mount.glusterfs: Script to mount native glusterfs volume

SYNOPSIS

mount -t glusterfs [-o <options>] <volumeserver>:<volumeid> <mountpoint>

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]
ro: Mount the filesystem read-only

Advanced options

volfile-id=KEY: Volume key or name of the volume file to be fetched from server
transport=TRANSPORT-TYPE: Transport type to get volume file from server [default: tcp]
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

FILES

/etc/fstab

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

server1.gluster.com:mirror /mnt/mirror glusterfs log-file=/var/log/mirror.vol,ro,defaults 0 0

/etc/mtab

An example entry of a GlusterFS mountpoint in /etc/mtab looks like below

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

RELATED TO mount.glusterfs…

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

mount.glusterfs (8)