How to Install OpenAFS on Fedora CoreOS Latest

OpenAFS is a distributed file system that allows users to share files and access them from different computers. Here are the steps to install OpenAFS on Fedora CoreOS Latest:

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, you will need to:

• Have access to a Fedora CoreOS Latest machine.
• Have root or sudo privileges on the machine.
• Have an internet connection.

Step 1: Install necessary dependencies

Update your system's package cache:

sudo dnf update

You need to install the following dependencies:

sudo dnf install openafs openafs-client

Step 2: Configure OpenAFS

Once the installation is complete, you need to modify the /etc/openafs/ThisCell file to set the local cell name:

sudo nano /etc/openafs/ThisCell

Replace the default openafs.org with your cell name and save the file.

Step 3: Start OpenAFS services

To start OpenAFS services, run the following commands:

sudo systemctl enable openafs-client
sudo systemctl start openafs-client
sudo systemctl status openafs-client

Step 4: Mount AFS volumes

You can mount AFS volumes using the fs command. Here is an example:

sudo fs mkm /afs/example.com
sudo fs mkm /afs/example.com/public
sudo fs mkm /afs/example.com/private

The above commands create three directories in the AFS file system under the example.com cell.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure OpenAFS on Fedora CoreOS Latest. You also learned how to start OpenAFS services and mount AFS volumes.

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