This section outlines the configuration steps necessary to get Red Hat Cluster running. Preparing your cluster configuration is fairly straightforward; all a DRBD-based Red Hat Cluster requires are two participating nodes (referred to as Cluster Members in Red Hat’s documentation) and a fencing device.
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For more information about configuring Red Hat clusters, see Red Hat’s documentation on the Red Hat Cluster and GFS. |
RHEL clusters keep their configuration in a single configuration file,
/etc/cluster/cluster.conf. You may manage your
cluster configuration in the following ways:
Editing the configuration file directly. This is the most straightforward method. It has no prerequisites other than having a text editor available.
Using the system-config-cluster GUI. This is a GUI application written in Python using Glade. It requires
the availability of an X display (either directly on a server console,
or tunneled via SSH).
Using the Conga web-based management infrastructure. The Conga infrastructure consists of a node agent ( ricci)
communicating with the local cluster manager, cluster resource
manager, and cluster LVM daemon, and an administration web application
( luci) which may be used to configure the cluster infrastructure
using a simple web browser.