HP Insight Control server provisioning Manual Media Server Configuration

Setup HTTP Access on Red Hat Linux Media Server

1. By default, web site files are located at /var/www/html. Since the Media Server is to be at

/usr/MediaServer, follow the next steps to edit the Media Server path in the configuration file.

2. Edit the existing values in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file as follows:

DocumentRoot "/usr/MediaServer"

…….

# This should be changed to whatever DocumentRoot is set to.

3. Restart the httpd service.

Setup NFS Access for the Linux Media Server

NFS can be used for Linux and ESXi operating system installations, SPP installations, firmware updates, and other

functions requiring a mounted drive. Using NFS requires manual setup of a Linux media server and manual changes to

the OSBPs.

Since the Media Server settings on the appliance do not allow for specifying NFS, the Set Media Source step parameter

will require manual modification. Optionally, a new facility level custom attribute that will contain that URI may be

created and used with the Set Media Source step instead of the Linux URI.

Setup Linux File Share (NFS) for Linux and ESXi Deployments

To setup the Linux File Share:

1. On the Media Server, install the following NFS rpm:

• For Red Hat Linux versions, make sure the rpcbind rpm and nfs-utils rpm are installed.

• For SUSE Linux versions, make sure the nfs-kernel-server rpm is installed.

2. Verify services are running.

1. For Red Hat Linux versions, make sure the rpcbind, nfs and nfslock services are running.

2. For SUSE Linux versions, make sure the nfsserver service is running.

3. Under /usr, create a directory under which the Media server files will be stored. The example used will be

/usr/MediaServer.

4. Under this directory, create two subdirectories: Images and Media. For example,

/usr/MediaServer/Images and /usr/MediaServer/Media. The Media folder is where all of the

vendor supplied media will be stored, and the Images folder is where all captured images will be written.

5. 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 OSBPs will run without

modification.

6. Edit /etc/exports to add the top level Media Server directory and permissions:

/usr/MediaServer *(rw)

7. Force the nfs server daemons to reread /etc/exports by executing exportfs –ra.

8. To test the share was created successfully, access the file share from another Linux client using the following:

a. Create a mount point.

b. Mount the NFS export to that mount point.