Topics: Samba

Scope/Description This article will cover creating and managing SMB shares in Houston UI. Prerequisites Access to Houston UI Cockpit File Sharing Module and Packages Installed SMB Packages Installed SMB Services Running and Enabled SMB Ports Open on Firewall (133/tcp, 445/tcp and 137/udp, 138/udp) Steps Accessing the File Sharing Tab In Houston UI, navigate to the […]

Scope/Description This guide will show the process to enable Shadow Copy on SMB share with ZFS snapshots. Prerequisites Houston UI cockpit-file-sharing module installed ZFS snapshots configured SMB share configured Steps Go to the File Sharing tab and click on the share you wish to add shadow copy to. Once editing, you can click the Populate […]

Scope/Description This article will show you some basic SMB share configurations. Prerequisites SMB Packages Installed SMB Services Running and Enabled SMB Ports Open on Firewall (133/tcp, 445/tcp and 137/udp, 138/udp) Local users with samba password configured. Local group to authenticate users connecting to share(s). Joined to an Active Directory if using Windows ACLs to manage […]

Scope/Description This article will show how to configure SMB shares to allow access via Windows Domain Authentication and handle permissions via Windows ACLs. Prerequisites SMB Packages Installed SMB Services Running and Enabled SMB Ports Open on Firewall (133/tcp, 445/tcp and 137/udp, 138/udp) Joined to an Active Directory if using Windows ACLs to manage share permissions. […]

Scope/Description This article will guide how to configure a samba share to optimize performance and compatibility with MacOS The following performance tunes have been tested with MacOS Big Sur (11.2.3). Previous/Future versions will benefit as well but trial and error are recommended. Prerequisites SMB Share MacOS Client Steps SMB VFS Objects It is best practice […]

Scope/Description In this article we’ll go over the steps to add a Recycle Bin for deleted files/folders through Houston UI Prerequisites Houston UI SMB share Steps Go to the “File Sharing” tab to edit the samba share you wish to add a recycle bin to. Once we’re in the Configure Samba Share menu, we add these […]

Scope/Description This article will show how to enable reliable network discovery of samba shares with the WSD service. This service works with standalone samba servers as well as CTDB. Prerequisites Samba shares preconfigured Windows DNS record that points to samba/ctdb server, in the example that host-name is LABSAMBACLUSTER Steps Install wsdd service on your system. […]

Scope/Description This article will cover adding additional VIP(virtual IP) public addresses to a CTDB cluster. This process should only be used when new gateways are added to a pre-standing cluster or CTDB was configured with a singular public address. Prerequisites A standing Ceph cluster CTDB installed and configured Additional IP address(es) Additional gateway nodes Steps […]

Scope/Description This article details the way to delete past mapped network  drive credentials in order to properly map the network drive. Prerequisites A Configured 45Drives unit A dataset with a Samba share set up Windows Client that you are trying to map the network to “Network browsable” option selected on share options Steps When unable […]

Configuring CTDB (4.9 and above) Issue CTDB being updated to a version in 4.9.x series brings an overhaul in configuration file format, parameters and default locations. Thus in an environment where CTDB configuration under /etc/sysconfig/ or /etc/ctdb/ctdbd.conf has been modified previously might experience some irregularities unless proper migration procedures are performed after the update. Section […]