MooseFS is a distributed file system that allows you to store and retrieve files from multiple disks and servers. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install MooseFS on EndeavourOS using the official MooseFS packages.
Before we begin, you need to have the following:
The first step is to download the MooseFS packages from the official repository. To do this, open a terminal and run the following commands:
sudo pacman -S curl # Install curl (if not already installed)
sudo curl -sSL https://ppa.moosefs.com/moosefs.key | sudo pacman-key --add -
sudo pacman-key --finger 596C876EC45B367C
sudo pacman -U http://ppa.moosefs.com/MooseFS-3.0.109-1.x86_64.rpm
The above commands will download and install the MooseFS packages on your system.
Once the MooseFS packages are installed, we need to configure the MooseFS master and chunk servers. By default, MooseFS is configured to use the loopback address (127.0.0.1) as the IP address for both the master and chunk servers.
To configure MooseFS, open the MooseFS configuration file using your preferred text editor:
sudo nano /etc/mfs/mfsmaster.cfg
In this file, you can specify the IP address and port number that the MooseFS master should use. By default, the IP address is set to 127.0.0.1 and the port number is set to 9421. If you want to change these values, update the following lines:
# IPv4 address to listen on
mfsmaster_host = 127.0.0.1
# Port number to listen on
mfsmaster_port = 9421
Once you have updated the configuration file, save the changes and exit the editor.
Now that MooseFS is configured, we can start the MooseFS services. To start the MooseFS services, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start moosefs-master.service moosefs-chunkserver.service
This will start the MooseFS master and chunk server services. To verify that the services are running, use the following command:
sudo systemctl status moosefs-master.service moosefs-chunkserver.service
If everything is working correctly, you should see output similar to the following:
● moosefs-master.service - MooseFS master server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/moosefs-master.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-03-28 12:00:00 EDT; 1min ago
Process: 10000 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mfsmaster -A $MFSMASTERUSER:$MFSUSERGROUP -d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 10005 (mfsmaster)
Tasks: 1 (limit: 18975)
Memory: 24.7M
CPU: 438ms
CGroup: /system.slice/moosefs-master.service
└─10005 /usr/bin/mfsmaster -A root:root -d
Mar 28 12:00:00 hostname systemd[1]: Starting MooseFS master server...
Mar 28 12:00:00 hostname systemd[1]: Started MooseFS master server.
● moosefs-chunkserver.service - MooseFS chunk server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/moosefs-chunkserver.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-03-28 12:00:00 EDT; 1min ago
Process: 10002 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mfschunkserver -A $MFSCHUNKUSER:$MFSUSERGROUP -d (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 10007 (mfschunkserver)
Tasks: 3 (limit: 18975)
Memory: 28.5M
CPU: 577ms
CGroup: /system.slice/moosefs-chunkserver.service
└─10007 /usr/bin/mfschunkserver -A root:root -d
Mar 28 12:00:00 hostname systemd[1]: Starting MooseFS chunk server...
Mar 28 12:00:00 hostname systemd[1]: Started MooseFS chunk server.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install and configure MooseFS on EndeavourOS. MooseFS is a powerful distributed file system that can be used to store and retrieve files from multiple servers and disks. With MooseFS, you can easily scale your storage capacity as your needs grow.
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