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Enabling the File System Provider
Introduction
The Enterprise File Fabric appliance allows a local folder, or file system, to be added as provider. This is particularly useful for network file servers and applications that can be mounted as file systems in Linux.
To connect using the CIFS protocol directly see Enabling the SMB/CIFS Connector.
(This guide assumes you are familiar with mounting file systems on linux)
By default the ability to add a file system storage provider is disabled within the appliance and for user packages. To enable follow these instructions:
Enable the FS provider for the appliance
- Login as appladmin in to the appliance
- Go to Settings → Site Functionality
- Toward the bottom of the page under Providers ensure that FS Provider is enabled
Tuning Block Size
In the same section you can also tune the block size used to read and write from the file system. The default value is 65536 (64KiB)
Enable FS provider for the user package
- Login as appladmin in to the appliance
- Go to Menu button in the top right of the screen → User Packages
- Select the package assigned to the user/organization
- Enable the FS provider for the package and save
Disable SELinux
Before you proceed further you will need to disable SELinux. Please follow the instruction Disable SELinux
Mount the File System on Linux
Mount the file system on the appliance. If you need to create a new linux user do so and note the password as you will need it in the next step.