Enable the rsync Service

To enable the rsync service for the Object Storage service, you must create the /etc/rsyncd.conf file, modify the default rsync configuration, and manually start the rsync service.

Procedure

1. If you are logged out, log back in to the Object Storage service.
   1. Using SSH, log in to the VMware Integrated OpenStack manager.
   2. From the VMware Integrated OpenStack manager, use SSH to log in to the controller01 node.
   3. Switch to root user.

      sudo su -

2. Create the /etc/rsyncd.conf file.
   Note:

   uid = swift
   gid = swift
   log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
   pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
   address = controller01 NODE IP ADDRESS
   [account]
   max connections = 2
   path = /srv/node/
   read only = false
   lock file = /var/lock/account.lock
   [container]
   max connections = 2
   path = /srv/node/
   read only = false
   lock file = /var/lock/container.lock
   [object]
   max connections = 2
   path = /srv/node/
   read only = false
   lock file = /var/lock/object.lock

3. For the address setting, provide the IP address of the controller01 node.
4. Change the RSYNC_ENABLE setting in the /etc/default/rsync file to true.

   RSYNC_ENABLE=true

5. Start the rsync service.

   service rsync start

6. Create the swift rcon cache directory

   mkdir -p /var/swift/recon
   chown -R swift:swift /var/swift/recon

What to do next

You can now configure and start the Object Storage proxy service. See Configure the Object Storage Proxy Server.