How to Install Lustre on POP! OS Latest

Lustre is an open source parallel distributed file system, widely used in High Performance Computing (HPC) environments. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Lustre on POP! OS, a widely popular and versatile Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation, it is important to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

  • POP! OS Latest version installed (at least 20.04 LTS)
  • Root privileges
  • Access to the internet

Installation Steps

Step 1 - Update System

The first step is to update your system to the latest packages by executing the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Step 2 - Install Necessary Dependencies

Lustre requires a number of dependencies to function properly. To install them, execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install -y lvm2 libreadline-dev uuid-dev libibverbs-dev librdmacm-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev build-essential

Step 3 - Download Lustre Source Code

Visit the official website of Lustre and download the compressed source code for the latest version of Lustre.

wget https://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/lustre-2.12.3/lustre-2.12.3.tar.gz

Step 4 - Extract Archive

Extract the compressed source code in a desired directory.

tar -xf lustre-2.12.3.tar.gz

Step 5 - Compile Lustre

Move into the extracted directory and start the configuration process for Lustre by executing the following command:

cd lustre-2.12.3
./configure --disable-server --disable-tests --disable-ldiskfs-mount --prefix=/usr

Once the configuration has completed successfully, execute the following command to compile the Lustre program:

make

After Lustre is completely compiled, run the following command to install it:

sudo make modules_install
sudo make install

Step 6 - Configure the Lustre Environment

In order to successfully use Lustre, we need to configure its environment.

Start by creating a file named [lustre_env_file], such as /etc/lustre.conf, that includes the following content:

option lfs.lnets.tcp.port = 6123
option lfs.lnd.log_flags = 0x3e
default/connect_timeout = 40
default/send_timeout = 45
default/recv_timeout = 120

Step 7 - Check Lustre Configuration

After completing the configuration process, run the following command to check whether the Lustre installation was successful:

sudo modprobe lustre ; echo $?

If the output displays "0", it means that Lustre has been installed successfully on your POP! OS Latest.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Lustre on your POP! OS Latest machine. You can now take advantage of its advanced parallel distributed file system features.