[Lxc-users] [NFS] nfs server

zorg zorg at probesys.com
Fri Aug 12 06:57:37 UTC 2011


Le 09/08/2011 17:44, Rob Landley a écrit :
> On 08/09/2011 08:27 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 03:10:44PM +0200, Daniel Lezcano wrote:
>>> On 08/09/2011 10:03 AM, Jeremy MAURO wrote:
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Any updates about this request, because I am unable to setup a nfs
>>>> server on the container without a nfs-server on the main server.
>>>> Once the nfs-kernel-server is setup on the main server, I am still
>>>> unable to mount the nfs exports:
>>>> On the main server:
>>>> [root at server]:/var/lib/lxc/nfsroot/rootfs/var/lib # showmount -e localhost
>>>> Export list for localhost:
>>>> [root at server]:/var/lib/lxc/nfsroot/rootfs/var/lib #
>>>>
>>>> On the container:
>>>> [root at nfsroot]:~ # showmount -e localhost
>>>> Export list for localhost:
>>>> /var/nfsroot 10.10.0.0/16
>>>> [root at nfsroot]:~ # showmount -e 10.10.200.31
>>>> Export list for 10.10.200.31:
>>>> /var/nfsroot 10.10.0.0/16
>>>>
>>>> And when trying to mount the export, the clients just hangs
>>>> [root at client-server]:/ # mount 10.10.200.31:/var/nfsroot /mnt/
>>>>
>>>> Any idea?
>>> I think the nfs server is not yet supported by the kernel.
>>> AFAIR Kirill had a patchset to be merged mainline but I don't know what
>>> is the status.
>> AFAIK, upstream has no objections on this patchset, but they don't merge
>> it. I don't know why.
>>
>> Anyway, it's only a small part of work which need to be done to get nfs work
>> properly in containers.
>>
>> Rob, do you have any status update? I don't follow nfs maillist currently.
>>
> P.S.  I believe the fies to make cifs and p9 work already went in, and
> FUSE already did, but it's been a while and I'll have to retest.  (I
> know I got 'em all to work, I _think_ all changes necessary to do so
> went upstream.)  If you're not tied to NFS, you have several options.
>
> (Getting NFSv4 to work was a crawling horror due to its horrible
> overcomplicated design wanting to merge different mount points into the
> same superblock without even using the --bind mount mechanism, make
> callbacks to kernel threads and userspace with no obvious ownership
> rules...  NFSv3 was a piece of cake in comparison, and I don't think I
> ever got lockd to work properly there either.  Of course, other network
> filesystems never needed it...)
>
> Rob
>
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Hello,

does this mean that there is no chance  ever to make a nfs4 server 
working in a lxc container

zorg




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