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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ================================================================= - Sep 29, 2016 + Mar 30, 2022 Contents ======== @@ -101,10 +101,21 @@ By default the kernel's iSCSI modules will be used. Running: make install will install the iSCSI tools iscsiadm and iscsid to /sbin, by default, -though that location can be overridden by passing in "sbindir", e.g. to +though that location can be overridden by passing in "SBINDIR", e.g. to install in /usr/bin instead of /sbin: - make sbindir="/usr/sbin" + make SBINDIR="/usr/sbin" + +The default home directory for open-iscsi is /etc/iscsi. This +directory is used for the open-iscsi database, and for the initiator +name file initiatorname.iscsi and for the configuration file iscsid.conf. +You can override these with two "make" parameters "HOMEDIR", for the +initiator name and configuration files, and "DBROOT" for the open-iscsi +databases. Both of these default to "/etc/iscsi". For example, the following +would location the database file under /usr/lib/iscsi and leave the +configuration and initiator name files in /etc/iscsi: + + make DBROOT=/var/lib/iscsi To build and install iscsiuio, use something like: @@ -126,7 +137,7 @@ iSCSI database (see next section). For help, run: iscsid --help -The output will be similar to the following. +The output will be similar to the following (assuming a default install): Usage: iscsid [OPTION] @@ -148,7 +159,8 @@ Usage: iscsid [OPTION] Open-iSCSI persistent configuration is stored in a number of directories under a configuration root directory, using a flat-file format. This configuration root directory is /etc/iscsi by default, -but may also commonly be in /var/lib/iscsi. +but may also commonly be in /var/lib/iscsi (see "DBROOT" in the Make +options discussed earlier). Configuration is contained in directories for: @@ -188,10 +200,10 @@ The output will be similar to the following. iscsiadm -m discoverydb [-hV] [-d debug_level] [-P printlevel] [-t type -p ip:port -I ifaceN ... [-Dl]] | [[-p ip:port -t type] [-o operation] [-n name] [-v value] [-lD]] iscsiadm -m discovery [-hV] [-d debug_level] [-P printlevel] [-t type -p ip:port -I ifaceN ... [-l]] | [[-p ip:port] [-l | -D]] [-W] -iscsiadm -m node [-hV] [-d debug_level] [-P printlevel] [-L all,manual,automatic,onboot] [-W] [-U all,manual,automatic,onboot] [-S] [[-T targetname -p ip:port -I ifaceN] [-l | -u | -R | -s]] [[-o operation ] [-n name] [-v value]] -iscsiadm -m session [-hV] [-d debug_level] [-P printlevel] [-r sessionid | sysfsdir [-R | -u | -s] [-o operation] [-n name] [-v value]] -iscsiadm -m iface [-hV] [-d debug_level] [-P printlevel] [-I ifacename | -H hostno|MAC] [[-o operation ] [-n name] [-v value]] [-C ping [-a ip] [-b packetsize] [-c count] [-i interval]] -iscsiadm -m fw [-d debug_level] [-l] [-W] +iscsiadm -m node [-hV] [-d debug_level] [-P printlevel] [-L all,manual,automatic,onboot] [-W] [-U all,manual,automatic,onboot] [-S] [[-T targetname -p ip:port -I ifaceN] [-l | -u | -R | -s]] [[-o operation ] [-n name] [-v value]] +iscsiadm -m session [-hV] [-d debug_level] [-P printlevel] [-r sessionid | sysfsdir [-R | -u | -s] [-o operation] [-n name] [-v value]] +iscsiadm -m iface [-hV] [-d debug_level] [-P printlevel] [-I ifacename | -H hostno|MAC] [[-o operation ] [-n name] [-v value]] [-C ping [-a ip] [-b packetsize] [-c count] [-i interval]] +iscsiadm -m fw [-d debug_level] [-l] [-W] [[-n name] [-v value]] iscsiadm -m host [-P printlevel] [-H hostno|MAC] [[-C chap [-x chap_tbl_idx]] | [-C flashnode [-A portal_type] [-x flashnode_idx]] | [-C stats]] [[-o operation] [-n name] [-v value]] iscsiadm -k priority @@ -1097,10 +1109,12 @@ Host mode with stats submode 6. Configuration ================ -The default configuration file is /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf. This file contains -only configuration that could be overwritten by iSCSI Discovery, -or manualy updated via iscsiadm utility. Its OK if this file does not -exist, in which case compiled-in default configuration will take place +The default configuration file is /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf, but the +directory is configurable with the top-level make option "homedir". +The remainder of this document will assume the /etc/iscsi directory. +This file contains only configuration that could be overwritten by iSCSI +discovery, or manualy updated via iscsiadm utility. Its OK if this file +does not exist, in which case compiled-in default configuration will take place for newer discovered Target nodes. See the man page and the example file for the current syntax. |