Ubuntu 26.04

GlusterFS : Add Nodes (Bricks)2026/04/28

 

Add Nodes (Bricks) to existing Cluster.

For example, Add a Node [node03] to the existing Cluster like follows.

                                  |
+----------------------+          |          +----------------------+
| [GlusterFS Server#1] |10.0.0.51 | 10.0.0.52| [GlusterFS Server#2] |
|   node01.srv.world   +----------+----------+   node02.srv.world   |
|                      |          |          |                      |
+----------------------+          |          +----------------------+
           ⇑                      |                      ⇑
     file1, file3 ...             |               file2, file4 ...
                                  |
+----------------------+          |
| [GlusterFS Server#3] |10.0.0.53 |
|   node03.srv.world   +----------+
|                      |
+----------------------+

[1]

Install GlusterFS to a New Node, refer to here, and then Create a directory for GlusterFS volume on the same Path with other Nodes.

[2] Add a New Node to existing Cluster on a node. (OK on any existing node)
# probe new node

root@node01:~#
gluster peer probe node03

peer probe: success.
# confirm status

root@node01:~#
gluster peer status

Number of Peers: 2

Hostname: node02
Uuid: d9f491f8-fae2-4b6e-8945-b49d1368d49d
State: Peer in Cluster (Connected)

Hostname: node03
Uuid: 9c24b786-6f63-4496-a090-925b7d1624ab
State: Peer in Cluster (Connected)

# confirm existing volume

root@node01:~#
gluster volume info


Volume Name: vol_distributed
Type: Distribute
Volume ID: 7b2d805a-896b-47f0-b99f-444b8109b38d
Status: Started
Snapshot Count: 0
Number of Bricks: 2
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: node01:/glusterfs/distributed
Brick2: node02:/glusterfs/distributed
Options Reconfigured:
features.quota-deem-statfs: off
features.inode-quota: on
features.quota: on
storage.fips-mode-rchecksum: on
transport.address-family: inet
nfs.disable: on

# add new node

root@node01:~#
gluster volume add-brick vol_distributed node03:/glusterfs/distributed

volume add-brick: success
# confirm volume info

root@node01:~#
gluster volume info


Volume Name: vol_distributed
Type: Distribute
Volume ID: 7b2d805a-896b-47f0-b99f-444b8109b38d
Status: Started
Snapshot Count: 0
Number of Bricks: 3
Transport-type: tcp
Bricks:
Brick1: node01:/glusterfs/distributed
Brick2: node02:/glusterfs/distributed
Brick3: node03:/glusterfs/distributed
Options Reconfigured:
features.quota-deem-statfs: off
features.inode-quota: on
features.quota: on
storage.fips-mode-rchecksum: on
transport.address-family: inet
nfs.disable: on

# after adding new node, run rebalance volume

root@node01:~#
gluster volume rebalance vol_distributed fix-layout start

volume rebalance: vol_distributed: success: Rebalance on vol_distributed has been started successfully. Use rebalance status command to check status of the rebalance process.
ID: 7531126b-8b8e-4167-bd47-8a5acec82e3b

# OK if [Status] turns to [completed]

root@node01:~#
gluster volume status

Status of volume: vol_distributed
Gluster process                             TCP Port  RDMA Port  Online  Pid
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brick node01:/glusterfs/distributed         49840     0          Y       11828
Brick node02:/glusterfs/distributed         60295     0          Y       3878
Brick node03:/glusterfs/distributed         54074     0          Y       3034
Quota Daemon on localhost                   N/A       N/A        Y       12682
Quota Daemon on node02                      N/A       N/A        Y       4040
Quota Daemon on node03                      N/A       N/A        Y       3051

Task Status of Volume vol_distributed
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task                 : Rebalance
ID                   : 7531126b-8b8e-4167-bd47-8a5acec82e3b
Status               : completed
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