Gluster commands

In this section, we will look at the commands for performing various tasks for GlusterFS in Proxmox.

How to do it…

The following steps demonstrate the various commands that are used to perform various tasks for GlusterFS in Proxmox:

1. Use the following command to create a Gluster volume in a replicated mode:

   # gluster volume create <name> replica [count] <destination_brick 1> <destination_brick 2> <…>
   

   Creating a Gluster volume named testgfs with two replicas would be as follows:

   #gluster volume create testgfs replica 2 172.16.0.72:/mnt/gfs/testgfs 172.16.0.73:/mnt/gfs/testgfs
   

   The following screenshot shows the output of the Gluster volume creation process:

   
2. Use the following command to see a list of Gluster volumes:

   # gluster volume list
   

3. Use the following command to start and stop the Gluster volume:

   # gluster volume [start|stop] <volume>
   

4. Use the following command to check the status of Gluster peer nodes:

   # gluster peer status
   

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