CORTX x Raspberry Pi Samba Server

Introduction

With a Raspberry Pi, Samba and CORTX, this integration lets you create your NAS server (to serve network-wide files) cheaply, and automatically syncs with your CORTX storage.

What is NAS?:

Network attached storage allows you to share files from one, always-on device throughout your house. With a NAS on your network, you can use it to store your movies and play them from multiple Kodi boxes, store backups on it from your PC, or use it as a BitTorrent box that seeds your files 24/7.

Setup

1. Setup RPi

Download RPI OS and BalenaEtcher.

Run sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

1. Setup Samba

Run sudo apt install samba samba-common-bin -y

1. Create folders for NAS sharing

   sudo mkdir -p /home/shared/public
   sudo chown -R root:users /home/shared/public
   sudo chown -R ug=rwx,o=rx /home/shared/public
   

2. Update Samba config files

Run sudo nano /etc/samba/smb.conf, then insert:

[your-storage-name]
path = /
writeable = yes
create mask = 0775
directory mask = 0775
public = no

1. Password lock your server

Run sudo smbpasswd -a pi and configure your password

1. Restart Samba service

Run sudo /etc/init.d/smbd restart

1. Mount your USB/HDD/etc - it is usually SDA1

E.g. Run umount dev/sda1

1. Configure AWS

pip install awscli
aws configure

1. Sync NAS storage with CORTX

aws --endpoint-url http://your-endpoint s3 sync s3://bucket-name .

Built With

• amazon-web-services
• aws-cli
• cortx
• raspberry-pi
• samba