wget -P /path/to/alternate/dir something.ogg

I found out that one could use the -P option to download to an alternate location in wget. That's really neat. There's a python script sitting in the /srv/www/cgi-bin folder which downloads to a share in the openfiler here.

In the open source, we begin by putting all the blocks together! Think of something and its probably already there in the open source!

WebDAV in openfiler

I could get the WebDAV working on openfiler to view the share thanks to Nautilus, the gnome file manager.
Here's how it looks:

To access a WebDAV share from Nautilus, goto File, Connect to server, choose WebDAV in the combo box on the top and enter your settings like:

openfiler configuration from forums.openfiler.com

I found this pretty useful to configure the openfiler: https://forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2491

NFS up and running on Openfiler.

today morning, I was able to setup a client on my laptop running ubuntu to connect to the NFS server running on the Openfiler.

A while back, I had created a share on the Openfiler from the shares tab. I had to give access to the share using the network configuration. I tried giving 192.158.0.* so that all machines on my network could access the share, but don't know why it did not work. So, I created a specific entry with my laptop's ip address, gave it rw access for NFS.

Then, I used the configuration specified on the ubuntu forums for NFS and could copy a big video into the share after i 'mount'ed the share on my laptop.

I seem to have a problem on my laptop with the version of libc it is running, so, I had to manually pick up the nfs-common and the related debs and install them via dpkg.

So, this looks good so far.

Openfiler...got it installing!

Yes, the first time I thought I am expert and went right ahead, but I missed the instructions in the installation guide. Radha pointed out to me what the problem could be, so, I tried the install a second time with free space left out after /boot, / and swap. It installed neat and I could create a share out of the free space :-)

So, I have a 100MB for /boot, 10GB for / and 4GB for swap and the rest of 198GB is being used as share. I need to see how to setup NFS/Samba/LDAP/FTP now. This is perhaps the time for me to lookup the v1.1 manual though dated but surely of some help (http://wwwold.openfiler.com/docs/manual/).

So, onto the configurations! I have added a group and a user for a start.
-raghav

Openfiler...NAS in Linux

We were looking for a NAS in Linux and we came across Openfiler. Looks quite interesting. I have it installed on a system here at home. I was looking to administer it and ended up with my first ever chat on IRC. #openfiler on irc.freenode.net.

Here's the chat script:
(07:41:26 IST) The topic for #openfiler is: ..::openfiler::.. - A place to talk about openfiler and SAN, please use a pastebin instead of flooding http://openfiler.com - Non openfiler? #san
(07:48:39 IST) raghav_n1: hi folks. i have just installed openfiler and was looking for some documents to manage/administer the system. but, i am unable to find them on http://www.openfiler.com/learn. is there some other place i need to look?
(07:49:30 IST) rafiu: raghav_n1: forums is a very good place to start
(07:49:34 IST) rafiu: https://forums.openfiler.com
(07:50:42 IST) raghav_n1: thank you! i am looking at the forums now.
(07:54:13 IST) Stanlin: raghav_n1: it is going to crash
(07:54:41 IST) rafiu: Stanlin: what's up with you?
(07:55:45 IST) raghav_n1: Stanlin: sorry, i did not understand what you meant
(08:01:53 IST) Stanlin: raghav_n1: OF is amazing.. keep using
(08:03:16 IST) Stanlin: rafiu: joking man
(08:06:46 IST) raghav_n1: Stanlin: i am beginning to get a feel of OF. looking into the forums to get my OF up and running. OF looks good to me!
(08:07:11 IST) Stanlin: raghav_n1: its so easy, boot it, open the web interface, click here there... voila
(08:10:10 IST) raghav_n1: Stanlin: i am sure it is. just that i need to get used to it a bit.
(08:15:24 IST) Stanlin: well depends on your experience, was like 5 mins for me

Got to get this working!
-raghav