Installing MooseFS Clients

Clients are essential parts of the MooseFS ecosystem - they provide users and applications with direct access to the distributed file system. A properly installed and configured client allows seamless interaction with MooseFS volumes, making data access as easy as working with a local drive.

This chapter explains how to install MooseFS client software on various operating systems, including Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and Windows. Each platform has specific installation methods and requirements, but once installed, all clients can mount and work with MooseFS in a consistent, POSIX-compliant way.

Following the steps in this chapter, you will be able to set up MooseFS clients across different environments, allowing flexible and scalable access to your MooseFS cluster.

MooseFS clients use the FUSE library. During installation, your operating system will automatically download and install FUSE if it is not already present.