nfs_inotify

Transfers inotify events from NFS server to client (for theMediaShell, MPD library auto-update, etc.)

How to use it

This software consists from server (one instance ran on NFS server) and client (one instance per share ran on NFS client); server captures inotify event and client simulates them:

[server] ~> python2 nfs_inotify_server.py 192.168.0.1 2050 /media/storage/Music /media/storage/Torrent/downloads
[mediacenter] ~> python2 nfs_inotify_client.py 192.168.0.1 2050 /media/storage/Music /home/themylogin/Storage/Music
[mediacenter] ~> python2 nfs_inotify_client.py 192.168.0.1 2050 /media/storage/Torrent/downloads /home/themylogin/Storage/Torrent/downloads

In this example two directories are being inotified on my media PC: music one and torrent downloads (movies).

Usage tips

Put

fs.inotify.max_user_watches=262144

to /etc/sysctl.conf

Upstart .conf's

/etc/init/nfs_inotify_server.conf

########################################
##### install in /etc/init         #####
########################################
 
description "NFS inotify server"

env PYTHON_HOME=/home/themylogin/www/apps/virtualenv

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

setuid themylogin
setgid themylogin

exec $PYTHON_HOME/bin/python /media/storage/Shared/nfs_inotify/nfs_inotify_server.py 192.168.0.1 2050 /media/storage/Music /media/storage/Torrent/downloads --log-file=/tmp/nfs_inotify_server.log

respawn
respawn limit 10 5

/etc/init/nfs_inotify_client.conf

########################################
##### install in /etc/init         #####
########################################
 
description "NFS inotify server"

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

setuid themylogin
setgid themylogin

exec python2 /home/themylogin/Storage/Shared/nfs_inotify/nfs_inotify_client.py 192.168.0.1 2050 /media/storage/Torrent/downloads /home/themylogin/Storage/Torrent/downloads --log-file=/tmp/nfs_inotify_client_torrent.log

respawn
respawn limit 10 5