IBM Security Identity Governance and Intelligence, Version 5.2.3.1

Creating a Network Files System (NFS) mount point to access connector files

If you are transferring connector files from external sources to the virtual appliance, you can use a network file system to link to those external sources directly.

Before you begin

The external connector files must exist on the remote system and be under a connectors/ directory. You must set up an NFS mount point to it.

Take a snapshot of the virtual appliance before connect to a Network File System. You can use the snapshot to recover from configuration errors.

About this task

The connector files and subdirectories must be managed on the remote system.

Procedure

On the remote host system, create a user with the name identity with an ID of 50001. For example, on a Linux, system issue the command
```
adduser -u 50001 identity
```
Create the connector subdirectories on the remote computer that you are going to mount to. For example, on a Linux system issue the command
```
mkdir -p /userdata/connectors/csvConnector1
```
Assign the user, identity, the ownership of and the permissions to access the files in the remote directory /userdata/connectors/. For example, on a Linux system, to assign ownership and permissions, issue the commands:
```
chmod -R 755 csvConnector1
chown -R identity:identity csvConnector1
```
Repeat the commands for each of the subdirectories that contain connector files.
Create an NFS mount point for each connector file.
1. From the top-level menu of the Appliance Dashboard, click Manage > Network Settings > Network File System.
2. Click New to display the Add NFS mount point window.
3. Type the host name of the NFS server in FQDN, IPv4, or IPv6 format.
4. Specify the directory that you are accessing on the remote NFS server.
5. Specify the directory location on your local system where you want to access the remote server.
6. Optional: Specify the options to use when you connect to the remote system. You can specify multiple options that are separated by commas.
7. Click Save Configuration.
See Managing a network file system (NFS).
Set the path for the connector files in the IBM® Security Identity Governance and Intelligence application for the connector directory. For example, set the path to /nfsmount/connectors/csvConnector1. See Driver configuration.
If you are in a cluster environment, synchronize the nodes to propagate the changes. See Synchronizing a member node with a primary node.