How to Install Lustre on OpenBSD

Lustre is a high-performance distributed filesystem designed for large-scale data centers. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Lustre on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

• OpenBSD installed on your system
• Root access to the system
• Internet connection

Installation Steps

1. Install the required packages:

   $pkg_add linux
   $pkg_add git
   $pkg_add gmake
   $pkg_add bash
   $pkg_add python
   $pkg_add autoconf
   $pkg_add automake
   $pkg_add libtool
   $pkg_add libtirpc
   $pkg_add gcc
   

2. Clone the Lustre source code:

   $ git clone git://git.whamcloud.com/fs/lustre-release.git
   

3. Change directory to the Lustre source code directory:

   $ cd lustre-release
   

4. Configure the Lustre build:

   $ ./configure --enable-server --prefix=/usr/local/lustre
   

5. Build Lustre:

   $ make
   

6. Install Lustre:

   $ make install
   

7. Set environment variables:

   $ export PATH=/usr/local/lustre/sbin:$PATH
   $ export PATH=/usr/local/lustre/bin:$PATH
   $ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lustre/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   

8. Initialize Lustre:

   $ /usr/local/lustre/sbin/mkfs.lustre --mgs /dev/sdb --fsname=mylustrefs --ost --mgsnode=mdir1
   

   Replace /dev/sdb with your own storage device.

9. Mount Lustre:

   $ mount -t lustre /dev/sdb /mnt/lustre
   

   Replace /mnt/lustre with your own mount point.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Lustre on OpenBSD.

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