Automating OS NAS Storage Management

📰 Dev.to · Daniel Quackenbush

Automate OS NAS storage management using Puppet Hiera and Flask to streamline large environment maintenance

intermediate Published 9 Aug 2018

Action Steps

Install Puppet Hiera to manage configuration data
Create a Flask API to handle NFS mount requests
Configure Flask to interact with Puppet Hiera for automated mounting
Test the API using tools like curl or Postman to verify functionality
Deploy the solution to a production environment for automated storage management

Who Needs to Know This

DevOps and system administration teams can benefit from automating storage management to reduce manual errors and increase efficiency

Key Insight

💡 Automating storage management using Puppet Hiera and Flask can significantly reduce manual errors and increase efficiency in large environments

Key Takeaways

Automate OS NAS storage management using Puppet Hiera and Flask to streamline large environment maintenance

Full Article

With the growing storage industry, automating the creation and mounting of network storage, becomes a critical function to maintaining large environments. Using Puppet Hiera and Flask, its now possible to manage NFS mounts via an API.

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