[Gluster-users] cannot nfs mount glusterFS

[Matt Hodson]

HA! that was it. dolt! thank you. i was going crazy looking at other  
stuff.

-matt


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Matt Hodson
Scientific Customer Support, Geospiza
(206) 633-4403, Ext. 111
http://www.geospiza.com




On Nov 3, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Vikas Gorur wrote:

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> On Nov 3, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Matt Hodson wrote:
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>> I just installed distributed gluster FS on 2 CentOS 5 boxes.  
>> install and configuration seemed to go fine. gluterd is running.  
>> firewalls/iptables are off.  however for the life of me i cannot  
>> nfs mount the main gluster server from either a OSX or a CentOS 5  
>> box. I use NFS often and have a fair amount of experience with it  
>> so i've reviewed most of the common pitfalls.
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>> here's the command that fails from centos:
>> $ sudo mount -v -t nfs 172.16.1.76:/gs-test /mnt/gluster/
>> mount: trying 172.16.1.76 prog 100003 vers 3 prot tcp port 2049
>> mount: trying 172.16.1.76 prog 100005 vers 3 prot udp port 909
>> mount: 172.16.1.76:/gs-test failed, reason given by server: No such  
>> file or directory
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>> and the same one from OSX 10.5
>> sudo mount -v -t nfs 172.16.1.76:/gs-test /gluster/
>> mount_nfs: can't access /gs-test: No such file or directory
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>> what's weird is that i can mount actual dirs on the gluster server,  
>> just not the gluster VOLNMAE. in other words, this command works  
>> fine because it's mounting an actual dir.
>> $sudo mount -v -t nfs 172.16.1.76:/ /mnt/gluster/
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> You have the kernel NFS service running. That is why you can mount  
> regular directories on the gluster server.
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> When you try to mount Gluster the kernel NFS server is actually  
> looking for a directory called /gs-test, which ofcourse does not  
> exist. You need to stop the kernel NFS service and stop and start  
> the gluster volume.
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> Vikas Gorur
> Engineer - Gluster, Inc.
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