Installation guide

Introduction
This document provides information about installing, configuring and managing Red Hat Cluster
components. Red Hat Cluster components are part of Red Hat Cluster Suite and allow you to connect a
group of computers (called nodes or members) to work together as a cluster. T his document does not
include information about installing, configuring, and managing Linux Virtual Server (LVS) software.
Information about that is in a separate document.
The audience of this document should have advanced working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
and understand the concepts of clusters, storage, and server computing.
This document is organized as follows:
Chapter 1, Red Hat Cluster Configuration and Management Overview
Chapter 2, Before Configuring a Red Hat Cluster
Chapter 3, Configuring Red Hat Cluster With Conga
Chapter 4, Managing Red Hat Cluster With Conga
Chapter 5, Configuring Red Hat Cluster With system-config-cluster
Chapter 6, Managing Red Hat Cluster With system-config-cluster
Appendix A, Example of Setting Up Apache HTTP Server
Appendix B, Fence Device Parameters
Appendix C, Revision History
For more information about Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, refer to the following resources:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation Guide — Provides information regarding installation.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Introduction to System Administration — Provides introductory information
for new Red Hat Enterprise Linux system administrators.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administration Guide — Provides more detailed information about
configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux to suit your particular needs as a user.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Reference Guide — Provides detailed information suited for more
experienced users to reference when needed, as opposed to step-by-step instructions.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Guide — Details the planning and the tools involved in creating a
secured computing environment for the data center, workplace, and home.
For more information about Red Hat Cluster Suite for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and related products,
refer to the following resources:
Red Hat Cluster Suite Overview — Provides a high level overview of the Red Hat Cluster Suite.
LVM Administrator's Guide: Configuration and Administration — Provides a description of the Logical
Volume Manager (LVM), including information on running LVM in a clustered environment.
Global File System: Configuration and Administration — Provides information about installing,
configuring, and maintaining Red Hat GFS (Red Hat Global File System).
Using Device-Mapper Multipath — Provides information about using the Device-Mapper Multipath
feature of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.7.
Using GNBD with Global File System — Provides an overview on using Global Network Block Device
(GNBD) with Red Hat GFS.
Linux Virtual Server Administration — Provides information on configuring high-performance systems
and services with the Linux Virtual Server (LVS).
Red Hat Cluster Suite Release Notes — Provides information about the current release of Red Hat
Cluster Suite.
Introduction
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