GlusterFS

NAME

mount.glusterfs - script to mount native GlusterFS volume

SYNOPSIS

mount -t glusterfs [-o <options>] <volumeserver>:/<volume> <mountpoint>
mount -t glusterfs [-o <options>] <server1>,<server2>,

<server3>,..<serverN>:/<volname> <mount_point>

mount -t glusterfs [-o <options>] <path/to/volumefile>
<mountpoint>

DESCRIPTION

This tool is part of glusterfs(8) package, which is used to mount using GlusterFS native binary.

mount.glusterfs is meant to be used by the mount(8) command for mounting native GlusterFS client. This subcommand, however, can also be used as a standalone command with limited functionality.

OPTIONS

Basic options
log−file=LOG-FILE

File to use for logging [default:/var/log/glusterfs/glusterfs.log]

log−level=LOG-LEVEL

Logging severity. Valid options are TRACE, DEBUG, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL INFO and NONE [default: INFO]

acl

Mount the filesystem with POSIX ACL support

fopen−keep−cache

Do not purge the cache on file open

worm

Mount the filesystem in ’worm’ mode

aux−gfid−mount

Enable access to filesystem through gfid directly

ro

Mount the filesystem read-only

enable−ino32=BOOL

Use 32-bit inodes when mounting to workaround broken applications that don’t support 64-bit inodes

mem−accounting

Enable internal memory accounting

capability

Enable file capability setting and retrival

Advanced options
attribute−timeout=SECONDS

Set attribute timeout to SECONDS for inodes in fuse kernel module [default: 1]

entry−timeout=SECONDS

Set entry timeout to SECONDS in fuse kernel module [default: 1]

background−qlen=N

Set fuse module’s background queue length to N [default: 64]

gid−timeout=SECONDS

Set auxiliary group list timeout to SECONDS for fuse translator [default: 0]

negative−timeout=SECONDS

Set negative timeout to SECONDS in fuse kernel module [default: 0]

volume−name=VOLUME-NAME

Volume name to be used for MOUNT-POINT [default: top most volume in VOLUME-FILE]

direct−io−mode=disable

Disable direct I/O mode in fuse kernel module

congestion−threshold=N

Set fuse module’s congestion threshold to N [default: 48]

backup−volfile−servers=SERVERLIST

Provide list of backup volfile servers in the following format [default: None]

$ mount −t glusterfs −obackup−volfile−servers=<server2>:
<server3>:...:<serverN> <server1>:/<volname> <mount_point>

backupvolfile−server=SERVER

Provide list of backup volfile servers in the following format [default: None]

$ mount −t glusterfs −obackupvolfile−server=<server2>
<server1>:/<volname> <mount_point>

fetch-attempts=N

Deprecated option - placed here for backward compatibility [default: 1]

background-qlen=N

Set fuse module’s background queue length to N [default: 64]

no−root−squash=BOOL

disable root squashing for the trusted client [default: off]

root−squash=BOOL

enable root squashing for the trusted client [default: on]

use−readdirp=BOOL

Use readdirp() mode in fuse kernel module [default: on]

FILES

/etc/fstab

A typical GlusterFS entry in /etc/fstab looks like below

server1:/mirror /mnt/mirror glusterfs log-file=/var/log/mirror.log,acl 0 0

/proc/mounts

An example entry of a GlusterFS mountpoint in /proc/mounts looks like below

server1:/mirror /mnt/glusterfs fuse.glusterfs rw,allow_other,default_permissions,max_read=131072 0 0

SEE ALSO

glusterfs(8), mount(8), gluster(8)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright(c) 2006-2013 Red Hat, Inc. <http://www.redhat.com>