In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing DRBD on Elementary OS Latest. DRBD, or Distributed Replicated Block Device, is a powerful open source tool that allows you to replicate block devices over a network.
Before installing DRBD on your Elementary OS Latest system, you need to have the following prerequisites in place:
The first step is to ensure that your system is up-to-date. Open the terminal on your Elementary OS Latest system and run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
This will update your system and install any available updates.
To install DRBD on your Elementary OS Latest system, you need to add the DRBD repository to your system. Run the following commands in your terminal:
sudo apt install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linbit/linbit-drbd9-stack
sudo apt update
sudo apt install drbd-dkms drbd-utils
This will install the DRBD kernel module and the DRBD utilities on your system.
After installing DRBD, you need to configure it. First, you need to create a configuration file for DRBD. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo nano /etc/drbd.conf
This will open the nano text editor. Add the following configuration to the file:
resource r0 {
device /dev/drbd0;
disk /dev/sda;
meta-disk internal;
on node1 {
address 192.168.1.1:7788;
}
on node2 {
address 192.168.1.2:7788;
}
}
Replace device with the name of the DRBD device that you want to create. Replace disk with the block device that you want to replicate. Replace node1 and node2 with the hostnames or IP addresses of the two nodes in the DRBD cluster.
Save and close the file.
Now that you have created the DRBD configuration file, you need to create the DRBD device. Run the following command in your terminal:
sudo drbdadm create-md r0
This will create the metadata for the DRBD device.
To start DRBD, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start drbd
This will start the DRBD service.
DRBD is now installed and configured on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can use DRBD to replicate block devices over a network. Congratulations!
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