>
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*If having issues PM Wolfbane8653 in the forum.
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*<span style="background-color:RED; color:Orange; boarder:solid thin black">This is an interesting thread to me as it shows the flexibility of FOG. While cumbersome, it CAN be "ported" to run on nearly any OS. ~ Tom Elliott Senior Developer</span>
  
  
 
--[[User:Wolfbane8653.3362|Wolfbane8653.3362]] ([[User talk:Wolfbane8653.3362|talk]]) 18:51, 16 June 2014 (CDT)
 
--[[User:Wolfbane8653.3362|Wolfbane8653.3362]] ([[User talk:Wolfbane8653.3362|talk]]) 18:51, 16 June 2014 (CDT)

Latest revision as of 13:02, 14 August 2015

Windows Storage Node

  • This is for STORAGE NODES ONLY you will still need a Linux install running as the main server. However, this will be part of the building blocks for a windows server build that yet does not exist.
  • You may have a Windows Storage Node in combination with any number of Linux Storage Nodes or just a single Windows Storage Node.
  • This has been put together from the forum and should be useful to many. Windows Server NFS

Requirements

  1. Windows Server 2008 (R2)/Windows Server 2012 (R2)
  2. NFS Role Installed (NFS)
  3. Filezilla Installed (FTP)

Windows Step-by-Step

Folder Creation & Setup

  • Create folders
    1. Create folder C:\images
    2. Create folder C:\images\dev
  • Set Sharing (you may not have kerberos enable do not worry about this)
NFS Sharing1.png


  • Set Permissions: Set proper permissions for All Machines
NFS Permissions.png


  • Set Security: Make sure you do this for C:\, C:\images, and C:\images\dev
Security 1.png Security 2.png Security 3.png

Filezilla Setup (FTP)

  • Setup Filezilla Account: Create fog account and make sure this is the same password for your Management password
Create fog account and make sure this is the same password for your Management password


  • Setup Filezilla Folders: Make sure these files $ Directories all have Read, write, delete, append rights
Make sure these files $ Directories all have Read, write, delete, append rights
  • Set Ports:

Windows Firewall

Windows Policies

  • Set Local Policies: Set this policy to Enabled
Set this policy to enabled

NFS

  • Configure NFS Server: Stop NFS Server Service, Edit Transport Protocol to TCP+UDP, and Start NFS Server Service
Properties of nfs server.png Nfs tcp+udp.jpg


Fog Server

  • Here is the tricky part.....You need to copy the hidden files on your Linux server to your windows server. These files are located @:
  • /images/.mntcheck --> c:\images\
  • /images/dev/.mntcheck --> c:\images\dev\
  • xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ==> ip address of the windows server
  • I mounted the NFS drive and just did a cp command.
  • Using terminal or ssh remote:
cd /
sudo mkdir images2
sudo chmod 777 images2
sudo mount xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/images /images2
sudo cp /images/.mntcheck /images2
sudo cp /images/dev/.mntcheck /images2/dev/
sudo umount /images2

Fog Web GUI

  • Then continue by adding a storage node just as you would in the wiki.
  • I Simply added a Storage Node Definition in its own Storage Group independent to the default storage Group, added it's IP 172.19.102.6 and the path /images/ because it's the path 172.19.102.6 exports also /images/dev/ like an original FOG node does.
Web gui.png
Storage manage.png

Glitches

  • At times NFS does not want to replicate (minimally after restarts) so need of restarting the NFS service is required.
  • Windows Nodes will not report any information in the Dashboard Home.png. This means no bandwidth and no disk information.
    • The only really way to know if it is working is to check the Image Replicator log. It will show something like:
[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image1]'

[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image2]'

[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image3]'

[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image4]'

[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image5]'

[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image6]'

[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `[Image7]'

[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Mirroring directory `postdownloadscripts'

[01-20-15 8:25:38 am]  * [Windows_Node_Name] - SubProcess -> Complete
  • If having issues PM Wolfbane8653 in the forum.
  • This is an interesting thread to me as it shows the flexibility of FOG. While cumbersome, it CAN be "ported" to run on nearly any OS. ~ Tom Elliott Senior Developer


--Wolfbane8653.3362 (talk) 18:51, 16 June 2014 (CDT)

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