Create Network Attached Storage

This topic describes how to create a Network Attached Storage (NAS).

Before you begin

Log in to the Node3 Windows server machine.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Create a shared folder on Node3.
  2. To make the shared folder a central storage location, give full permission to the drive.
    1. Right-click the drive and select Give access to > Advanced sharing....
      The Properties dialog appears.
    2. Select Advanced Sharing....
      The Advanced Sharing dialog appears.
    3. Select the check box for Share this folder, and then select Permissions.
      The permissions dialog for the drive appears.
    4. Select the group/user, and then select the check box for Full Control.

    During Configuration Hub installation, we will select this drive to store common data across the nodes in a cluster.

  3. Add cluster nodes IP address and FQDN in the shared VM hosts.conf file. Also add shared VM IP address and FQDN to the hosts file.
  4. Log in to Node1 and Node2 servers and attach the shared drive.
    Here we can give either the IP address or FQDN to access the shared drive.
  5. Access the Configuration Hub application using the virtual IP address.
    In the following example screenshot, Configuration Hub cluster virtual IP address is DNS name. FQDN: confighubha1.cluster.ge.com
    You can either access with virtual IP address or domain name.

    For example, access the Configuration Hub application with https://confighubha1.cluster.ge.com:5200/ from any network.