HowTo Setup AlphaCom NetworkDisk

The following services is supported on NetworkDisk:

• Extended Aphache/PHP/Mysql support
• Mysql Database storage
• Log storage

Creating Samba shares

The only requirement for the sharing device is that is supports the SAMBA/CIFS protocol, and it has sufficient disk space.

Share names

On the sharing device tree separate shares needs to be setup:

Share Name	Description
local	The AlphaCom Extended Application packages. Mounted locally on /usr/local/
mysql	Storage space for the AlphaCom MySQL databases. Mounted locally on /var/mysql/
log	Storage space for AlphaCom system log. Mouned locally on /var/log/

Share user

Default:

user = ace
passswd = alphacom

If other user/passwd is to be used the mounting scripts described below needs to be updated.

Required tools for setting up AlphaCom NetworkDisk

The setup procedure requires some manual steps using a ssh terminal and sftp file transfer.

Recommended tools to use:

SSH terminal: PuTTY (http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)
sftp client: WinSCP (http://winscp.net/eng/index.php)

Preparing the shares for AlphaCom support

Open a SSH terminal to the AlphaCom target and su to root (use "su -"):

-bash-3.1$ su -
Password: {root password}