Install GlusterFS (Distribute Storage) on Ubuntu 18.04

Environments

• Linux Ubuntu 18.04
• Nodes

1. client-node : xxxxx  
2. glusterfs-node1 : 10.130.15.87
3. glusterfs-node2 : 10.130.117.8    

Steps

1. Install glusterfs-server on Storage Server
2. Create Mount Point on Storage Server
3. Set Storage Pool
4. Create Volume
5. Install glusterfs-client
6. Create Mount Point on Client
7. Bind Mount Point from Client to Storage Volume

On glusterfs-node1 & glusterfs-node2

1. edit hosts (map ip & hostname)

$ vi /etc/hosts

add configs

10.130.15.87 glusterfs-node1
10.130.117.8 glusterfs-node2

2. install software-properties-common

$ sudo apt install software-properties-common -y

3. download glusterfs public-key
   see version on https://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/

$ wget -O- https://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/6/rsa.pub | apt-key add -  

4. add repository

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gluster/glusterfs-6  

5. install glusterfs

$ sudo apt install glusterfs-server -y

6. start glusterfs service

$ sudo systemctl start glusterd

7. enabled run everytime at system boot

$ sudo systemctl enable glusterd

8. show glusterfs status

$ systemctl status glusterd

9. show glusterfs version

$ glusterfsd --version

10. create directory for share in cluster

$ mkdir -p /storage

Only glusterfs-node1

1. add server to glusterfs storage pool

$ gluster peer probe glusterfs-node2  

2. check status

$ gluster peer status

3. show list

$ gluster pool list  

4. create volume (select 4.1 or 4.2)

4.1) replica

$ gluster volume create volume-01 replica 2 transport tcp \
glusterfs-node1:/storage \
glusterfs-node2:/storage \
force

4.2) distribute

$ gluster volume create volume-01 transport tcp \
glusterfs-node1:/storage \
glusterfs-node2:/storage \
force

volume-01 is name of volume

5. start volume

$ gluster volume start volume-01  

6. show volume info

$ gluster volume info volume-01   

On client-node

1. edit hosts (map ip & hostname)

$ vi /etc/hosts

add configs

10.130.15.87 glusterfs-node1
10.130.117.8 glusterfs-node2

2. download glusterfs public-key
   see version on https://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/

$ wget -O- https://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/6/rsa.pub | apt-key add -  

3. add repository

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gluster/glusterfs-6  

4. install glusterfs client

$ sudo apt install glusterfs-client -y

5. create mount directory

$ mkdir -p /storage  

6. mount to volumn (glusterfs-node1:/volume-01)

$ sudo mount -t glusterfs glusterfs-node1:/volume-01 /storage  

/storage is directory on client-node

7. check available volume

$ df -h /storage  

/storage is directory on client-node

8. set permanent mount

$ vim /etc/fstab

add configuration

glusterfs-node1:/volume-01 /storage glusterfs defaults,_netdev 0 0  

Test On Client-node

try create empty file file01, file02, file03

$ cd /storage
$ touch file01 file02 file03  

On glusterfs-node1 & glusterfs-node2

show file on glusterfs node

$ cd /storage
$ ll

Reference

https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/high-availability-storage-with-glusterfs-on-ubuntu-1804/