Clustering

Alteeve Wiki :: How To :: Clustering

There are currently one paper and four tutorials in various stages of development that may help you in building a cluster.

Completed 2-Node Cluster Tutorials

• 2-Node Red Hat KVM Cluster Tutorial: This is the EL6 version of the 2-Node cluster tutorial.
  • In this tutorial, KVM is used in place of Xen and the RHCS is now version Cluster Stable 3 instead of Cluster Stable 2. Also, the network in this tutorial is upgraded to a fully redundant configuration.
• The Red Hat Cluster Service 2 Tutorial: The original, EL5 version of the 2-node cluster tutorial.

Incomplete Tutorials

These are in-progress or abandoned tutorials. They should not be followed or used as references in any way.

EL5 - Cluster Stable 2

• Red Hat Cluster Service 2 Tutorial - This is an introduction to RHCS Cluster 2 on EL5.5. This is the updated version of the older 2-Node EL5 Cluster tutorial below and includes proper resource management. A component not introduced before.
• TLUG Talk: An Introduction to Clustering - A talk on Cluster Stable 2 clustering to the Toronto Linux Users Group.

EL6 - Cluster Stable 3

• RHCS Stable 3 Tutorial - Multinode VM Cluster - In Development: This will be a tutorial that shows how to build a dedicated 2-Node highly availably SAN cluster backing a highly available 5-node KVM VM cluster.
• Red Hat Cluster Service 3 Tutorial - In Development: This is an introduction to RHCS Cluster 3 on EL6.
• Using crm - In Development: (To be) A complete guide to using Pacemaker's crm.

Configuration File Documentation

• cluster.conf

Stale Cluster Stuff

These are tutorials that I've moved away from but have not yet deleted as I'm referencing them to finish the active tutorials.

• 2-Node EL5 Cluster - The original tutorial I started all of this work on. It's out of date and shouldn't really be used.
• Two Node Fedora 14 Cluster - Abandoned when I got my Red Hat ISV and switched to RHEL 6. Still the most complete paper.
• Two Node Fedora 13 Cluster - Abandoned when Fedora 13 came out.

 

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