Subtitle: How to install Netatalk
Version and revision: V1.2 / R 0.8.
For Nethserver 6.6 and above.
Accessible to: Novice / Beginner
Date of presentation: Released on 2015-09-20
Date of the latest revision: Revision: 2015-10-23
Author: Jim
Contact: @Jim
In the precedent topic, we have seen how to install and configure correctly Avahi, the Apple Bonjour service equivalent.
Now that Avahi is installed, we will install Netatalk to provide that Apple Filing protocol (AFP ).
Netatalk is an OpenSource software package, that can be used to turn a *NIX machine into an extremely high-performance and reliable file server for Macintosh computers.
Nowadays, the Time Machine backup need the AFP to work and the Netatalk is in the version 3.1.7
I’ve got a 1 tb drive mount in /opt/timemachine
here my fstab
# vi fstab
#------------------------------------------------------------
# BE CAREFUL WHEN MODIFYING THIS FILE! It is updated automatically
# by the NethServer software. A few entries are updated during
# the template processing of the file and white space is removed,
# but otherwise changes to the file are preserved.
#------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/mapper/vg_microserver-lv_root / ext4 defaults 1 1
UUID=6aa634e2-6cb9-4044-91d2-5f1dc258b718 /boot ext4 defaults 1 2
/dev/mapper/vg_microserver-home /home ext4 defaults 1 2
/dev/mapper/vg_microserver-backup /opt/timemachine ext4 defaults 1 2
/dev/mapper/vg_microserver-lv_swap swap swap defaults 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
I want a specific user tmbackup to connect to the server for making the backup.
All this how to is inspired from http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Netatalk_3.1.7_SRPM_for_Fedora_and_CentOS
First, we download the source:
# wget http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/hat/files/netatalk-3.1.7-1.2.fc24.src.rpm
To build Netatalk we need at least “rpm-build”, “gcc” and “make” packages.
# yum install rpm-build gcc make
And install the SRPM
# rpm -ivh netatalk-3.1.7-1.2.fc24.src.rpm
The following messages don’t have a problem.
warning: group hat does not exist - using root
warning: user hat does not exist - using root
Build by using “rpmbuild” command.
# cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS/
# rpmbuild -bb netatalk.spec
If “error: Failed build dependencies: zzz” is displayed, execute “#yum install zzz”
All this stuff was installed:
Installed: bison-2.4.1-5.el6.x86_64
Installed: cracklib-devel-2.8.16-4.el6.x86_64
Installed: 1:dbus-devel-1.2.24-8.el6_6.x86_64
Installed: glib2-devel-2.28.8-4.el6.x86_64
Installed: dbus-glib-devel-0.86-6.el6.x86_64
Installed: flex-2.5.35-9.el6.x86_64
Installed: xml-common-0.6.3-33.el6.noarch
Installed: sgml-common-0.6.3-33.el6.noarch
Installed: docbook-dtds-1.0-51.el6.noarch
Installed: docbook-style-xsl-1.75.2-6.el6.noarch
Installed: libattr-devel-2.4.44-7.el6.x86_64
Installed: db4-cxx-4.7.25-19.el6_6.x86_64
Installed: db4-devel-4.7.25-19.el6_6.x86_64
Installed: libacl-devel-2.2.49-6.el6.x86_64
Installed: libgpg-error-devel-1.7-4.el6.x86_64
Installed: libcom_err-devel-1.41.12-21.el6.x86_64
Installed: zlib-devel-1.2.3-29.el6.x86_64
Installed: cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.23-15.el6_6.2.x86_64
Installed: mysql-5.1.73-5.el6_6.x86_64
Installed: libsepol-devel-2.0.41-4.el6.x86_64
Installed: libselinux-devel-2.0.94-5.8.el6.x86_64
Installed: keyutils-libs-devel-1.4-5.el6.x86_64
Installed: krb5-devel-1.10.3-37.el6_6.x86_64
Installed: openssl-devel-1.0.1e-30.el6.11.x86_64
Installed: tcp_wrappers-7.6-57.el6.x86_64
Installed: 1:quota-3.17-21.el6_5.x86_64
Installed: 1:quota-devel-3.17-21.el6_5.x86_64
Installed: mysql-devel-5.1.73-5.el6_6.x86_64
Installed: openldap-devel-2.4.39-8.el6.x86_64
Installed: libgcrypt-devel-1.4.5-11.el6_4.x86_64
Installed: pam-devel-1.1.1-20.el6.x86_64
Installed: systemtap-sdt-devel-2.5-5.el6.x86_64
Installed: libtdb-devel-1.2.10-1.el6.x86_64
Installed: tcp_wrappers-devel-7.6-57.el6.x86_64
After build the rpm and install it
# cd ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/
# rpm -ivh netatalk-3.1.7-1.2.el6.x86_64.rpm
If “error: Failed dependencies: xxx is needed by…” is displayed, execute “yum install xxx”
In my case it complain about dbus-python
# yum install dbus-python
Check features and paths, using “afpd -V”.
# afpd -V
afpd 3.1.7 - Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) daemon of Netatalk
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version. Please see the file COPYING for further information and details.
afpd has been compiled with support for these features:
AFP versions: 2.2 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4
CNID backends: dbd last tdb mysql
Zeroconf support: Avahi
TCP wrappers support: Yes
Quota support: Yes
Admin group support: Yes
Valid shell checks: Yes
cracklib support: Yes
EA support: ad | sys
ACL support: Yes
LDAP support: Yes
D-Bus support: Yes
Spotlight support: No
DTrace probes: Yes
afp.conf: /etc/netatalk//afp.conf
extmap.conf: /etc/netatalk//extmap.conf
state directory: /var/lib/netatalk/
afp_signature.conf: /var/lib/netatalk/afp_signature.conf
afp_voluuid.conf: /var/lib/netatalk/afp_voluuid.conf
UAM search path: /usr/lib64/netatalk//
Server messages path: /var/lib/netatalk/msg/
Now let’s go setup up the service, editing the “/etc/netatalk/afp.conf”.
Here’s mine:
# vi afp.conf
;
; Netatalk 3.x configuration file
;
[Global]
; Global server settings
uam list = uams_guest.so , uams_randnum.so , uams_dhx.so , uams_dhx2.so
mimic model = Xserve
log level = default:warn
log file = /var/log/afpd.log
afp interfaces = eth1, eth2
afp listen = 192.168.1.0/24 , 192.168.2.0 /24
; [Homes]
; basedir regex = /home
; [My AFP Volume]
; path = /path/to/volume
[TimeMachine]
path = /opt/timemachine
valid users = tmbackup
time machine = yes
To configure this file, I’ve needed this link:
http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/configuration.html#authentication
We need to adjust the firewall
config set fw_netatalk service status enabled TCPPorts 548 access private
signal-event firewall-adjust
signal-event runlevel-adjust
we need to add the user tmbackup, and set a password
# useradd tmbackup
# passwd tmbackup
This user need all right on the /opt/timemachine directory
# cd /opt
# chown tmbackup timemachine
And finally enable the service att startup and start the service
# chkconfig netatalk on
# service netatalk start
At this point on the Mac, we can see the server in the finder, and configure the Time Machine Backup
Until now SElinux not complain
