How to Install Lustre on EndeavourOS Latest

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

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you need to have the following:

Step 1: Install and Configure Lustre Client

  1. Download the Lustre software package from the Lustre download page.

  2. Extract the downloaded file.

  3. Install the package with the following command:

    $ sudo yum install epel-release
    $ sudo yum install kernel-devel redhat-lustre-client
    
  4. Once the installation is complete, use the modprobe command to load the Lustre kernel module:

    $ sudo modprobe lustre
    
  5. Configure the Lustre client by creating a lustre.conf file in the /etc/modprobe.d/ directory. For example:

    $ sudo vim /etc/modprobe.d/lustre.conf
    

    Add the following lines, replacing the values with the IP addresses of your Lustre servers:

    options lnet networks=tcp(nic=#) 
    options lnet network_transport=tcp
    options lnet routers=router1@tcp:/router1_IP:port1,router2@tcp:/router2_IP:port2
    options lnet ping_timeout=10
    
  6. Save and exit the file.

Step 2: Mount the Lustre Filesystem

  1. Create a mount point for the Lustre filesystem:

    $ sudo mkdir /mnt/lustre
    
  2. Mount the filesystem with the following command:

    $ sudo mount -t lustre <Lustre_server>:/<Lustre_filesystem_name> /mnt/lustre
    
  3. Verify that the filesystem is mounted with the df command:

    $ df -hT
    
  4. To mount the Lustre filesystem automatically on boot, add the following line to the /etc/fstab file:

    <Lustre_server>:/<Lustre_filesystem_name> /mnt/lustre lustre defaults,_netdev 0 0
    
  5. Save and exit the file.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Lustre on EndeavourOS Latest. Once you have Lustre up and running, you can use it to manage and store large-scale data in a distributed filesystem.

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