using global_shared_dirs for network shares

Hello,
I need to share a directory between my brightboxes. I am using the brightbox gem for deployment. I have defined :global_shared_dirs in my deploy.rb with to include my shared dir name. It worked so far, that this directory is now linked to shared/.

I expected it to actually create a network share, not use a local shared dir.

Seeing the comments and exmaple for set :global_shared_path, “/srv/share/myapp”,
am I right that I need to create an NFS file share on one of my servers, mount on all others servers and then set :global_shared_path to the mounted share?

If yes, should I do it as instructed by ubuntu ?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSH…

Regards, Adrian

Hi Adrian,

our gem does have the concept of a globally shared directory (as you say, something like NFS so multiple boxes have access to the same files) but it does not provide the sharing it self, it only sets up the symlinks. It defaults to the same behavior as local_shared_dirs. The reason it has support for both types is that some files, like logs, we don’t recommend storing on global storage but you still want them shared between releases of the app on the same box.

Yes, you’d need to setup something like NFS – though using NFS would mean you’d have a central point of failure in your cluster.

We provide a managed shared filesystem product using a clustered filesystem called GlusterFS. This allows, amongst other things, mirroring of files to multiple boxes for high availability. If you’d like more info on this service, just open a support ticket about it.

I just had a quick look at the Ubuntu instructions on NFS – they look ok, but it’s not something we can officially support.

Thanks,

John.