Appendix B. Storing content on an NFS share

Procedure

1. Create the NFS share. This example uses a share at nfs.example.com:/Satellite/pulp. Ensure this share provides the appropriate permissions to Satellite Server and its apache user.

2. Stop Satellite services on your Satellite Server:

   # satellite-maintain service stop

3. Install the nfs-utils package on your Satellite Server:

   # satellite-maintain packages install nfs-utils

4. Copy the existing contents of /var/lib/pulp to the NFS share.

   1. Mount the NFS share at a temporary location:

      # mkdir /mnt/temp
      # mount -o rw nfs.example.com:/Satellite/pulp /mnt/temp

   2. Copy the existing contents of /var/lib/pulp to the temporary location:

      # cp -r /var/lib/pulp/* /mnt/temp/.

   3. Set the permissions for all files on the share to use the pulp user.

   4. Unmount the temporary storage location:

      # umount /mnt/temp

5. Remove the existing contents of /var/lib/pulp:

   # rm -rf /var/lib/pulp/*

6. Edit the /etc/fstab file and add the following line:

   nfs.example.com:/Satellite/pulp    /var/lib/pulp   nfs    rw,hard,intr,context="system_u:object_r:pulpcore_var_lib_t:s0"

   This makes the mount persistent across system reboots. Ensure to include the SELinux context.

7. Enable the mount:

   # mount -a

8. Verify the NFS share provides the content:

   1. Confirm the NFS share mounts to /var/lib/pulp:

      # df
      Filesystem                         1K-blocks     Used Available Use% Mounted on
      ...
      nfs.example.com:/Satellite/pulp 309506048 58632800 235128224  20% /var/lib/pulp
      ...

   2. Confirm the content exists at the mount on /var/lib/pulp:

      # ls /var/lib/pulp

9. Start Satellite services on your Satellite Server:

   # satellite-maintain service start