Ah HA! Good to know, Luis. Could you possibly share the relevant portions of your auto.master and auto.misc? I just want to confirm that I'm doing things as expected. Thanks in advance. James -----Original Message----- From: gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org [mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org] On Behalf Of Luis E. Cerezo Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:11 PM To: Craig Carl Cc: gluster-users at gluster.org Subject: Re: Automount using /net/<brickname> in Glusterfs 3.1? craig, we used the /net method for some testing. the nfs server fell over pretty easily. I've mentioned it to support already. On Nov 19, 2010, at 6:18 PM, Craig Carl wrote: > James - > Gluster supports the *nix standard method of automounting NFS mounts. You will need to update /etc/auto.master and /etc/auto.misc and restart the autofs service. After that whenever a user or process attempts to access the directory it will be mounted in the background. > > Some CentOS documentation - http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-nfs-client-config-autofs.html > > Thanks, > > Craig > > --> > Craig Carl > Senior Systems Engineer > Gluster > > On 11/19/2010 12:25 PM, Burnash, James wrote: >> Hi Jacob. >> >> The link you gave me was the page I was referring to in my post - that's not what I need in terms of function or configuration, so no help to me, unfortunately. >> >> What I'm asking for is - what do I need to do on the client to automount a Gluster NFS share without specifically mounting it using the mount command - but instead using /net/<brickname>/<sharename> syntax to automount and access the directory. >> >> This is a crucial part of the client configuration, and cannot be changed in our current environment. >> >> Any further help is appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> James Burnash, Unix Engineering >> T. 201-239-2248 >> jburnash at knight.com | www.knight.com >> >> 545 Washington Ave. | Jersey City, NJ >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jacob Shucart [mailto:jacob at gluster.com] >> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 6:13 PM >> To: Burnash, James; gluster-users at gluster.org >> Subject: RE: Automount using /net/<brickname> in Glusterfs 3.1? >> >> James, >> >> Did you follow the instructions in: >> >> http://www.gluster.com/community/documentation/index.php/Gluster_3.1:_Auto >> matically_Mounting_Volumes_Using_NFS >> >> Please let me know if something in those instructions was not working. >> Thank you! >> >> -Jacob >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org >> [mailto:gluster-users-bounces at gluster.org] On Behalf Of Burnash, James >> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:13 AM >> To: gluster-users at gluster.org >> Subject: Automount using /net/<brickname> in Glusterfs >> 3.1? >> >> Hi. >> >> I'm running Glusterfs 3.1.01 on Centos 5.2. I have 2 bricks setup as >> mirrored and distributed, created using the 3.1 gluster commands. They all >> work fine for client mounts and NFS mounts on the client of the form: >> mount -t nfs<brickname>:/mytest /mytest. >> >> I've gone through all the Gluster documentation about automatic mounting - >> /etc/fstab entries, etc. I did find some information on entries needed for >> map files - but nothing I've tried has worked for automounting a Glusterfs >> NFS share with this syntax: >> >> cd /net/<brickname>/mydirectory >> >> The command returns successfully, but a subsequent "mount" command shows >> that this automount directory is actually writing to "/" on the client. >> >> This is the syntax used everywhere in house so that explicit NFS mounts >> aren't needed in the /etc/fstab of every machine, and so there is no >> dependency on those mounts at boot time. >> >> Has anybody tried this syntax, and if so what did you have to configure to >> use autofs or amd daemons to perform this activity? >> >> James Burnash, Unix Engineering >> >> >> DISCLAIMER: >> This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the >> addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or >> confidential information. 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