Using gdeploy to create 2x2 gluster volume

To create 2x2 gluster volume, you would need four bricks which may or may not be on the same machine. It is recommended that that these four bricks reside on different machines.

Step 1:

Create the following configuration file:

[hosts]
10.70.43.127
10.70.42.190
10.70.42.232
10.70.43.67

[backend-setup]
devices=/dev/vdb
mountpoints=/gluster/brick1
brick_dirs=/gluster/brick1/one

[volume]
action=create
volname=sample_volume
replica=yes
replica_count=2
force=yes

[clients]
action=mount
hosts=192.168.122.19
fstype=glusterfs
client_mount_points=/mnt/random_client

Step 2:

Save the file by giving it some name e.g. ‘2x2-gluster-volume.conf’. Invoke gdeploy and run the file using:

$ gdeploy -c 2x2-gluster-volume.conf

Step 3:

To check whether a gluster volume has been created by running the below command:

$ gluster vol info

Step 3:

Now you can start writing to the volume using your client machine (192.168.122.19 in our case) by traversing to the path you have mentioned under “random_client” using the following command:

$ sudo touch 1 2 3 4 5

This command will create five files under the directory /home/poo/random_client.

You can also check whether the files have been created and replicated thrice inside the directory /gluster/brick1/one on the remote nodes by running the command:

$ ls

We can see that the files have been successfully replicated on all the four nodes.