mfsmaster(8) This is part of MooseFS mfsmaster(8)NAMEmfsmaster - start, restart or stop Moose File System master process
SYNOPSISmfsmaster [-c CFGFILE] [-u] [-i] [-a] [-e] [-x[x]] [-t LOCKTIMEOUT]
[ACTION]
mfsmaster-v
mfsmaster-h
DESCRIPTIONmfsmaster is the master program of Moose File System.
OPTIONS-v print version information and exit
-h print usage information and exit
-c CFGFILE
specify alternative path of configuration file (default is mfs‐
master.cfg in system configuration directory)
-u log undefined configuration values (when default is assumed)
-f run in foreground, don't daemonize
-t LOCKTIMEOUT
how long to wait for lockfile (in seconds; default is 1800 sec‐
onds)
-i ignore some metadata structure errors
-a automatically restore metadata from change logs
-e start without metadata (usable only in pro version - used to
start additional masters)
-x produce more verbose output
-xx even more verbose output
ACTION is the one of start, stop, restart, reload, test or kill.
Default action is restart. The test action will yeld one of two
responses: "mfsmaster pid: PID" or "mfsmaster is not running".
The kill action will send a SIGKILL to the currently running
master process. SIGHUP or reload action forces mfsmaster to
reload all configuration files.
FILES
mfsmaster.cfg
configuration file for MooseFS master process; refer to mfsmas‐
ter.cfg(5) manual for defails
mfsexports.cfg
MooseFS access control file; refer to mfsexports.cfg(5) manual
for defails
mfstopology.cfg
Network topology definitions; refer to mfstopology.cfg(5) manual
for defails
.mfsmaster.lock
lock file of running MooseFS master process (created in data
directory)
metadata.mfs, metadata.mfs.back
MooseFS filesystem metadata image (created in data directory)
changelog.*.mfs
MooseFS filesystem metadata change logs (created in data direc‐
tory; merged into metadata.mfs once per hour)
data.stats
MooseFS master charts state (created in data directory)
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bugs@moosefs.com>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2016 Jakub Kruszona-Zawadzki, Core Technology Sp. z o.o.
This file is part of MooseFS.
MooseFS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation, version 2 (only).
MooseFS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with MooseFS; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59
Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA or visit
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
SEE ALSOmfschunkserver(8), mfsmount(8), mfsmaster.cfg(5), mfsexports.cfg(5),
mfstopology.cfg(5), moosefs(7)MooseFS 2.0.83-1 January 2016 mfsmaster(8)
