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Open ZFS install on Linux server

Open ZFS install on Linux server

Owned by Alexey Sosnovskih
Last updated: Mar 06, 2025 by Michael Litner
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Amazon Linux 2023 ami-0c4c4bd6cf0c5fe52

[root@ip-172-31-28-244 ec2-user]# cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Amazon Linux" VERSION="2023" ID="amzn" ID_LIKE="fedora" VERSION_ID="2023" PLATFORM_ID="platform:al2023" PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux 2023" ANSI_COLOR="0;33" CPE_NAME="cpe:2.3:o:amazon:amazon_linux:2023" HOME_URL="https://aws.amazon.com/linux/ " BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/amazonlinux/amazon-linux-2023 " SUPPORT_END="2028-03-01"

[root@ip-172-31-28-244 ec2-user]# uname -a

Linux ip-172-31-28-244.eu-central-1.compute.internal 6.1.41-63.114.amzn2023.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Aug  1 20:47:25 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 

Add repository

dnf update -y vi /etc/yum.repos.d/zfs.repo [zfs] name=ZFS on Linux for Fedora 36 baseurl=http://download.zfsonlinux.org/fedora/36/$basearch/ enabled=1 metadata_expire=7d gpgcheck=0 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-openzfs-fedora-36

Install zfs package

dnf install -y zfs /sbin/modprobe zfs

 

Amazon Linux 2018 ami-0b5ded3495f46c449

[root@ip-172-31-18-142 ec2-user]# cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Amazon Linux AMI" VERSION="2018.03" ID="amzn" ID_LIKE="rhel fedora" VERSION_ID="2018.03" PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux AMI 2018.03" ANSI_COLOR="0;33" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2018.03:ga" HOME_URL="http://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/ "

[root@ip-172-31-18-142 ec2-user]# uname -a

Linux ip-172-31-18-142 4.14.305-155.531.amzn1.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Feb 14 10:36:14 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Add repository

yum update

Install the zfsonlinux yum repository in /etc/yum.repos.d/zfsonlinux.repo:

[zfsonlinux] name=ZFS on Linux repo DKMS baseurl=http://download.zfsonlinux.org/epel/6/$basearch/ enabled=1 failovermethod=priority fastestmirror_enabled=0 gpgcheck=0 sslverify=true

Install the latest kernel and kernel-devel: yum install kernel kernel-devel

Reboot.

Install zfs: yum install zfs

/sbin/modprobe zfs

RH9

dnf update dnf install https://zfsonlinux.org/epel/zfs-release-2-3$(rpm --eval "%{dist}").noarch.rpm dnf config-manager --disable zfs dnf config-manager --enable zfs-kmod dnf install zfs /sbin/modprobe zfs

RH8 

[root@ip-172-31-30-1 ec2-user]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.8 (Ootpa) dnf update dnf install https://zfsonlinux.org/epel/zfs-release-2-3$(rpm --eval "%{dist}").noarch.rpm dnf config-manager --disable zfs dnf config-manager --enable zfs-kmod dnf install zfs reboot /sbin/modprobe zfs

RH7

[root@ip-172-31-22-232 ec2-user]# cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.9 (Maipo) yum update yum install https://zfsonlinux.org/epel/zfs-release-2-3.el7.noarch.rpm yum-config-manager --disable zfs yum-config-manager --enable zfs-kmod vi /etc/yum.repos.d/zfs.repo ...change  gpgcheck=1 to gpgcheck=0
yum install zfs /sbin/modprobe zfs

Centos7

[root@ip-172-31-26-84 centos]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 7.7.1908 (Core) yum update yum install https://zfsonlinux.org/epel/zfs-release-2-3.el7.noarch.rpm yum-config-manager --disable zfs yum-config-manager --enable zfs-kmod yum install zfs reboot /sbin/modprobe zfs

Centos 8

[root@ip-172-31-28-124 cloud-user]# cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Stream release 8 [root@ip-172-31-28-124 cloud-user]# uname -a Linux ip-172-31-28-124.eu-central-1.compute.internal 4.18.0-500.el8.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Jun 28 00:07:07 UTC 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux dnf update dnf install https://zfsonlinux.org/epel/zfs-release-2-3$(rpm --eval "%{dist}").noarch.rpm dnf config-manager --disable zfs dnf config-manager --enable zfs-kmod dnf install zfs reboot /sbin/modprobe zfs

 

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/14847

 

 

OL7 ami-09652893c513d8fa8

[root@ip-172-31-27-243 ec2-user]# cat /etc/os-release NAME="Oracle Linux Server" VERSION="7.9" ID="ol" ID_LIKE="fedora" VARIANT="Server" VARIANT_ID="server" VERSION_ID="7.9" PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 7.9" ANSI_COLOR="0;31" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7:9:server" HOME_URL="https://linux.oracle.com/ " BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.oracle.com/" ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux 7" ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.9 ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux" ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=7.9 [root@ip-172-31-27-243 ec2-user]# uname -a Linux ip-172-31-27-243.eu-central-1.compute.internal 3.10.0-1160.95.1.0.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 18 05:26:31 PDT 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux yum update yum install https://zfsonlinux.org/epel/zfs-release-2-3.el7.noarch.rpm yum-config-manager --disable zfs yum-config-manager --enable zfs-kmod vi /etc/yum.repos.d/zfs.repo ...change  gpgcheck=1 to gpgcheck=0
yum install zfs shutdown -r now /sbin/modprobe zfs

Ol8 ami-0248b8b5807904530

[root@ip-172-31-31-167 ec2-user]# cat /etc/os-release NAME="Oracle Linux Server" VERSION="8.8" ID="ol" ID_LIKE="fedora" VARIANT="Server" VARIANT_ID="server" VERSION_ID="8.8" PLATFORM_ID="platform:el8" PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 8.8" ANSI_COLOR="0;31" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:8:server" HOME_URL="https://linux.oracle.com/ " BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.oracle.com/" ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux 8" ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.8 ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux" ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.8 [root@ip-172-31-31-167 ec2-user]# uname -a Linux ip-172-31-31-167.eu-central-1.compute.internal 5.15.0-101.103.2.1.el8uek.x86_64 #2 SMP Mon May 1 20:11:30 PDT 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux yum install -y yum-utils dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm yum config-manager --enable epel yum install -y dkms rpm -Uvh http://download.zfsonlinux.org/epel/zfs-release.el8_2.noarch.rpm yum install -y zfs

 

 

[root@ip-172-31-31-167 ec2-user]# /sbin/modprobe zfs modprobe: FATAL: Module zfs not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.0-103.114.4.el8uek.x86_64

 

Ol9 ami-09829909ee4ff0f3b

[root@ip-172-31-22-25 ec2-user]# cat /etc/os-release NAME="Oracle Linux Server" VERSION="9.2" ID="ol" ID_LIKE="fedora" VARIANT="Server" VARIANT_ID="server" VERSION_ID="9.2" PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9" PRETTY_NAME="Oracle Linux Server 9.2" ANSI_COLOR="0;31" CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9:2:server" HOME_URL="https://linux.oracle.com/ " BUG_REPORT_URL="https://github.com/oracle/oracle-linux " ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux 9" ORACLE_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=9.2 ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Oracle Linux" ORACLE_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=9.2 [root@ip-172-31-22-25 ec2-user]# uname -a Linux ip-172-31-22-25.eu-central-1.compute.internal 5.15.0-101.103.2.1.el9uek.x86_64 #2 SMP Tue May 2 01:10:45 PDT 2023 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux [root@ip-172-31-31-56 ec2-user]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/zfs.repo [zfs] name=ZFS on Linux for Fedora 36 baseurl=http://download.zfsonlinux.org/fedora/36/$basearch/ enabled=1 metadata_expire=7d gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-openzfs-fedora-36 yum install epel-release dnf install -y zfs /sbin/modprobe zfs

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