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Error Description

The file system is created and configured to automatically mount to the cloud disk on a Linux CVM, but automount fails upon the CVM restart.

Possible Reasons

• Reason 1: cloud disk automount is not configured in the fstab configuration file of the CVM.
• Reason 2: incorrect configuration of the fstab configuration file.
  For example, if the device name is used for automatic mounting and it changes when CVM restarts, the startup will fail.

Solutions

• Solution to reason 1:
  Refer to the following method to reconfigure the /etc/fstab file to automatically mount cloud disks after a CVM restarts:
  • Using the soft link of the disk (recommended)
  • Using the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of the file system
  • Using the device name (not recommended)
    For detailed directions, see Configuring the /etc/fstab file.
• Solution to reason 2:
  Log in to the Linux CVM using VNC and enter single user mode. In this mode, fix and reconfigure the /etc/fstab configuration file. For detailed directions, see Fixing the /etc/fstab fie.

Troubleshooting Procedure

Configuring the /etc/fstab file

1. Log in to a Linux instance using standard login method.
2. Choose a configuration method to obtain information.

3. Run the following command to back up the `/etc/fstab` file to the `/home` directory, for example:

cp /etc/fstab /home

4. Run the following command to use VI editor to open the /etc/fstab file.

   vi /etc/fstab
   

5. Press i to enter the edit mode, and append the following content to the next line of the last line of the file.

   <Device information> <Mount point> <File system format> <File system installation option> <File system dump frequency> <File system check sequence at launch>
   

Refer to the following examples according to the configuration method selected in step 2.

• (Recommended) Take the soft link of an elastic cloud disk as an example. Add the following content:

  /dev/disk/by-id/virtio-disk-drkhklpe-part1 /data/newpart   ext4 defaults     0   2
  

• Take the UUID of the file system as an example. Add the following content:

  UUID=d489ca1c-5057-4536-81cb-ceb2847f9954 /data/newpart   ext4 defaults     0   2
  

• (Not recommended) Take the device name as an example. Add the following content:

  /dev/vdb1 /data/newpart   ext4 defaults     0   2
  

6. Press ESC, enter :wq, and press Enter to save the configuration and exit the editor.
7. Run the following command to check whether the /etc/fstab file has been written successfully.

   mount -a 
   

If information similar to what is shown below is returned, the file has been written. The file system will automatically mount when the operating system is started. You can restart CVM to verify the result.

Fixing the /etc/fstab file

1. Log in to a Linux instance using VNC.

2. Enter single user mode. For detailed directions, see Configuring Linux CVM to Boot into Single User Mode.

3. Run the following command to back up the /etc/fstab file to the /home directory, for example:

   cp /etc/fstab /home
   

4. Run the following command to use VI editor to open the /etc/fstab file.

   vi /etc/fstab
   

5. Press i to enter the edit mode. Move the cursor to the beginning of the error line and enter # to comment out this configuration, as shown below.

   Note：

   This line configures data disk automount. However, due to misconfiguration, the cloud disk could not be mounted when CVM restarts.

   

6. Press ESC, enter :wq, and press Enter to save the configuration and exit the editor.

7. Enter exit to exit the single user mode.

8. Wait until restarting is completed. Log in to the CVM.

9. Reconfigure the file as instructed in Configuring the /etc/fstab file.