CIFS on Proxmox

[macrules34]

I have a repository of ISO's that I use to create VMs. I have added that share to my proxmox cluster, but when I go to create a VM I cannot navigate in that share to the ISO directory. Any idea why that is?

 

[mbosma]

Proxmox creates a folder structure when mounting a share.
The main ones are:
/dump (backups)
/template/iso (iso folder)
/template/cache (lxc images)

You'll have to put the iso's in the correct folder to be able to mount them in vm's.

 

[macrules34]

Where does it create the folder structure? On the share it’s self?

 

[mbosma]

Yes exactly, within the share.

 

[macrules34]

I didn’t see anything in the share when I looked in it, do I have to reboot for it to create the structure?

 

[mbosma]

Shouldn't be necessary.
Maybe the proxmox server doesn't have write permissions on the share?

 

[macrules34]

Okay I’ll have to look tomorrow. Where do I look, on the charge server or proxmox?

 

[mbosma]

You could try to upload an iso using the proxmox webgui to that share, if that fails you probably have a permission issue.
The issue will have to be resolved on the share server by setting different permissions or on the proxmox server by providing a different credentials for connecting to the share.

 

[macrules34]

Okay thanks!!

 

[macrules34]

I get permission denied when I try and make a directory via the command line on proxmox. The user for the proxmox login has the same permissions that the windows login has. This won't overwrite what I already have saved on this share will it?

 

[mbosma]

It won't overwrite current data on the share, only a new folder structure will be created within the share so proxmox can find it's data.

 

[macrules34]

I can't see to figure this out. The CIFS share is from a FreeNAS server and its not allowing me create a directory. Here are the permissions for the user that I use to connect via the proxmox servers.

 

[mbosma]

You're setting the permissions for the home directory of that user and not the ones for the pool/share with those boxes.
In the pools tab you click on the 3 dots next to a pool and select "edit permissions".

 

[macrules34]

I tried that and did a mount -a to refresh the share and still get the same result.

 

[macrules34]

I have successfully added the share, it had to do with the permissions on the FreeNAS server. I had to manually mount the gifs share on each physical server tho. Adding it through the ProxMox GUI didn't propagate it to all 4 servers.