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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Setup a simple gluster environment and export a volume through NFS-Ganesha.
+#
+# This script uses the following environment variables:/
+# - GLUSTER_VOLUME: name of the gluster volume to create
+#                   this name will also be used as name for the export
+#
+# The YUM_REPO and GERRIT_* variables are mutually exclusive.
+#
+# - YUM_REPO: URL to the yum repository (.repo file) for the NFS-Ganesha
+#             packages. When this option is used, libntirpc-latest is enabled
+#             as well. Leave empty in case patches from Gerrit need testing.
+#
+# - GERRIT_HOST: when triggered from a new patch submission, this is set to the
+#                git server that contains the repository to use.
+#
+# - GERRIT_PROJECT: project that triggered the build (like ffilz/nfs-ganesha).
+#
+# - GERRIT_REFSPEC: git tree-ish that can be fetched and checked-out for testing.
+
+set -x
+
+#THE FOLLOWING LINES OF CODE DOWNLOADS STORAGE SCALE, INSTALLS IT AND CREATES A CLUSTER
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+WORKSPACE_PATH=$(pwd)
+WORKING_DIR="$WORKSPACE_PATH/DOWNLOAD_STORAGE_SCALE"
+mkdir -p $WORKING_DIR
+cd $WORKING_DIR
+echo $PWD
+dnf install -y unzip
+curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
+ls -ltr
+unzip -qq awscliv2.zip
+chmod +x ./aws/*
+./aws/install
+aws --version
+aws configure set aws_access_key_id ${AWS_ACCESS_KEY}
+aws configure set aws_secret_access_key ${AWS_SECRET_KEY}
+aws s3api get-object --bucket centos-ci --key "version_to_use.txt" "version_to_use.txt"
+VERSION_TO_USE=$(cat version_to_use.txt)
+echo ${VERSION_TO_USE}
+aws s3api get-object --bucket centos-ci --key "${VERSION_TO_USE}" "${VERSION_TO_USE}"
+mkdir "$WORKING_DIR/INSTALL_PATH"
+unzip ${VERSION_TO_USE} -d INSTALLER_PATH/
+
+ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -q -N ""
+cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+chmod og-wx ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+yum -y install kernel-devel-$(uname -r) kernel-headers-$(uname -r) cpp gcc gcc-c++ binutils numactl jre make elfutils elfutils-devel rpcbind sssd-tools openldap-clients bind-utils net-tools krb5-workstation python3
+python3 -m pip install --user ansible
+
+#Add CES IP to /etc/hosts
+ip_address=$(/sbin/ip -o -4 addr list eth0 | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d/ -f1)
+
+for new_ip in $(echo $ip_address | awk -F '.' '{for(i=$4+1;i<=255;i++){print $1"."$2"."$3"."i}}'); do ping -c 2 $new_ip; if [ "$?" == "1" ]; then USABLE_IP=$new_ip; break; fi; done
+
+echo "$USABLE_IP    cesip1" >> /etc/hosts
+
+INSTALLER_VERSION=$(ls INSTALLER_PATH/  --ignore="*.md5" --ignore="*.README" --ignore="*.pgp")
+INSTALLER=$(readlink -f INSTALLER_PATH/${INSTALLER_VERSION})
+chmod +x $INSTALLER
+$INSTALLER --silent
+
+export PATH="$PATH:$(readlink -f /usr/lpp/mmfs/*/ansible-toolkit/)"
+
+spectrumscale setup -s 127.0.0.1 --storesecret;
+spectrumscale node add $(hostname) -a -n -p;
+spectrumscale node add $(node2)  -n -p;
+spectrumscale node add $(node3)  -n -p;
+spectrumscale config protocols -e $USABLE_IP;
+spectrumscale node add -a $(hostname);
+spectrumscale config gpfs -c $(hostname)_cluster;
+dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/nsd1_c84f2u09-rhel88a1 bs=1M count=8192;
+dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/nsd1_c84f2u09-rhel88a2 bs=1M count=8192;
+dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/nsd1_c84f2u09-rhel88a3 bs=1M count=8192;
+spectrumscale nsd add -p $(hostname) -u dataAndMetadata -fs ${STORAGE_SCALE_VOLUME} -fg 1 /home/nsd1_c84f2u09-rhel88a1;
+spectrumscale nsd add -p $(node2) -u dataAndMetadata -fs ${STORAGE_SCALE_VOLUME} -fg 1 /home/nsd1_c84f2u09-rhel88a2;
+spectrumscale nsd add -p $(node3) -u dataAndMetadata -fs ${STORAGE_SCALE_VOLUME} -fg 1 /home/nsd1_c84f2u09-rhel88a3;
+spectrumscale config protocols -f ${STORAGE_SCALE_VOLUME} -m /ibm/${STORAGE_SCALE_VOLUME};
+spectrumscale enable nfs;
+spectrumscale enable smb;
+spectrumscale callhome disable;
+spectrumscale config perfmon -r off;
+spectrumscale node list;
+spectrumscale install --precheck;
+spectrumscale install;
+spectrumscale deploy --precheck;
+spectrumscale deploy;
+
+spectrumscale nsd list
+spectrumscale filesystem list
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#THE FOLLOWING LINES OF CODE CLONES THE SOURCE CODE, RPMBUILD AND INSTALLS THE RPMS
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# make sure rpcbind is running
+dnf -y install rpcbind
+systemctl start rpcbind
+
+echo 'TODO: this is BAD, needs a fix in the selinux-policy'
+sudo setenforce 0
+
+systemctl stop firewalld || true
+
+# enable repositories
+dnf -y install centos-release-gluster yum-utils centos-release-ceph epel-release unzip
+
+if [ -n "${YUM_REPO}" ]
+then
+	yum-config-manager --add-repo=http://artifacts.ci.centos.org/nfs-ganesha/nightly/libntirpc/libntirpc-latest.repo
+	yum-config-manager --add-repo=${YUM_REPO}
+
+	# install the latest version of gluster
+	dnf -y install nfs-ganesha nfs-ganesha-gluster glusterfs-ganesha
+
+	# start nfs-ganesha service
+	if ! systemctl start nfs-ganesha
+	then
+		echo "+++ systemctl status nfs-ganesha.service +++"
+		systemctl status nfs-ganesha.service
+		echo "+++ journalctl -xe +++"
+		journalctl -xe
+		exit 1
+	fi
+else
+	[ -n "${GERRIT_HOST}" ]
+	[ -n "${GERRIT_PROJECT}" ]
+	[ -n "${GERRIT_REFSPEC}" ]
+
+	GIT_REPO=$(basename "${GERRIT_PROJECT}")
+	GIT_URL="https://${GERRIT_HOST}/${GERRIT_PROJECT}"
+
+        BASE_PACKAGES="git bison flex cmake gcc-c++ libacl-devel krb5-devel dbus-devel rpm-build redhat-rpm-config gdb"
+        BUILDREQUIRES_EXTRA="libnsl2-devel libnfsidmap-devel libwbclient-devel userspace-rcu-devel libcephfs-devel"
+        if [ "${CENTOS_VERSION}" = "7" ]; then
+            yum -y install libgfapi-devel
+            yum -y install ${BASE_PACKAGES} libnfsidmap-devel libwbclient-devel libcap-devel libblkid-devel userspace-rcu-devel userspace-rcu python2-devel
+        elif [ "${CENTOS_VERSION}" = "8s" ]; then
+            yum install -y ${BASE_PACKAGES} libacl-devel libblkid-devel libcap-devel redhat-rpm-config rpm-build libgfapi-devel xfsprogs-devel
+            yum install --enablerepo=powertools -y ${BUILDREQUIRES_EXTRA}
+            yum -y install selinux-policy-devel sqlite 
+        elif [ "${CENTOS_VERSION}" = "9s" ]; then
+            dnf install -y ${BASE_PACKAGES} libacl-devel libblkid-devel libcap-devel redhat-rpm-config rpm-build libgfapi-devel xfsprogs-devel
+            dnf install --enablerepo=crb -y ${BUILDREQUIRES_EXTRA}
+            dnf -y install selinux-policy-devel sqlite
+        fi
+
+	git init "${GIT_REPO}"
+	pushd "${GIT_REPO}"
+
+        #Its observed that fetch is failing so this little hack is added! Will delete in future if it turns out useless!
+	git fetch --depth=1 "${GIT_URL}" "${GERRIT_REFSPEC}" > /dev/null
+        if [ $? = 0 ]; then
+            echo "Fetch succeeded"
+        else
+            sleep 2
+            git fetch "${GIT_URL}" "${GERRIT_REFSPEC}"
+        fi       
+
+	git checkout -b "${GERRIT_REFSPEC}" FETCH_HEAD
+
+	# update libntirpc
+	git submodule update --recursive --init || git submodule sync
+
+	mkdir build
+	pushd build
+
+	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Maintainer -DUSE_FSAL_GPFS=ON -DUSE_DBUS=ON -D_MSPAC_SUPPORT=OFF ../src
+	make dist
+	rpmbuild -ta --define "_srcrpmdir $PWD" --define "_rpmdir $PWD" *.tar.gz
+	rpm_arch=$(rpm -E '%{_arch}')
+	ganesha_version=$(rpm -q --qf '%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}' -p *.src.rpm)
+
+	if [ -e ${rpm_arch}/libntirpc-devel*.rpm ]; then
+		ntirpc_version=$(rpm -q --qf '%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}' -p ${rpm_arch}/libntirpc-devel*.rpm)
+		ntirpc_rpm=${rpm_arch}/libntirpc-${ntirpc_version}.${rpm_arch}.rpm
+	fi
+
+    rpm -e gpfs.nfs-ganesha gpfs.nfs-ganesha-gpfs --nodeps
+	dnf -y install {x86_64,noarch}/*.rpm
+
+	# Test block
+	ulimit -a
+	ulimit -c unlimited
+	ulimit -a
+
+	# start nfs-ganesha service with an empty configuration
+	echo "NFSv4 { Graceless = true; }" > /etc/ganesha/ganesha.conf
+     
+	# This block is introduced as the line creates a ambiguity as the same is used in scale implementation
+	systemctl stop nfs-ganesha
+	sed -i.bak -e 's/^StateDirectory/#&/' /usr/lib/systemd/system/nfs-ganesha.service
+	systemctl daemon-reload
+
+	if ! systemctl start nfs-ganesha
+	then
+		echo "+++ systemctl status nfs-ganesha.service +++"
+		systemctl status nfs-ganesha.service
+		echo "+++ journalctl -xe +++"
+		journalctl -xe
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+#EXPORT THE NFS VOLUME
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmuserauth service create --data-access-method file --type userdefined
+/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmnfs export add /ibm/${STORAGE_SCALE_VOLUME} -c "*(Access_Type=RW,Squash=none)"
+
+#CHECKS TO SEE IF THE VOLUME IS WORKING
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#There's a duplicate line in the file - /var/mmfs/ces/nfs-config/gpfs.ganesha.main.conf which fails to restart
+systemctl stop nfs-ganesha
+/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmnfs config change MINOR_VERSIONS=0,1
+sleep 20
+sed -i.bak -e '41d' /var/mmfs/ces/nfs-config/gpfs.ganesha.main.conf
+sleep 5
+systemctl daemon-reload
+if ! systemctl start nfs-ganesha
+then
+    echo "+++ systemctl status nfs-ganesha.service +++"
+    systemctl status nfs-ganesha.service
+    echo "+++ journalctl -xe +++"
+    journalctl -xe
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+systemctl status nfs-ganesha