Clusters from Scratch
=====================

*Step-by-Step Instructions for Building Your First High-Availability Cluster*


Abstract
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This document provides a step-by-step guide to building a simple high-availability
cluster using Pacemaker.

The example cluster will use:

* |CFS_DISTRO| |CFS_DISTRO_VER| as the host operating system
* Corosync to provide messaging and membership services,
* Pacemaker 1.1.18 [#]_
* DRBD as a cost-effective alternative to shared storage,
* GFS2 as the cluster filesystem (in active/active mode)

Given the graphical nature of the install process, a number of screenshots are
included. However the guide is primarily composed of commands, the reasons for
executing them and their expected outputs.


Table of Contents
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 3
   :numbered:

   intro
   installation
   cluster-setup
   verification
   fencing
   active-passive
   apache
   shared-storage
   active-active
   ap-configuration
   ap-corosync-conf
   ap-reading

Index
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`search`

.. [#] While this guide is part of the document set for Pacemaker 2.0, it
       demonstrates the version available in the standard |CFS_DISTRO| repositories
