[lustre-discuss] Getting started with Lustre on RHEL 8.8

[Cyberxstudio cxs]

Thank you for the information.

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 8:40 PM Andreas Dilger <adilger at whamcloud.com>
wrote:

> Hello,
> The preferred path to set up Lustre depends on what you are planning to do
> with it?  If for regular usage it is easiest to start with RPMs built for
> the distro from
> https://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/latest-release/
> <https://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/latest-release/el8.8/server/RPMS/x86_64/> (you
> can also use the server RPMs for a client if you want).
>
> The various "client" packages for RHEL, SLES, Ubuntu can install directly
> on the vendor kernels, but the provided server RPMs also need the matching
> kernel.  You only need one of the ldiskfs (ext4) or ZFS packages, not both.
>
> It isn't *necessary* to build/patch your kernel for the server, though the
> pre-built server download packages have patched the kernel to add
> integrated T10-PI support (which many users do not need).  You can get
> unpatched el8 server RPMs directly from the builders:
>
> https://build.whamcloud.com/job/lustre-b2_15-patchless/48/arch=x86_64,build_type=server,distro=el8.7,ib_stack=inkernel/artifact/artifacts/
>
> If you plan to run on non-standard kernels, then you can build RPMs for
> your particular kernel. The easiest way is to just rebuild the SPRM package:
>  https://wiki.whamcloud.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=8556211
>
> If you want to do Lustre development you should learn how to build from a
> Git checkout:
> https://wiki.whamcloud.com/display/PUB/Building+Lustre+from+Source
>
> Cheers, Andreas
>
> On Sep 12, 2023, at 03:25, Cyberxstudio cxs via lustre-discuss <
> lustre-discuss at lists.lustre.org> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi, I am setting up a lab environment for lustre. I have 3 VMs of RHEL
> 8.8, I have studied the documentation but it does not provide detail for el
> 8 rather el 7. Please guide me how to start
> Thank You
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