Can Apache be configured to use web files stored on a nas?

spycxamaican · 02-18-2009, 02:13 PM

I would like to use a nas to store my web site files. Can Apache be configured to serve web files from the nas?

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frieza · 02-18-2009, 02:44 PM

sure it can

all you have to do is mount the nas with a given mount point
for instance an nfs server would be
mount -t nfs server:directory /mountpoint

or put a line in /etc/fstab
server:directory /mountpoint nfs defaults 0 0

then create a virtual host in apache with the name of the website as you want it to be accessed (eg www.example.com)
with the document root as /mountpoint

the easiest way to do this would be to download webmin from http://www.webmin.com and installing it
this provides a nice web interface for configuring the above

spycxamaican · 02-19-2009, 07:09 PM

Thank you. I am not well versed enough in Linux yet to understand you suggestion but at least now I know it is possible and have a starting point to work with. Also, thank you for the link to http://www.webmin.com/ I will check it out.

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spycxamaican · 02-19-2009, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frieza

sure it can

all you have to do is mount the nas with a given mount point
for instance an nfs server would be
mount -t nfs server:directory /mountpoint

or put a line in /etc/fstab
server:directory /mountpoint nfs defaults 0 0

then create a virtual host in apache with the name of the website as you want it to be accessed (eg www.example.com)
with the document root as /mountpoint

the easiest way to do this would be to download webmin from http://www.webmin.com and installing it
this provides a nice web interface for configuring the above

Hi frieza, I downloaded webmin (rpm) but could not install it via either yast or konqueror (am using opensuse 10.3 x64). Kept getting "no results" or "file not found on media". Guess it is not 64 bit compatible. Will try your first suggestion.

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NaCo · 02-21-2009, 01:33 PM

I think the a simple answer for this question is to use NFS, thus directories in the NAS server get mounted to the web server, and Apache will just see them as a local directory.

This is my understanding, perhaps someone else could confirm this.

NaCo/Angel/Angelito