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= Convert Storage to Active/Active =
The primary requirement for an Active/Active cluster is that the data
required for your services is available, simultaneously, on both
machines. Pacemaker makes no requirement on how this is achieved; you
could use a SAN if you had one available, but since DRBD supports
multiple Primaries, we can continue to use it here.
== Install Cluster Filesystem Software ==
The only hitch is that we need to use a cluster-aware filesystem. The
one we used earlier with DRBD, xfs, is not one of those. Both OCFS2
and GFS2 are supported; here, we will use GFS2.
On both nodes, install the GFS2 command-line utilities and the
Distributed Lock Manager (DLM) required by cluster filesystems:
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# yum install -y gfs2-utils dlm
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== Configure the Cluster for the DLM ==
The DLM control daemon needs to run on both nodes, so we'll start by creating a
resource for it (using the *ocf:pacemaker:controld* resource script), and clone
it:
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs cluster cib dlm_cfg
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs -f dlm_cfg resource create dlm \
ocf:pacemaker:controld op monitor interval=60s
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs -f dlm_cfg resource clone dlm clone-max=2 clone-node-max=1
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs -f dlm_cfg resource show
ClusterIP (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr2): Started pcmk-1
WebSite (ocf::heartbeat:apache): Started pcmk-1
Master/Slave Set: WebDataClone [WebData]
Masters: [ pcmk-1 ]
Slaves: [ pcmk-2 ]
WebFS (ocf::heartbeat:Filesystem): Started pcmk-1
Clone Set: dlm-clone [dlm]
Stopped: [ pcmk-1 pcmk-2 ]
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Activate our new configuration, and see how the cluster responds:
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs cluster cib-push dlm_cfg --config
CIB updated
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs status
Cluster name: mycluster
Stack: corosync
Current DC: pcmk-1 (version 1.1.18-11.el7_5.3-2b07d5c5a9) - partition with quorum
Last updated: Tue Sep 11 10:18:30 2018
Last change: Tue Sep 11 10:16:49 2018 by hacluster via crmd on pcmk-2
2 nodes configured
8 resources configured
Online: [ pcmk-1 pcmk-2 ]
Full list of resources:
ipmi-fencing (stonith:fence_ipmilan): Started pcmk-1
ClusterIP (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr2): Started pcmk-1
WebSite (ocf::heartbeat:apache): Started pcmk-1
Master/Slave Set: WebDataClone [WebData]
Masters: [ pcmk-1 ]
Slaves: [ pcmk-2 ]
WebFS (ocf::heartbeat:Filesystem): Started pcmk-1
Clone Set: dlm-clone [dlm]
Started: [ pcmk-1 pcmk-2 ]
Daemon Status:
corosync: active/disabled
pacemaker: active/disabled
pcsd: active/enabled
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[[GFS2_prep]]
== Create and Populate GFS2 Filesystem ==
Before we do anything to the existing partition, we need to make sure it
is unmounted. We do this by telling the cluster to stop the WebFS resource.
This will ensure that other resources (in our case, Apache) using WebFS
are not only stopped, but stopped in the correct order.
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs resource disable WebFS
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs resource
ClusterIP (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr2): Started pcmk-1
WebSite (ocf::heartbeat:apache): Stopped
Master/Slave Set: WebDataClone [WebData]
Masters: [ pcmk-1 ]
Slaves: [ pcmk-2 ]
WebFS (ocf::heartbeat:Filesystem): Stopped (disabled)
Clone Set: dlm-clone [dlm]
Started: [ pcmk-1 pcmk-2 ]
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You can see that both Apache and WebFS have been stopped,
and that *pcmk-1* is the current master for the DRBD device.
Now we can create a new GFS2 filesystem on the DRBD device.
[WARNING]
=========
This will erase all previous content stored on the DRBD device. Ensure
you have a copy of any important data.
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[IMPORTANT]
===========
Run the next command on whichever node has the DRBD Primary role.
Otherwise, you will receive the message:
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/dev/drbd1: Read-only file system
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# mkfs.gfs2 -p lock_dlm -j 2 -t mycluster:web /dev/drbd1
It appears to contain an existing filesystem (xfs)
This will destroy any data on /dev/drbd1
Are you sure you want to proceed? [y/n] y
Discarding device contents (may take a while on large devices): Done
Adding journals: Done
Building resource groups: Done
Creating quota file: Done
Writing superblock and syncing: Done
Device: /dev/drbd1
Block size: 4096
Device size: 0.50 GB (131059 blocks)
Filesystem size: 0.50 GB (131056 blocks)
Journals: 2
Resource groups: 3
Locking protocol: "lock_dlm"
Lock table: "mycluster:web"
UUID: 0bcbffab-cada-4105-94d1-be8a26669ee0
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The `mkfs.gfs2` command required a number of additional parameters:
* `-p lock_dlm` specifies that we want to use the
kernel's DLM.
* `-j 2` indicates that the filesystem should reserve enough
space for two journals (one for each node that will access the filesystem).
* `-t mycluster:web` specifies the lock table name. The format for
this field is +pass:[<replaceable>clustername:fsname</replaceable>]+. For
+pass:[<replaceable>clustername</replaceable>]+, we need to use the same
value we specified originally with `pcs cluster setup --name` (which is also
the value of *cluster_name* in +/etc/corosync/corosync.conf+).
If you are unsure what your cluster name is, you can look in
+/etc/corosync/corosync.conf+ or execute the command
`pcs cluster corosync pcmk-1 | grep cluster_name`.
Now we can (re-)populate the new filesystem with data
(web pages). We'll create yet another variation on our home page.
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# mount /dev/drbd1 /mnt
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# cat <<-END >/mnt/index.html
<html>
<body>My Test Site - GFS2</body>
</html>
END
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# chcon -R --reference=/var/www/html /mnt
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# umount /dev/drbd1
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# drbdadm verify wwwdata
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== Reconfigure the Cluster for GFS2 ==
With the WebFS resource stopped, let's update the configuration.
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs resource show WebFS
Resource: WebFS (class=ocf provider=heartbeat type=Filesystem)
Attributes: device=/dev/drbd1 directory=/var/www/html fstype=xfs
Meta Attrs: target-role=Stopped
Operations: monitor interval=20 timeout=40 (WebFS-monitor-interval-20)
notify interval=0s timeout=60 (WebFS-notify-interval-0s)
start interval=0s timeout=60 (WebFS-start-interval-0s)
stop interval=0s timeout=60 (WebFS-stop-interval-0s)
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The fstype option needs to be updated to *gfs2* instead of *xfs*.
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs resource update WebFS fstype=gfs2
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs resource show WebFS
Resource: WebFS (class=ocf provider=heartbeat type=Filesystem)
Attributes: device=/dev/drbd1 directory=/var/www/html fstype=gfs2
Meta Attrs: target-role=Stopped
Operations: monitor interval=20 timeout=40 (WebFS-monitor-interval-20)
notify interval=0s timeout=60 (WebFS-notify-interval-0s)
start interval=0s timeout=60 (WebFS-start-interval-0s)
stop interval=0s timeout=60 (WebFS-stop-interval-0s)
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GFS2 requires that DLM be running, so we also need to set up new colocation
and ordering constraints for it:
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs constraint colocation add WebFS with dlm-clone INFINITY
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs constraint order dlm-clone then WebFS
Adding dlm-clone WebFS (kind: Mandatory) (Options: first-action=start then-action=start)
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== Clone the Filesystem Resource ==
Now that we have a cluster filesystem ready to go, we can configure the cluster
so both nodes mount the filesystem.
Clone the filesystem resource in a new configuration.
Notice how pcs automatically updates the relevant constraints again.
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs cluster cib active_cfg
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs -f active_cfg resource clone WebFS
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs -f active_cfg constraint
Location Constraints:
Ordering Constraints:
start ClusterIP then start WebSite (kind:Mandatory)
promote WebDataClone then start WebFS-clone (kind:Mandatory)
start WebFS-clone then start WebSite (kind:Mandatory)
start dlm-clone then start WebFS-clone (kind:Mandatory)
Colocation Constraints:
WebSite with ClusterIP (score:INFINITY)
WebFS-clone with WebDataClone (score:INFINITY) (with-rsc-role:Master)
WebSite with WebFS-clone (score:INFINITY)
WebFS-clone with dlm-clone (score:INFINITY)
Ticket Constraints:
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Tell the cluster that it is now allowed to promote both instances to be DRBD
Primary (aka. master).
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs -f active_cfg resource update WebDataClone master-max=2
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Finally, load our configuration to the cluster, and re-enable the WebFS resource
(which we disabled earlier).
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs cluster cib-push active_cfg --config
CIB updated
[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs resource enable WebFS
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After all the processes are started, the status should look similar to this.
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[root@pcmk-1 ~]# pcs resource
Master/Slave Set: WebDataClone [WebData]
Masters: [ pcmk-1 pcmk-2 ]
Clone Set: dlm-clone [dlm]
Started: [ pcmk-1 pcmk-2 ]
ClusterIP (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr2): Started pcmk-1
Clone Set: WebFS-clone [WebFS]
Started: [ pcmk-1 pcmk-2 ]
WebSite (ocf::heartbeat:apache): Started pcmk-1
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== Test Failover ==
Testing failover is left as an exercise for the reader.
With this configuration, the data is now active/active. The website
administrator could change HTML files on either node, and the live website will
show the changes even if it is running on the opposite node.
If the web server is configured to listen on all IP addresses, it is possible
to remove the constraints between the WebSite and ClusterIP resources, and
clone the WebSite resource. The web server would always be ready to serve web
pages, and only the IP address would need to be moved in a failover.