Gluster users - Mar 2015 - /etc/hosts entry requires for gluster servers?

Hello,

Is it required to have the GlusterFS servers in /etc/hosts for the gluster
servers themselves? I read many tutorials where people always add an entry in
their /etc/hosts file.

I am asking because my issue is that my volumes, or more precisely glusterfsd,
are not starting at system boot. The brick log shows that the hostname of the
server could not be resolved but I have an entry in my DNS server and my
/etc/resolv.conf is configured correctly.


I am using Debian Wheezy with GlusterFS 3.5.2.

Best regards
ML

Hi ML,

Here's what I have noted down in my personal documentation when I installed
GlusterFS the first time in 2013 (also on Debian Wheezy with 3.5.2):

"All cluster nodes MUST resolve each other through DNS (preferred) or
/etc/hosts."

An entry in /etc/hosts is probably even more safe because you don't depend
on external DNS resolvers.

cheers,
ck

On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 8:43 AM, ML mail <mlnospam at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it required to have the GlusterFS servers in /etc/hosts for the gluster
> servers themselves? I read many tutorials where people always add an entry
> in their /etc/hosts file.
>
> I am asking because my issue is that my volumes, or more precisely
> glusterfsd, are not starting at system boot. The brick log shows that the
> hostname of the server could not be resolved but I have an entry in my DNS
> server and my /etc/resolv.conf is configured correctly.
>
>
> I am using Debian Wheezy with GlusterFS 3.5.2.
>
> Best regards
> ML
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