HP Insight Control server provisioning Manual Media Server Configuration

This section presumes that the reader is familiar with executing Linux commands, installing rpms, and checking services.

Create Linux-based Media Server

The instructions in this technical document are targeted for Red Hat and SUSE Linux operating systems. However, since

the Linux Media Server is based on NFS, HTTPD, and SAMBA functionality, any type of Linux could be used providing that

these services are configured comparably to what is described in this document.

To create a Linux-based Media server:

1. On a server already running Linux, create a top level directory under which the Media server files will be stored.

The example used is /usr/MediaServer.

2. Under this top level directory, create two subdirectories: Images and Media. For example,

/usr/MediaServer/Images and /usr/MediaServer/Media.

3. For each operating system distribution, create a subdirectory under Media and copy the appropriate

operating system distributions, including hidden or system files, and SPP using the directory names in Table 2.

Using these directory names will ensure the IC server provisioning-provided OS Build Plans will run without

modification.

Setup Samba Server for Windows Deployments

Setup Samba Server

1. Install the following rpms.

• For a Red Hat Linux Media Server:

libtdb-x86_64

samba-x86_64

samba-common-x86_64

samba-winbind-x86_64

samba-winbind-clients-x86_64

• For a SUSE Linux Media Server:

samba-x86_64.rpm

samba-winbind-32bit-x86_64.rpm

libtdb1-x86_64.rpm

2. Create a non-root user on the Linux Media Server.

3. Add the following configuration to the /etc/samba/smb.conf file:

[Media]

path=/usr/MediaServer

public=no

writable=yes

browseable=yes

write list=username

where username should be the valid user created on the Media Server in Step 2.

4. Start the smb service.