SheepDog is a distributed storage system that provides high availability and disaster recovery. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing SheepDog on Linux Mint Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Open the Terminal application.
Update the package repository index by executing the following command:
sudo apt-get update
Install the SheepDog package by executing the following command:
sudo apt-get install sheepdog
After the installation is complete, start the SheepDog service by executing the following command:
sudo systemctl start sheepdog
Verify that SheepDog is running correctly by executing the following command:
sudo systemctl status sheepdog
You should see an output similar to the following:
● sheepdog.service - LSB: Distributed Storage System for QEMU
Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/sheepdog; generated)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-11-14 10:20:01 CET; 10s ago
Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
Tasks: 19 (limit: 4915)
CGroup: /system.slice/sheepdog.service
├─ 2184 /usr/sbin/sheep -p 7000
├─ 2223 /usr/sbin/sheep -p 7000
└─ 2224 /usr/sbin/sheep -p 7000
Nov 14 10:20:00 mint systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Distributed Storage System for QEMU...
Nov 14 10:20:01 mint sheepdog[2205]: Starting Sheepdog Distributed Storage System: sdog.
Nov 14 10:20:01 mint systemd[1]: Started LSB: Distributed Storage System for QEMU.
If the service is not running correctly, you can use the following command to restart it:
sudo systemctl restart sheepdog
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SheepDog on Linux Mint Latest.
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