How to Install GlusterFS on Fedora Server Latest

Introduction

GlusterFS is an open-source distributed file system that can scale out in building-block fashion to store and manage petabytes of data. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install and configure GlusterFS on Fedora Server latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you need:

• A Fedora Linux server with root access
• Minimum of 2 servers to use as GlusterFS peers
• A network connection between the servers
• Basic knowledge of Linux and networking

Step 1: Install GlusterFS

To install GlusterFS on Fedora Server Latest, perform the following steps:

1. Open your terminal and log in as root.

2. Update your system to the latest packages:

dnf update

3. Install the GlusterFS package and its dependencies:

dnf install -y glusterfs-server glusterfs-fuse

4. Start the GlusterFS server and enable it to start at boot:

systemctl start glusterd
systemctl enable glusterd

5. Verify that the GlusterFS service is running:

systemctl status glusterd

You should see a status message that indicates that the service is active and running.

Step 2: Configure GlusterFS

Next, we will configure GlusterFS on the servers. For this tutorial, we will assume that you have two servers named server1 and server2 with IP addresses 192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.102, respectively.

1. Create a trusted storage pool on both servers by running the following command on both servers:

gluster peer probe server2

This command adds server2 to the list of known peers on server1, and vice versa.

2. Create a shared directory that will be used by the GlusterFS volume on both servers:

mkdir /data/glusterfs

3. Create a GlusterFS volume by running the following command on one of the servers:

gluster volume create glustervol replica 2 transport tcp server1:/data/glusterfs server2:/data/glusterfs force

This command creates a GlusterFS volume named glustervol, with a replica count of 2 for data redundancy. It also specifies the transport mechanism as tcp.

4. Start the GlusterFS volume:

gluster volume start glustervol

5. Mount the GlusterFS volume on both servers:

mkdir /mnt/glustervol
mount -t glusterfs server1:/glustervol /mnt/glustervol/
mount -t glusterfs server2:/glustervol /mnt/glustervol/

Conclusion

You have successfully installed and configured GlusterFS on Fedora Server Latest. You can now use it to store and manage large amounts of data across multiple servers in a distributed manner.

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