On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:52:44 -0600 "John G. Heim" <jheim@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Maybe this is a dumb question but do I have to set up an nfs server on > one of the server peers in my gluster volume in order to connect to the > volume with nfs? In theory, NFS is supposed to be enabled/running by default. Which version(s) of Gluster are use using? > I did a port scan on a couple of the peers in my > cluster and port 2049 was cloased. If you run "gluster volume status", what does it show? > I'm thinking maybe you have to > configure an nfs server on one of the peers and it can read/write to the > gluster volume like it would any disk. But then what do these commands do: > > gluster volume set <VOLNAME> nfs.disable off > gluster volume set <VOLNAME> nfs.disable on Yeah, they're more for disabling that NFS server that's on by default, for the people that don't want it. :) > The documentation on the gluster.org web site seems to imply that yu > don't need an nfs server. It specifically says you need the nfs-common > package on your servers. That would imply you don't need the > nfs-kernel-server package, right? See: > http://gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Gluster_3.2:_Using_NFS_to_Mount_Volumes This bit I'm not sure of. I'm using NFS purely for doing testing in a local VM (Gluster 3.4 and Gluster 3.5 dev), and haven't used it in any real world scenario's yet. :( Does that help? Regards and best wishes, Justin Clift -- GlusterFS Project: http://www.gluster.org Justin Clift <justin@xxxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ Gluster-users mailing list Gluster-users@xxxxxxxxxxx http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/gluster-users
