Chapter 6. Configure Red Hat Gluster Storage for Hosted Engine using the Cockpit UI
Ensure that disks specified as part of this deployment process do not have any partitions or labels.
Log into the Cockpit UI
Browse to the Cockpit management interface of the first virtualization host, for example, https://node1.example.com:9090/, and log in with the credentials you created in Chapter 4, Install Host Physical Machines.
Start the deployment wizard
Click Virtualization
Hosted Engine and click Start underneath Hyperconverged. The Gluster Configuration window opens.
Click the Run Gluster Wizard button.
The Gluster Deployment window opens in 3 node mode.
Specify storage hosts
Specify the back-end FQDNs on the storage network (not the management network) of the three virtualization hosts. The virtualization host that can SSH using key pairs should be listed first, as it is the host that will run gdeploy and the hosted engine.
NoteIf you plan to create an arbitrated replicated volume, ensure that you specify the host with the arbiter brick as Host3 on this screen.
Click Next.
Specify additional hosts
For multi-node deployments, add the fully qualified domain names or IP addresses of the other two virtualization hosts to have them automatically added to Red Hat Virtualization Manager when deployment is complete.
NoteIf you do not add additional hosts now, you can also add them after deployment using Red Hat Virtualization Administration Portal, as described in Add additional virtualization hosts to the hosted engine.
Specify volumes
Specify the volumes to create.
- Name
- Specify the name of the volume to be created.
- Volume Type
- Specify a Replicate volume type. Only replicated volumes are supported for this release.
- Arbiter
- Specify whether to create the volume with an arbiter brick. If this box is checked, the third disk stores only metadata.
- Brick Dirs
- The directory that contains this volume’s bricks.
The default values are correct for most installations.
Specify bricks
Enter details of the bricks to be created. Use the Select host drop-down menu to change the host being configured.
- RAID
- Specify the RAID configuration to use. This should match the RAID configuration of your host. Supported values are raid5, raid6, and jbod. Setting this option ensures that your storage is correctly tuned for your RAID configuration.
- Stripe Size
- Specify the RAID stripe size in KB. Do not enter units, only the number. This can be ignored for jbod configurations.
- Disk Count
- Specify the number of data disks in a RAID volume. This can be ignored for jbod configurations.
- LV Name
- Specify the name of the logical volume to be created.
- Device
- Specify the raw device you want to use. Red Hat recommends an unpartitioned device.
- Size
- Specify the size of the logical volume to create in GB. Do not enter units, only the number. This number should be the same for all bricks in a replicated set. Arbiter bricks can be smaller than other bricks in their replication set.
- Mount Point
- Specify the mount point for the logical volume. This should be inside the brick directory that you specified on the previous page of the wizard.
- Thinp
- Specify whether to provision the volume thinly or not. Note that thick provisioning is recommended for the engine volume. Do not use Enable Dedupe & Compression at the same time as this option.
- Enable Dedupe & Compression
- Specify whether to provision the volume using VDO for compression and deduplication at deployment time. Do not use Thinp at the same time as this option.
- Logical Size (GB)
- Specify the logical size of the VDO volume. This can be up to 10 times the size of the physical volume, with an absolute maximum logical size of 4 PB.
Review and edit configuration
- Click Edit to begin editing the generated deployment configuration file.
(Optional) Configure Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL)
This can be configured during or after deployment. If you want to configure TLS/SSL encryption as part of deployment, see one of the following sections:
Review the configuration file
If the configuration details are correct, click Save and then click Deploy.
Wait for deployment to complete
You can watch the deployment process in the text field as the gdeploy process runs using the generated configuration file.
The window displays Successfully deployed gluster when complete.
Click Continue to Hosted Engine Deployment and continue the deployment process with the instructions in Chapter 7, Deploy the Hosted Engine using the Cockpit UI.
If deployment fails, click the Redeploy button. This returns you to the Review and edit configuration tab so that you can correct any issues in the generated configuration file before reattempting deployment.
It may be necessary to clean up previous deployment attempts before you try again. Follow the steps in Chapter 13, Cleaning up automated Red Hat Gluster Storage deployment errors to clean up previous deployment attempts.