Installing GlusterFS on Ubuntu 18.04

GlusterFS is a distributed file system that allows you to create scalable and highly available network-attached storage. It provides advanced features like replication, striping, and load balancing, making it useful for various use cases such as cloud computing, big data, and high-performance computing.

To install GlusterFS on Ubuntu 18.04, you can follow these steps:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install glusterfs-server

sudo systemctl start glusterd
sudo systemctl enable glusterd

sudo gluster pool list

If the trusted storage pool is empty, you need to add peers to the pool. Replace [IP_ADDRESS] with the IP address of another node running GlusterFS in your setup.

sudo gluster peer probe [IP_ADDRESS]

sudo gluster volume create [VOLUME_NAME] [REPLICATION|STRIPE] [NUMBER_OF_BRICKS] [BRICK_1_PATH] [BRICK_2_PATH] ...

Replace [VOLUME_NAME] with the name you want to give the volume, [REPLICATION|STRIPE] with the desired volume type, [NUMBER_OF_BRICKS] with the number of bricks, and [BRICK_X_PATH] with the paths to the bricks (directories on the local filesystem).

sudo gluster volume start [VOLUME_NAME]

sudo mkdir /mnt/glusterfs
sudo mount -t glusterfs localhost:[VOLUME_NAME] /mnt/glusterfs

1. Update the package index:
2. Install GlusterFS:
3. Start and enable the GlusterFS service:
4. Create a trusted storage pool:
5. Create a GlusterFS volume:
6. Start the GlusterFS volume:
7. Mount the GlusterFS volume:

After completing these steps, you should have GlusterFS installed and a mounted GlusterFS volume ready for use. You can now access the volume like any other regular file system on your Ubuntu 18.04 machine.