target-isns(8)

💖 target-isns — the iSNS client for the Linux LIO iSCSI target 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about target-isns from the System Manager's Manual section 8. this little icon registers your LIO iSCSI targets with an iSNS server and honestly? it's giving matchmaker energy. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

target-isns [OPTION]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one binary, a pile of options, slay. 🎀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so target-isns allows registering LIO iSCSI targets with an iSNS server. that's the main character job, no cap.

now, the Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS, RFC 4171) protocol makes it easier to discover, manage and configure iSCSI devices. literally what it's for.

and here's the cute part: with iSNS, iSCSI targets can be registered with a central iSNS server, and then initiators can be configured to discover the targets by asking that iSNS server. it's like a group chat where everyone knows where everyone else is 🦋

💅 OPTIONS 💅

one bullet per option, exactly as the universe intended:

• -i, --isns-server=HOSTNAME — set the hostname or IP address of the iSNS server. tell it who to talk to, bestie 📮
• -p, --isns-port=PORT — set the port number of the iSNS server. (the default iSNS port number is 3205, iykyk)
• -d, --debug — increase the debugging level. heads up: this implies --foreground 👀
• -f, --foreground — run in the foreground. no sneaking off to the background, we stay and watch ✨
• -s, --configfs-iscsi-path=PATH — use alternate sys configfs iscsi path. custom path moment 🛣️
• -v, --version — print version information and exit. quick lil flex, then bye 👋
• -h, --help — print this help message and exit. the classic. the icon. 🫶

🎀 FILES 🎀

/etc/target-isns.conf is the default configuration file. it's where the settings live, periodt.

the following parameters can be set in the configuration file:

• isns_server=HOSTNAME — set the hostname of the iSNS server 🌈
• isns_port=PORT — set the port number of the iSNS server (the default iSNS port number is 3205)
• log_level=[info|debug] — set the log level (default is info) 📝
• configfs_iscsi_path=PATH — set the configfs path for iscsi (default is /sys/kernel/config/target/iscsi) 🧚

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? not me manifesting problems but okay 😭 please send bug reports to the upstream bug tracker at https://github.com/open-iscsi/target-isns/issues. the maintainers will love you for it fr fr 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• targetcli(8) — go read it, bestie, it's the moment

lowkey reminder: every flag, every path, every default, every number here is exactly what the original says. don't @ me, @ the source 💜

okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🍓 this was the target-isns(8) page from the System Manager's Manual... i mean System Manager's Manual, brought to you by the upstream target-isns source and version, dated whenever this page was generated — mwah, stan, bye bestie 💖✨🎀