Storage pool type: cifs
The CIFS backend extends the directory backend, so that no manual setup of a CIFS mount is needed. Such a storage can be added directly through the Proxmox VE API or the WebUI, with all our backend advantages, like server heartbeat check or comfortable selection of exported shares.
The backend supports all common storage properties, except the shared flag, which is always set. Additionally, the following CIFS special properties are available:
To avoid DNS lookup delays, it is usually preferable to use an IP
address instead of a DNS name - unless you have a very reliable DNS
server, or list the server in the local /etc/hosts
file.
pvesm scan cifs <address>
or the
WebUI). Required.
/etc/pve/priv/storage/<STORAGE-ID>.pw
).
3
.
SMB1 is not supported due to security issues.
/mnt/pve/<STORAGE_ID>/
.
Configuration Example (/etc/pve/storage.cfg
).
cifs: backup path /mnt/pve/backup server 10.0.0.11 share VMData content backup username anna smbversion 3
CIFS does not support snapshots on a storage level. But you may use
qcow2
backing files if you still want to have snapshots and cloning
features available.
You can get a list of exported CIFS shares with:
# pvesm scan cifs <server> [--username <username>] [--password]
Then you could add this share as a storage to the whole Proxmox VE cluster with:
# pvesm add cifs <storagename> --server <server> --share <share> [--username <username>] [--password]