Persistant Symbolic Link -Ubuntu 16.04
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Could somebody assist me in creating a persistent symlink for the block devices, using udev ?
I have a cloud server, where I can attach a separate device (/dev/xvdb) as a storage.
I want to create a persistent symlink (/dev/test_link) which should always target to /dev/xvdb storage.
Regards,
16.04 udev symbolic-link
asked Dec 12 '18 at 19:14
ImrankImrank
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Could somebody assist me in creating a persistent symlink for the block devices, using udev ?
I have a cloud server, where I can attach a separate device (/dev/xvdb) as a storage.
I want to create a persistent symlink (/dev/test_link) which should always target to /dev/xvdb storage.
Regards,
16.04 udev symbolic-link
asked Dec 12 '18 at 19:14
ImrankImrank
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Are you just looking to have the device mounted in the same place every time you connect it to your system? Maybe try giving the USB device a permanent mount point on the system. USB Drives can change their designation between reboots on the system. See askubuntu.com/a/940060/231142
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 19:36
yes, but I would like to achieve it using udev and its just for a one-time testing so that I can understand how symlink works persistently using udev rules.
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 20:38
Ah, OK. This might help: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/…
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 20:46
nope, it didn't help. I used the given post: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/… and hackaday.com/2009/09/18/how-to-write-udev-rules/#comments created a rule file with the below settings and still unable to find that symlink created. file: /etc/udev/rules.d/81-drive.rules which has below attributes KERNEL=="xvdb1", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{size}=="4192256", SYMLINK+="/dev/prod_data"
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:30
The examples in the posts are of the usb devices, however I am using a virtual block device which is /dev/xvdb1.. would this change something?
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:33
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Could somebody assist me in creating a persistent symlink for the block devices, using udev ?
I have a cloud server, where I can attach a separate device (/dev/xvdb) as a storage.
I want to create a persistent symlink (/dev/test_link) which should always target to /dev/xvdb storage.
Regards,
16.04 udev symbolic-link
asked Dec 12 '18 at 19:14
ImrankImrank
268
Could somebody assist me in creating a persistent symlink for the block devices, using udev ?
I have a cloud server, where I can attach a separate device (/dev/xvdb) as a storage.
I want to create a persistent symlink (/dev/test_link) which should always target to /dev/xvdb storage.
Regards,
16.04 udev symbolic-link
16.04 udev symbolic-link
asked Dec 12 '18 at 19:14
ImrankImrank
268
asked Dec 12 '18 at 19:14
ImrankImrank
268
edited Dec 14 '18 at 14:58
Imrank
asked Dec 12 '18 at 19:14
ImrankImrank
268
asked Dec 12 '18 at 19:14
ImrankImrank
268
asked Dec 12 '18 at 19:14
ImrankImrank
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Are you just looking to have the device mounted in the same place every time you connect it to your system? Maybe try giving the USB device a permanent mount point on the system. USB Drives can change their designation between reboots on the system. See askubuntu.com/a/940060/231142
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 19:36
yes, but I would like to achieve it using udev and its just for a one-time testing so that I can understand how symlink works persistently using udev rules.
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 20:38
Ah, OK. This might help: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/…
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 20:46
nope, it didn't help. I used the given post: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/… and hackaday.com/2009/09/18/how-to-write-udev-rules/#comments created a rule file with the below settings and still unable to find that symlink created. file: /etc/udev/rules.d/81-drive.rules which has below attributes KERNEL=="xvdb1", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{size}=="4192256", SYMLINK+="/dev/prod_data"
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:30
The examples in the posts are of the usb devices, however I am using a virtual block device which is /dev/xvdb1.. would this change something?
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:33
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show 2 more comments
Are you just looking to have the device mounted in the same place every time you connect it to your system? Maybe try giving the USB device a permanent mount point on the system. USB Drives can change their designation between reboots on the system. See askubuntu.com/a/940060/231142
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 19:36
yes, but I would like to achieve it using udev and its just for a one-time testing so that I can understand how symlink works persistently using udev rules.
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 20:38
Ah, OK. This might help: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/…
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 20:46
nope, it didn't help. I used the given post: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/… and hackaday.com/2009/09/18/how-to-write-udev-rules/#comments created a rule file with the below settings and still unable to find that symlink created. file: /etc/udev/rules.d/81-drive.rules which has below attributes KERNEL=="xvdb1", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{size}=="4192256", SYMLINK+="/dev/prod_data"
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:30
The examples in the posts are of the usb devices, however I am using a virtual block device which is /dev/xvdb1.. would this change something?
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:33
Are you just looking to have the device mounted in the same place every time you connect it to your system? Maybe try giving the USB device a permanent mount point on the system. USB Drives can change their designation between reboots on the system. See askubuntu.com/a/940060/231142
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 19:36
Are you just looking to have the device mounted in the same place every time you connect it to your system? Maybe try giving the USB device a permanent mount point on the system. USB Drives can change their designation between reboots on the system. See askubuntu.com/a/940060/231142
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 19:36
yes, but I would like to achieve it using udev and its just for a one-time testing so that I can understand how symlink works persistently using udev rules.
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 20:38
yes, but I would like to achieve it using udev and its just for a one-time testing so that I can understand how symlink works persistently using udev rules.
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 20:38
Ah, OK. This might help: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/…
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 20:46
Ah, OK. This might help: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/…
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 20:46
nope, it didn't help. I used the given post: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/… and hackaday.com/2009/09/18/how-to-write-udev-rules/#comments created a rule file with the below settings and still unable to find that symlink created. file: /etc/udev/rules.d/81-drive.rules which has below attributes KERNEL=="xvdb1", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{size}=="4192256", SYMLINK+="/dev/prod_data"
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:30
nope, it didn't help. I used the given post: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/… and hackaday.com/2009/09/18/how-to-write-udev-rules/#comments created a rule file with the below settings and still unable to find that symlink created. file: /etc/udev/rules.d/81-drive.rules which has below attributes KERNEL=="xvdb1", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{size}=="4192256", SYMLINK+="/dev/prod_data"
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:30
The examples in the posts are of the usb devices, however I am using a virtual block device which is /dev/xvdb1.. would this change something?
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:33
The examples in the posts are of the usb devices, however I am using a virtual block device which is /dev/xvdb1.. would this change something?
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:33
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Are you just looking to have the device mounted in the same place every time you connect it to your system? Maybe try giving the USB device a permanent mount point on the system. USB Drives can change their designation between reboots on the system. See askubuntu.com/a/940060/231142
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 19:36
yes, but I would like to achieve it using udev and its just for a one-time testing so that I can understand how symlink works persistently using udev rules.
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 20:38
Ah, OK. This might help: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/…
– Terrance
Dec 14 '18 at 20:46
nope, it didn't help. I used the given post: askubuntu.com/questions/783357/… and hackaday.com/2009/09/18/how-to-write-udev-rules/#comments created a rule file with the below settings and still unable to find that symlink created. file: /etc/udev/rules.d/81-drive.rules which has below attributes KERNEL=="xvdb1", SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{size}=="4192256", SYMLINK+="/dev/prod_data"
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:30
The examples in the posts are of the usb devices, however I am using a virtual block device which is /dev/xvdb1.. would this change something?
– Imrank
Dec 14 '18 at 22:33