DRBD(8)

✨ DRBD ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for drbd — the start and stop script for DRBD, living its best life as DRBD(8) in the System Administration corner of your manual pages. yes, it's a whole thing. let's get into it 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the vibe, verbatim:

/etc/init.d/drbd [resource]
                 {{start} | {stop} | {status} | {reload} | {restart} | {force-reload}}

that's it. that's the whole shape of it. pick a resource, pick an action, go. ✨

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💖 INTRODUCTION 💖

so /etc/init.d/drbd is the script you use to start and stop drbd on a system V style init system. that's the whole job. it's giving classic. it's giving tradition. no cap.

but listen — before any of that works, you must define a resource, a host, and any other configuration options over in the drbd configuration file. see /etc/drbd.conf for the deets. if you just... don't pass a resource? totally fine, no stress, because then all of the resources listed in the config file get configured. slay. all of them. every single one. 👑

⚠️ okay so here's the part where you have to be careful, and i mean it: this script might ask you “Do you want to abort waiting for other server and make this one primary?” and you should only answer that with “yes” if you are sure that it is impossible to repair the other node. like, actually impossible. not "eh probably" impossible. genuinely impossible. do not be cute about this one bestie, i'm begging 😭

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🦋 VERSION 🦋

this document was revised for version 8.4.11 of the DRBD distribution. iconic number, honestly.

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

written by Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com> and Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>. legends, fr fr. 🫶

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🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

found a bug? report it to <drbd-user@lists.linbit.com>. don't just sit there suffering in silence, tell the group chat. 💌

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📜 COPYRIGHT 📜

Copyright 2001-2008 LINBIT Information Technologies, Philipp Reisner, Lars Ellenberg. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

no warranty bestie. none. not even the vague implied kind. protect yourself. 💀

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

• drbd.conf(5)
• drbdsetup(8) drbdadm(8)
• DRBD Homepage [1]

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📝 NOTES 📝

1. DRBD Homepage http://www.drbd.org/

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and that's the whole page, babes 🌈 — this was DRBD 8.4.11, dated 20 Mar 2020, from the DRBD(8) manual. go forth and fail over responsibly. mwah 💖✨🎀