Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Documentation License
  • Conventions
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Access to Oracle Support for Accessibility
  • Diversity and Inclusion
• 1 Introduction to Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux
  • About Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux
  • Notable Updates and New Features
    • Notable Updates and New Features in Release 8
    • Notable Updates and New Features in Release 6
    • Notable Updates and New Features in Release 5
    • Notable Updates and New Features in Release 4.1
  • Technical Preview Features
    • Technical Preview Features in Release 8
    • Technical Preview Features in Release 6
    • Technical Preview Features in Release 5
    • Technical Preview Features in Release 4.1
• 2 Installing Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux
  • Hardware and Network Requirements
  • Operating System Requirements
  • Enabling Access to the Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux Packages
    • On Oracle Linux 8 Systems
    • On Oracle Linux 7 Systems
  • Installing and Configuring Gluster
    • Preparing Oracle Linux Nodes
    • Installing the Gluster Server
    • Creating the Trusted Storage Pool
    • Setting Up Transport Layer Security
• 3 Upgrading Gluster Storage for Oracle Linux
  • Performing an Online Upgrade
  • Performing an Offline Upgrade
  • Post Upgrade Requirements
  • Upgrading Gluster Clients
• 4 Creating and Managing Volumes
  • Creating Volumes
    • Creating Distributed Volumes
    • Creating Replicated Volumes
    • Creating Distributed Replicated Volumes
    • Creating Dispersed Volumes
    • Creating Distributed Dispersed Volumes
  • Managing Volumes
    • Setting Volume Options
    • Starting a Volume
    • Stopping a Volume
    • Self Healing a Replicated Volume
    • Expanding a Volume
    • Shrinking a Volume
    • Deleting a Volume
  • Monitoring Volumes
    • Using the Volume Status Command
    • Using the Volume Profile Command
    • Using the Volume Top Command
• 5 Accessing Volumes
  • Accessing Volumes by Using iSCSI
    • Installing iSCSI Services
    • Creating a Block Device
    • Accessing an iSCSI Block Device
  • Accessing Volumes by Using NFS
  • Accessing Volumes by Using the Gluster Native Client (FUSE)
  • Accessing Volumes by Using Samba
    • Setting Up the Volume for Samba Access
    • Testing SMB Access to a Volume
    • Testing CIFS Access to a Volume
    • Accessing the Volume from Microsoft Windows
• 6 Automating Volume Life Cycle with Heketi
  • Installing the Heketi API
  • Installing the Heketi Client
  • Using the Heketi CLI
    • Creating a Cluster
    • Creating a Volume
    • Expanding a Volume
    • Deleting a Volume
    • Deleting a Device
    • Deleting a Node
    • Deleting a Cluster
    • Cleaning up the Heketi Topology
• 7 Configuring Geo-replication
  • About Geo-replication
  • General Requirements for Geo-Replication
  • Setting Up Secondary Nodes for Geo-Replication
  • Configuring the Geo-replication Session
  • Starting, Stopping and Checking Status of Geo-replication
• 8 Known Issues
• A Gluster Terminology