Installation of a storage machine

Setting up required software

Update the package lists, and install the required system software:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install --yes qemu-utils virtualenvwrapper git \
    python-pip

Setting up NFS share

Install the nfs-server package:

$ sudo apt-get install nfs-server

Create the datastore directory:

$ sudo mkdir /datastore
$ sudo chown cloud:cloud /datastore

Edit NFS exports:

$ sudo vim /etc/exports

Restart the nfs service:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart

Setting up Storage itself

Clone the git repository:

$ git clone git@git.ik.bme.hu:circle/storagedriver.git storagedriver

Set up virtualenvwrapper and the virtual Python environment for the project:

$ source /etc/bash_completion.d/virtualenvwrapper
$ mkvirtualenv storage

Set up default Storage configuration and activate the virtual environment:

$ cat >>/home/cloud/.virtualenvs/storage/bin/postactivate <<END
export AMQP_URI='amqp://cloud:password@host:5672/circle'
END
$ workon storage
$ cd ~/storagedriver

Install the required Python libraries to the virtual environment:

$ pip install -r requirements/local.txt

Copy the upstart scripts for celery services:

$ sudo cp miscellaneous/storagecelery.conf /etc/init/

Start celery daemons:

$ sudo start storagecelery