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NAME

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

SEE ALSO

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

COPYRIGHT

Copyright(c) 2006-2011 Gluster, Inc. <http://www.gluster.com>
Cluster Filesystem 18 March 2010