LucidLink Install

Installing LucidLink from the command line (ubuntu)¶

Install from command line¶

reference: systemd installation for Linux

wget https://releases.lucidlink.com/prod/linux-deb/lucidlink_3.0.6151_amd64.deb # (1)!
sudo dpkg -i lucidlink_3.0.6151_amd64.deb
apt-get install -f -y

Replace this url to the latest version:

https://www.lucidlink.com/download
Enter your LucidLink account password into this file

Download management script¶

wget https://lucidlink-support.s3.amazonaws.com/scripts/lucid_systemd.sh -O lucid_systemd.sh
chmod +x lucid_systemd.sh

sudo ./lucid_systemd.sh --fs <filespace.domain> --user <fsuser> --password '"<fsusrpwd>"' --fuse-allow-other --mount-point /Volumes/<mount point>

update for Lucid3¶

This creates a service for lucid2. For lucid3:

sudo systemctl stop <filespace-domain>.service
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/<filespace-domain>.service

change to the folling:

[Service]
User=ubuntu
Group=ubuntu 
WorkingDirectory=/home/ubuntu
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/lucid3 <options here>
ExecStop=/usr/local/bin/lucid3 exit
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30

start the service¶

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start <filespace-domain>.service

Tuning¶

There are a few configuration options you can use to turn performance, if necessary:

Data Cache Size¶

Local data cache size. The default is 5GB. 80% of the size is available for pinning.

lucid3 config --set --DataCache.Size [value]

Max Download Connections¶

Maximum parallel download connections - object store to client. (default: 64)

lucid3 config --set --ObjectScheduler.MaxDownloadConns [value]

Max Upload Connections¶

Maximum parallel upload connections - client to object store. (default: 64)

lucid3 config --set --ObjectScheduler.MaxUploadConns [value]