Oracle® Linux

Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux User's Guide

Copyright © 2019,2022 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.

F23606_14

April 2022

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Table of Contents

• Preface
• 1 Introduction to Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux
  • 1.1 About Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux
  • 1.2 Notable Updates and New Features
    • 1.2.1 Notable Updates and New Features in Release 8
    • 1.2.2 Notable Updates and New Features in Release 6
    • 1.2.3 Notable Updates and New Features in Release 5
    • 1.2.4 Notable Updates and New Features in Release 4.1
  • 1.3 Technical Preview Features
    • 1.3.1 Technical Preview Features in Release 8
    • 1.3.2 Technical Preview Features in Release 6
    • 1.3.3 Technical Preview Features in Release 5
    • 1.3.4 Technical Preview Features in Release 4.1
• 2 Installing Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux
  • 2.1 Hardware and Network Requirements
  • 2.2 Operating System Requirements
  • 2.3 Enabling Access to the Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux Packages
    • 2.3.1 Enabling Access on Oracle Linux 8 Systems
    • 2.3.2 Enabling Access on Oracle Linux 7 Systems
  • 2.4 Installing and Configuring Gluster
    • 2.4.1 Preparing Oracle Linux Nodes
    • 2.4.2 Installing the Gluster Server
    • 2.4.3 Creating the Trusted Storage Pool
    • 2.4.4 Setting Up Transport Layer Security
• 3 Upgrading Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux
  • 3.1 Performing an Online Upgrade
  • 3.2 Performing an Offline Upgrade
  • 3.3 Post Upgrade Requirements
  • 3.4 Upgrading Gluster Clients
• 4 Creating and Managing Volumes
  • 4.1 Creating Volumes
    • 4.1.1 Creating Distributed Volumes
    • 4.1.2 Creating Replicated Volumes
    • 4.1.3 Creating Distributed Replicated Volumes
    • 4.1.4 Creating Dispersed Volumes
    • 4.1.5 Creating Distributed Dispersed Volumes
  • 4.2 Managing Volumes
    • 4.2.1 Setting Volume Options
    • 4.2.2 Starting a Volume
    • 4.2.3 Stopping a Volume
    • 4.2.4 Self Healing a Replicated Volume
    • 4.2.5 Expanding a Volume
    • 4.2.6 Shrinking a Volume
    • 4.2.7 Deleting a Volume
  • 4.3 Monitoring Volumes
    • 4.3.1 Using the Volume Status Command
    • 4.3.2 Using the Volume Profile Command
    • 4.3.3 Using the Volume Top Command
• 5 Accessing Volumes
  • 5.1 Accessing Volumes by Using iSCSI
    • 5.1.1 Installing iSCSI Services
    • 5.1.2 Creating a Block Device
    • 5.1.3 Accessing an iSCSI Block Device
  • 5.2 Accessing Volumes by Using NFS
  • 5.3 Accessing Volumes by Using the Gluster Native Client (FUSE)
  • 5.4 Accessing Volumes by Using Samba
    • 5.4.1 Setting Up the Volume for Samba Access
    • 5.4.2 Testing SMB Access to a Volume
    • 5.4.3 Testing CIFS Access to a Volume
    • 5.4.4 Accessing the Volume from Microsoft Windows
• 6 Automating Volume Lifecycle with Heketi
  • 6.1 Installing the Heketi API
  • 6.2 Installing the Heketi Client
  • 6.3 Using the Heketi CLI
    • 6.3.1 Creating a Cluster
    • 6.3.2 Creating a Volume
    • 6.3.3 Expanding a Volume
    • 6.3.4 Deleting a Volume
    • 6.3.5 Deleting a Device
    • 6.3.6 Deleting a Node
    • 6.3.7 Deleting a Cluster
    • 6.3.8 Cleaning up the Heketi Topology
• 7 Configuring Geo-replication
  • 7.1 About Geo-replication
  • 7.2 General Requirements for Geo-Replication
  • 7.3 Setting Up Secondary Nodes for Geo-Replication
  • 7.4 Configuring the Geo-replication Session
  • 7.5 Starting, Stopping and Checking Status of Geo-replication
• 8 Known Issues
  • 8.1 Samba Access Fails with SELinux Enabled
  • 8.2 Samba Access Fails
• Gluster Terminology

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