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Connect file storage to a cloud server in a single pool

Connect file storage to a cloud server in a single pool

If you need to increase disk space with file storage, we recommend creating storage in a single pool with the cloud server. If the file storage and the cloud server are in the same pool, you must mount the storage to connect it.

  1. Create file storage.

  2. Mount the file storage to the cloud server.

If you plan to use file storage to store backups, we recommend pooling storage and cloud server from different availability zones or regions to improve fault tolerance. Read more in the instructions Connect file storage to a cloud server in another pool.

1. Create file storage⁠

  1. В control panels from the top menu, press Products and select File storage.

  2. Click Create storage.

  3. Enter a new storage name or leave the name that is automatically created.

  4. Select region and pool segment where the storage will be created.

    If you need to increase disk space with file storage, select a pool segment from the pool that hosts the cloud server or Managed Kubernetes cluster.

    If you plan to use storage to store backups, we recommend selecting a pool segment from a different availability zone or region to improve fault tolerance.

  5. Fill in the blocks:

  6. Check out the price of file storage.

  7. Click Create.

Subnetwork⁠

  1. Select the private subnet where the storage will be located. The type of subnet depends on what you want to connect the storage to:

    • cloud private subnet — the storage will be available to Managed Kubernetes cloud servers and clusters only in the pool you selected in the previous step. To connect the storage you will only need to mount it;
    • global router subnet — the storage will be available for dedicated servers, as well as cloud servers and Managed Kubernetes clusters that are located in other pools. To connect the storage, you need to configure network connectivity between the server or cluster and the storage through the global router. See examples of how to configure network connectivity in the instructions in the section Connect file storage.

    Once the repository is created, the subnet cannot be changed.

  2. Enter a private IP address for the vault or leave the first available address from the subnet assigned by default. Once the storage is created, the IP address cannot be changed.

Settings⁠

  1. Select file storage type:

    • HDD Basic
    • SSD Universal
    • SSD Fast

    Once created, the storage type cannot be changed.

  2. Specify the storage size: from 50 GB to 50 TB. Once created, you can expand file storage but you can't reduce it.

  3. Select a protocol:

    • NFSv4 — for connecting storage to servers running Linux and other Unix systems;
    • CIFS SMBv3 — for connecting the storage to Windows servers.

    Once the repository is created, the protocol cannot be changed.

Access rules⁠

  1. Configure the file storage access rules:

    • available to all — the storage will be available to any IP address of the private subnet in which it is created;
    • access restricted — the storage will be available only to specific IP addresses or private subnets. If you create a file storage without rules, access will be restricted to all IP addresses.

  2. If you have selected the option Access is restricted, press Add rule.

  3. Enter the IP address or CIDR of the private subnet, select the access level.

    After creating the storage you can change the access rules, for this purpose you can configure new access rules.

2. Mount the file storage to the cloud server⁠

The mount process depends on the operating system on the server and the file storage protocol: NFSv4 or CIFS SMBv3.

  1. Connect to the cloud server.

  2. Open the CLI.

  3. Install the NFS protocol package:

    sudo apt install nfs-common

  4. Create a folder to mount the repository:

    sudo mkdir -p /mnt/nfs

  5. Mount the file storage:

    sudo mount -vt nfs "<filestorage_ip_address>:/shares/share-<mountpoint_uuid>" /mnt/nfs

    Specify:

    • <filestorage_ip_address> — The IP address of the file storage. You can look in control panels: from the top menu, press Products → File storage → storage page → tab Settings → field IP;
    • <mountpoint_uuid> — The ID of the mount point. You can look in control panels: from the top menu, press Products → File storage → storage page → block Connection → tab GNU/Linux.