CentOS 7: Install iscsi-initiator-utils for iSCSI initiator


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1 Install iscsi-initiator-utils

Install iscsi-initiator-utils package.

$ sudo yum install -y iscsi-initiator-utils

Add SELinux configuration.

$ cat <<EOF > iscsid.temodule iscsid 1.0;require { type iscsid_t; class system module_load;}#============= iscsid_t ==============allow iscsid_t self:system module_load;EOF$ checkmodule -M -m -o iscsid.mod iscsid.te$ semodule_package -m iscsid.mod -o iscsid.pp$ sudo semodule -i iscsid.pp$ rm -f iscsid.mod iscsid.te iscsid.pp

2 Connect to iSCSI target with iscsiadm

Connect to iSCSI target with iscsiadm.

$ ISCSI_TARGET_PORTAL=iscsi-target.hiroom2.com$ ISCSI_TARGET_NAME=iqn.2017-08.com.hiroom2:disk$ sudo iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p “${ISCSI_TARGET_PORTAL}”192.168.11.95:3260,1 iqn.2017-08.com.hiroom2:disk$ sudo iscsiadm -m node –targetname “${ISCSI_TARGET_NAME}” -p “${ISCSI_TARGET_PORTAL}” -lLogging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2017-08.com.hiroom2:disk,portal: 192.168.11.95,3260] (multiple)Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2017-08.com.hiroom2:disk,portal: 192.168.11.95,3260] successful.

3 Mount iSCSI target device on boot

Connect to iSCSI target.

$ sudo iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p “${ISCSI_TARGET_PORTAL}”$ sudo iscsiadm -m node –targetname “${ISCSI_TARGET_NAME}” -p “${ISCSI_TARGET_PORTAL}” -l

Create filesystem on iSCSI target device with fdisk and mkfs.

$ ISCSI_TARGET_DEV=/dev/sda$ cat <<EOF | sudo fdisk ${ISCSI_TARGET_DEV}np1wEOF$ sudo mkfs.ext4 ${ISCSI_TARGET_DEV}1

Add mount entry to /etc/fstab. For avoiding mounting before network initialization, you need to add _netdev option. For making x-systemd.automount to mount, you need to add x-systemd.automount to option.

$ uuid=$(sudo blkid | grep “^${ISCSI_TARGET_DEV}1:” | sed -e ‘s/.* UUID=”([^”]*)”.*/1/g’)$ cat <<EOF | sudo tee -a /etc/fstabUUID=”${uuid}” /mnt ext4 _netdev,x-systemd.automount 0 0EOF

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