Linux Quickstart Guide

Installation

Ubuntu/Debian (Ubuntu 14.04+)

Step 1: Install SDFS File System

wget http://www.opendedup.org/downloads/sdfs-latest.deb
sudo dpkg -i sdfs-latest.deb

Step 2: Change the maximum number of open files allowed

sudo su
echo "* hard nofile 65535" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
echo "* soft nofile 65535" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
exit

Step 5: Log Out and Proceed to Initialization Instructions

CentOS/RedHat (Centos 6.5+)

Step 1: Log in as root

Step 4: Install the SDFS File System

wget http://www.opendedup.org/downloads/sdfs-latest.rpm
yum install sdfs-latest.rpm

Step 5: Change the maximum number of open files allowed

echo "* hard nofile 65535" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
echo "* soft nofile 65535" >> /etc/security/limits.conf
exit

Step 6: Disable the IPTables firewall

service iptables save
service iptables stop
chkconfig iptables off

Step 7: Log Out and Proceed to Initialization Instructions

Initialization Instructions for Standalone Volumes

Step 1: Log into the linux system as root or use sudo

Step 2: Create the SDFS Volume. This will create a volume with 256 GB of capacity using a 4K block size.

**Local Storage**

sudo mkfs.sdfs --volume-name=pool0 --volume-capacity=256GB

**AWS Storage**

sudo mkfs.sdfs --volume-name=pool0 --volume-capacity=1TB --aws-enabled true --cloud-access-key <access-key> --cloud-secret-key <secret-key> --cloud-bucket-name <unique bucket name>

**S3 Compliant Storage**

sudo mkfs.sdfs --volume-name=pool0 --volume-capacity=1TB --aws-enabled true --cloud-access-key <access-key> --cloud-secret-key <secret-key> --cloud-bucket-name <unique bucket name> --cloud-url=<http://url>

**Azure Storage**

sudo mkfs.sdfs --volume-name=pool0 --volume-capacity=1TB --azure-enabled true --cloud-access-key <access-key> --cloud-secret-key <secret-key> --cloud-bucket-name <unique bucket name>

**Google Storage**

sudo mkfs.sdfs --volume-name=pool0 --volume-capacity=1TB --google-enabled true --cloud-access-key <access-key> --cloud-secret-key <secret-key> --cloud-bucket-name <unique bucket name>

Step 3: Create a mount point on the filesystem for the volume

sudo mkdir /media/pool0

Step 4: Mount the Volume

sudo mount.sdfs pool0 /media/pool0/

Step 5: Copy some data to the volume and make sure it all is there

md5sum /etc/sdfs/pool0-volume-cfg.xml
cp /etc/sdfs/pool0-volume-cfg.xml /media/pool0
md5sum /media/pool0/pool0-volume-cfg.xml
Step 6 (optional) : Unmount the volume
umount /media/pool0

Further reading:

Take a look at the administration guide for more detail. https://opendedup.org/odd/administration-guide/

Ask for Help

If you still need help check out the message board here https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dedupfilesystem-sdfs-user-discuss