Description

Learn how to set up Gluster Storage on Oracle Linux 8 or later

Lab Overview

Gluster Server
Provides three Oracle Linux systems (ol-node01, ol-node-02, ol-node03) provisioned with the following:

• An oracle user account with sudo privilege
• 50 GB of block storage

Client
Provides an Oracle Linux system (ol-client) provisioned with the following:

• An oracle user account with sudo privilege

Note: When using the free lab environment, see Oracle Linux Lab Basics for connection and other usage instructions.

Lab Objectives

• Enable access to Gluster repos and packages and install Gluster server packages
• Prepare each node to work as a Gluster storage node
• Create a storage pool
• Create volumes
• Test and mount a Gluster volume

Intended Audience

• Oracle Linux administrators intending to use Gluster storage on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Changelog

Aug 20, 2021 - Initial version
Feb 8, 2022 - Updated for new Oracle Linux Training standards
Jul 7, 2022 - Updated hostname reference