Could not create NetworkPortal in configFS issue resolved

I see that there is an error while creating iscsi portal ” Could not create NetworkPortal in configFS ” in Red hat enterprise Linux 7. I have installed targetcli, started services targetcli and created block storage, LUN, iscsi internet name. 

After creating all this i was trying to create an portal but it through an error ” could not create NetworkPortal in configFS “

i find no clue after few minutes i observe that there is an default portal has been created with 0.0.0.0:3260, i thought that was not created by me and i was trying to delete default port with 0.0.0.0:3260. See the Guide to create iscsi server

could not create NetworkPortal in configFS error resolution

/> ls
o- / ................................................ [...]
 o- backstores ......................................... [...]
 | o- block ............................. [Storage Objects: 1]
 | | o- iscsi_storage .................. [/dev/iscsi_vg/iscsi_lv (3.0GiB) write-thru activated]
 | o- fileio ....................................... [Storage Objects: 0]
 | o- pscsi ........................................ [Storage Objects: 0]
 | o- ramdisk ......................................... [Storage Objects: 0]
 o- iscsi ........................................... [Targets: 1]
 | o- iqn.2014-09.com.example.com:server .................................. [TPGs: 1]
 | o- tpg1 ...................................... [no-gen-acls, no-auth]
 | o- acls ................................................... [ACLs: 1]
 | | o- iqn.2014-09.example.com:desktop ......................................... [Mapped LUNs: 1]
 | | o- mapped_lun0 .................................. [lun0 block/iscsi_storage (rw)]
 | o- luns ................................................ [LUNs: 1]
 | | o- lun0 ............................... [block/iscsi_storage (/dev/iscsi_vg/iscsi_lv)]
 | o- portals ...................................................... [Portals: 2]
 | o- 0.0.0.0:3260 ............................................... [OK]
 o- loopback .................................... [Targets: 0]
/> /iscsi/iqn.2014-09.com.example.com:server/tpg1/portals delete 0.0.0.0
Missing required parameter ip_port

Here is an solution to resolve above error

/> /iscsi/iqn.2014-09.com.example.com:server/tpg1/portals delete 0.0.0.0 ip_port=3260
Deleted network portal 0.0.0.1:3260

Now try to create portal with specified IP address

/> /iscsi/iqn.2014-09.com.example.com:server/tpg1/portals/ create 192.168.4.20
Using default IP port 3260
Created network portal 192.168.4.20:3260.
/> ls
o- / ....................................................... [...]
 o- backstores ......................................... [...]
 | o- block .................................... [Storage Objects: 1]
 | | o- iscsi_storage ................... [/dev/iscsi_vg/iscsi_lv (3.0GiB) write-thru activated]
 | o- fileio ......................................... [Storage Objects: 0]
 | o- pscsi ........................................... [Storage Objects: 0]
 | o- ramdisk ................................... [Storage Objects: 0]
 o- iscsi ......................................... [Targets: 1]
 | o- iqn.2014-09.com.example.com:server ................................ [TPGs: 1]
 | o- tpg1 .................................... [no-gen-acls, no-auth]
 | o- acls ...................................... [ACLs: 1]
 | | o- iqn.2014-09.example.com:desktop ............................. [Mapped LUNs: 1]
 | | o- mapped_lun0 ................................. [lun0 block/iscsi_storage (rw)]
 | o- luns ....................................... [LUNs: 1]
 | | o- lun0 ......................... [block/iscsi_storage (/dev/iscsi_vg/iscsi_lv)]
 | o- portals .......................................... [Portals: 2]
 | o- 192.168.4.20:3260 ............................................ [OK]
 | o- 192.168.4.21:3260 ................................. [OK]
 o- loopback ....................................... [Targets: 0]
/>

Conclusion

Issue occurred due to an default portal was created and it was pointing to all of the interface by default. Deleting default portal which is 0.0.0.0:3260 using ip_port=3260 option resolve the issue. 

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10 Responses

  1. Abhijeet Benjamen says:

    I also faced this issue
    Delete 0.0.0.0 3260 I also it’s work

    But I am unable to get clue why this default 0.0.0.0 3260 created automatically,from which parameter or Conf file it’s read default??

  2. blank entisar ahmed says:

    you can print like this
    portals/ create ip_address=192.168.146.141 ip_port=3260

  3. blank entisar ahmed says:

    when you got the error “Could not create NetworkPortal in configFS ” delete the default one using
    /iscsi/iqn.20…/tpg1/portals> delete ip_address=0.0.0.0 ip_port=3260

    and then you can create the new as :
    /iscsi/iqn.20…:target1/tpg1> portals/ create ip_address=192.168.146.141 ip_port=3260
    Using default IP port 3260
    Created network portal 192.168.146.141:3260.
    /iscsi/iqn.20…:target1/tpg1> ls
    o- tpg1 ……………………………………………………………………………………….. [no-gen-acls, no-auth]
    o- acls …………………………………………………………………………………………………. [ACLs: 1]
    | o- iqn.2017-03.com.example:server2 …………………………………………………………………. [Mapped LUNs: 0]
    o- luns …………………………………………………………………………………………………. [LUNs: 0]
    o- portals ……………………………………………………………………………………………. [Portals: 1]
    o- 192.168.146.141:3260 ……………………………………………………………………………………… [OK]

    🙂 Good LUCK

  4. blank pverma says:

    hi I have same problem but it’s not resolving with same solution. because in portal i have 0 . and when I am going to create its showing error ” couldn’t create NetworkPortal in configfs”. and then whenever I want to delete default port ip 0.0.0.0 or any . with port 3260 its showing another error …”No such NetworkPortal in configfs”

    can anyone please help me on it. thanks

  5. blank Sachin says:

    Issue resolved…thnaks for help

  6. blank Sachin says:

    iscsiadm : cannot make connection to “IP” : no route to host
    couldnot perform sendtargets discovery encountered connection failure

    Now this error is coming please help on this. I have 2 machines on same VM & they are pinging to each other.

  7. blank Tomasz Barbaszewski says:

    It works – many thanks!

  8. blank Eduard says:

    Worked for me

  9. blank Karamjeet says:

    Hello Sir,
    During this lab, I’m facing this issue. Please guide to resolve the issue

    [root@client ~]# iscsiadm -m discovery -P1
    SENDTARGETS:
    DiscoveryAddress: 192.168.200.149,3260
    iSNS:
    No targets found.
    STATIC:
    No targets found.
    FIRMWARE:
    No targets found.
    [root@client ~]#

    Thanks in advance.

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