[Linux-cluster] how to handle fence for a simple apache active/passive cluster with virtual ip on 2 virtual machine

nik600 nik600 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 1 21:11:45 UTC 2014


Ok but is not possible to ignore fence?
Il 01/feb/2014 22:09 "Digimer" <lists at alteeve.ca> ha scritto:

> Ooooh, I'm not sure what option you have then. I suppose
> fence_virtd/fence_xvm is your best option, but you're going to need to have
> the admin configure the fence_virtd side.
>
> On 01/02/14 03:50 PM, nik600 wrote:
>
>> My problem is that i don't have root access at host level.
>>
>> Il 01/feb/2014 19:49 "Digimer" <lists at alteeve.ca
>> <mailto:lists at alteeve.ca>> ha scritto:
>>
>>     On 01/02/14 01:35 PM, nik600 wrote:
>>
>>         Dear all
>>
>>         i need some clarification about clustering with rhel 6.4
>>
>>         i have a cluster with 2 node in active/passive configuration, i
>>         simply
>>         want to have a virtual ip and migrate it between 2 nodes.
>>
>>         i've noticed that if i reboot or manually shut down a node the
>>         failover
>>         works correctly, but if i power-off one node the cluster doesn't
>>         failover on the other node.
>>
>>         Another stange situation is that if power off all the nodes and
>> then
>>         switch on only one the cluster doesn't start on the active node.
>>
>>         I've read manual and documentation at
>>
>>         https://access.redhat.com/__site/documentation/en-US/Red__
>> _Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/__Cluster_Administration/index.__html
>>         <https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/Red_
>> Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Cluster_Administration/index.html>
>>
>>         and i've understand that the problem is related to fencing, but
>> the
>>         problem is that my 2 nodes are on 2 virtual machine , i can't
>>         control
>>         hardware and can't issue any custom command on the host-side.
>>
>>         I've tried to use fence_xvm but i'm not sure about it because if
>>         my VM
>>         has powered-off, how can it reply to fence_vxm messags?
>>
>>         Here my logs when i power off the VM:
>>
>>         ==> /var/log/cluster/fenced.log <==
>>         Feb 01 18:50:22 fenced fencing node mynode02
>>         Feb 01 18:50:53 fenced fence mynode02 dev 0.0 agent fence_xvm
>>         result:
>>         error from agent
>>         Feb 01 18:50:53 fenced fence mynode02 failed
>>
>>         I've tried to force the manual fence with:
>>
>>         fence_ack_manual mynode02
>>
>>         and in this case the failover works properly.
>>
>>         The point is: as i'm not using any shared filesystem but i'm only
>>         sharing apache with a virtual ip, i won't have any split-brain
>>         scenario
>>         so i don't need fencing, or not?
>>
>>         So, is there the possibility to have a simple "dummy" fencing?
>>
>>         here is my config.xml:
>>
>>         <?xml version="1.0"?>
>>         <cluster config_version="20" name="hacluster">
>>                   <fence_daemon clean_start="0" post_fail_delay="0"
>>         post_join_delay="0"/>
>>                   <cman expected_votes="1" two_node="1"/>
>>                   <clusternodes>
>>                           <clusternode name="mynode01" nodeid="1"
>> votes="1">
>>                                   <fence>
>>                                           <method name="mynode01">
>>                                                   <device
>> domain="mynode01"
>>         name="mynode01"/>
>>                                           </method>
>>                                   </fence>
>>                           </clusternode>
>>                           <clusternode name="mynode02" nodeid="2"
>> votes="1">
>>                                   <fence>
>>                                           <method name="mynode02">
>>                                                   <device
>> domain="mynode02"
>>         name="mynode02"/>
>>                                           </method>
>>                                   </fence>
>>                           </clusternode>
>>                   </clusternodes>
>>                   <fencedevices>
>>                           <fencedevice agent="fence_xvm" name="mynode01"/>
>>                           <fencedevice agent="fence_xvm" name="mynode02"/>
>>                   </fencedevices>
>>                   <rm log_level="7">
>>                           <failoverdomains>
>>                                   <failoverdomain name="MYSERVICE"
>>         nofailback="0"
>>         ordered="0" restricted="0">
>>                                           <failoverdomainnode
>>         name="mynode01"
>>         priority="1"/>
>>                                           <failoverdomainnode
>>         name="mynode02"
>>         priority="2"/>
>>                                   </failoverdomain>
>>                           </failoverdomains>
>>                           <resources/>
>>                           <service autostart="1" exclusive="0"
>>         name="MYSERVICE"
>>         recovery="relocate">
>>                                   <ip address="192.168.1.239"
>>         monitor_link="on"
>>         sleeptime="2"/>
>>         <apache config_file="conf/httpd.conf" name="apache"
>>         server_root="/etc/httpd" shutdown_wait="0"/>
>>                           </service>
>>                   </rm>
>>         </cluster>
>>
>>         Thanks to all in advance.
>>
>>
>>     The fence_virtd/fence_xvm agent works by using multicast to talk to
>>     the VM host. So the "off" confirmation comes from the hypervisor,
>>     not the target.
>>
>>     Depending on your setup, you might find better luck with fence_virsh
>>     (I have to use this as there is a known multicast issue with Fedora
>>     hosts). Can you try, as a test if nothing else, if 'fence_virsh'
>>     will work for you?
>>
>>     fence_virsh -a <host ip> -l root -p <host root pw> -n <virsh name
>>     for target vm> -o status
>>
>>     If this works, it should be trivial to add to cluster.conf. If that
>>     works, then you have a working fence method. However, I would
>>     recommend switching back to fence_xvm if you can. The fence_virsh
>>     agent is dependent on libvirtd running, which some consider a risk.
>>
>>     hth
>>
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>>
>>
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