A big thing in free software is the community itself. Getting help and sharing ideas with others working on the same technology is useful. Passing the knowledge to the next newcomer once you have learned your own ways around can be equally rewarding.

You can follow the social channels listed in the bottom of every web page to stay current with new releases, events and other news. But if you want to dive more into the community, join the mailing lists and IRC channels.

If you need help, or want to get involved with our community, join us in one of our IRC (realtime chat) channels. Please be aware that people are from different timezones and do not always follow the discussion closely, so you might not get an answer right away. In that case you could post your question to the gluster users mailing list instead.

Slack (no history)

Many developers and users are available on https://gluster.slack.com. You can use this invite link to join the room.

Community IRC Chat (Currently not available)

If you need help, or want to get involved with our community, join us in one of our IRC (realtime chat) channels. Please be aware that people are from different timezones and do not always follow the discussion closely, so you might not get an answer right away. In that case you could post your question to the gluster users mailing list instead.

Our IRC channels were on freenode network.

• #gluster Generic discussion.
  If you have questions about GlusterFS or need help setting things up, ere.
• #gluster-dev
  Developer channel, for topics related to developing glusterfs and related projects.
• #gluster-meeting
  Dedicated channel for IRC meetings. We have a MeetBot (named ZodBot) providing convenience with meeting notes.