We assume here:
We assume now that you are logged in on the operator node as the user that will run the PlasmaFS daemons. Also, if there is more than one node, you will need ssh access to the other nodes.
Preparation: Copying clusterconfig
There is a directory clusterconfig in the installed Plasma tree.
Locate it, and copy it to your working directory:
$ cp -R /opt/plasma/share/plasma/clusterconfig .
$ cd clusterconfig
Also, ensure that /opt/plasma/bin is in your PATH.
Creating the instance
Invent a name for the cluster. In this example, the cluster is called "pfs".
You also need a path where to install the software on the cluster nodes.
This must not be the path where Plasma was originally installed, but
a different one (i.e. not /opt/plasma in this example). We choose here
/data/plasma. The data blocks will also be stored under this path,
so it should go on your "big" partition.
The scripts assume that /data/plasma is writable by the user running
the daemons.
Create the instance:
$ ./new_inst.sh pfs /data/plasma 1M
Creating new instance:
Name: pfs
Prefix: /data/plasma
Blocksize: 1048576
Template: template
Done
You can also select other blocksizes than 1M. This number should be a power of 2, and a multiple of 65536.
Configure the instance
There is now a new directory instances/pfs with a number of files:
$ ls instances/pfs
authnode.conf datanode.hosts namenode.hosts password_pnobody rc_dn.sh
authnode.hosts global.conf nfsnode.conf password_proot rc_nfsd.sh
datanode.conf namenode.conf nfsnode.hosts rc_an.sh rc_nn.sh
These are all configuration files. You normally only need to change the *.hosts files:
The directory also contains two passwords: password_pnobody, and password_proot. With a few exceptions you will never need to enter these passwords. However, the passwords are auto-generated, and if you want to change them, this is now the ideal time.
Deploy the instance
This step copies the runtime files to the cluster nodes (using scp):
$ ./deploy_inst.sh pfs
Deploying to office1:
authnode.conf 100% 1061 1.0KB/s 00:00
datanode.conf 100% 1282 1.3KB/s 00:00
global.conf 100% 180 0.2KB/s 00:00
namenode.conf 100% 1670 1.6KB/s 00:00
nfsnode.conf 100% 1557 1.5KB/s 00:00
authnode.hosts 100% 196 0.2KB/s 00:00
datanode.hosts 100% 110 0.1KB/s 00:00
namenode.hosts 100% 110 0.1KB/s 00:00
nfsnode.hosts 100% 96 0.1KB/s 00:00
rc_an.sh 100% 1967 1.9KB/s 00:00
rc_dn.sh 100% 1966 1.9KB/s 00:00
rc_nfsd.sh 100% 1960 1.9KB/s 00:00
rc_nn.sh 100% 1967 1.9KB/s 00:00
password_proot 100% 33 0.0KB/s 00:00
password_pnobody 100% 33 0.0KB/s 00:00
namenode.sql 100% 4958 4.8KB/s 00:00
plasmad 100% 6283KB 6.1MB/s 00:00
nfs3d 100% 6257KB 6.1MB/s 00:00
plasma_datanode_init 100% 3217KB 3.1MB/s 00:00
plasma_admin 100% 5237KB 5.1MB/s 00:01
netplex-admin 100% 4406KB 4.3MB/s 00:00
plasma 100% 6235KB 6.1MB/s 00:00
Initialize the database(s)
$ ./initdb_inst.sh pfs
Creating database plasma_pfs on office1:
done
Start the namenode
$ ./rc_nn.sh start pfs
office1: ok
Initialize the datanodes
This step will create the data files storing the blocks. Here, we assume that all datanodes have the same size (10G). If you have nodes with different sizes, repeat the step node by node (replace "all" with the host name(s)).
$ ./initdn_inst.sh pfs 10G all
Using 10240 blocks
Testing namenode connectivity (office1:2730):
ok
Checking office1:
Initializing on office1:
Initialized datanode directory /data/plasma/data with identity 66b0c4621902772bbd910b98ff0cff84
starting datanode on office1:
adding identity to namenode
OK
enabling
OK
Done
Load the users and groups
In this example we want to have exactly the users and groups in PlasmaFS that already exist locally on the computer. Because of this, we can simply load /etc/passwd and /etc/group:
$ ./initauth_inst.sh pfs
Testing namenode connectivity:
ok
Setting passwd and group
ok
Done
If you need different users and groups, add the switches
-passwd <file> and -group <file> to point to other files (in the
same format). Note that the files should not contain passwords!
Start the remaining daemons
$ ./rc_all.sh start pfs
Datanodes:
office1: office1: Plasma datanode already running
error
Namenodes:
office1: office1: Plasma namenode already running
error
Authnodes:
office1: ok
NFS nodes:
Create
.plasmafs
Log in as the user you want to use for accessing PlasmaFS (on the host
where you want to work - note that this host must be listed in
authnode.host). Create a file ~/.plasmafs:
plasmafs {
cluster {
clustername = "pfs";
node_list = "/data/plasma/etc/namenode.hosts";
port = 2730;
}
}
Check whether this worked:
$ plasma params
clustername = pfs
coordinator = office1
blocksize = 1048576
lock_timeout = 300
replication = 1
data_security_level = Authenticated
data_timeout = 60
$ plasma fsstat
BLOCK STATS:
Total: 10240 blocks
Used: 0 blocks
Transitional: 0 blocks
Free: 10240 blocks
DATANODE STATS:
Enabled nodes: 1
Alive nodes: 1
