Administrator’s Command Line Guide

2.8. Managing CHAP Accounts for Acronis Storage iSCSI Targets
2.8 Managing CHAP Accounts for Acronis
Storage iSCSI Targets
Acronis Storage allows you to restrict access to iSCSI targets by means of CHAP authentication.
To make use of CHAP authentication, you need to:
1. Create a CHAP account.
2. Create an iSCSI target bound to this CHAP account.
These actions are described in detail in the following subsections.
2.8.1 Creating CHAP Accounts for Acronis Storage iSCSI Targets
To create a CHAP account, use the vstorage-iscsi account-create command. For example, to create the CHAP
account user1:
# vstorage-iscsi account-create -u user1
Enter password:
Verify password:
2.8.2 Creating Acronis Storage iSCSI Targets Bound to CHAP Accounts
To create a Acronis Storage iSCSI target bound to a CHAP account, use the vstorage-iscsi create command with
the additional -u option. For example, create a target bound to the CHAP account user1:
# vstorage-iscsi create -n test1 -a 192.168.10.100 -u user1
IQN: iqn.2014-04.com.vstorage:test1
2.8.3 Changing the CHAP Account Password
To change the password of a CHAP account, use the vstorage-iscsi account-set command. For example, to change
the password of the CHAP account user1:
# vstorage-iscsi account-set -u user1
Enter password:
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