[[ch-build-install-from-source]]
== Building and installing DRBD from source

[[s-downloading-drbd-sources]]
=== Downloading the DRBD sources

The source tarballs for both current and historic DRBD releases are
available for download from http://oss.linbit.com/drbd/. Source
tarballs, by convention, are named +drbd-x.y.z.tar.gz+, where x, y and
z refer to the major, minor and bugfix release numbers.

DRBD's compressed source archive is less than half a megabyte in
size. To download and uncompress into your current working directory,
issue the following commands:

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$ wget http://oss.linbit.com/drbd/8.4/drbd-latest.tar.gz
$ tar -xzf drbd-latest.tar.gz
-------------------------------------

NOTE: The use of +wget+ for downloading the source tarball is purely
an example. Of course, you may use any downloader you prefer.

It is recommended to uncompress DRBD into a directory normally used
for keeping source code, such as +/usr/src+ or +/usr/local/src+. The
examples in this guide assume +/usr/src+.

[[s-checking-out-git]]
=== Checking out sources from the public DRBD source repository

DRBD's source code is kept in a public http://git.or.cz[Git]
repository, which may be browsed on-line at http://git.drbd.org/. To
check out a specific DRBD release from the repository, you must first
_clone_ your preferred DRBD branch. In this example, you would clone
from the DRBD 8.4 branch:

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$ git clone git://git.drbd.org/drbd-8.4.git
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If your firewall does not permit TCP connections to port 9418, you may
also check out via HTTP (please note that using Git via HTTP is much
slower than its native protocol, so native Git is usually preferred
whenever possible):

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$ git clone http://git.drbd.org/drbd-8.4.git
-------------------------------------

Either command will create a Git checkout subdirectory, named
+drbd-8.4+. To now move to a source code state equivalent to a
specific DRBD release, issue the following commands:

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$ cd drbd-8.4
$ git checkout drbd-8.4.<x>
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... where _<x>_ refers to the DRBD point release you wish to build.

The checkout directory will now contain the equivalent of an unpacked
DRBD source tarball of a that specific version, enabling you to build
DRBD from source.

There are actually two minor differences between an unpacked source
tarball and a Git checkout of the same release:

* The Git checkout contains a +debian/+ subdirectoy, while the source
  tarball does not. This is due to a request from Debian maintainers,
  who prefer to add their own Debian build configuration to a pristine
  upstream tarball.


* The source tarball contains preprocessed man pages, the Git checkout
  does not. Thus, building DRBD from a Git checkout requires a
  complete Docbook toolchain for building the man pages, while this is
  not a requirement for building from a source tarball.

[[s-build-from-source]]
=== Building DRBD from source

[[s-build-prereq]]
==== Checking build prerequisites

Before being able to build DRBD from source, your build host must
fulfill the following prerequisites:

* +make, gcc+, the glibc development libraries, and the +flex+ scanner
  generator must be installed.

NOTE: You should make sure that the +gcc+ you use to compile the
module is the same which was used to build the kernel you are
running. If you have multiple +gcc+ versions available on your system,
DRBD's build system includes a facility to <link
linkend="s-build-customcc">select a specific +gcc+ version.

* For building directly from a git checkout, GNU Autoconf is also
  required. This requirement does not apply when building from a
  tarball.

* If you are running a stock kernel supplied by your distribution, you
  should install a matching precompiled kernel headers package. These
  are typically named +kernel-dev, kernel-headers+, +linux-headers+ or
  similar. In this case, you can skip <<s-build-prepare-kernel-tree>>
  and continue with <<s-build-prepare-checkout>>.

* If you are not running a distribution stock kernel (i.e. your system
  runs on a kernel built from source with a custom configuration),
  your kernel source files must be installed. Your distribution may
  provide for this via its package installation mechanism;
  distribution packages for kernel sources are typically named
  +kernel-source+ or similar.

NOTE: On RPM-based systems, these packages will be named similar to
+kernel-source-version.rpm+, which is easily confused with
+kernel-version.src.rpm+.  The former is the correct package to
install for building DRBD.

"Vanilla" kernel tarballs from the kernel.org archive are simply named
linux-version-tar.bz2 and should be unpacked in
+/usr/src/linux-version+, with the symlink +/usr/src/linux+ pointing
to that directory.

In this case of building DRBD against kernel sources (not headers),
you must continue with <<s-build-prepare-kernel-tree>>.

[[s-build-prepare-kernel-tree]]
==== Preparing the kernel source tree

To prepare your source tree for building DRBD, you must first enter
the directory where your unpacked kernel sources are
located. Typically this is +/usr/src/linux-version+, or simply a
symbolic link named +/usr/src/linux+:

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$ cd /usr/src/linux
-------------------------------------

The next step is recommended, though not strictly necessary. Be sure
to copy your existing +.config+ file to a safe location before
performing it. This step essentially reverts your kernel source tree
to its original state, removing any leftovers from an earlier build or
configure run:

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$ make mrproper
-------------------------------------

Now it is time to _clone_ your currently running kernel configuration
into the kernel source tree. There are a few possible options for
doing this:

* Many reasonably recent kernel builds export the currently-running
  configuration, in compressed form, via the +/proc+ filesystem,
  enabling you to copy from there:

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$ zcat /proc/config.gz > .config
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* SUSE kernel Makefiles include a +cloneconfig+ target, so on those
  systems, you can issue:

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$ make cloneconfig
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* Some installs put a copy of the kernel config into +/boot+, which
  allows you to do this:

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$ cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config
-------------------------------------

* Finally, you may simply use a backup copy of a +.config+ file which
  you know to have been used for building the currently-running
  kernel.

[[s-build-prepare-checkout]]
==== Preparing the DRBD build tree

Any DRBD compilation requires that you first configure your DRBD
source tree with the included +configure+ script.

NOTE: When building from a git checkout, the +configure+ script does
not yet exist. You must create it by simply typing +autoconf+ at the
top of the checkout.

Invoking the configure script with the +--help+ option returns a full
list of supported options. The table below summarizes the most
important ones:

[[t-configure-options]]
.Options supported by DRBD's +configure+ script
[format="csv",separator=";",options="header"]
|===================================
Option;Description;Default;Remarks
+--prefix+;Installation directory prefix;+/usr/local+;This is the default to maintain Filesystem Hierarchy Standard compatibility for locally installed, unpackaged software. In packaging, this is typically overridden with /usr+.
+--localstatedir+;Local state directory;+/usr/local/var+;Even with a default +prefix+, most users will want to override this with +/var+.
+--sysconfdir+;System configuration directory;+/usr/local/etc+;Even with a default +prefix+, most users will want to override this with	+/etc+.
+--with-km+;Build the DRBD kernel module;no;Enable this option when you are building a DRBD kernel module.
+--with-utils+;Build the DRBD userland utilities;yes;Disable this option when you are building a DRBD kernel module against a new kernel version, and not upgrading DRBD at the same time.
+--with-heartbeat+;Build DRBD Heartbeat integration;yes;You may disable this option unless you are planning to use DRBD's Heartbeat v1 resource agent or +dopd+.
+--with-pacemaker+;Build DRBD Pacemaker integration;yes;You may disable this option if you are not planning to use the Pacemaker cluster resource manager.
+--with-rgmanager+;Build DRBD Red Hat Cluster Suite integration;no;You should enable this option if you are planning to use DRBD with rgmanager, the Red Hat Cluster Suite cluster resource manager. Please note that you will need to pass +--with rgmanager+ to +rpmbuild+ to actually get the rgmanager-package built.
+--with-xen+;Build DRBD Xen integration;yes (on x86 architectures);You may disable this option if you are not planning to use the +block-drbd+ helper script for Xen integration.
+--with-bashcompletion+;Build programmable bash completion for +drbdadm+;yes;You may disable this option if you are using a shell other than bash, or if you do not want to utilize programmable completion for the +drbdadm+ command.
+--enable-spec+;Create a distribution specific RPM spec file;no;For package builders only: you may use this option if you want to create an RPM spec file adapted to your distribution. See also <<s-build-rpm>>.
|===================================

Most users will want the following configuration options:

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$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc --with-km
-------------------------------------


The configure script will adapt your DRBD build to distribution
specific needs. It does so by auto-detecting which distribution it is
being invoked on, and setting defaults accordingly. When overriding
defaults, do so with caution.

The configure script creates a log file, +config.log+, in the
directory where it was invoked. When reporting build issues on the
mailing list, it is usually wise to either attach a copy of that file
to your email, or point others to a location from where it may be
viewed or downloaded.

[[s-build-userland]]
==== Building DRBD userspace utilities

Building userspace utilities requires that you
<<s-build-prepare-checkout,configured DRBD with the +--with-utils+
option>>, which is enabled by default.

To build DRBD's userspace utilities, invoke the following commands
from the top of your DRBD checkout or expanded tarball:

-------------------------------------
$ make
$ sudo make install
-------------------------------------

This will build the management utilities (+drbdadm, drbdsetup+, and
+drbdmeta+), and install them in the appropriate locations. Based on
the other +--with+ options selected during the
<<s-build-prepare-checkout,configure stage>>, it will also install
scripts to integrate DRBD with other applications.

[[s-build-compile-kernel-module]]
==== Compiling DRBD as a kernel module

Building the DRBD kernel module requires that you
<<s-build-prepare-checkout,configured DRBD with the +--with-km+
option>>, which is disabled by default.

[[s-build-against-running-kernel]]
===== Building DRBD for the currently-running kernel

After changing into your unpacked DRBD sources directory, you should
now change into the kernel module subdirectory, simply named +drbd+,
and build the module there:

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$ cd drbd
$ make clean all
-------------------------------------

This will build the DRBD kernel module to match your currently-running
kernel, whose kernel source is expected to be accessible via the
+/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build+ symlink.

[[s-build-against-kernel-headers]]
===== Building against precompiled kernel headers

If the +/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build+ symlink does not exist, and you
are building against a running stock kernel (one that was shipped
pre-compiled with your distribution), you may also set the KDIR
variable to point to the _matching_ kernel headers (as opposed to
kernel sources) directory. Note that besides the actual kernel headers
-- commonly found in +/usr/src/linux-version/include+ -- the
DRBD build process also looks for the kernel Makefile and
configuration file (+.config+), which pre-built kernel headers
packages commonly include.

To build against precompiled kernel headers, issue, for example:

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$ cd drbd
$ make clean
$ make KDIR=/lib/modules/2.6.38/build
-------------------------------------


[[s-build-against-source-tree]]
===== Building against a kernel source tree

If you are building DRBD against a kernel _other_ than your currently
running one, and you do not have precompiled kernel sources for your
target kernel available, you need to build DRBD against a complete
target kernel source tree. To do so, set the KDIR variable to point to
the kernel sources directory:

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$ cd drbd
$ make clean
$ make KDIR=/path/to/kernel/source
-------------------------------------

[[s-build-customcc]]
===== Using a non-default C compiler

You also have the option of setting the compiler explicitly via the CC
variable. This is known to be necessary on some Fedora versions, for
example:

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$ cd drbd
$ make clean
$ make CC=gcc32
-------------------------------------

[[s-build-modinfo]]
===== Checking for successful build completion

If the module build completes successfully, you should see a kernel
module file named +drbd.ko+ in the +drbd+ directory. You may
interrogate the newly-built module with /sbin/modinfo drbd.ko if you
are so inclined.


/////////////////////////////////////
[[s-build-install]]
=== Installing DRBD

Provided your DRBD build completed successfully, you will be able to
install DRBD by issuing these commands:

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$ cd /usr/src/drbd-x.y.z
$ sudo make install
-------------------------------------

The DRBD userspace management tools (+drbdadm, drbdsetup+, and
+drbdmeta+) will now be installed in +/sbin+.

Note that any kernel upgrade will require you to rebuild and reinstall
the DRBD kernel module to match the new kernel. See <> for configure
options that may speed up the process.

The DRBD userspace tools, in contrast, need only be rebuilt
and reinstalled when upgrading to a new DRBD version. If at any
time you upgrade to a new kernel _and_ new DRBD
version, you will need to upgrade both components.

/////////////////////////////////////

[[s-build-rpm]]
=== Building a DRBD RPM package

The DRBD build system contains a facility to build RPM packages
directly out of the DRBD source tree. For building RPMs,
<<s-build-prereq>> applies essentially in the same way as for building
and installing with +make+, except that you also need the RPM build
tools, of course.

Also, see <<s-build-prepare-kernel-tree>> if you are not building
against a running kernel with precompiled headers available.

The build system offers two approaches for building RPMs. The simpler
approach is to simply invoke the +rpm+ target in the top-level
Makefile:

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$ ./configure
$ make rpm
$ make km-rpm
-------------------------------------

This approach will auto-generate spec files from pre-defined
templates, and then use those spec files to build binary RPM packages.

The +make rpm+ approach generates a number of RPM packages:

[[t-rpm-packages]]
.DRBD userland RPM packages
[format="csv",separator=";",options="header"]
|===================================
Package name;Description;Dependencies;Remarks
+drbd+;DRBD meta-package;All other +drbd-*+ packages;Top-level virtual package. When installed, this pulls in all other userland packages as dependencies.
+drbd-utils+;Binary administration utilities;;Required for any DRBD enabled host
+drbd-udev+;udev integration facility;+drbd-utils, udev+;Enables udev to manage user-friendly symlinks to DRBD devices
+drbd-xen+;Xen DRBD helper scripts;+drbd-utils, xen+;Enables xend to auto-manage DRBD resources
+drbd-heartbeat+;DRBD Heartbeat integration scripts;+drbd-utils, heartbeat+;Enables DRBD management by legacy v1-style Heartbeat clusters
+drbd-pacemaker+;DRBD Pacemaker integration scripts;+drbd-utils, pacemaker+;Enables DRBD management by Pacemaker clusters
+drbd-rgmanager+;DRBD Red Hat Cluster Suite integration scripts;+drbd-utils, rgmanager+;Enables DRBD management by rgmanager, the Red Hat Cluster Suite resource manager
+drbd-bashcompletion+;Progammable bash completion;+drbd-utils+,	+bash-completion+;Enables Programmable bash completion for the +drbdadm+ utility
|===================================

The other, more flexible approach is to have +configure+ generate the
spec file, make any changes you deem necessary, and then use the
+rpmbuild+ command:

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$ ./configure --enable-spec
$ make tgz
$ cp drbd*.tar.gz `rpm -E _sourcedir`
$ rpmbuild -bb drbd.spec
-------------------------------------

If you are about to build RPMs for both the DRBD userspace utilities
and the kernel module, use:

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$ ./configure --enable-spec --with-km
$ make tgz
$ cp drbd*.tar.gz `rpm -E _sourcedir`
$ rpmbuild -bb drbd.spec
$ rpmbuild -bb drbd-kernel.spec
-------------------------------------

The RPMs will be created wherever your system RPM configuration (or
your personal +~/.rpmmacros+ configuration) dictates.

After you have created these packages, you can install, upgrade, and
uninstall them as you would any other RPM package in your system.

Note that any kernel upgrade will require you to generate a new
+drbd-km+ package to match the new kernel.

The DRBD userland packages, in contrast, need only be recreated when
upgrading to a new DRBD version. If at any time you upgrade to a new
kernel _and_ new DRBD version, you will need to upgrade both packages.

[[s-build-deb]]
=== Building a DRBD Debian package

The DRBD build system contains a facility to build Debian packages
directly out of the DRBD source tree. For building Debian packages,
<<s-build-prereq>> applies essentially in the same way as for building
and installing with +make+, except that you of course also need the
+dpkg-dev+ package containing the Debian packaging tools, and
+fakeroot+ if you want to build DRBD as a non-+root+ user (highly
recommended).

Also, see <<s-build-prepare-kernel-tree>> if you are not building
against a running kernel with precompiled headers available.

The DRBD source tree includes a +debian+ subdirectory containing the
required files for Debian packaging.  That subdirectory, however, is
not included in the DRBD source tarballs -- instead, you will
need to <<s-checking-out-git,create a Git checkout>> of a _tag_
associated with a specific DRBD release.

Once you have created your checkout in this fashion, you can issue the
following commands to build DRBD Debian packages:

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$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc
-------------------------------------

NOTE: This (example) +drbd-buildpackage+ invocation enables a
binary-only build (+-b+) by a non-+root+ user (+-rfakeroot+),
disabling cryptographic signature for the changes file (+-uc+). Of
course, you may prefer other build options, see the
+dpkg-buildpackage+ man page for details.

This build process will create two Debian packages:

* A package containing the DRBD userspace tools, named
  +drbd8-utils_x.y.z-BUILD_ARCH.deb+;

* A module source package suitable for +module-assistant+ named
  +drbd8-module-source_x.y.z-BUILD_all.deb+.

After you have created these packages, you can install, upgrade, and
uninstall them as you would any other Debian package in your system.

Building and installing the actual kernel module from the installed
module source package is easily accomplished via Debian's
+module-assistant+ facility:

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# module-assistant auto-install drbd8
-------------------------------------

You may also use the shorthand form of
the above command:

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# m-a a-i drbd8
-------------------------------------

Note that any kernel upgrade will require you to rebuild the kernel
module (with +module-assistant+, as just described) to match the new
kernel. The +drbd8-utils+ and +drbd8-module-source+ packages, in
contrast, only need to be recreated when upgrading to a new DRBD
version.  If at any time you upgrade to a new kernel _and_ new DRBD
version, you will need to upgrade both packages.
