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Mounting Object Storage buckets to the file system of Yandex Data Processing hosts

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Updated at May 5, 2025
  • Required paid resources
  • Getting started
  • Prepare the initialization action
  • Create a cluster that will use the initialization action
  • Check bucket availability.
  • Delete the resources you created

In Yandex Data Processing, you can use initialization actions to configure hosts.

With them, you can automate the installation and setup of GeeseFS, the software enabling Yandex Data Processing cluster hosts to mount Yandex Object Storage buckets via FUSE.

To set up GeeseFS:

  1. Prepare the initialization action.
  2. Create a cluster that uses the initialization action.
  3. Check bucket availability.

If you no longer need the resources you created, delete them.

Required paid resourcesRequired paid resources

The support cost includes:

  • Yandex Data Processing cluster fee (see Yandex Data Processing pricing).
  • NAT gateway fee (see Virtual Private Cloud pricing).
  • Object Storage bucket fee: Storing data and performing operations with it (see Object Storage pricing).
  • Fee for public IP addresses for cluster hosts (see Virtual Private Cloud pricing).

Getting startedGetting started

Set up your infrastructure:

Manually
Terraform
  1. Create a service account with the dataproc.agent and dataproc.provisioner roles.

  2. Create an Object Storage bucket.

  3. Grant the service account read access to the bucket. To do this, use one of the following methods:

    • Set up the bucket's ACL and grant READ access to the service account.

      The service account will get read access only to the specified bucket.

    • Assign the service account the storage.viewer role.

      The service account will get read access to all buckets in the folder.

  4. Create a NAT gateway for the subnet you want to create your Yandex Data Processing cluster in.

  1. If you do not have Terraform yet, install it.

  2. Get the authentication credentials. You can add them to environment variables or specify them later in the provider configuration file.

  3. Configure and initialize a provider. There is no need to create a provider configuration file manually, you can download it.

  4. Place the configuration file in a separate working directory and specify the parameter values. If you did not add the authentication credentials to environment variables, specify them in the configuration file.

  5. Download the data-processing-init-actions-geesefs.tf configuration file to the same working directory.

    This file describes:

    • Network.
    • Subnet.
    • Route table.
    • NAT gateway.
    • Security group and rules required to connect to the Yandex Data Processing cluster.
    • Service account with the roles required to work with the Object Storage bucket and Yandex Data Processing cluster.
    • Static key for the service account to manage the Object Storage bucket.
    • Object Storage bucket.
    • Yandex Data Processing cluster.
  6. In the data-processing-init-actions-geesefs.tf file, specify the following settings:

    • dp_network_name: Name of the network for your Yandex Data Processing cluster.
    • dp_subnet_name: Name of the subnet for your Yandex Data Processing cluster.
    • dp_sg_name: Name of the security group for your Yandex Data Processing cluster.
    • dp_sa_folder_id: ID of the folder to create your infrastructure and Yandex Data Processing cluster in.
    • dp_sa_name: Name of the service account for your Yandex Data Processing cluster and Object Storage bucket.
    • dp_bucket_name: Object Storage bucket name.
    • dataproc_name: Yandex Data Processing cluster name.
    • ssh-path: Path to the public SSH key file for your Yandex Data Processing cluster.
  7. Make sure the Terraform configuration files are correct using this command:

    terraform validate
    

    If there are any errors in the configuration files, Terraform will point them out.

  8. Create the required infrastructure:

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan
      

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply
        
      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

    All the required resources will be created in the specified folder. You can check resource availability and their settings in the management console.

Prepare the initialization actionPrepare the initialization action

  1. Create the initialization action file named geesefs_mount.sh taking two positional arguments: the name of the Object Storage bucket and the host's file system directory where you are going to mount it.

    #!/bin/bash
    
    set -e
    
    BUCKET=$1
    MOUNT_POINT=$2
    
    # Downloading GeeseFS
    wget https://github.com/yandex-cloud/geesefs/releases/latest/download/geesefs-linux-amd64 -O /opt/geesefs
    chmod a+rwx /opt/geesefs
    mkdir -p "${MOUNT_POINT}"
    
    # Preparing a script to run on every boot
    BOOT_SCRIPT="/var/lib/cloud/scripts/per-boot/80-geesefs-mount.sh"
    echo "#!/bin/bash" >> ${BOOT_SCRIPT}
    echo "/opt/geesefs -o allow_other --iam ${BUCKET} ${MOUNT_POINT}" >> ${BOOT_SCRIPT}
    chmod 755 ${BOOT_SCRIPT}
    
    # Running the script
    ${BOOT_SCRIPT}
    
  2. Upload the geesefs_mount.sh file to the previously created Object Storage bucket.

Create a cluster that will use the initialization actionCreate a cluster that will use the initialization action

Manually
Terraform

Create a Yandex Data Processing cluster with the following settings:

  • In the Version field, select 2.0.

  • In the Service account field, select the service account you previously created.

  • In the Custom scripts field, click Add and set the script parameters:

    • In the URI field, specify the path to the script file in the bucket, such as:

      s3a://<bucket_name>/geesefs_mount.sh
      
    • In the Arguments field, specify the name of the previously created bucket and /mnt/test as your mount point. Specify arguments on separate lines:

      <bucket_name>
      /mnt/test
      
  • In the Bucket name field, select the previously created bucket.

  • In the Subclusters menu, enable Public access in the settings. This will enable you to connect to subcluster hosts without an intermediate virtual machine.

  1. In the data-processing-init-actions-geesefs.tf file, set the value for this variable as follows: create_cluster = 1.

  2. Make sure the Terraform configuration files are correct using this command:

    terraform validate
    

    If there are any errors in the configuration files, Terraform will point them out.

  3. Create the required infrastructure:

    1. Run this command to view the planned changes:

      terraform plan
      

      If you described the configuration correctly, the terminal will display a list of the resources to update and their parameters. This is a verification step that does not apply changes to your resources.

    2. If everything looks correct, apply the changes:

      1. Run this command:

        terraform apply
        
      2. Confirm updating the resources.

      3. Wait for the operation to complete.

    All the required resources will be created in the specified folder. You can check resource availability and their settings in the management console.

Check bucket availability.Check bucket availability.

  1. After the cluster status changes to Alive, connect over SSH to any of its hosts as the ubuntu user.

  2. To make sure the bucket has been mounted successfully, run this command:

    ls /mnt/test
    

    It will output the list of objects stored in the bucket’s root folder. In this case, the name of the geesefs_mount.sh file.

Delete the resources you createdDelete the resources you created

Tip

Before deleting the infrastructure, manually delete all objects from the bucket.

Delete the resources you no longer need to avoid paying for them:

Manually
Terraform
  1. Delete the Yandex Data Processing cluster.
  2. If you used static public IP addresses to access the cluster hosts, release and delete them.
  3. Delete the Object Storage bucket.
  4. Delete the service account.
  1. In the terminal, navigate to the working directory with the data-processing-init-actions-geesefs.tf configuration file.

  2. Delete the resources using this command:

    terraform destroy
    
  3. Type yes and press Enter.

    This will delete all resources described in the data-processing-init-actions-geesefs.tf configuration file.

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