Re: [CI] ci INSTALL,1.4,1.5

[Aneesh K. K.V <ane...@hp...>]

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