Connecting to Storage from Linux
- Elyn Fritz-Waters
storageN
The use of
storageNwithin these documents indicates that any storage platform can be used.Current available storage platforms:
storage1
storage2
Using mount
This was tested on Ubuntu 16.04 with mount.cifs version 6.4 which is part of the cifs.utils package
Install cifs.utils:
sudo apt-get install cifs.utilsUse the id command do find the local user’s uid and gid, optional:
id
uid=1000({local user name}) gid=1000({local user group}) groups=1000({local user group}),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),110(lpadmin),111(sambashare),119(libvirt)Issue the mount command with proper options and credentials:
mount -t cifs -o vers=3.0,uid=1000,gid=1000,credentials=/tmp/.auth //storageN.ris.wustl.edu/${VOLUME_NAME} /mntIf using a credentials file, be sure to format as follows, removing any line whitespace:
username=<WASHU KEY ID>
password=<WASHU KEY PASSWORD>
domain=ACCOUNTS.AD.WUSTL.EDUVariable replacement:
${VOLUME_NAME} should be replaced with the name of your Storage Platform volume.
<WASHU KEY ID> should be replaced with your WashU key ID.
<WASHU KEY PASSWORD> should be replaced with the password associated with your WashU key.
Using smbclient
Install samba-client
In the Debian family of operating systems (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu, etc.)
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y samba-clientIn the RedHat family of operating systems (e.g. RedHat, CentOS, etc.)
sudo yum install -y samba-clientEmpty the default samba configuration
sudo truncate -s 0 /etc/samba/smb.conf
Record your credentials in a file with restricted permissionscat > secret <<EOF
username=<WASHU KEY ID>
password=<WASHU KEY PASSWORD>
domain=ACCOUNTS.AD.WUSTL.EDU
EOFchmod 0600 secretVariable replacement:
<WASHU KEY ID> should be replaced with your WashU key ID.
<WASHU KEY PASSWORD> should be replaced with the password associated with your WashU key.
Use smbclient to connect to storage with the SMB3 protocol to your storage volume.
smbclient -A secret -m SMB3 //storageN.ris.wustl.edu/${VOLUME_NAME} -c ls
Domain=[ACCOUNTS] OS=[] Server=[]
. D 0 Wed Jan 31 10:35:05 2018
.. D 0 Wed Jan 31 12:40:03 2018
Active D 0 Wed Jan 31 12:09:39 2018
.snapshots DHR 0 Mon Jan 29 15:22:55 2018
5368709120 blocks of size 1024. 5363531776 blocks availableOr, to avoid recording credentials in a file:
smbclient -W ACCOUNTS -U <WASHU KEY ID> -m SMB3 //storageN.ris.wustl.edu/${VOLUME_NAME} -c 'ls'Variable replacement:
${VOLUME_NAME} should be replaced with the name of your Storage Platform volumn.
<WASHU KEY ID> should be replaced with your WashU key ID.
Enter ACCOUNTS\$USER password
Domain=[ACCOUNTS] OS=[] Server=[]
. D 0 Wed Jan 31 10:35:05 2018
.. D 0 Wed Jan 31 12:40:03 2018
Active D 0 Wed Jan 31 12:09:39 2018
.snapshots DHR 0 Mon Jan 29 15:22:55 2018
5368709120 blocks of size 1024. 5363531776 blocks availableUse smbclient to PUT data into storage
smbclient -A secret -m SMB3 //storageN.ris.wustl.edu/${VOLUME_NAME} -c 'cd Active; put somefile;'
Domain=[ACCOUNTS] OS=[] Server=[]
putting file somefile as \Active\somefile (69719.1 kb/s) (average 69719.1 kb/s)Variable replacement:
${VOLUME_NAME} should be replaced with the name of your Storage Platform volumn.