Gluster FS - Quick Start Guide
Introduction
Gluster is a free and open source software scalable network filesystem.
Installation
This guide assumes you will create a replica 3 (1x3) volume using three nodes. The steps are the same if you plan to use a single node.
Install the latest Gluster FS packages on all the nodes.
$ sudo apt install glusterfs-serverService Setup
Enable and start the kadalu-mgr service on all the storage nodes.
$ sudo systemctl enable glusterd
$ sudo systemctl start glusterdAdd storage nodes
The following commands are run from any one storage node. Login to one node and add other two nodes to the Cluster.
vm1 # gluster peer probe vm2
vm1 # gluster peer probe vm3
vm1 # gluster pool list
UUID Hostname State
9ac5d869-9542-4dac-9c88-97cfb11a5738 localhost Connected
dfed8210-53d4-44e6-8a8b-7abe3fddb145 vm2 Connected
710acd83-d3aa-4292-b362-543599d12edf vm3 ConnectedCreate a Gluster FS Volume
Now create a directory to use as a storage unit(Brick) and create a Gluster FS Volume.
# mkdir /data/t2 (Run on all the storage nodes)
#
# gluster volume create Test-Vol replica 3 vm1:/data/t2 vm2:/data/t2 vm3:/data/t2
Volume Test-Vol created successfully
#
# gluster volume info
Volume Name: Test-Vol
Type: Replicate
Volume ID: 6e2e447d-550d-44e4-85be-33b35933de3c
Status: Started
Snap Volume: no
Number of Bricks: 1 x 3 = 3
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: vm1:/data/t2
Brick2: vm2:/data/t2
Brick3: vm3:/data/t2Mount the volume
# mkdir /mnt/test-vol
# mount -t glusterfs Test-Vol /mnt/test-vol/
# df -h /mnt/test-vol/
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
glusterfs:/Test-Vol 30G 554M 30G 2% /mnt/test-vol