Manually installing IBM Storage Scale and deploying protocols on Linux nodes

The following tasks describe how to manually install IBM Storage Scale and deploy protocols on the systems running on supported Linux® distributions.

Note: CES supports HDFS protocols. CES HDFS follows the same installation methods and prerequisites as the other protocols as documented in this section. For specific information about installing CES HDFS, see Installation under CES HDFS in Big data and analytics support documentation.

These prerequisites must be met before installing IBM Storage Scale on Linux systems.

Repository must be set up:
- For information on setting up repository on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, see Red Hat Enterprise Linux System Administrator's Guide.
- For information on setting up repository on SLES, see SLES Deployment Guide.
- For information on setting up repository on Ubuntu, see Ubuntu Server Guide.
All prerequisite packages must be installed. For a list of prerequisite packages, see Software requirements and Installation prerequisites.
Passwordless SSH must be set up between all nodes in the cluster. For more information, see Passwordless SSH setup.
Firewall configuration must be according to your requirements. It is recommended that firewalls are in place to secure all nodes. For more information, see Securing the IBM Storage Scale system using firewall.
To check the status of the firewall on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, issue the following command:
```
systemctl status firewalld
```
To check the status of the firewall on SLES, issue the following command:
```
sudo /sbin/rcSuSEfirewall2 status
```
To check the status of the firewall on Ubuntu, issue the following command:
```
sudo ufw status
```
For examples of how to open firewall ports on different operating systems, see Examples of how to open firewall ports.
Every node must have a non-loopback IP address assigned. In some scenarios, a freshly installed node might have its host name pointing to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts. 127.0.0.1 is a loopback IP address and it is not sufficient for multi-node IBM Storage Scale cluster creation. In these cases, each node needs a static IP with connectivity to the other nodes.
Optionally, the bash profile can be updated to allow easier access to IBM Storage Scale commands.
- Verify that the PATH environment variable for the root user on each node includes /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin and the required tool directories. This allows a user to execute IBM Storage Scale commands without having to first change directory to /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin.
- Export the WCOLL variable used by mmdsh. In the following example, /nodes is a manually created file, listing line by line, each node within the cluster using the nodes' FQDN. Once IBM Storage Scale is installed, this configuration allows the mmdsh command to execute commands on multiple nodes simultaneously.
Example:
```
# cat ~/.bash_profile
# .bash_profile
# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
  . ~/.bashrc
fi

######
# User specific environment and startup programs
######
######
# Specifics for GPFS testing
######
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin
export WCOLL=/nodes
```
Log out and then log in again for the changes in the bash profile to take effect.