QS Config and licensing
Configuration and Licensing
Editing your /etc/hosts file
Before continuing, ensure the /etc/hosts
file is configured correctly on both nodes. Hostnames cannot
be directed to 127.0.0.1, and both nodes should be
resolvable. Here is a correctly configured hosts file for two
example nodes, node-a and node-b:
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.6.18.1 node-a
10.6.18.2 node-b
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
To begin configuration, click on Create/Destroy option on the
side-menu (or the shortcut on the panel shown when first logging in).
The Cluster Create page scans for clusterable nodes (those running
RSF-1 that are not yet part of a cluster)
and presents them for selection:
Now enter the cluster name and description, and then
select the type of cluster being created (either shared-storage or
shared-nothing).
If setting up a shared-nothing cluster an additional option to add a
node manually is shown at the bottom of the page. This is because
RSF-1 will detect nodes on the local network, but for shared-nothing
clusters, the partner node could be on a separate
network/location, and therefore may not automatically be detected[^1].
Trial Licenses
If any of the selected nodes have not been licensed,
a panel is shown to obtain 45 day trial licenses:
Next, the RSF-1 End User License Agreement (EULA) will
be displayed. Click accept to proceed:
Once the license keys have been successfully installed, click the
Create Cluster button to initialize the cluster:
