What is GLusterFS?
GlusterFS is a scalable network filesystem suitable for data-intensive tasks such as cloud storage and media streaming. GlusterFS is free and open source software and can utilize common off-the-shelf hardware, distributed file system capable of scaling to several petabytes and handling thousands of clients. It is a file system with a modular, stackable design, and a unique no-metadata server architecture. This no-metadata server architecture ensures better performance, linear scalability, and reliability.
In this guide, we will show you how to install and setup a Glusterfs Server on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7 and Ubuntu 16.04 instances. In this articles, we will go through those steps:
- Adding GlusterFS Repository
- Installing GlusterFS Server packages
- Enabling /Starting Glusterfs service at boot
Step 1./ Adding GlusterFS Repository
– On RHEL
# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/glusterfs.repo [gluster3.10] name = Gluster 3.10 baseurl = http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/storage/$basearch/gluster-3.10/ gpgcheck = 0 enabled = 1
– On CentOS
# yum install epel-release # Install EPEL Repository to resolve all dependencies # yum search centos-release-gluster # yum install centos-release-gluster310 -y
– On Ubuntu
# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gluster/glusterfs-3.10 # sudo apt-get update
Step 2./ Installing GlusterFS
– Install GlusterFS package using one of the following commands:
# yum install -y glusterfs-server # Centos / RHEL # sudo apt-get install -y glusterfs-server # Ubuntu
Step 3./ Enabling /Starting Glusterfs Service at Boot
Once you installed the glusterfs server, you need to enable the glusterfs deamon to auto-start at boot time:
– Start the glusterd service:
# systemctl start glusterd
– Enable glusterd to start automatically at system boot:
# systemctl enable glusterd
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