4.15. Appendix - Building Red Hat Gluster Storage Compute Engine Image from Scratch

Using your local virtualization manager, create a virtual machine with a RAW format sparse flat-file backing the system disk. The suggested minimum disk size for the Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 system disk is 20 GB and the maximum disk size for import into Google Compute Engine is 100 GB. Google Compute Engine additionally requires the disk size be in whole GB increments, that is, 20 GB or 21 GB, but not 20.5 GB. The RAW disk file should have the disk.raw file name. The disk.raw file must include an MS-DOS (MBR) partition table.

For example, run the following dd command to create a 20 GB sparse file to serve as the RAW disk image:

# dd if=/dev/zero of=disk.raw bs=1 count=0 seek=20G

Refer to the Google Compute Engine Hardware Manifest guide at https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/tutorials/building-images#hardwaremanifest to ensure your virtual machine image is compatible with the Google Compute Engine platform.

Attach the Red Hat Gluster Storage ISO, available from the Red Hat Customer Portal, as a bootable CD-ROM device to the image. Boot the VM to the ISO, and perform the installation of Red Hat Gluster Storage according to the instructions available at: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage/3.1/html/Installation_Guide/index.html.

To enable and start the network interface:

You must register the system and enable the required channels for Red Hat Gluster Storage. For information on subscribing and connecting to the appropriate pool and repositories, see https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage/3.1/html-single/Installation_Guide/index.html#chap-Installing_Red_Hat_Storage-Subscribing-RHGS .

Update your systems using the following command:

# yum -y update

Set the tuned profile torhgs-sequential-io using the following command:

# tuned-adm profile rhgs-sequential-io

Disable SElinux:

# setenforce 0

If SELinux support is required, refer the Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.1 Installation Guide available at: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Storage/3.1/html/Installation_Guide/chap-Enabling_SELinux.html.

The Google Compute Engine's "Build a Compute Engine Image from Scratch" documentation includes specific instructions for configuring the kernel, network, packages, SSH, and security of the virtual machine. It is recommended that you reference this documentation directly for updated information to ensure compatibility of your image with Google Compute Engine.

Power off the instance to apply all changes and prepare the image import:

# init 0