GlusterFS is an open-source, distributed file system that can be used to create a scalable storage network. It provides a platform to create a simple and flexible storage infrastructure for your data. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the installation of GlusterFS on Linux Mint.
GlusterFS is not available in the default repository of Linux Mint, so we'll have to add the GlusterFS repository.
Open up a terminal by pressing CTRL+ALT+T.
Run the following commands to add the GlusterFS repository to your system:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gluster/glusterfs-8
sudo apt-get update
Now that the repository has been added, we can install the GlusterFS packages:
sudo apt-get install glusterfs-server glusterfs-client
Once it has finished installing, you can check the status of the GlusterFS service using the following command:
sudo systemctl status glusterd
If the service is not running, you can start it using the following command:
sudo systemctl start glusterd
To ensure that the GlusterFS service starts automatically upon system boot, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable glusterd
We need to create a trusted pool for GlusterFS. A trusted pool is used to allow certain nodes to access a shared volume.
Run the following command to create a trusted pool:
sudo gluster peer probe <node-name>
Replace <node-name> with the IP address or hostname of the other node you want to add to the pool. Repeat this step for all nodes which will be sharing the volume.
Once the nodes have been added to the trusted pool, we can create a GlusterFS volume.
Run the following command to create a volume:
sudo gluster volume create <vol-name> replica <num-replicas> <node1>:<directory-location> <node2>:<directory-location> ...
Replace <vol-name> with the name you want to give your volume. <num-replicas> is the number of replicas you want to have, and <directory-location> is the path to the directory where you want to create the volume.
For Example, the command below creates a volume named testvol with replica level 2 across two nodes, 192.168.1.10 and 192.168.1.20:
sudo gluster volume create testvol replica 2 192.168.1.10:/mnt/data 192.168.1.20:/mnt/data
Once the volume has been created, we need to start it:
sudo gluster volume start <vol-name>
Verify that the volume has been created and started:
sudo gluster volume info
This command will display a list of all volumes that have been created and their status.
Congratulations! You've installed and configured GlusterFS on your Linux Mint machine. Now you can create and manage your storage network efficiently.
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