Brian J. Watson wrote:
> Update of /cvsroot/ci-linux/ci
> In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv27803
>
> Added Files:
> INSTALL
> Log Message:
> 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.
>
> 2. When configuring your firewall, do one of the following:
>
> (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=eth0
and i guess we dropped ICS_ROUTE . We are now configuring everying using
ifconfig from user space IIUC.
-aneesh
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