Workspace Streaming

Purpose:

To setup Software Workspace Streaming using a Linux backend with Samba.

Software Requirements:

• Linux Dristro
• SWS streaming agent
• Virtual Composer

Backend Setup:

I am using the ubuntu server 14.04 LTS release to setup a headless server with just openssh and samba 4.x. I will also setup the permissions using smbpasswd and unix accounts. 

1. Once you download and install ubuntu 14.04 LTS and update to the latest patches. 

2. Install samba server (https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/samba-fileserver.html)

3. create a folder to stream layers from 

4. run the following command to setup folders and users

• %sudo mkdir /mnt/streaming
• %sudo useradd testuser (create a user and set password)
• %sudo smbpasswd -a testuser  (creates a samba user and should be the same username and password as the useradd command)
• %sudo usermod testuser -G smbusers ( you can also vi /etc/group to add the users to a group)
• %sudo chgrp smbusers /etc/streaming
• %sudo chmod 0775 /etc/streaming

5. edit the /etc/samba/smb.conf

At the end of the file add the share you want to configure:

[streaming]
        comment = streaming
        browseable = yes
        writeable = yes
        path = /home/shares/streaming
        valid users = @smbusers
        create mask = 0775
        directory mask = 0775

6. Save and close the /etc/samba/smb.conf

7. restart the samba service with "sudo service smbd restart"

8. On a client machine you should create users accounts/domain accounts that are the same as your unix/smb accounts that you setup earlier.

9. Now on a client machine you should be able to browse to the samba share "streaming" by going to start>run>"\\<ip of linux box>\streaming

10. Start copying over your xpa layers to the streaming share and if your agent is setup correctly you should be able to streaming layers from a linux/samba backend.