SheepDog is a distributed storage system for QEMU/KVM. It can be used to create a highly available and scalable virtualization environment. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install SheepDog on Fedora CoreOS latest.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
SheepDog is available in the official Fedora package repository. To install the package, run the following command:
sudo dnf install sheepdog
This will download and install the SheepDog package along with its dependencies.
After the installation, you need to configure SheepDog to start on boot. Fedora CoreOS uses systemd to manage services, so to configure SheepDog, create a systemd unit file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/sheepdog.service
Add the following contents to the file:
[Unit]
Description=SheepDog Distributed Storage System
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
User=root
Group=root
ExecStart=/usr/bin/sheep
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save and close the file.
Reload systemd configuration using the following command:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Now start and enable SheepDog service using the following commands:
sudo systemctl start sheepdog
sudo systemctl enable sheepdog
Check the status of the SheepDog service using the following command:
sudo systemctl status sheepdog
If everything is working fine, it should show the active (running) status.
To test the SheepDog installation, create a new SheepDog volume using the following command:
sudo dog vdi create test 10G
This will create a new SheepDog volume named "test" with a size of 10GB.
To list all the available volumes, use the following command:
sudo dog vdi list
You should see the newly created volume "test" in the list.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured SheepDog on Fedora CoreOS. You can now use it to create a scalable and highly available virtualization environment.
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