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Post by oblio on Sept 5, 2021 18:09:05 GMT
Hello Community!
I wanted to start a thread to see if I could get any discussion going about what people are using to network their Bodhi Linux PCs (or otherwise) for moving files around on their local networks. I just started using NFS and think it is really slick.
Basically, I have an older AMD Phenom based system that was my initial Bodhi 6.0 box that is slowly becoming my backup while I configure my Intel Xeon system with 6.0. The Phenom system is currently hosting a NFS shared folder with R/W permissions with my Xeon system so that I can manually mount the folder and have two way file sharing (no need for automount, though I did try it successfully). The Xeon system has a RAID 0 array so backing up data is clearly critical.
Both of these system are configured with R/W permissions with a Raspberry Pi (running the current version of the Raspberry Pi OS) that has an external 8TB drive attached and shared via NFS. This system is more-or-less configured to run headless and off Wi-Fi with the final product hopefully being a tidy backup system that I can plug into any two outlets in my home and send files to it once it boots (not fully working...discussed later).
This tinkering has opened up many questions (and likely many security issues). I know enough to be dangerous, in that things are mostly working how I would like, but I'm not sure the full security implications I have established.
One issue is that the Pi backup system mostly does what I need other than I have to manually start the NFS server despite it being enabled. Evidently this is a known issue with the way NFS and the rest of the system initialize...I'm going from memory but basically it sounds like a file initiates at the wrong time so while the server is started, it is not exporting, or vice versa. I have not found a solution yet but hope to. Curious if anyone has experience with this? Knowing that the Pi OS is based on Debian, I thought this may be applicable with Bodhi 6.0 32 bit...that is, possibly running into similar configuration situation with NFS (trying to keep this topic somewhat applicable).
My quandaries are...
I would like my Xeon system to become my always on PC and daily driver that additionally serves up Plex, as this machine is likely my more/most efficient machine. That said, I feel silly using an old AMD system as my backup server when my Xeon system sports EEC RAM, enterprise SSD and enterprise RAID HDDs, etc.. Part of me feels that as long as data is duplicated in triplicate and I can take the 8TB drive off site, I should be fairly well backed up. The files I'm working with are mostly my music and movie collections that date back roughly 20 years and have been expanding since ("legally" obtained via ripping archive copies of physical media in my possession). Thoughts? Should I maybe use the AMD daily but shutdown after use and keep my Xeon system always up? I'm trying to conserve electricity but maintain the life of my systems (thermal expansion and contraction eventually kill electronics). Thoughts?
It seems straight forward but was wondering what other people are using to move files around on a local network? So far this has been an efficient enough method for my use, though very manual. The exports are setup to share with only one IP address on my network and I have my systems statically routed. I believe each share is something like (rw, root_squash, sync)...maybe some other options in there... It seems like some sort of file sharing love triangle. Fun stuff.
I used to have my Xeon system setup as a FreeNAS but that is overkill for my use thanks to Plex running very well in Bodhi. I'm not into public cloud solutions. Anyway, thought this could be a fun thread.  |
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Post by ylee on Sept 5, 2021 21:48:36 GMT
Hello Community!
I wanted to start a thread to see if I could get any discussion going about what people are using to network their Bodhi Linux PCs (or otherwise) for moving files around on their local networks. I just started using NFS and think it is really slick.
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It seems straight forward but was wondering what other people are using to move files around on a local network? ... I have never messed around with NFS. My needs are rather simple and I just move files around between machines using sftp. These days I even do that with VMs as it does not require virtual box quest additions installed on the VM (for shared folders). |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Sept 5, 2021 22:00:35 GMT
My needs are rather simple and I just move files around between machines using sftp. These days I even do that with VMs as it does not require virtual box quest additions installed on the VM (for shared folders).
Wow I didnt know that would work, just tired it and yep worked right away, no config needed. Awesome, and certainly easier than installing guest additions plus configuring shared folders in virtualbox settings.... this just works right away, love it.
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Post by ylee on Sept 5, 2021 22:35:14 GMT
On VMs I usually have to set port forwarding on the VM, and the quest has to have openssh-server installed.  |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Sept 6, 2021 0:22:15 GMT
I didnt have to forward any port/etc, just open thunar in the guest and sftp://host, but I guess I tested on VM with guest additions already installed, which is usually the first thing I do on a clean vm then take snapshot.... next time I start a new VM tho I'll try. I realized I still need guest additions for copy/paste between host/guest anyway, but still, this is way easier than configuring the shared folder in vbox setup.
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Post by ylee on Sept 6, 2021 1:01:40 GMT
To go from the host to the guest you going to need the port forwarding |
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Post by oblio on Sept 9, 2021 16:56:08 GMT
Yeah, I likely should be using sftp, anything over SSH is not my forte...keys freak me out. I'm never sure if I have everything configured properly. Guess that's part of learning - break stuff.
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Post by ylee on Sept 9, 2021 19:21:14 GMT
Yeah, I likely should be using sftp, anything over SSH is not my forte...keys freak me out. I'm never sure if I have everything configured properly. Guess that's part of learning - break stuff. I did not use it much at all until I had to ssh and sftp into our repo server all the time. That was when I saw how useful it can be. |
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Post by oblio on Sept 10, 2021 13:51:15 GMT
ylee For as long as I have been using PCs, it should be in my toolkit. I should learn that soon. I wonder if I can figure out the NFS "enable" issue I'm having on the Pi by working with 32-bit Bullseye Bodhi? May be worth checking out...
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Post by wimc on Sept 10, 2021 16:46:06 GMT
I have 2 PC's side by side. Bodhi and other with Windows XP Pro.
Win XP one is never connected to the network, transfer files via USB stick. Been doing that for years.
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Post by enigma9o7 on Sept 11, 2021 5:02:05 GMT
I have 2 PC's side by side. Bodhi and other with Windows XP Pro. Win XP one is never connected to the network, transfer files via USB stick. Been doing that for years. Well that's no fun, you're missing the good stuff!
I hear it's the most popular OS in Armenia.... |
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Post by wimc on Sept 11, 2021 9:28:53 GMT
May be someday I'll connect the older PC to the network. For now, quite content as is.
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Post by oblio on Sept 13, 2021 13:24:52 GMT
Oh XP...how I'm glad you and all of your siblings effectively pushed me to Linux. For good.
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