Getting Started and QuickStart Guides

After some time baking these in, we have the beginnings of more in-depth documentation. These are just the start, look for more later.

• QuickStart - a one-pager designed to get you up and running quickly
• Getting Started - longer series of documents designed to give you a firm grounding in the world of GlusterFS
• GlusterFS Concepts - What is this GlusterFS thing? How does it work? This living document attempts to explain.
• Basic Gluster Troubleshooting - Gluster troubleshooting, 20 questions style!

GlusterFS 3.3

3.3.1 is the latest version of GlusterFS recommended for production environments.

• About this release
• Upgrade to 3.3 - IMPORTANT! Please read before upgrading from 3.2.x
• Install Guide - It's the brand new QuickStart guide
• Admin Guide - PDF download or HTML tarball
• What's New in 3.3 - Overview of new features
• Connecting with OpenStack Resource Page

Contributing to the Gluster Community

There are a variety of ways to contribute to the Gluster community.

Gluster Community Planning

We are planning some massive changes at Gluster.org, which will become the home for GlusterFS users and developers, as well as project leaders of related projects. If you have opinions about 'the way things oughta be' then hit the link below.

• Gluster.org Planning Doc - Make the next version of Gluster.org all that it can be
• Swag Suggestions - Suggest inexpensive but meaninful swag that you would enjoy receiving for your participation.

Developers

If you're interested in extending GlusterFS, learning about it's architecture or participating in the developer workflow, you'll want to read this:

• Developers
• GlusterFS 3.4 Release Planning - we recently gathered up core developers to discuss planning the 3.4 release.
• Features in Development - submit feedback on proposed features, or add your own.

Administrators

• HOWTO Guides

Archived Docs

• Archived Docs (everything prior to 3.3 betas) reside here