GlusterFS Configuration

Assume node1 is: 192.168.33.10
Assume node2 is: 192.168.33.11

Sources:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-create-a-redundant-storage-pool-using-glusterfs-on-ubuntu-servers
http://www.jamescoyle.net/how-to/457-glusterfs-firewall-rules

On BOTH nodes

# set hosts file entry (or configure DNS)
vim /etc/hosts
192.168.33.10 gluster1
192.168.33.11 gluster2

# On Ubuntu: install requirements 
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:semiosis/ubuntu-glusterfs-3.5
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install glusterfs-server
sudo apt-get install glusterfs-client

# On Centos: install requirements

wget -P /etc/yum.repos.d http://download.gluster.org/pub/gluster/glusterfs/LATEST/RHEL/glusterfs-epel.repo

yum install glusterfs-server

yum install glusterfs-client

# make storage location for gluster data
sudo mkdir /gluster-storage

# make a mountpoint
sudo mkdir /mnt/media/

ON GLUSTER 1

# connect node 1 and node 2
sudo gluster peer probe gluster2
sudo gluster peer status

# create a Gluster replica volume
sudo gluster volume create volume1 replica 2 transport tcp \

      gluster1:/gluster-storage \

      gluster2:/gluster-storage force

# list volumes
sudo gluster volume list

# start the gluster volume
sudo gluster volume start volume1

# mount the volume
sudo mount -t glusterfs gluster1:/volume1 /mnt/media/

# only allow given ips
sudo gluster volume set volume1 auth.allow gluster1,gluster2

sudo gluster volume info
sudo gluster volume profile volume1 start
sudo gluster volume profile volume1 info
sudo gluster volume status

# stop the volume
sudo gluster volume stop volume1

FSTAB Entries

** ON Gluster 1
gluster1:/volume1 /mnt/media/ glusterfs defaults,_netdev,backupvolfile-server=gluster2 0 0

** ON Gluster 2
gluster2:/volume1 /mnt/media/ glusterfs defaults,_netdev,backupvolfile-server=gluster1 0 0