How to create an iSCSI Target in Centos7

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Roy s
An iSCSI target can be a dedicated physical device in a network, or it can be an iSCSI software-configured logical device on a networked storage server. The target is the end point in SCSI bus communication. Storage on the target, accessed by an initiator, is defined by LUNs. (Redhat)
Lets start

Lets   know  the status of the  machine

Server    =   Centos 7
IP = 192.168.183.129
[[email protected] ~]# fdisk  -l Disk /dev/sda: 32.2 GB, 32212254720 bytes, 62914560 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk label type: dos Disk identifier: 0x00047725    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System /dev/sda1   *        2048     1026047      512000   83  Linux /dev/sda2         1026048    62914559    30944256   8e  Linux LVM Disk /dev/sdb: 5368 MB, 5368709120 bytes, 10485760 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/centos-root: 29.5 GB, 29490151424 bytes, 57597952 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/centos-swap: 2147 MB, 2147483648 bytes, 4194304 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes [[email protected] ~]#
lets  use  /dev/sdb  like  iscsi  target
make file  system Ext4  on this  device
[[email protected] ~]# mkfs.ext4   /dev/sdb
 mke2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013)
 /dev/sdb is entire device, not just one partition!
 Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
 Filesystem label=
 OS type: Linux
 Block size=4096 (log=2)
 Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
 Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
 327680 inodes, 1310720 blocks
 65536 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
 First data block=0
 Maximum filesystem blocks=1342177280
 40 block groups
 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
 8192 inodes per group
 Superblock backups stored on blocks:
 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736Allocating group tables: done
 Writing inode tables: done
 Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
 Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done[[email protected] ~]#
you can   also  use  fdisk  /dev/sdb to  created separated   partitions
Create  /storage  directory and  mount  the  sdb device  to this  partition
mkdir   /storage 
mount  -t ext4  /deb/sdb  /storage

Lets  check  the   directory  mounted

[email protected] ~]# df  -h 
Filesystem               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/centos-root   28G  1.1G   27G   4% /
devtmpfs                 479M     0  479M   0% /dev
tmpfs                    489M     0  489M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                    489M  6.8M  483M   2% /run
tmpfs                    489M     0  489M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1                497M  168M  330M  34% /boot
tmpfs                     98M     0   98M   0% /run/user/0
/dev/sdb                 4.8G   20M  4.6G   1% /storage
[[email protected] ~]#
 to  make this  mount  permanant    .  please  add  to   /etc/fstab
/dev/sdb  /storage  ext4 defaults  0 0

I- Lets  start  Iscsi admin tool

[[email protected] ~]# yum -y install targetcli

II- Access   Admin console

[[email protected] ~]# targetcli 
Warning: Could not load preferences file /root/.targetcli/prefs.bin.
targetcli shell version 2.1.fb41
Copyright 2011-2013 by Datera, Inc and others.
For help on commands, type 'help'.
/> 

and go  to this directory 
cd backstores/fileio
> cd  /backstores/fileio

III- create a disk-image with the name “disk01” on /storage/disk01.img with 3G

/>/backstores/fileio> create disk01 /storage/disk01.img 3G 
Created fileio disk01 with size 3221225472
/backstores/fileio>

IV-create  Target  iqn.2016-02.unixmen.com:storage.target00

/backstores/fileio> cd   /iscsi 
/iscsi> ls
o- iscsi .............................................................................................................. [Targets: 0]
/iscsi> create iqn.2016-02.unixmen.com:storage.target00
Created target iqn.2016-02.unixmen.com:storage.target00.
Created TPG 1.
Global pref auto_add_default_portal=true
Created default portal listening on all IPs (0.0.0.0), port 3260.
/iscsi>

V- Set  ip   adres   of the target under  Portals folder

/iscsi> cd  iqn.2016-02.unixmen.com:storage.target00/tpg1/portals/
/iscsi/iqn.20.../tpg1/portals>
iscsi/iqn.20.../tpg1/portals> delete 0.0.0.0 3260
Deleted network portal 0.0.0.0:3260
/iscsi/iqn.20.../tpg1/portals> create 192.168.183.129
Using default IP port 3260
Created network portal 192.168.183.129:3260.
/iscsi/iqn.20.../tpg1/portals> ls
o- portals .................................................................................... [Portals: 1]
  o- 192.168.183.129:3260.................................................................................. [OK]
/iscsi/iqn.20.../tpg1/portals>

VI- Set  LUN

/iscsi/iqn.20…/tpg1/portals> cd   ../luns
/iscsi/iqn.20…t00/tpg1/luns> create /backstores/fileio/disk01
Created LUN 0.
/iscsi/iqn.20…t00/tpg1/luns>

VII  authorize  access .

in this  method  , we will  open access  for every machine and  without  identification

 

set attribute authentication=0
set attribute generate_node_acls=1
set attribute demo_mode_write_protect=0
exit

/iscsi/iqn.20...t00/tpg1/luns> cd  ../
/iscsi/iqn.20...target00/tpg1> set attribute authentication=0
Parameter authentication is now '0'.
/iscsi/iqn.20...target00/tpg1> set attribute generate_node_acls=1
Parameter generate_node_acls is now '1'.
/iscsi/iqn.20...target00/tpg1> set attribute demo_mode_write_protect=0
Parameter demo_mode_write_protect is now '0'.
/iscsi/iqn.20...target00/tpg1> exit 
Global pref auto_save_on_exit=true
Last 10 configs saved in /etc/target/backup.
Configuration saved to /etc/target/saveconfig.json
[[email protected] ~]#

VIII- the machine is ready

[[email protected] ~]# netstat   -an  |  grep -i    3260 
tcp        0      0 192.168.183.129:3260    0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN     
[[email protected] ~]# 


[[email protected] ~]# lsblk 
NAME            MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda               8:0    0   30G  0 disk 
├─sda1            8:1    0  500M  0 part /boot
└─sda2            8:2    0 29.5G  0 part 
  ├─centos-root 253:0    0 27.5G  0 lvm  /
  └─centos-swap 253:1    0    2G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
sdb               8:16   0    5G  0 disk /storage
sr0              11:0    1    4G  0 rom  
[[email protected] ~]# 


Screenshot_20160214_232944

IX- Connect  from the Clietnt

Server is also centos7  with IP 192.168.183.21

first    iscsi initiator

yum install iscsi-initiator-utils.x86_64

My actual Disks

[[email protected] ~]# df  -h 
Filesystem               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/centos-root   28G  1.1G   27G   4% /
devtmpfs                 479M     0  479M   0% /dev
tmpfs                    489M     0  489M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                    489M  6.7M  483M   2% /run
tmpfs                    489M     0  489M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1                497M  168M  330M  34% /boot
/dev/sdb                 5.0G   33M  5.0G   1% /glusterfs/storage1
tmpfs                     98M     0   98M   0% /run/user/0

Connect  the ISCSCI   target

Discover  the  target

[[email protected] ~]# iscsiadm   --mode discoverydb --type sendtargets --portal  192.168.183.129   --discover 
192.168.183.129:3260,1 iqn.2016-02.unixmen.com:storage.target00

Add the  disk

 
[[email protected] ~]# iscsiadm   --mode node --targetname  iqn.2016-02.unixmen.com:storage.target00 --portal  192.168.183.129:3260   --login

Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2016-02.unixmen.com:storage.target00, portal: 192.168.183.129,3260] (multiple)
Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2016-02.unixmen.com:storage.target00, portal: 192.168.183.129,3260] successful.

Congratulation  you have now  an  extra  disk

[[email protected] ~]# fdisk  -l 

Disk /dev/sdb: 5368 MB, 5368709120 bytes, 10485760 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 32.2 GB, 32212254720 bytes, 62914560 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00047725

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048     1026047      512000   83  Linux
/dev/sda2         1026048    62914559    30944256   8e  Linux LVM

Disk /dev/mapper/centos-root: 29.5 GB, 29490151424 bytes, 57597952 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/mapper/centos-swap: 2147 MB, 2147483648 bytes, 4194304 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/sdc: 3221 MB, 3221225472 bytes, 6291456 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 8388608 bytes

[[email protected] ~]# lsblk 
NAME            MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda               8:0    0   30G  0 disk 
├─sda1            8:1    0  500M  0 part /boot
└─sda2            8:2    0 29.5G  0 part 
  ├─centos-root 253:0    0 27.5G  0 lvm  /
  └─centos-swap 253:1    0    2G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
sdb               8:16   0    5G  0 disk /glusterfs/storage1
sdc               8:32   0    3G  0 disk 
sr0              11:0    1    4G  0 rom  
[[email protected] ~]#

Now   you  can fdisk    /dev/sdc   to   make  partitions 

[[email protected] ~]# fdisk    /dev/sdc 
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.23.2).

Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.

Device does not contain a recognized partition table
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0xcc2a4d65.

Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
   p   primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
   e   extended
Select (default p): 
Using default response p
Partition number (1-4, default 1): 
First sector (16384-6291455, default 16384): 
Using default value 16384
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (16384-6291455, default 6291455): 
Using default value 6291455
Partition 1 of type Linux and of size 3 GiB is set

Command (m for help): t
Selected partition 1
Hex code (type L to list all codes): 83
Changed type of partition 'Linux' to 'Linux'

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/sdc: 3221 MB, 3221225472 bytes, 6291456 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 8388608 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xcc2a4d65

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1           16384     6291455     3137536   83  Linux

Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
[[email protected] ~]#

create a  folder  /iscsi-disk

[email protected] ~]# mkdir /iscsi-disk

Format  the disk  /dev/sdc1  with ext4

[[email protected] ~]# mkfs.ext4   /dev/sdc1 
mke2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=2048 blocks
196224 inodes, 784384 blocks
39219 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=803209216
24 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8176 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks: 
        32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912

Allocating group tables: done                            
Writing inode tables: done                            
Creating journal (16384 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done 

[[email protected] ~]#

 

Mount  the  dormated  partion  to  /iscsi-disk

[[email protected] ~]# mount /dev/sdc1  /iscsi-disk/
[[email protected] ~]# df -h 
Filesystem               Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/centos-root   28G  1.1G   27G   4% /
devtmpfs                 479M     0  479M   0% /dev
tmpfs                    489M     0  489M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                    489M  6.8M  483M   2% /run
tmpfs                    489M     0  489M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1                497M  168M  330M  34% /boot
/dev/sdb                 5.0G   33M  5.0G   1% /glusterfs/storage1
tmpfs                     98M     0   98M   0% /run/user/0
/dev/sdc1                2.9G  9.0M  2.8G   1% /iscsi-disk
[[email protected] ~]#
Screenshot_20160214_232807

To make    mount htis  disk  permanntly   every   reboot  please   add this to  your  /etc/fstab file

 

/dev/sdc1  /iscsi-disk/   ext4    defaults,_netdev   0 0

save and exit

 

Done

 

 

 

 

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