Central Storage Mount (/psi.ch)¶

Mounts /psi.ch which gives Kerberos protected access to all network shares (NFS or CIFS/SMB/Windows) which have been configured/opened for this feature.

Configuration¶

In Hiera enable it with

base::enable_central_storage_mount: true

base::enable_central_storage_mount: false

On workstation type systems this is enabled by default starting with RHEL9

Adding a Share¶

For a new or existing share find a suitable path below /psi.ch/group or /psi.ch/project and inform the NAS Team or the Linux Core Group.

Kerberos and Permanent Running Software¶

Checkout Permanent Kerberos with gssproxy and Password Keytab if you want to access this, e.g. with background processes without having to type passwords (kinit) regularly.

Debugging¶

Is autofs running and fine?

sudo systemctl status autofs
sudo journalctl -u autofs

Is the firewall blocking access to the file server?

For NFS shares, are there network access restrictions on server side for the share?