moosefs Installation Guide Installation Guide

moosefs is a free and open-source distributed file system. MooseFS provides fault-tolerant distributed file system

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 100GB+ for chunks

Network: Native protocol

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 9420 (default moosefs port)

Master on 9419

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install moosefs
sudo dnf install -y moosefs

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now moosefs

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=9420/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
moosefs --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install moosefs
sudo apt install -y moosefs

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now moosefs

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 9420

# Verify installation
moosefs --version

bash

# Install moosefs
sudo pacman -S moosefs

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now moosefs

# Verify installation
moosefs --version

bash

# Install moosefs
apk add --no-cache moosefs

# Enable and start service
rc-update add moosefs default
rc-service moosefs start

# Verify installation
moosefs --version

bash

# Install moosefs
sudo zypper install -y moosefs

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now moosefs

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=9420/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
moosefs --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install moosefs

# Start service
brew services start moosefs

# Verify installation
moosefs --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install moosefs

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'moosefs_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service moosefs start

# Verify installation
moosefs --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install moosefs

# Or using Scoop
scoop install moosefs

# Verify installation
moosefs --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/moosefs

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
moosefs --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable moosefs

# Start service
sudo systemctl start moosefs

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop moosefs

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart moosefs

# Check status
sudo systemctl status moosefs

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u moosefs -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add moosefs default

# Start service
rc-service moosefs start

# Stop service
rc-service moosefs stop

# Restart service
rc-service moosefs restart

# Check status
rc-service moosefs status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'moosefs_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service moosefs start

# Stop service
service moosefs stop

# Restart service
service moosefs restart

# Check status
service moosefs status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start moosefs
brew services stop moosefs
brew services restart moosefs

# Check status
brew services list | grep moosefs

powershell

# Start service
net start moosefs

# Stop service
net stop moosefs

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service moosefs
Stop-Service moosefs
Restart-Service moosefs

# Check status
Get-Service moosefs

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream moosefs_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:9420;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name moosefs.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name moosefs.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/moosefs.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/moosefs.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://moosefs_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName moosefs.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://moosefs.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName moosefs.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/moosefs.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/moosefs.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:9420/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:9420/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend moosefs_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/moosefs.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend moosefs_backend

backend moosefs_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server moosefs1 127.0.0.1:9420 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R moosefs:moosefs /etc/moosefs
sudo chmod 750 /etc/moosefs

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=9420/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status moosefs

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u moosefs -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep moosefs)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/moosefs"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/moosefs-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/moosefs /var/lib/moosefs

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/moosefs-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop moosefs

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/moosefs/moosefs-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start moosefs

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u moosefs -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/moosefs/moosefs.log

# Check configuration
moosefs --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/moosefs

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 9420

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 9420

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep moosefs)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep moosefs)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 9420

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  moosefs:
    image: moosefs:latest
    ports:
      - "9420:9420"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/moosefs
      - ./data:/var/lib/moosefs
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update moosefs

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade moosefs

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu moosefs

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade moosefs

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update moosefs

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade moosefs

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/moosefs-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/moosefs

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart moosefs

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/moosefs

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/moosefs -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/moosefs

Official Documentation: https://docs.moosefs.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/moosefs/moosefs

Community Forum: https://forum.moosefs.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.moosefs.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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