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Prepare node configuration files for StorageGRID

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Learn how to prepare the node configuration files for StorageGRID.

At a high level, the node configuration process includes the following steps:

Steps

  1. Create the /etc/storagegrid/nodes directory on all hosts.

    sudo [root@host1 ~]# mkdir -p /etc/storagegrid/nodes

  2. Create the needed files per physical host to match the container/node type layout. In this example, we created two files per physical host on each host machine.

    Note The name of the file defines the actual node name for installation. For example, dc1-adm1.conf becomes a node named dc1-adm1.

     —  Host1:
    dc1-adm1.conf
    dc1-sn1.conf

     —  Host2:
    dc1-gw1.conf
    dc1-sn2.conf

     —  Host3:
    dc1-gw2.conf
    dc1-sn3.conf

Preparing the node config files

The following examples use the /dev/disk/by-path format. You can verify the correct paths by running the following commands:

[root@host1 ~]# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda 8:0 0 90G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 1G 0 part /boot
└─sda2 8:2 0 89G 0 part
├─rhel-root 253:0 0 50G 0 lvm /
├─rhel-swap 253:1 0 9G 0 lvm
└─rhel-home 253:2 0 30G 0 lvm /home
sdb 8:16 0 200G 0 disk /var/lib/docker
sdc 8:32 0 90G 0 disk
sdd 8:48 0 200G 0 disk
sde 8:64 0 200G 0 disk
sdf 8:80 0 4T 0 disk
sdg 8:96 0 4T 0 disk
sdh 8:112 0 4T 0 disk
sdi 8:128 0 90G 0 disk
sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom

And these commands:

[root@host1 ~]# ls -l /dev/disk/by-path/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:02:01.0-ata-1.0 -> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:2:0 -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:3:0 -> ../../sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:4:0 -> ../../sde
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:5:0 -> ../../sdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:6:0 -> ../../sdg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:8:0 -> ../../sdh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Dec 21 16:42 pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:9:0 -> ../../sdi

Example for primary Admin node

Example file name:

/etc/storagegrid/nodes/dc1-adm1.conf

Example file contents:

Note Disk paths can follow the examples below or use /dev/mapper/alias style naming. Do not use block device names such as /dev/sdb because they can change on reboot and cause great damage to your grid. 
NODE_TYPE = VM_Admin_Node
ADMIN_ROLE = Primary
MAXIMUM_RAM = 24g
BLOCK_DEVICE_VAR_LOCAL = /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:2:0
BLOCK_DEVICE_AUDIT_LOGS = /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:3:0
BLOCK_DEVICE_TABLES = /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:4:0
GRID_NETWORK_TARGET = ens192
CLIENT_NETWORK_TARGET = ens224
GRID_NETWORK_IP = 10.193.204.43
GRID_NETWORK_MASK = 255.255.255.0
GRID_NETWORK_GATEWAY = 10.193.204.1
CLIENT_NETWORK_CONFIG = STATIC
CLIENT_NETWORK_IP = 10.193.205.43
CLIENT_NETWORK_MASK = 255.255.255.0
CLIENT_NETWORK_GATEWAY = 10.193.205.1

Example for a storage node

Example file name:

/etc/storagegrid/nodes/dc1-sn1.conf

Example file contents:

NODE_TYPE = VM_Storage_Node
MAXIMUM_RAM = 24g
ADMIN_IP = 10.193.174.43
BLOCK_DEVICE_VAR_LOCAL = /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:9:0
BLOCK_DEVICE_RANGEDB_00 = /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:5:0
BLOCK_DEVICE_RANGEDB_01 = /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:6:0
BLOCK_DEVICE_RANGEDB_02 = /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:8:0
GRID_NETWORK_TARGET = ens192
CLIENT_NETWORK_TARGET = ens224
GRID_NETWORK_IP = 10.193.204.44
GRID_NETWORK_MASK = 255.255.255.0
GRID_NETWORK_GATEWAY = 10.193.204.1

Example for gateway node

Example file name:

/etc/storagegrid/nodes/dc1-gw1.conf

Example file contents:

NODE_TYPE = VM_API_Gateway
MAXIMUM_RAM = 24g
ADMIN_IP = 10.193.204.43
BLOCK_DEVICE_VAR_LOCAL = /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:03:00.0-scsi-0:0:1:0
GRID_NETWORK_TARGET = ens192
CLIENT_NETWORK_TARGET = ens224
GRID_NETWORK_IP = 10.193.204.47
GRID_NETWORK_MASK = 255.255.255.0
GRID_NETWORK_GATEWAY = 10.193.204.1
CLIENT_NETWORK_IP = 10.193.205.47
CLIENT_NETWORK_MASK = 255.255.255.0
CLIENT_NETWORK_GATEWAY = 10.193.205.1