[SOLVED] Proxmox 6 ZFS Over ISCSI

Konstantinq

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Hello, we are using proxmox 6. We using ZFS Over ISCSI with istgt provider and really hard to find the manual configuration.
We set up a Linux Debian host with istgt installed. Here's the config for istgt:
[Global]
Comment "Global section"
NodeBase "iqn.2019-08.bpm.lanit"
PidFile /var/run/istgt.pid
AuthFile /etc/istgt/auth.conf
MediaDirectory /var/istgt
LogFacility "local7"
Timeout 30
NopInInterval 20
DiscoveryAuthMethod Auto
MaxSessions 16
MaxConnections 4
MaxR2T 32
MaxOutstandingR2T 16
DefaultTime2Wait 2
DefaultTime2Retain 60
FirstBurstLength 262144
MaxBurstLength 1048576
MaxRecvDataSegmentLength 262144
[UnitControl]
Comment "Internal Logical Unit Controller"
AuthMethod CHAP Mutual
AuthGroup AuthGroup10000
Portal UC1 127.0.0.1:3261
[PortalGroup1]
Comment "SINGLE PORT TEST"
Portal DA1 172.30.163.58:3260
[InitiatorGroup1]
Comment "Initiator Group1"
InitiatorName "ALL"
Netmask 192.268.1.0/24
[LogicalUnit1]
Comment "Hard Disk Sample"
TargetName disk1
TargetAlias "Data Disk1"
Mapping PortalGroup1 InitiatorGroup1
AuthMethod Auto
AuthGroup AuthGroup1
UseDigest Auto
UnitType Disk
LUN0 Storage /data/vms


I have set up the ssh key and I can log in using that key. But when I'm finishing added virtual machine I got error:

No configuration found. Install istgt on "host" usr/share/perl5/PVE/Storage/LunCmd/Istgt.pm line 99. (500). but that istgt successful running

what's wrong? any help please
 
istgt is considered the iscsi target for FreeBSD (hence the config-file path is '/usr/local/etc/istgt/istgt.conf')
Any particular reason you don't use LIO on linux/Debian?
 
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Hmm, I read many feedbacks on forums, which iscsi provider provides better read/write speed. And their opinion was istgt. apt-get also has istgt package, so I tried to configure on Debian. ISCSI Provider LIO special for Debian?
 
Maybe you can create a soft link for /usr/local/etc/istgt/istgt.conf -> your actual isgt config file path?
This should work for the config-reading - I'm not sure if the rest of the stack is compatible.
LIO is the in-kernel implementation of the iscsi target and available on most Linux distros - see e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ISCSI/LIO
http://linux-iscsi.org/wiki/LIO

Hence it's specific to Linux

Should you have some comparison where istgt has advantages to LIO (speed-wise, ease-of-use wise) please open an enhancement request in our bugzilla: https://bugzilla.proxmox.com
 
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This should work for the config-reading - I'm not sure if the rest of the stack is compatible.
LIO is the in-kernel implementation of the iscsi target and available on most Linux distros - see e.g. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ISCSI/LIO
http://linux-iscsi.org/wiki/LIO

Hence it's specific to Linux

Should you have some comparison where istgt has advantages to LIO (speed-wise, ease-of-use wise) please open an enhancement request in our bugzilla: https://bugzilla.proxmox.com
Thanks you, seems LIO is working fine
 
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Glad LIO worked for you!
Please mark the thread as 'SOLVED' so that others know what to expect.
Thanks!
 

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