How to Install SeaweedFS on Elementary OS Latest

SeaweedFS is a simple and highly-scalable distributed file system designed to store big data, with features such as self-healing, automatic load-balancing, and seamless integration with cloud storage providers. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of SeaweedFS on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure the following prerequisites are met:

• Elementary OS Latest is installed on your system
• You have sudo access or root privileges
• Git is installed

Step 1: Install Go

SeaweedFS is written in the Go programming language, so the first step is to install Go. Follow these steps:

1. Open Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T.

2. Run the command below to download the latest version of Go:

   wget https://golang.org/dl/go1.17.linux-amd64.tar.gz
   

3. Next, extract the downloaded tarball using the command:

   sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.17.linux-amd64.tar.gz
   

4. Set up the environment variables for Go by adding the following lines to the ~/.bashrc file:

   export GOPATH=$HOME/go
   export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:$GOPATH/bin
   

5. Run the source command to activate the changes made on the .bashrc file:

   source ~/.bashrc
   

   The installation of Go in completed.

Step 2: Download and Install SeaweedFS

Now that we have installed Go, let's download and install SeaweedFS:

1. Open Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T.

2. Use the git clone command below to download the SeaweedFS source code from GitHub:

   git clone https://github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs.git
   

3. Change the directory to seaweedfs:

   cd seaweedfs
   

4. Compile and install SeaweedFS by running the following command:

   make
   sudo make install
   

   This command will compile and install the SeaweedFS binary files to your system.

Step 3: Start SeaweedFS

Once you have installed SeaweedFS, you can start it by running the following command:

weed master

This command will start the SeaweedFS master server. You can access the web UI by visiting http://localhost:9333 in your web browser.

Step 4: Use SeaweedFS

Now that SeaweedFS is installed and running, you can start using it. You can add files using the SeaweedFS command-line tool weed. Here's an example:

1. Open Terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T.

2. Run the following command to add a file called example.txt to SeaweedFS:

   weed put example.txt
   

   This command will upload the file to SeaweedFS and return the file's URL.

3. You can now access the file using the URL returned by the previous command.

That's it! You have successfully installed SeaweedFS on your Elementary OS Latest. You can now start using it to store and manage your big data.

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