Installing LeoFS on OpenBSD

LeoFS is a highly scalable, distributed, and fault-tolerant object storage system. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install LeoFS on an OpenBSD system.

Installation Prerequisites

• An OpenBSD system with root privileges
• Internet connectivity

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Before we start with the installation of LeoFS, we need to install some necessary packages on our system. We can install them using the pkg_add command.

# pkg_add erlang rsync wget

Step 2: Download LeoFS

Now, we can download the latest version of LeoFS from the official website using the wget command.

# wget https://developer.leofs.org/gitbucket/git/leofs/raw/refs/heads/develop/docs/leo_quickstart_guide.md

Step 3: Install LeoFS

Once the download is complete, we can proceed with the installation of LeoFS. Extract the downloaded file using tar command and navigate to the extracted folder.

# tar xvf leo_quickstart_guide.md.tar.gz
# cd leo_quickstart_guide.md

Now, we can install LeoFS using the make command.

# make install

Wait for the installation process to complete successfully.

Step 4: Configure LeoFS

After the installation, we need to configure LeoFS. Go to the leo_storage folder and copy the sample configuration file.

# cd /usr/local/leo_storage/leo_storage.conf.samples
# cp distributed_single_region.conf.sample distributed_single_region.conf

Edit the copied configuration file and modify the following fields with your values:

## Node
nodename = leo_storage@127.0.0.1

## CIDR for Erlang inter-node communication.
net_ticktime = 60

## LeoFS Manager endpoint ip-address.
manager_ip = 127.0.0.1

## Storage related parameters.
storage_backend = leofs_backend_s3
s3_port = 10001
s3_document_root = /var/leo_storage/data/objects
s3_request_timeout = 60000

## Logging related parameters
log_rotate_size = 10485760

## LeoFS Manager access key info.
manager_access_key = manager_access_key_1
manager_secret_key = manager_secret_key_1

Step 5: Start LeoFS

Once the configuration is complete, we can start LeoFS using the make command.

# make start

LeoFS should now be running on your OpenBSD system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install LeoFS on an OpenBSD system. You can now use LeoFS to store and retrieve objects on a distributed and fault tolerant system.

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