2.4. Verifying that Red Hat Gluster Storage Instance is Running

You can verify that the Red Hat Gluster Storage instance is running by performing a remote login to the Red Hat Gluster Storage instance and issuing a command.
To verify that the Red Hat Gluster Storage instance is running:
  1. Navigate to http://aws.amazon.com.
  2. Log in to Amazon Web Services. The AWS Management Console screen displays.
  3. Click the EC2 option. The EC2 Management Console displays.
  4. In the Instances section click the Instances link. The screen displays your current instances.
  5. Check the Instance State column and verify that the instance is running. A yellow circle indicates a pending status while a green circle indicates that the instance is running.
    Select the instance and verify the details displayed in the Description tab.
  6. Use the domain name in the Public DNS field to remotely log in to the Red Hat Amazon Machine Image instance by using the following commands: 
    # ssh -i Key_Pair_File Public_DNS
# sudo su

    Note

    You must use the key pair that was selected or created when launching the instance.
    For example, the key pair file name is rhs-aws.pem, and the Public DNS is ec2-user@ec2-23-20-52-123.compute-1.amazonaws.com: 
    # ssh -i rhs-aws.pem ec2-user@ec2-23-20-52-123.compute-1.amazonaws.com
# sudo su
  7. Verify that the glusterd daemon is running on the instance using the following command:
    # service glusterd status

    Note

    Samba and NFS-Ganesha channels are disabled by default. To use standalone Samba and NFS-Ganesha:

Important

Before using yum update to update the Amazon EC2 Red Hat Gluster Storage AMI, follow the steps listed in the Knowledgebase article at https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1556793