Downloading Packages and Sources

Lustre packages and sources can be downloaded from several official and mirror sites. Use the latest versions (e.g., 2.17.0 for features, 2.15.8 for maintenance) as of January 2026. Binaries are provided as RPMs for RHEL/SLES and DEBs for Ubuntu.

Primary Sources

• Whamcloud Downloads: Official site for releases. Browse here. Subdirectories include latest-release (2.15.x) and latest-feature-release (2.17.x), with OS-specific folders (e.g., el9.7/client, sles15sp7/server).
• Lustre.software Mirror: Mirror of Whamcloud repos. Visit site. Use for RPM/DEB mirrors; disable GPG check as no keys provided.
• Official Lustre Site: Download page links to Whamcloud and sources.
• GitHub Repository: For sources. Clone from github.com/lustre/lustre-release.
• e2fsprogs (Required for Servers): Download from Whamcloud e2fsprogs or mirrors.

Downloading Binaries

For RPM-based (RHEL/SLES): Use repo URLs like https://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/latest-feature-release/el9.7/client/ or server.

For DEB-based (Ubuntu): Use https://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/latest-feature-release/ubuntu2404/client/.

Downloading Sources

Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/lustre/lustre-release.git. Build instructions in the Lustre manual.