Administrator Guide

Managing NIS
In environments that use Network Information Service (NIS), you can congure the FluidFS cluster to authenticate clients using NIS
for access to NFS exports.
Enable or Disable NIS Authentication
Congure the FluidFS cluster to communicate with the NIS directory service. Adding multiple NIS servers ensures continued
authentication of users in the event of a NIS server failure. If the
FluidFS cluster cannot establish contact with the preferred server,
it will attempt to connect to the remaining servers in order.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. In the File System pane, expand Environment and select Authentication.
3. In the Authentication pane, click the Directory Services tab.
4. Click Congure External User Database in the NFS User Repository section. The Edit External User Database dialog box
appears.
Enable or disable NIS
a. To disable NIS, select the None checkbox.
b. To enable NIS, select the NIS checkbox.
5. In the NIS Domain Name eld, type a NIS domain name.
6. In the NIS Servers text eld, type the host name or IP address of a NIS server and click Add. Repeat this step for any additional
NIS servers.
7. NIS servers are listed in descending order of preference.
• To increase the order of preference for a NIS server, select a NIS server and click Up.
• To decrease the order of preference for a NIS server, select a NIS server and click Down.
8. Click OK.
Change the NIS Domain Name
The NIS domain name species which domain to query in the NIS directory service.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. In the File System pane, expand Environment and select Authentication.
3. In the Authentication pane, click the Directory Services tab.
4. Click Congure External User Database in the NFS User Repository section. The Edit External User Database dialog box
appears.
5. In the NIS Domain Name eld, type a NIS domain name.
6. Click OK.
Add or Remove NIS Servers
At least one NIS server must be congured.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. In the File System pane, expand Environment and select Authentication.
3. In the Authentication pane, click the Directory Services tab.
4. Click Congure External User Database in the NFS User Repository section. The Edit External User Database dialog box
appears.
5. Add or remove NIS servers.
• To add a NIS server, type the host name or IP address of a NIS server in the NIS Servers text eld and click Add.
• To remove a NIS server, select an NIS server and click Remove.
6. Click OK.
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