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diff --git a/extras/Ubuntu/README.Ubuntu b/extras/Ubuntu/README.Ubuntu index 651bd046eff..0c5b7828d12 100644 --- a/extras/Ubuntu/README.Ubuntu +++ b/extras/Ubuntu/README.Ubuntu @@ -1,20 +1,24 @@ -Bug 3282 - Mounting from localhost in fstab fails at boot on ubuntu -(http://bugs.gluster.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3282) +Bug 765014 - Mounting from localhost in fstab fails at boot on ubuntu +(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765014) +(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glusterfs/+bug/876648) Ubuntu uses upstart instead of init to bootstrap the system and it has a unique -way of handling fstab, using a program called mountall(8). As a result, -glusterfs mounts in fstab are tried before the glusterd service is running. In -the case where the client is also a server and the volume is mounted from -localhost, the mount fails at boot time. An upstart job for glusterd is needed -to correct this. +way of handling fstab, using a program called mountall(8). As a result of using +a debian initscript to start glusterd, glusterfs mounts in fstab are tried before +the glusterd service is running. In the case where the client is also a server +and the volume is mounted from localhost, the mount fails at boot time. To +correct this we need to launch glusterd using upstart and block the glusterfs +mounting event until glusterd is started. The glusterd.conf file contains the necessary configuration for upstart to manage the glusterd service. It should be placed in /etc/init/glusterd.conf on Ubuntu systems, and then the old initscript /etc/init.d/glusterd can be -removed. +removed. An additional upstart job, mounting-glusterfs.conf, is also required +to block mounting glusterfs volumes until the glusterd service is available. +Both of these upstart jobs need to be placed in /etc/init to resolve the issue. -It can also be added to Ubuntu deb packages by placing it in debian/upstart -inside the source package (or debian/glusterd.upstart if the source package -builds multiple binary packages.) +Starting with Ubuntu 12.04, Precise Pangolin, these upstart jobs will be +included with the glusterfs-server package in the Ubuntu repository. -This affects all versions of glusterfs on the ubuntu platform. +This affects all versions of glusterfs on the Ubuntu platform since at least +10.04, Lucid Lynx. |