Can’t two droplets mount each others filesystems ? it should be Straight forward
I have two ubuntu droplets “number 1” and “number 2” number 1 has a volume attached and mounted in the /mnt/volume_ams3_01/ directory both have private networking enabled and can ping each other.
I created a directory /mnt/volume_ams3_01/data I create a symlink to the directory in /mnt ln -s /mnt/volume_ams3_01/data /mnt/dd
What I want is to make a samba share of /mnt/dd and then mount it on number 2 via cifs
smb.conf:
[sambashare] comment = Samba on Ubuntu path = /mnt/dd read only = no browsable = yes
on “number 2”
mkdir -p /mnt/data mount -t cifs //<private ip of number 1>/dd /mnt/data -o username=root, password =password Retrying with upper case share name mount error(6): No such device or address Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
What is wrong ???
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Heya,
You can consider following these steps to troubleshoot the issue:
- Double-check: Make sure you have Samba installed and running on both droplets. Additionally, confirm the private IP addresses on each droplet are correct.
- Samba configuration: Ensure the
smb.confis correct on “number 1” droplet. Also, restart the Samba service after making any changes to the configuration file:
- sudo systemctl restart smbd
- sudo systemctl restart nmbd
- Firewall settings: Check if any firewall rules are blocking the Samba connections. On Ubuntu, you can use
ufwto manage the firewall settings. - Testing the share: Verify if the Samba share is accessible from “number 2” droplet using the following command:
- smbclient -L ///sambashare -U username%password
- Mounting the share: If the previous command works, try mounting the share again with:
- sudo mkdir -p /mnt/data
- sudo mount -t cifs ///sambashare /mnt/data -o username=root, password=password
If you’re still facing issues, please refer to the following DigitalOcean document on how to set up a Samba file server: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-samba-share-on-ubuntu-18-04
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