Aneesh Kumar K.V
2004-09-16 02:01:10 UTC
Update of /cvsroot/ci-linux/ci
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv27803
INSTALL
Make CI instructions generic for all distros
--- NEW FILE: INSTALL ---
Installing Cluster Infrastructure ("CI")
These instructions describe how to install a CI cluster with
minimal hardware requirements. All you need is two or more
computers, connected with a private ethernet network. This
network is called the "interconnect", and should be private for
security and performance reasons. Each individual computer in
the cluster is called a "node".
CI contains a subset of the functionality of OpenSSI
(http://OpenSSI.org). It provides an in-kernel CLuster Membership
Service ("CLMS") and Internode Communication Subsystem ("ICS").
CLMS keeps track of nodes joining and leaving the cluster and
guarantees an identical view of cluster membership on every node.
An included library, libcluster, allows access to CLMS information
from user-mode. Various man pages document the libcluster API.
There are also several programs that provide command-line access
to the libcluster API.
CLMS depends on ICS, which is a protocol for passing Remote
Procedure Calls ("RPCs") between nodes, using node numbers as
addresses. ICS stacks on top of TCP, and is architected so that it
can be ported on top of other reliable transport protocols. There
is currently no API for using ICS from user-mode, although
docs/enhancing.txt discusses how to use both ICS and CLMS from
kernel-mode.
These instructions assume you are doing a fresh install of
CI. They must be followed for each node you wish to add to
the cluster.
1. Install your Linux distribution.
(a) designate as "trusted" the interface for the cluster interconnect
(b) open the port for tftp-server (port 69)
(c) disable the firewall
3. Extract the CI tarball and run the ./install script. It will
install the necessary packages, and prompt you to reboot.
Select the CI kernel during boot.
4. Create a /etc/cluster.conf file. This will contain the boot
parameters used by cluster_config to add the node to the cluster.
Each boot parameter should be on a line of its own.
IFCONFIG=eth<x>:<ipaddr>:<netmask>
CLUSTER_MASTER=<y>:<clms_ipaddr1>[,<z>:<clms_ipaddr2>]
CLUSTER_NODENUM=<a>
[ICS_ROUTE="default"|<host ipaddr>:<gateway ipaddr>:<metric>]
It should be INTERFACES=eth0In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv27803
INSTALL
Make CI instructions generic for all distros
--- NEW FILE: INSTALL ---
Installing Cluster Infrastructure ("CI")
These instructions describe how to install a CI cluster with
minimal hardware requirements. All you need is two or more
computers, connected with a private ethernet network. This
network is called the "interconnect", and should be private for
security and performance reasons. Each individual computer in
the cluster is called a "node".
CI contains a subset of the functionality of OpenSSI
(http://OpenSSI.org). It provides an in-kernel CLuster Membership
Service ("CLMS") and Internode Communication Subsystem ("ICS").
CLMS keeps track of nodes joining and leaving the cluster and
guarantees an identical view of cluster membership on every node.
An included library, libcluster, allows access to CLMS information
from user-mode. Various man pages document the libcluster API.
There are also several programs that provide command-line access
to the libcluster API.
CLMS depends on ICS, which is a protocol for passing Remote
Procedure Calls ("RPCs") between nodes, using node numbers as
addresses. ICS stacks on top of TCP, and is architected so that it
can be ported on top of other reliable transport protocols. There
is currently no API for using ICS from user-mode, although
docs/enhancing.txt discusses how to use both ICS and CLMS from
kernel-mode.
These instructions assume you are doing a fresh install of
CI. They must be followed for each node you wish to add to
the cluster.
1. Install your Linux distribution.
(a) designate as "trusted" the interface for the cluster interconnect
(b) open the port for tftp-server (port 69)
(c) disable the firewall
3. Extract the CI tarball and run the ./install script. It will
install the necessary packages, and prompt you to reboot.
Select the CI kernel during boot.
4. Create a /etc/cluster.conf file. This will contain the boot
parameters used by cluster_config to add the node to the cluster.
Each boot parameter should be on a line of its own.
IFCONFIG=eth<x>:<ipaddr>:<netmask>
CLUSTER_MASTER=<y>:<clms_ipaddr1>[,<z>:<clms_ipaddr2>]
CLUSTER_NODENUM=<a>
[ICS_ROUTE="default"|<host ipaddr>:<gateway ipaddr>:<metric>]
and i guess we dropped ICS_ROUTE . We are now configuring everying using
ifconfig from user space IIUC.
-aneesh