Setting up the BeeGFS server
Download and install the required BeeGFS version using the below command:
wget -O /etc/yum.repos.d/beegfs_rhel8.repo https://www.beegfs.io/release/beegfs_7.3.2/dists/beegfs-rhel8.repo yum install beegfs-mgmtd -y beegfs-meta libbeegfs-ib beegfs-storage -y
Note
These steps can safely be used on Rocky and RHEL servers.
Create a directory for BeeGFS storage configuration:
mkdir /root/test_beegfs
Create an authentication file used by BeeGFS versions >= 7.2.7:
dd if=/dev/random of=/etc/beegfs/connauthfile bs=128 count=1
- Setup the BeeGFS services:
Manager:
/opt/beegfs/sbin/beegfs-setup-mgmtd -p /data/beegfs/beegfs_mgmtd
Meta:
/opt/beegfs/sbin/beegfs-setup-meta -p /data/beegfs/beegfs_meta -s 2 -m <beegfs_server_IP>
Storage:
/opt/beegfs/sbin/beegfs-setup-storage -p /root/test_beegfs -s 3 -i 301 -m <beegfs_server_IP>
Append
connAuthFile = /etc/beegfs/connauthfile
in the following files:_
/etc/beegfs/beegfs-mgmtd.conf
_
/etc/beegfs/beegfs-storage.conf
_
/etc/beegfs/beegfs-meta.conf
- Start BeeGFS services by running the following commands:
Manager:
systemctl start beegfs-mgmtd
Meta:
systemctl start beegfs-meta
Storage:
systemctl start beegfs-storage
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