How to Install Lustre on Linux Mint

Lustre is an open-source, parallel file system that is primarily used for large-scale cluster computing. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Lustre on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before you begin the installation, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • A Linux Mint system, preferably on the latest version.
  • Superuser privileges or the ability to run commands with sudo.
  • Lustre source or binaries from the Lustre website.

Step 1: Installing Required Packages

Before installing Lustre, you'll need to install some necessary packages. Open a terminal and run the following command to install them:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install \
    build-essential \
    autoconf \
    automake \
    libtool \
    libxml2-dev \
    libuuid1 \
    uuid-dev \
    libgssglue-dev \
    libssl-dev

Step 2: Installing Lustre

Lustre provides various installation methods such as source, RPMs, and DEB packages. In this tutorial, we will use the source installation method. Follow the steps below to install Lustre from the source.

  1. Extract the Lustre source code tarball you've downloaded from lustre.org using the following command:

    tar -xvf lustre-2.x.x.tar.gz

    Replace the x.x with the version number you've downloaded.

  2. Go into the newly created directory and run the following command to configure Lustre:

    ./configure --disable-server --disable-tests

    This will configure Lustre for client installation.

  3. Compile and install Lustre using the following command:

    make && sudo make install

    This will install the Lustre client libraries and the mount.lustre binary on your system.

Step 3: Mounting a Lustre File System

Once Lustre is installed, you can mount a Lustre file system using the mount.lustre command.

Before proceeding, ensure that you have the following details about the Lustre file system:

  • The Lustre file system's hostname
  • The Lustre file system's MDS (Meta Data Server) hostname or IP address
  • The Lustre file system's mount point

To mount a Lustre file system, run the following command:

sudo mount.lustre <hostname>@<MDShostname or IP address>:<mountpoint> <mountpoint>

Replace the <hostname>, <MDShostname or IP address>, and <mountpoint> with the details of your Lustre file system.

For example, to mount a Lustre file system with the following details:

  • Hostname: lustreserver
  • MDS Hostname or IP address: 192.168.0.100
  • Mount point: /lustre

You can run the following command:

sudo mount.lustre [email protected]:/lustre /mnt/lustre

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Lustre on Linux Mint and mount a Lustre file system. You can now use Lustre for your parallel file system needs.