Provisioning Storage and Connecting Clients

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Lightbits Cluster Installation Process


Installation Step

1

Connecting your installation workstation to Lightbits’ software repository

2

Verifying the network connectivity of the servers used in the cluster

3

Setting up an Ansible environment on your installation workstation

4

Installing a Lightbits cluster by running the Ansible installation playbook

5

Updating clients (if required)

6

Provisioning storage, connecting clients, and performing IO tests

With the Lightbits software installed and the Lightbits management service running, you can create a volume and connect that volume to your application clients.

This section includes:


Creating a Volume on the Lightbits Storage Server

Connecting the Cluster Client to Lightbits

Client Connection Verification