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NAME

mount.glusterfs - script to mount native GlusterFS volume

SYNOPSIS

mount -t glusterfs [-o <options>] <volumeserver>:/<volume> <mountpoint>
mount -t glusterfs [-o <options>] <server1>,<server2>,
<server3>,..<serverN>:/<volname> <mount_point>
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]
acl
Mount the filesystem with POSIX ACL support
fopen-keep-cache
Do not purge the cache on file open
worm
Mount the filesystem in 'worm' mode
aux-gfid-mount
Enable access to filesystem through gfid directly
ro
Mount the filesystem read-only
enable-ino32=BOOL
Use 32-bit inodes when mounting to workaround broken applications that don't support 64-bit inodes
mem-accounting
Enable internal memory accounting
capability
Enable file capability setting and retrival

Advanced options

attribute-timeout=SECONDS
Set attribute timeout to SECONDS for inodes in fuse kernel module [default: 1]
entry-timeout=SECONDS
Set entry timeout to SECONDS in fuse kernel module [default: 1]
background-qlen=N
Set fuse module's background queue length to N [default: 64]
gid-timeout=SECONDS
Set auxiliary group list timeout to SECONDS for fuse translator [default: 0]
negative-timeout=SECONDS
Set negative timeout to SECONDS in fuse kernel module [default: 0]
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
congestion-threshold=N
Set fuse module's congestion threshold to N [default: 48]
backup-volfile-servers=SERVERLIST
Provide list of backup volfile servers in the following format [default: None]

$ mount -t glusterfs -obackup-volfile-servers=<server2>: <server3>:...:<serverN> <server1>:/<volname> <mount_point>

backupvolfile-server=SERVER
Provide list of backup volfile servers in the following format [default: None]

$ mount -t glusterfs -obackupvolfile-server=<server2> <server1>:/<volname> <mount_point>

fetch-attempts=N
Deprecated option - placed here for backward compatibility [default: 1]
background-qlen=N
Set fuse module's background queue length to N [default: 64]
no-root-squash=BOOL
disable root squashing for the trusted client [default: off]
root-squash=BOOL
enable root squashing for the trusted client [default: on]
use-readdirp=BOOL
Use readdirp() mode in fuse kernel module [default: on]

FILES

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

server1:/mirror /mnt/mirror glusterfs log-file=/var/log/mirror.log,acl 0 0

/proc/mounts
An example entry of a GlusterFS mountpoint in /proc/mounts looks like below

server1:/mirror /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) 2006-2013 Red Hat, Inc. <http://www.redhat.com>
Cluster Filesystem 14 September 2013