3.3. Creating A Cluster

As administrator of luci, select the cluster tab.

Click Create a New Cluster.

At the Cluster Name text box, enter a cluster name. The cluster name cannot exceed 15 characters. Add the node name and password for each cluster node. Enter the node name for each node in the Node Hostname column; enter the root password for each node in the in the Root Password column. Check the Enable Shared Storage Support checkbox if clustered storage is required.

Click Submit. Clicking Submit causes the the Create a new cluster page to be displayed again, showing the parameters entered in the preceding step, and Lock Manager parameters. The Lock Manager parameters consist of the lock manager option buttons, DLM (preferred) and GULM, and Lock Server text boxes in the GULM lock server properties group box. Configure Lock Manager parameters for either DLM or GULM as follows:

Re-enter enter the root password for each node in the in the Root Password column.

Click Submit. Clicking Submit causes the following actions:

A progress page shows the progress of those actions for each node in the cluster.

When the process of creating a new cluster is complete, a page is displayed providing a configuration interface for the newly created cluster.