GlusterFS is an open-source network file system that can scale out to petabytes of storage and thousands of clients. It allows you to distribute data across multiple servers and provides high availability and fault tolerance. In this tutorial, we will guide you through installing and setting up GlusterFS on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before installing GlusterFS, it is essential to update and upgrade your system using the following commands:
sudo zypper update
sudo zypper upgrade
We need to add the GlusterFS repository to the system. Run the following command to add this repository:
sudo zypper ar https://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/LATEST/openSUSE.repo
Once we have added the repository, we can now proceed with the installation of GlusterFS. Run the following command to install the GlusterFS server packages:
sudo zypper in glusterfs-server
By default, the OpenSUSE firewall will block access to the GlusterFS services. To allow access, we need to open specific ports in the firewall. Run the following command to open GlusterFS ports:
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=24007/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=24008/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=49152/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=49451/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
To start and enable GlusterFS service, run the following commands:
sudo systemctl start glusterd.service
sudo systemctl enable glusterd.service
Now that we have installed and configured the GlusterFS server, we can create two or more GlusterFS nodes. Run the following command to add the hostname of the nodes:
sudo echo "192.168.0.2 gluster-fs-1" >> /etc/hosts
sudo echo "192.168.0.3 gluster-fs-2" >> /etc/hosts
Note: Replace the IP and hostname with your own values.
Finally, we can create a GlusterFS volume using the following command:
sudo gluster volume create test-volume replica 2 gluster-fs-1:/data/test gluster-fs-2:/data/test
In the above command, replace 'test-volume' with the desired name of the volume and '/data/test' with the path to the shared directory.
In this tutorial, we have detailed how to install and set up GlusterFS on OpenSUSE Latest. We also explained how to add nodes and create a GlusterFS volume to distribute data across multiple servers. With GlusterFS, you can distribute your data and achieve high availability and fault tolerance, making it an essential tool for any enterprise-level organization.
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