Configuring file system destinations with ingest actions

Step 1: Set up the NFS server

1. Switch to the root account to make system changes.

   sudo su

2. Install the necessary packages for the NFS server.

   sudo apt update

   sudo apt install nfs-kernel-server

3. Create an output directory.

   sudo mkdir /lorem/ipsum/nfs_server -p

4. Change directory ownership to allow NFS to read/write to the folder of your choice.

   sudo chown nobody:nogroup /lorem/ipsum/nfs_server

5. Open the exports file and enable the client IP to access the server directory of interest.

   sudo vi /etc/exports

   /lorem/ipsum/nfs_server

   10.224.24.5(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,all_squash,insecure)

6. Restart the NFS server to update settings.

   sudo systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server

7. Check the firewall status to know if it is enabled and what is allowed. If disabled, there is no need to do step 8. If the firewall is enabled and NFS traffic is not allowed (traffic from the client to server), then allow it by following step 8.

   sudo apt install ufw

   sudo ufw status

8. Open port 2049 at the server to allow traffic from the client IP.

   sudo ufw allow from 10.224.24.5 to any port nfs

Step 2: Set up the NFS client

1. Switch to the root account to make system changes.

   sudo su

2. Install the necessary packages for the NFS client.

   sudo apt update

   sudo apt install nfs-common

3. Create the NFS client directory.

   sudo mkdir -p /lorem/ipsum/fs_local

4. Mount the client directory with the server directory.

   sudo mount 10.224.58.143:/lorem/ipsum/nfs_server /lorem/ipsum/fs_local

Finally, set up a new file system destination in ingest actions with the nfs-client path (for example, /lorem/ipsum/fs_local). Any rulesets that write to the local client should now feed into the NFS server directory as well.