[ome-users] Omero with AFS binary repository

[Paulo Almeida]

Hi Josh,

That's fine, I did get a private reply saying NFS v4 may work out of the box. My IT team can export an AFS volume in NFS, which also avoids the authentication problem. I will report any problems I come across when I test that setup.

Best,
Paulo

Paulo Almeida
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
Oeiras, Portugal
+351 214464644 (ext. 644)

Josh Moore <josh at glencoesoftware.com> escreveu:

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>On Mar 14, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Paulo Almeida wrote:
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>> Hi,
>
>Hi Paulo,
>
>> I would like to use Omero with a binary repository in an AFS folder, and
>> I saw in the forum that there were people using this setup. Is anyone
>> still doing it? If so, how do you solve the authentication problem? How
>> do you acquire and renew Kerberos tickets and AFS tokens? (What I am
>> looking for is a way to avoid having to store my institutional domain
>> password in the omero server.) 
>> 
>> Are there any other caveats with this option? I saw threads in the forum
>> about problems with Omero's temporary directory and other issues, but I
>> would like to know if someone has had success running a stable Omero
>> system for some time on AFS (or NFS, for that matter).
>
>Sorry about the silence. I think that means probably no one has successfully used it. I do know that there were a few developers working against it, but they ultimately moved away from AFS. (They're looking on notes now that may help you)
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>If you go forward with AFS, let us know if you run in to specific problems, and we'll try to help you out.
>
>Cheers,
>~Josh.
>
>
>> Thanks,
>> Paulo Almeida
>> Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
>