http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/ 2026-05-09T23:10:16+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/ http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/lib/tpl/minimal/images/favicon.ico text/html 2022-01-09T15:18:21+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:iscsi:initiator&rev=1641737901&do=diff # aptitude install open-iscsi This is just a single package which installs neatly without needing to build anything. Set up the Initiator's name iSCSI clients (initiators) need an iSCSI-format name to use when communicating with the servers (targets). The name is stored in /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi text/html 2021-01-28T11:12:40+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:iscsi:targetiet&rev=1611828760&do=diff # aptitude install iscsitarget iscsitarget-dkms This will involve (automatically) building a kernel module for your specific machine, which means that binutils, cpp, gcc, kernel headers, make and all sorts of other stuff which you might not have expected, will get installed first. text/html 2022-01-09T14:36:11+02:00 http://retinal.dehy.de/docs/doku.php?id=technotes:iscsi:targetlio&rev=1641735371&do=diff # aptitude install targetcli-fb This installs the command targetcli and associated python scripts. The command can be used in two ways: * To enter a special semi-graphical "targetcli" shell, and issue sub-commands inside it * By prefixing all required commands with "targetcli", which makes it possible to use it from a script