SheepDog is a distributed storage system for QEMU. It provides highly available block level storage through software RAID and network replication. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing SheepDog on macOS.
Before you begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
Follow the steps below to install SheepDog on your macOS system:
Open your terminal application.
Install the latest version of Homebrew by executing the following command:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Once the Homebrew installation is complete, update it by running:
brew update
Install the Xcode command line tools by executing:
xcode-select --install
Install the SheepDog package by running:
brew install sheepdog
Verify the installation by running the following command:
sdog --version
You should see the SheepDog version number displayed on the terminal screen.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SheepDog on your macOS system.
This tutorial has guided you through the steps of installing SheepDog on macOS using Homebrew. You can now use SheepDog to manage and store your data with highly available block level storage.
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