How to Install Lustre on Clear Linux Latest

Lustre is an open-source parallel distributed file system that is designed for large-scale cluster computing. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Lustre on Clear Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need to have the following:

• A running instance of Clear Linux Latest
• Root access or a user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Enable Lustre Repository

1. Open the terminal on Clear Linux.

2. Add the Lustre repository key:

sudo rpm --import https://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/lustre-2.12.7/el7/client/RPM-GPG-KEY-lustre

3. Add the Lustre repository to your system:

sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/lustre.client.repo <<EOF
[lustre-client]
name=Lustre client for EL7
baseurl=https://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/lustre-2.12.7/el7/client/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-lustre
EOF

4. Update the repository cache:

sudo dnf update

Step 2: Install Lustre Client Packages

1. To install the Lustre client packages, run the following command:

sudo dnf install lustre-client-dkms lustre-client lustre-client-modules

2. During the installation, you will be prompted to approve the installation of the unsigned kernel modules. Press "y" to proceed.

Step 3: Mount the Lustre File System

1. Create a mount point for the Lustre file system:

sudo mkdir /mnt/lustre

2. Mount the Lustre file system:

sudo mount -t lustre <lustre-MDT-MGS>:<lustre-FS> /mnt/lustre

Note: Replace <lustre-MDT-MGS> and <lustre-FS> with the actual metadata server (MDT)/management server (MGS) and file system (FS) names.

3. To verify that the Lustre file system is mounted, run the following command:

df -hT | grep lustre

The output should show the mount point and Lustre file system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you the steps to install Lustre on Clear Linux Latest. Now you are ready to use Lustre for large-scale cluster computing.

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