Configure Server Settings With Rake Tasks

Rake tasks can be used to configure and manage IBM Aspera Shares on Demand users, groups, shares, and nodes from the command line. To run a rake task, first do the following:

Go to the shares folder: cd /opt/aspera/shares/u/shares/bin
Test that your rake tasks are working correctly.
```
./run rake -T
```

The following rake tasks cover how to add or configure an LDAP, configure web server settings, and configure smtp server settings.

Add or Configure LDAP

Command	Usage
Syntax	rake data:ldap_config -- --directory_type <directory_type> --name <name> [--description <description>] --host <host> --port <port> [--base_dn <base_dn>] --authentication_method <authentication_method> [--username <username> --password <password> --encryption <encryption>]
Example	./run rake data:ldap_config -- --directory_type ActiveDirectory --name test_dir --host ldap.aspera.us --port 1234 --base_dn OU=AsperaDirectory,DC=aspera,DC=asperasoft,DC=com --authentication_method simple --username user1 --password 3x@mp13_p@zzw0rd --encryption simple_tls

Command

Usage

Syntax

rake data:ldap_config -- --directory_type <directory_type> --name <name> [--description <description>] 
  --host <host> --port <port> [--base_dn <base_dn>] --authentication_method <authentication_method> 
  [--username <username> --password <password> --encryption <encryption>]

Example

./run rake data:ldap_config -- --directory_type ActiveDirectory --name test_dir
  --host ldap.aspera.us --port 1234 --base_dn OU=AsperaDirectory,DC=aspera,DC=asperasoft,DC=com
  --authentication_method simple --username user1 --password 3x@mp13_p@zzw0rd --encryption simple_tls

Where acceptable directory types are:

ActiveDirectory
OpenDirectory
FedoraDirectoryServer
OpenLdap

Where acceptable authentication methods are:

anonymous
simple (Simple bind requires a username and a password.)

Where acceptable encryption types are:

unencrypted
simple_tls

Note: Encryption is, by default, set to unencrypted.

Configure web server settings

Command	Usage
Syntax	rake data:web_server -- --host <host> --port <port> --tls <tls>
Example	./run rake data:web_server -- --host this.is.an.example --port 1234 --tls true

Configure smtp server settings

Command	Usage
Syntax	rake data:smtp_server -- --server <server> --port <port> --domain <domain> --tls <tls> --username <username> --password <password> --from <from>
Example	./run rake data:smtp_server -- --server example_server --port 1234 --domain example.domain --tls true --username <username> user1 --password 3x@mp13_p@zzw0rd --from user@asperasoft.com

Command

Usage

Syntax

rake data:smtp_server -- --server <server> --port <port> --domain <domain> --tls <tls> --username 
  <username> --password <password> --from <from>

Example

./run rake data:smtp_server -- --server example_server --port 1234 
  --domain example.domain --tls true --username <username> user1 --password 3x@mp13_p@zzw0rd 
  --from user@asperasoft.com

Note: The first time this task is run, it will create a new entry, and require an entry for all of the fields. Afterward, rsunning the task again will only modify specified fields, leaving non-specified fields the same.