NFS ESXi permissions issue, I think.

theguidoune · 17. Juli 2014

I can create the datastore with no issue. I am have created a share VM-storage and get to the datastore via /export/VM-storage. When I try to connect I get the error provided in the photo. Also, if I try to browse the datastore I can't upload files or create new folders hence why I think its a permissions issue. What users should I have created so the ESXi host can access the datastore? Looked on OMV syslog did not see any authentication errors.

Doing my best to provide the most information as I was searching through the forums for an answer to my dilemma and that was the most common response. I have spent hours on this searching testing and I feel I am doing something stupid, so I present these photos in an effort not to waste your time. Thanks ahead of time.

For your information I am new to VM and new to OMV and Linux in general.

datadigger · 5. November 2014

Still unsolved?
I just stumbled upon the same error message (Failed to deploy OVF package...) when I tried to set up a new VM on a freshly installed OMV machine using a NFS share in vCenter.
Looking up and down and found that I forgot to set the correct ACL permissions for the NFS share. Since connecting to a NFS share does not need a login with a user you have to set Read/Write/Execute for others for this NFS share. Then it works as usual.

waspinator · 11. Dezember 2014

~~I've got the same issue. I had it working, but my OVM drive died and after reinstalling I can't seem to configure it right again.~~

setting the "Others" permission worked.

davidh2k · 18. Dezember 2014

The right way would be taking care that the UIDs of the connecting user and the NAS User match to have proper permissions.

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David

datadigger · 18. Dezember 2014

Zitat von davidh2k

The right way would be taking care that the UIDs of the connecting user and the NAS User match to have proper permissions.

Your described "right way" would be the right way if an ESXi host would offer the possibility to name a user when connecting to a NFS share. Since this is not possible, setting RWE for others is the only way to let it connect.
ESXi needs to connect to a NFS share with root privileges and you cannot do it any other way, so it is recommended to secure these connections in a different LAN segment or, even better, in a dedicated VLAN (That's what I did).

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