How to install SeaweedFS on Void Linux

SeaweedFS is a simple and highly scalable distributed file system. It is developed in Go and supports major operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and macOS. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install SeaweedFS on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that you have the following requirements:

1. A machine running Void Linux
2. Root access to the machine

Steps to Install SeaweedFS

Follow the steps below to install SeaweedFS on Void Linux:

Step 1: Update the Packages

Before installing SeaweedFS, update the system packages using the command:

xbps-install -Suy

Step 2: Install SeaweedFS

To install SeaweedFS on Void Linux, we need to install the Git package first. Use the command below to install Git:

xbps-install -S git

Next, download the SeaweedFS source code from the official repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs.git

This will clone the SeaweedFS source code into the current directory.

Step 3: Build SeaweedFS

After downloading the SeaweedFS source code, navigate to the directory containing the source code and build the binary using the following command:

cd seaweedfs
./build.sh

During the build process, the script will download and install all the dependencies required for the successful installation of SeaweedFS.

Step 4: Set up SeaweedFS

After building the binary, we can now start setting up SeaweedFS. The following command will create a sample configuration file in the current directory:

./weed scaffold -config=default

This will create a default configuration file named weed.conf in the current directory.

Step 5: Start SeaweedFS

Finally, we can start the SeaweedFS instance using the following command:

./weed master -config=weed.conf

This will start the SeaweedFS master server on default port 9333.

To start the volume server, open another terminal and navigate to the SeaweedFS directory and execute the following command:

./weed volume -mserver=localhost:9333 -dir=./data

This command will start a volume server and register it with the master server running on localhost:9333.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install and configure SeaweedFS on Void Linux. SeaweedFS is now ready to use as a highly scalable distributed file system on your machine.

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