SMB / CIFS

SMB (Server Message Block) / CIFS (Common Internet File System) connections enable integration with Windows file shares and network-attached storage for file operations and backup monitoring.

Used By

• Folder Health Check - Check file existence and age on Windows shares
• File Scraper - Scrape configuration files from SMB shares

Field	Description	Scheme
connection	The connection url to use, mutually exclusive with host, share, and credentials	Connection
domain	Windows Domain
host	The SMB host	string
password		EnvVar
port		integer
username		EnvVar

Example

smb-connection.yaml
apiVersion: mission-control.flanksource.com/v1
kind: Connection
metadata:
  name: windows-share
spec:
  smb:
    server: fileserver.example.com
    share: backups
    port: 445
    username:
      valueFrom:
        secretKeyRef:
          name: smb-credentials
          key: username
    password:
      valueFrom:
        secretKeyRef:
          name: smb-credentials
          key: password

For domain authentication, use the format DOMAIN\\username for the username field.