In this tutorial, we will be learning how to install SeaweedFS, a simple and highly scalable distributed file system, on MXLinux Latest. SeaweedFS allows you to store and access large quantities of files efficiently, making it an excellent choice for use cases such as storing media files and backups.
SeaweedFS is written in the Go programming language. Therefore, we need to install Go before proceeding with the installation. To install Go, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y golang-go
This command will download and install the Go programming language on your system.
Next, we need to download SeaweedFS from Github. To do this, run the following command:
go get github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed
This command will download the SeaweedFS binary and install it in your Go bin directory.
Before launching SeaweedFS, we need to create a configuration file. SeaweedFS comes with a sample configuration file that we can modify to suit our needs. Run the following command to copy the sample configuration file to a new directory:
cp $GOPATH/src/github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/weed.conf $HOME/seaweedfs/
You can now edit the configuration file using your favorite text editor:
nano $HOME/seaweedfs/weed.conf
In the configuration file, make sure to update the following settings:
meta.path="/data/meta"
dir.path="/data/volume"
These settings specify the location on your system where SeaweedFS will store the metadata and data files.
Finally, we can launch SeaweedFS by running the following command:
cd $HOME/seaweedfs
./weed server -master.dir=/data/meta -volume.dir=/data/volume
This command will launch SeaweedFS with the configuration settings we updated earlier. You should see output similar to the following:
Starting SeaweedFS version 1.87 on port 9333
...
In this tutorial, we learned how to install SeaweedFS on MXLinux Latest. We installed Go, downloaded SeaweedFS, configured the system, and launched SeaweedFS. With SeaweedFS up and running, you can now start storing and accessing large quantities of files on your system.
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