[Gluster-users] glusterfs-volgen

[Chad]

Ok, here is what I did (I am also using CentOS):
1. mkdir /usr/src/glusterfs on my primary data server.
2. wget the following packages:
glusterfs-client-3.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm
glusterfs-common-3.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm
glusterfs-debuginfo-3.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm
glusterfs-devel-3.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm
glusterfs-server-3.0.2-1.x86_64.rpm

3. rsync the /usr/src/glusterfs dir to all server and client machines
4. On the servers install everything, on the clients install glusterfs-client, glusterfs-common, and glusterfs-debuginfo
5. mkdir /etc/glusterfs on all machines
6. Create a partition to share
7. run the following (if you have more data servers you can list more than 2):
/usr/bin/glusterfs-volgen -n <cluster_name> -r 1 -c /etc/glusterfs <ip of the primary server>:<path to mount point of the partition to share> <ip of the 
secondary server>:<path to mount point of the partition to share>

7. rsync the .vol files to all machines.
8. Start glusterfsd on the servers (I have 2)
9. add this to your /etc/fstab (even on the servers if you want access to the partitions from the servers)
/etc/glusterfs/<cluster_name>.vol  /<gluster client mount_point>               glusterfs       defaults        0 0
10. run mount -a

That is it. Please feel free to ask me more questions if this is to terse or unclear in some way.

^C



m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> Mark,
>> Wow this is a really aggressive e-mail.
> 
> Well, the documentation is insufficient. And I would have assumed that
> there would be a man page for glusterfs-volgen, not just a usage.
> <snip>
>> They have been releasing new versions and probably have not had the time
>> needed to create the documentation yet.
>> I hope you will get the answers you need, but you did not really ask any
>> questions.
> 
> Excuse me?
> a) what do I do with the option --export-directory?
> b) I installed via package - on each server, do I have to edit a
> configuration file, or will glusterfs-volgen do that for me?
> 
> In short, I was trying to follow the directions the community has up, and
> I can't get to generate the volume. Therefore, since my manager wants to
> play with it asap, I'm somewhat irritated that I can't just follow the
> directions... which was why I was assuming that people had complained
> about this before, and so I asked for a link to either documentation or a
> thread that told me what to do.
> 
>        mark
> 
> 
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