SheepDog is a distributed storage system for QEMU, which provides highly available storage with consistent performance. This tutorial will guide you on how to install SheepDog on your latest version of POP! OS.
In order to install SheepDog, you need to add the SheepDog repository to your list of software sources. Here are the steps:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main universe
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/sheepdog/ppa/ubuntu trusty main
Now that you have added the SheepDog repository, you need to update your software sources to reflect these changes. Here are the steps:
sudo apt-get update
You can now install SheepDog using the following command:
sudo apt-get install sheepdog
Wait for the installation process to complete. You may be asked to provide your password during the installation process.
To use SheepDog, you need to start it using the following command:
sudo /etc/init.d/sheepdog start
By default, SheepDog runs on port 7000. You can confirm whether it is running on your system by using the following command:
sudo netstat -ltnp | grep 7000
If SheepDog is running, you should see output similar to the following:
tcp6 0 0 :::7000 :::* LISTEN 1955/sheep
In this tutorial, you learned how to install SheepDog on POP! OS latest or higher. With SheepDog, you can have a reliable, distributed storage system for your QEMU instances. Happy computing!
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