Title
Create new category
Edit page index title
Edit category
Edit link
Connecting to the Cluster Client RPM Repository
Follow the steps in Connecting to the Lightbits Software Repository to prepare the Lightbits repository on your RPM-based client. Make sure to have the TOKEN ready, which is provided in your Lightbits Installation Customer Addendum. This is required to install the Lightbits NVME-Client-RPMs.
You can copy the repo file content from an installed Lightbits server's file, /etc/yum.repos.d/lightos.repo. It will have the correct token and baseurl.
An optional Ansible playbook is available to you that performs the following:
Installs kernel v5.x, which includes the nvme-tcp upstream driver.
Creates a small 4GB volume with a replication factor of 2.
Runs the nvme connect command to connect the client machine to the cluster volume.
Runs an fio read/write workload for 30 seconds.
Performs a cleanup that disconnects the nvme client and removes the volume.
For more information about using this optional playbook, see Automated Client Connectivity Verification.
© 2026 Lightbits Labs™