How To Install glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 is GlusterFS rdma support for ib-verbs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is glusterfs-rdma.x86_64

GlusterFS is a distributed file-system capable of scaling to several petabytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. GlusterFS is one of the most sophisticated file systems in terms of features and extensibility. It borrows a powerful concept called Translators from GNU Hurd kernel. Much of the code in GlusterFS is in user space and easily manageable. This package provides support to ib-verbs library.

We can use yum to install glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install glusterfs-rdma.x86_64.

Install glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glusterfs-rdma.x86_64

How To Uninstall glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove glusterfs-rdma.x86_64

glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.12.2/rpc-transport
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/3.12.2/rpc-transport/rdma.so

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-rdma.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.