Installing nfs-utils offline on AKE bare-metal nodes

Issue

AKE bare-metal nodes currently support automatic GPU driver installation only on Rocky Linux 9.7. The minimal installation of Rocky Linux 9.7 does not include nfs-utils by default.

If Neutree uses an NFS file system model registry, cluster nodes need to have nfs-utils installed to mount model directories in the NFS model registry and download models to the local nodes. Rocky Linux 9.7 x86_64 nodes without internet access cannot install this package from online software repositories.

Solution

On each Rocky Linux 9.7 x86_64 node that needs to access the NFS model registry, install nfs-utils by using the offline installation package.

Go to this page and download nfs-utils-rpms-rocky9.7-offline.tar.gz. Transfer the package to the target node, then extract it:
Terminal window
```
tar -xzf nfs-utils-rpms-rocky9.7-offline.tar.gz
cd nfs-utils-rpms
```
The offline installation package contains nfs-utils and the required RPM dependencies.
Install nfs-utils. In the extracted directory, run the following command to install all RPM packages:
Terminal window
```
sudo dnf install -y --disablerepo='*' ./*.rpm
```
Verify the installation. Run the following command to confirm that nfs-utils is installed:
Terminal window
```
rpm -q nfs-utils
```
The command output nfs-utils-2.5.4-42.el9.x86_64 indicates that the installation is successful.
Verify NFS mounting. Create a local mount directory, and use the actual NFS server address and export path to verify mounting:
Terminal window
```
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/nfs-model-repo
sudo mount -t nfs <nfs_server>:<export_path> /mnt/nfs-model-repo
findmnt /mnt/nfs-model-repo
```
Replace <nfs_server> with the IP address or domain name of the NFS server, and replace <export_path> with the NFS export directory. After verification is complete, if you do not need to keep the mount, run sudo umount /mnt/nfs-model-repo.