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Version: 23.04

Installing a Centreon HA 4-nodes cluster

Prerequisites​

Understanding​

Before applying this procedure, you should have a good knowledge of Linux OS, of Centreon, and of the Pacemaker-Corosync clustering tools in order to have a proper understanding of what is being done and to be able to correct any mistakes that might occur.

WARNING: Anyone following this procedure does so at their own risk. Under no circumstances shall Centreon be liable for any breakdown or data loss.

EL9 is not supported for HA installations using Centreon 23.04.

Network Flows​

In addition of necessary flows describe on the official documentation, you will need to open the following flows:

FromDestinationProtocolPortApplication
Active Central ServerPassive Central ServerSSHTCP 22Synchronization of configuration files (Must be also open from passive to the active node)
Active Central ServerPassive Central ServerBDDOTCP 5670RRDs synchronization (Must be also open from passive to the active node)
Active Database ServerPassive Database ServerMySQLTCP 3306MySQL synchronization (Must be also open from passive to the active node)
Active Database ServerPassive Database ServerSSHTCP 22MySQL synchronization (Must be also open from passive to the active node)
Central Servers + DB + QDeviceCentral Servers + DB + QDeviceCorosyncUDP 5404Communication inside the cluster (Multicast)
Central Servers + DB + QDeviceCentral Servers + DB + QDeviceCorosyncUDP 5405Communication inside the cluster (Unicast)
Central Servers + DB + QDeviceCentral Servers + DB + QDevicePCSTCP 2224Communication inside the cluster
Central Servers + DB + QDeviceCentral Servers + DB + QDeviceCorosyncTCP 5403Communication with the QDevice

Installed Centreon platform​

A Centreon HA cluster can only be installed on top of an operating Centreon platform. Before following this procedure, it is mandatory that this installation procedure has already been completed and that about 5GB free space have been spared on the LVM volume group that carries the MariaDB data directory (/var/lib/mysql mount point by default).

The output of the vgs command must look like (what must be payed attention on is the value under VFree):

  VG                    #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize   VFree 
  centos_centreon-c1      1   5   0 wz--n- <31,00g <5,00g
  • MariaDB files ibdata* and ib_logfile* must be in the "datadir" directory or in a subdirectory (scripts centreondb-smooth-backup.sh and mysql-sync-bigdb.sh aren't compatible with this operation);
  • MariaDB files log-bin* and relay-log* can be located in a directory (or a subdirectory) different from "datadir". They can also be on a different logical volume (lvm) than "datadir". However, the logical volume must be located in the volume group where "datadir" is stored.

WARNING: If these particular prerequisites are not effective, the databases synchronization method described further won't work.

Quorum Device​

In order to keep the cluster safe from split-brain issues, a third server is mandatory to resolve the master's election in the event of a connection loss. The role of Quorum Device, can be held by a poller of the monitoring platform.

In order to adhere to best practices and be as resilient as possible, the Quorum server should be at a different site than the two primary nodes, with independent network attachments.

WARNING: Be sure SELinux and Firewalld are disabled.

Defining hosts' names and addresses​

In this procedure, we will refer to characteristics that are bound to change from a platform to another (such as IP addresses) by the following macros:

  • @CENTRAL_MASTER_IPADDR@: primary central server's IP address
  • @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@: primary central server's name (must be identical to hostname -s)
  • @CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@: secondary central server's IP address
  • @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@: secondary central server's name (must be identical to hostname -s)
  • @DATABASE_MASTER_IPADDR@ : primary database server's IP address
  • @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@ : primary database server's FQDN (must be identical to: hostname -s)
  • @DATABASE_SLAVE_IPADDR@ : secondary database server's IP address
  • @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@ : secondary database server's FQDN (must be identical to: hostname -s)
  • @QDEVICE_IPADDR@: quorum device's IP address
  • @QDEVICE_NAME@: quorum device's name (must be identical to hostname -s)
  • @MARIADB_REPL_USER@: MariaDB replication login (default: centreon-repl)
  • @MARIADB_REPL_PASSWD@: MariaDB replication password
  • @MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@: MariaDB Centreon login (default: centreon)
  • @MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@: MariaDB Centreon
  • @VIP_IPADDR@: virtual IP address of the cluster
  • @VIP_IFNAME@: network device carrying the cluster's VIP
  • @VIP_CIDR_NETMASK@: subnet mask length in bits (eg. 24)
  • @VIP_BROADCAST_IPADDR@: cluster's VIP broadcast address
  • @VIP_SQL_IPADDR@ : virtual IP address of the SQL cluster
  • @VIP_SQL_IFNAME@ : network device carrying the SQL cluster's VIP
  • @VIP_SQL_CIDR_NETMASK@ : SQL Cluster subnet mask length in bits (eg. 24)
  • @VIP_SQL_BROADCAST_IPADDR@ : cluster's VIP SQL broadcast address
  • @CENTREON_CLUSTER_PASSWD@ : hacluster user's password

Configuring centreon-broker​

On a standard Centreon platform, cbd service manages two processes of centreon-broker-daemon (cbd):

  • central-broker-master: also called "central broker" or "SQL broker", redirects input-output from pollers to database, RRD broker, and so on.
  • central-rrd-master: also called "RRD broker", receives the stream from the central broker and updates the RRD binary data files (used to display graphs).

In the context of a Centreon HA cluster, both broker processes will be handled by a separate service, managed by the cluster.

  • central-broker-master known as the resource cbd_central_broker, linked to systemd service cbd-sql
  • central-rrd-master known as the clone resource cbd_rrd, linked to systemd cbd service, the standard broker service of Centreon.

So that everything goes well, you will have to unlink central-broker-master from cbd service by checking "No" for parameter "Link to cbd service" in Configuration > Pollers > Broker configuration > central-broker-master under the General tab.

Double output stream towards RRD​

In the event of a cluster switch, you will expect the newly elected master central server to be able to display the metrics graphs, which requires all RRD data files to be up-to-date on both nodes. In order to fit this condition, you will double the central broker output stream and send it to both RRD broker processes. You can configure this in the same menu as above, this time under the Output tab. The parameters that must be changed are:

  • In the first "IPv4" output, replace "localhost" with @CENTRAL_MASTER_IPADDR@ in the "Host to connect to" field.
Output IPv4
Namecentreon-broker-master-rrd
Connection port5670
Host to connect to@CENTRAL_MASTER_IPADDR@
  • Add another "IPv4" output, similar to the first one, named "centreon-broker-slave-rrd" for example, directed towards @CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@.
Output IPv4
Namecentreon-broker-slave-rrd
Connection port5670
Host to connect to@CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@

Export the configuration​

Once the previous actions have been done, you will have to export the central poller configuration files to apply these changes. Select the central poller, export the configuration with the "Move Export Files" option checked.

All the previous actions have to be applied either to both nodes, or to @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ only and the exported files have to be copied to @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@:

rsync -a /etc/centreon-broker/*json @CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@:/etc/centreon-broker/

Customizing poller reload command​

You may ignore that, but the central broker daemon has to be reloaded every time you update your central poller's configuration, hence the "Centreon Broker reload command" parameter in Configuration > Pollers > Central.

As stated above, the centreon-broker processes will be divided into cbd (for RRD) and cbd-sql (for central broker) services. In this perspective, the service that needs to be reloaded is cbd-sql and not cbd any more. So you will have to set the "Centreon Broker reload command" parameter to service cbd-sql reload.

System settings​

Before actually setting the cluster up, some system prerequisites have to be met.

Kernel network tuning​

In order to improve the cluster reliability, and since Centreon HA only supports IPv4, we recommend to apply the following kernel settings all your Centreon servers (including pollers):

cat >> /etc/sysctl.conf <<EOF
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv4.tcp_retries2 = 3
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 200
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes = 2
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl = 2
EOF
systemctl restart NetworkManager

Name resolution​

So that the Centreon HA cluster can stay in operation in the event of a DNS service breakdown, all the cluster nodes must know each other by name without DNS, using /etc/hosts.

cat >/etc/hosts <<"EOF"
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
@CENTRAL_MASTER_IPADDR@ @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
@CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@ @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@
@DATABASE_MASTER_IPADDR@ @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@
@DATABASE_SLAVE_IPADDR@ @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@
@QDEVICE_IPADDR@ @QDEVICE_NAME@
EOF

From here, @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ will be named the "primary server/node" and @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@ the "secondary server/node". This designation is arbitrary, the two nodes will of course be interchangeable once the setup is done.

Installing system packages​

Centreon offers a package named centreon-ha-web for the Central Servers and package centreon-ha-common for the Database servers, which provides all the needed files and dependencies required by a Centreon cluster.

Central Servers​

These packages must be installed on both Central Servers (Except Quorum):

dnf config-manager --enable ha
dnf install centreon-ha-web pcs pacemaker corosync corosync-qdevice

Database Servers​

These packages must be installed on both Database Servers (Except Quorum):

dnf config-manager --enable ha
dnf install centreon-ha-common pcs pacemaker corosync corosync-qdevice

SSH keys exchange​

SSH key-based authentication must be set so that files and commands can be sent from one node to another by UNIX accounts:

  • mysql
  • centreon

There are two ways of exchanging such keys:

  • By using ssh-copy-id command: needs to be able to log in to remote host using a password. It is however unsafe for such system accounts to have a password authentication available. If you choose this method, we advice you to revoke this password afterwards with these commands: passwd -d centreon and passwd -d mysql.
  • By manually copying the public key in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. This method is safer.

The second method will be documented below.

centreon account​

Switch to centreon's bash environment on both nodes:

su - centreon

Then run these commands on both nodes:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -a 100
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Once done, copy the content of the public key file displayed by cat and paste it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys (must be created) on the other node and apply the correct file permissions (sill as centreon user):

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

The keys exchange must be validated by an initial connection from each node to the other in order to accept and register the peer node's SSH fingerprint (sill as centreon user):

ssh <peer node hostname>

Then exit the centreon session typing exit or Ctrl-D.

mysql account​

For the mysql account, the procedure is slightly different since this user normally has neither home directory nor the ability to open a Shell session. These commands must be run on both nodes as well:

systemctl stop mysql
mkdir /home/mysql
chown mysql: /home/mysql
usermod -d /home/mysql mysql
usermod -s /bin/bash mysql
systemctl start mysql
su - mysql

Once in mysql's bash envinronment, run these commands on both nodes:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -a 100
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Once done, copy the content of the public key file displayed by cat and paste it to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys (must be created) on the other node and apply the correct file permissions (sill as mysql user):

chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

The keys exchange must be validated by an initial connection from each node to the other in order to accept and register the peer node's SSH fingerprint (sill as mysql user):

ssh <peer node hostname>

Then exit the mysql session typing exit or Ctrl-D.

Configuring the MariaDB databases replication​

A Master-Slave MariaDB cluster will be setup so that everything is synchronized in real-time.

Note: unless otherwise stated, each of the following steps have to be run on both database nodes.

Configuring MariaDB​

For both optimization and cluster reliability purposes, you need to add this tuning options to MariaDB configuration in the /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf file. By default, the [server] section of this file is empty. Paste these lines (some have to be modified) into this section:

[server]
server-id=1 # SET TO 1 FOR MASTER AND 2 FOR SLAVE
#read_only
log-bin=mysql-bin
binlog-do-db=centreon
binlog-do-db=centreon_storage
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1
sync_binlog=1
binlog_format=MIXED
slave_compressed_protocol=1
slave_parallel_mode=conservative
datadir=/var/lib/mysql
pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.pid
skip-slave-start
log-slave-updates
gtid_strict_mode=ON
expire_logs_days=7
ignore-db-dir=lost+found

# Tuning standard Centreon
innodb_file_per_table=1
open_files_limit=32000
key_buffer_size=256M
sort_buffer_size=32M
join_buffer_size=4M
thread_cache_size=64
read_buffer_size=512K
read_rnd_buffer_size=256K
max_allowed_packet=64M
# Uncomment for 4 Go Ram
#innodb_buffer_pool_size=512M
# Uncomment for 8 Go Ram
#innodb_buffer_pool_size=1G

Important: the value of server-id must be different from one server to the other. The values suggested in the comment 1 => Master et 2 => Slave are not mandatory but recommended.

Reminder: Don't forget to uncomment the right value for innodb_buffer_pool_size according to your own servers' memory size.

To apply the new configuration, you have to restart the database server:

systemctl restart mysql

Make sure that the restart went well:

systemctl status mysql

Warning: Other files in /etc/my.cnf.d/ such as centreon.cnf will be ignored from now. Any customization will have to be added to server.cnf.

Warning: Don't forget to change the parameter Mysql configuration file path in Administration > Parameters > Backup

Securing the database server​

To avoid unnecessary exposure of your database, you should restrict access to it as much as possible. The mysql_secure_installation command will help you apply some basic security principles. You just need to run this command and let yourself be guided, choosing the recommended choice at every step. We suggest you choose a strong password.

mysql_secure_installation

Creating the centreon MariaDB account​

First log in as root on both database servers (using the newly defined password):

mysql -p

Then paste on both sides the following SQL commands to the MariaDB prompt to create the application user (default: centreon). Of course, you will replace the macros first:

CREATE USER '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@DATABASE_SLAVE_IPADDR@' IDENTIFIED BY '@MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON centreon.* TO '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@DATABASE_SLAVE_IPADDR@';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON centreon_storage.* TO '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@DATABASE_SLAVE_IPADDR@';

CREATE USER '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@DATABASE_MASTER_IPADDR@' IDENTIFIED BY '@MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON centreon.* TO '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@DATABASE_MASTER_IPADDR@';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON centreon_storage.* TO '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@DATABASE_MASTER_IPADDR@';

Optionnaly, you can allow these privileges to be used from Central Cluster. It will make some administration scripts runnable from every nodes.

CREATE USER '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@' IDENTIFIED BY '@MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON centreon.* TO '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON centreon_storage.* TO '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@';

CREATE USER '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@CENTRAL_MASTER_IPADDR@' IDENTIFIED BY '@MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON centreon.* TO '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@CENTRAL_MASTER_IPADDR@';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON centreon_storage.* TO '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'@CENTRAL_MASTER_IPADDR@';

When upgrading to centreon-ha from an existing Centreon platform or an OVA/OVF VM deployment, update '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'localhost' password:

ALTER USER '@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '@MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@';

Creating the MariaDB replication account​

Still in the same prompt, create the replication user (default: centreon-repl):

GRANT SHUTDOWN, PROCESS, RELOAD, SUPER, SELECT, REPLICATION CLIENT, REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* 
TO '@MARIADB_REPL_USER@'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '@MARIADB_REPL_PASSWD@';

GRANT SHUTDOWN, PROCESS, RELOAD, SUPER, SELECT, REPLICATION CLIENT, REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* 
TO '@MARIADB_REPL_USER@'@'@DATABASE_SLAVE_IPADDR@' IDENTIFIED BY '@MARIADB_REPL_PASSWD@';

GRANT SHUTDOWN, PROCESS, RELOAD, SUPER, SELECT, REPLICATION CLIENT, REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* 
TO '@MARIADB_REPL_USER@'@'@DATABASE_MASTER_IPADDR@' IDENTIFIED BY '@MARIADB_REPL_PASSWD@';

Optionally, you can allow these privileges to be used from Central Cluster. It will make some administration scripts runnable from every nodes.

GRANT SHUTDOWN, PROCESS, RELOAD, SUPER, SELECT, REPLICATION CLIENT, REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* 
TO '@MARIADB_REPL_USER@'@'@CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@' IDENTIFIED BY '@MARIADB_REPL_PASSWD@';

GRANT SHUTDOWN, PROCESS, RELOAD, SUPER, SELECT, REPLICATION CLIENT, REPLICATION SLAVE ON *.* 
TO '@MARIADB_REPL_USER@'@'@CENTRAL_MASTER_IPADDR@' IDENTIFIED BY '@MARIADB_REPL_PASSWD@';

Configuring the MariaDB scripts environment variables​

The /etc/centreon-ha/mysql-resources.sh file declares environment variables that must be configured so that the Centreon HA scripts dedicated to MariaDB can work properly. These variables must be assigned the chosen values for the macros.

#!/bin/bash

###############################
# Database access credentials #
###############################

DBHOSTNAMEMASTER='@DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@'
DBHOSTNAMESLAVE='@DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@'
DBREPLUSER='@MARIADB_REPL_USER@'
DBREPLPASSWORD='@MARIADB_REPL_PASSWD@'
DBROOTUSER='@MARIADB_REPL_USER@'
DBROOTPASSWORD='@MARIADB_REPL_PASSWD@'
CENTREON_DB='centreon'
CENTREON_STORAGE_DB='centreon_storage'

###############################

To make sure that all the previous steps have been successful, and that the correct names, logins and passwords have been entered in the configuration bash file, run this command on databases nodes::

/usr/share/centreon-ha/bin/mysql-check-status.sh

The expected output is:

Connection MASTER Status '@DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@' [OK]
Connection SLAVE Status '@DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@' [OK]
Slave Thread Status [KO]
Error reports:
    No slave (maybe because we cannot check a server).
Position Status [SKIP]
!Error reports:
    Skip because we can't identify a unique slave.

What matters here is that the first two connection tests are OK.

Switching to read-only mode​

Now that everything is well configured, you will enable the read_only on both database servers by uncommenting (ie. removing the # at the beginning of the line) this instruction in the /etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf file:

  • Primary node:
[server]
server-id=1
read_only
log-bin=mysql-bin
  • Secondary node:
[server]
server-id=2
read_only
log-bin=mysql-bin

Then apply this change by restarting MariaDB on both nodes:

systemctl restart mysql

Synchronizing the databases and enabling MariaDB replication​

In the process of synchronizing the databases, you will first stop the secondary database process so that its data can be overwritten by the primary node's data.

Run this command on the secondary node:

systemctl stop mysql

It is important to make sure that MariaDB is completely shut down. You will run this command and check that it returns no output:

ps -ef | grep mariadb[d]

In case one or more process are still alive, then run this other command (it will prompt for the MariaDB root password):

mysqladmin -p shutdown

Once the service is stopped on the secondary database node, you will run the synchronization script from the primary database node:

/usr/share/centreon-ha/bin/mysql-sync-bigdb.sh

This script will perform the following actions:

  • checking that MariaDB is stopped on the secondary node
  • stopping MariaDB on the primary node
  • mounting a LVM snapshot on the same volume group that bears the /var/lib/mysql (or whatever mount point holds the MariaDB data files)
  • starting MariaDB again on the primary node
  • recording the current position in the binary log
  • disabling the read_only mode on the primary node (this node will now be able to write into its database)
  • synchronizing/overwriting all the data files (except for the mysql system database)
  • unmounting the LVM snapshot
  • creating the replication thread that will keep both databases synchronized

This script's output is very verbose and you can't expect to understand everything, so to make sure it went well, focus on the last lines of its output, checking that it looks like:

Umount and Delete LVM snapshot
  Logical volume "dbbackupdatadir" successfully removed
Start MySQL Slave
Start Replication
Id	User	Host	db	Command	Time	State	Info	Progress
[variable number of lines]

The important thing to check is that Start MySQL Slave and Start Replication are present and that no errors follow it.

In addition, the output of this command must display only OK results:

/usr/share/centreon-ha/bin/mysql-check-status.sh

The expected output is:

Connection MASTER Status '@DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@' [OK]
Connection SLAVE Status '@DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@' [OK]
Slave Thread Status [OK]
Position Status [OK]

Setting up the Centreon cluster​

Note: unless otherwise stated, each of the following steps have to be run on both central nodes (@CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ and @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@).

Configuring the file synchronization service​

The file synchronization centreon-central-sync service needs the IP address of the peer node to be entered in its configuration file (/etc/centreon-ha/centreon_central_sync.pm).

So on the @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ server, the configuration file must look like:

our %centreon_central_sync_config = (
    peer_addr => "@CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@"
);
1;

And on the @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@:

our %centreon_central_sync_config = (
    peer_addr => "@CENTRAL_MASTER_IPADDR@"
);
1;

Removing legacy Centreon cron jobs​

In high-availability setup, gorgone daemon manages all cron-based scheduled tasks. To avoid cron on both nodes, remove all Centreon related cron in /etc/cron.d/ directory:

rm -f /etc/cron.d/centreon
rm -f /etc/cron.d/centstorage
rm -f /etc/cron.d/centreon-auto-disco
rm -f /etc/cron.d/centreon-ha-mysql

Permission modifications​

Modifications have to be made on permissions of /var/log/centreon-engine and /tmp/centreon-autodisco directories.

In a clustered-setup, it's a requirement to get a file sync and discovery scheduled task fully functionnal.

  • Files synchronization
chmod 775 /var/log/centreon-engine/
mkdir /var/log/centreon-engine/archives
chown centreon-engine: /var/log/centreon-engine/archives
chmod 775 /var/log/centreon-engine/archives/
find /var/log/centreon-engine/ -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \;
find /usr/share/centreon/www/img/media -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \;
find /usr/share/centreon/www/img/media -type f \( ! -iname ".keep" ! -iname ".htaccess" \) -exec chmod 664 {} \;
  • Services discovery
mkdir /tmp/centreon-autodisco/
chown apache: /tmp/centreon-autodisco/
chmod 775 /tmp/centreon-autodisco/

Stopping and disabling the services​

Informations : These operations must be applied to all nodes @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@, @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@, @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@ et @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@. All the Centreon suite is installed as a dependency of centreon-ha, but it will not be used on the database nodes and will not create any trouble.

Centreon's application services won't be launched at boot time anymore, they will be managed by the clustering tools. These services must therefore be stopped and disabled:

For ** Central nodes **

systemctl stop centengine snmptrapd centreontrapd gorgoned cbd httpd php-fpm centreon
systemctl disable centengine snmptrapd centreontrapd gorgoned cbd httpd php-fpm centreon

And for Database nodes

systemctl stop mysql
systemctl disable mysql

By default, the mysql service is enabled in both systemd and system V perspectives, so you'd rather make sure it is disabled:

chkconfig mysql off

Creating the cluster​

Activating the clustering services​

First we enable all the services and start pcsd on all nodes:

systemctl start pcsd

Preparing the server that will hold the function of quorum device​

You can use one of your pollers to play this role. It must be prepared with the commands below:

dnf config-manager --enable ha
dnf install pcs corosync-qnetd
systemctl start pcsd.service
systemctl enable pcsd.service
pcs qdevice setup model net --enable --start
pcs qdevice status net --full

Modify the parameter COROSYNC_QNETD_OPTIONS in the file /etc/sysconfig/corosync-qnetd to make sure the service will be listening the connections just on IPv4

COROSYNC_QNETD_OPTIONS="-4"

Authenticating to the cluster's members​

For the sake of simplicity, the hacluster user will be assigned the same password on ** all nodes, @QDEVICE_NAME@ included**.

passwd hacluster

Now that both of the central nodes and the quorum device server are sharing the same password, you will run this command only on one of the nodes in order to authenticate on all the hosts taking part in the cluster.

pcs host auth \
    "@CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@" \
    "@CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@" \
    "@DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@" \
    "@DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@" \
    "@QDEVICE_NAME@" \
    -u "hacluster" \
    -p '@CENTREON_CLUSTER_PASSWD@'

Creating the cluster​

The following command creates the cluster. It must be run only on one of the nodes.

pcs cluster setup \
    centreon_cluster \
    "@CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@" \
    "@CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@" \
    "@DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@" \
    "@DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@" \
    --force

Then start the pacemaker service on both central and databases nodes:

systemctl enable pacemaker pcsd corosync
systemctl start pacemaker

And afterwards define these properties only on one node:

pcs property set symmetric-cluster="true"
pcs property set stonith-enabled="false"
pcs resource defaults resource-stickiness="100"

You can now follow the state of the cluster with the crm_mon -f command, which will display new resources as they appear.

Creating the Quorum Device​

Run this command on one of the central nodes:

pcs quorum device add model net \
    host="@QDEVICE_NAME@" \
    algorithm="ffsplit"

Creating the MariaDB cluster resources​

All commands within this section should be exectued on only on one Cluster node, the configuration will be spread automatically.

Primary & Secondary MySQL Processes​

pcs resource create "ms_mysql" \
    ocf:heartbeat:mariadb-centreon \
    config="/etc/my.cnf.d/server.cnf" \
    pid="/var/lib/mysql/mysql.pid" \
    datadir="/var/lib/mysql" \
    socket="/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock" \
    binary="/usr/bin/mysqld_safe" \
    node_list="@DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@ @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@" \
    replication_user="@MARIADB_REPL_USER@" \
    replication_passwd='@MARIADB_REPL_PASSWD@' \
    test_user="@MARIADB_REPL_USER@" \
    test_passwd='@MARIADB_REPL_PASSWD@' \
    test_table='centreon.host'

WARNING: the syntax of the following command depends on the Linux Distribution you are using.

pcs resource promotable ms_mysql \
    master-node-max="1" \
    clone_max="2" \
    globally-unique="false" \
    clone-node-max="1" \
    notify="true"

MariaDB Virtual IP Address​

pcs resource create vip_mysql \
    ocf:heartbeat:IPaddr2 \
    ip="@VIP_SQL_IPADDR@" \
    nic="@VIP_SQL_IFNAME@" \
    cidr_netmask="@VIP_SQL_CIDR_NETMASK@" \
    broadcast="@VIP_SQL_BROADCAST_IPADDR@" \
    flush_routes="true" \
    meta target-role="stopped" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="20s" \
    stop interval="0s" timeout="20s" \
    monitor interval="10s" timeout="20s"

Creating the clone resources​

Some resources must be running on one only node at a time (centengine, gorgone, httpd, ...), but some others can be running on both (the RRD broker and PHP). For the second kind, you will declare clone resources.

Warning: All the commands in this chapter have to be run only once on the central node of your choice.

PHP8 resource​
pcs resource create "php" \
    systemd:php-fpm \
    meta target-role="started" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="30s" \
    stop interval="0s" timeout="30s" \
    monitor interval="5s" timeout="30s" \
    clone
RRD broker resource​
pcs resource create "cbd_rrd" \
    systemd:cbd \
    meta target-role="stopped" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="90s" \
    stop interval="0s" timeout="90s" \
    monitor interval="20s" timeout="30s" \
    clone

Creating the centreon resource group​

Web VIP address​

pcs resource create vip \
    ocf:heartbeat:IPaddr2 \
    ip="@VIP_IPADDR@" \
    nic="@VIP_IFNAME@" \
    cidr_netmask="@VIP_CIDR_NETMASK@" \
    broadcast="@VIP_BROADCAST_IPADDR@" \
    flush_routes="true" \
    meta target-role="stopped" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="20s" \
    stop interval="0s" timeout="20s" \
    monitor interval="10s" timeout="20s" \
    --group centreon

Httpd service​

pcs resource create http \
    systemd:httpd \
    meta target-role="started" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="40s" \
    stop interval="0s" timeout="40s" \
    monitor interval="5s" timeout="20s" \
    --group centreon \
    --force

Gorgone service​

pcs resource create gorgone \
    systemd:gorgoned \
    meta target-role="stopped" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="90s" \
    stop interval="0s" timeout="90s" \
    monitor interval="5s" timeout="20s" \
    --group centreon

centreon-central-sync service​

This service only exists in the context of Centreon HA. It provides real time synchronization for configuration files, images, etc.

pcs resource create centreon_central_sync \
    systemd:centreon-central-sync \
    meta target-role="stopped" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="90s" \
    stop interval="0s" timeout="90s" \
    monitor interval="5s" timeout="20s" \
    --group centreon

SQL Broker​

pcs resource create cbd_central_broker \
    systemd:cbd-sql \
    meta target-role="stopped" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="90s" \
    stop interval="0s" timeout="90s" \
    monitor interval="5s" timeout="30s" \
    --group centreon

Centengine service​

pcs resource create centengine \
    systemd:centengine \
    meta multiple-active="stop_start" target-role="stopped" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="90s" stop interval="0s" timeout="90s" \
    monitor interval="5s" timeout="30s" \
    --group centreon

Centreontrapd service​

pcs resource create centreontrapd \
    systemd:centreontrapd \
    meta target-role="stopped" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="30s" \
    stop interval="0s" timeout="30s" \
    monitor interval="5s" timeout="20s" \
    --group centreon

Snmptrapd service​

pcs resource create snmptrapd \
    systemd:snmptrapd \
    meta target-role="stopped" \
    op start interval="0s" timeout="30s" \
    stop interval="0s" timeout="30s" \
    monitor interval="5s" timeout="20s" \
    --group centreon

Resource constraints​

When using the 4 nodes architecture, you must define some specific Constraints to specify where Resources could run.

In order to glue the Primary Database role with the Virtual IP, define a mutual Constraint:

pcs constraint colocation add "vip_mysql" with master "ms_mysql-clone"
pcs constraint colocation add master "ms_mysql-clone" with "vip_mysql"

Create the Constraint that prevent Centreon Processes to run on Database nodes and vice-et-versa:

pcs constraint location centreon avoids @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@=INFINITY @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@=INFINITY
pcs constraint location ms_mysql-clone avoids @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@=INFINITY @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@=INFINITY
pcs constraint location cbd_rrd-clone avoids @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@=INFINITY @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@=INFINITY
pcs constraint location php-clone avoids @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@=INFINITY @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@=INFINITY

Enable resources​

pcs resource enable php-clone
pcs resource enable cbd_rrd-clone
pcs resource meta vip target-role="started"
pcs resource meta vip_mysql target-role="started"
pcs resource meta centreontrapd target-role="started"
pcs resource meta snmptrapd target-role="started"
pcs resource meta centengine target-role="started"
pcs resource meta cbd_central_broker target-role="started"
pcs resource meta gorgone target-role="started"
pcs resource meta centreon_central_sync target-role="started"
pcs resource meta http target-role="started"

Checking the cluster's state​

Checking the resources' states​

You can monitor the cluster's resources in real time using the crm_mon -fr command:

Cluster Summary:
  * Stack: corosync
  * Current DC: @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ (version 2.0.5-9.0.1.el8_4.1-ba59be7122) - partition with quorum
  * Last updated: Wed Sep 22 15:00:13 2021
  * Last change:  Wed Sep 15 16:26:53 2021 by root via crm_attribute on @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
  * 4 nodes configured
  * 21 resource instances configured

Node List:
  * Online: [ @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@ @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@ @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@ ]

Active Resources:
  * Clone Set: ms_mysql-clone [ms_mysql] (promotable):
    * Masters: [ @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@ ]
    * Slaves: [ @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
  * vip_mysql   (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr2):        Started @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@
  * Clone Set: php-clone [php]:
    * Started: [ @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
  * Clone Set: cbd_rrd-clone [cbd_rrd]:
    * Started: [ @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
  * Resource Group: centreon:
    * vip       (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr2):        Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * http      (systemd:httpd):         Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * gorgone   (systemd:gorgoned):      Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * centreon_central_sync     (systemd:centreon-central-sync):         Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * cbd_central_broker        (systemd:cbd-sql):       Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * centengine        (systemd:centengine):    Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * centreontrapd     (systemd:centreontrapd):         Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * snmptrapd (systemd:snmptrapd):     Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@

If centreon_central_sync won't start, verify if the folder /usr/share/centreon-broker/lua exist on the two central nodes.

If not, you can create it with this command mkdir -p /usr/share/centreon-broker/lua. And launch a cleanup with this command pcs resource cleanup.

Disabled resources​

When you do a crm_mon -fr and you have a resource that is disable :

...
 Master/Slave Set: ms_mysql-master [ms_mysql]
     Masters: [ @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@ ]
     Slaves: [ @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
     Stopped: [ @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
vip_mysql       (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr2):       Stopped (disabled)
...

You must enable the resource with the following command :

pcs resource enable @RESSOURCE_NAME@

In our case :

pcs resource enable vip_mysql

Checking the database replication thread​

The MariaDB replication state can be monitored at any time with the mysql-check-status.sh command:

/usr/share/centreon-ha/bin/mysql-check-status.sh

The expected output is:

Connection MASTER Status '@DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@' [OK]
Connection SLAVE Status '@DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@' [OK]
Slave Thread Status [OK]
Position Status [OK]

It can happen that the replication thread is not running right after installation. Restarting the ms_mysql resource may fix it.

pcs resource restart ms_mysql-clone

Checking the constraints​

Normally the two colocation constraints that have been created during the setup should be the only constraints the pcs constraint command displays:

Location Constraints:
  Resource: cbd_rrd-clone
    Disabled on: @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@ (score:-INFINITY)
    Disabled on: @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@ (score:-INFINITY)
  Resource: centreon
    Disabled on: @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@ (score:-INFINITY)
    Disabled on: @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@ (score:-INFINITY)
  Resource: ms_mysql-clone
    Disabled on: @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ (score:-INFINITY)
    Disabled on: @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@ (score:-INFINITY)
  Resource: php-clone
    Disabled on: @DATABASE_MASTER_NAME@ (score:-INFINITY)
    Disabled on: @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@ (score:-INFINITY)
Ordering Constraints:
Colocation Constraints:
  vip_mysql with ms_mysql-clone (score:INFINITY) (rsc-role:Started) (with-rsc-role:Master)
  ms_mysql-clone with vip_mysql (score:INFINITY) (rsc-role:Master) (with-rsc-role:Started)
Ticket Constraints:

Modifying the Centreon configuration files​

Following the installation of the cluster and the vip_mysql, it is necessary to modify the output of the Centreon Broker and 3 configuration files of the Central. These elements will have to point on the vip_mysql in order to always point on the active MariaDB node. These 3 files are :

  • /etc/centreon/centreon.conf.php
  • /etc/centreon/conf.pm
  • /etc/centreon/config.d/10-database.yaml You'll need to change the IP of the previous database by the IP of the vip_mysql

Modifying central-broker-master outputs​

This is configured in the Centreon Broker configuration menu in the Output tab of Configuration > Collectors > Centreon Broker Configuration.

  • Modify the "IPv4" output by replacing "@DATABASE_MASTER_IPADDR@" with @VIP_SQL_IPADDR@ in central-broker-master configuration:
Broker OutputParameterValue
Unified SQLDB host@VIP_SQL_IPADDR@

Exporting configuration​

Once the actions in the previous paragraph have been completed, the configuration must be exported (first 3 boxes for the "Central" poller export) for it to be effective.

These actions must be performed only on @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ and then the broker configuration files must be copied to @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@.

rsync -a /etc/centreon-broker/*json @CENTRAL_SLAVE_IPADDR@:/etc/centreon-broker/

Modification of the 3 configuration files​

After having modified the output of the broker, we have to modify the Centreon configuration files. To do this, first, edit the file /etc/centreon/conf.pm and replace @DATABASE_MASTER_IPADDR@ by the address of the vip-mysql:

#############################################
# File Added by Centreon
#
$centreon_config = {
       VarLib => "/var/lib/centreon",
       CentreonDir => "/usr/share/centreon/",
       CacheDir => "/var/cache/centreon/",
       "centreon_db" => "centreon",
       "centstorage_db" => "centreon_storage",
       "db_host" => "@VIP_SQL_IPADDR@:3306",
       "db_user" => "@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@",
       "db_passwd" => '@MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@'
};
# Central or Poller ?
$instance_mode = "central";
# Centreon Centcore Command File
$cmdFile = "/var/lib/centreon/centcore.cmd";
# Deprecated format of Config file.
$mysql_user = "@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@";
$mysql_passwd = '@MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@';
$mysql_host = "@VIP_SQL_IPADDR@:3306";
$mysql_database_oreon = "centreon";
$mysql_database_ods = "centreon_storage";
1;

Then do the same operation in the file /etc/centreon/centreon.conf.php:

<?php
/*
 * Centreon is developped with GPL Licence 2.0 :
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
 * Developped by : Julien Mathis - Romain Le Merlus - Christophe Coraboeuf
 *
 * The Software is provided to you AS IS and WITH ALL FAULTS.
 * Centreon makes no representation and gives no warranty whatsoever,
 * whether express or implied, and without limitation, with regard to the quality,
 * safety, contents, performance, merchantability, non-infringement or suitability for
 * any particular or intended purpose of the Software found on the Centreon web site.
 * In no event will Centreon be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, special,
 * incidental or consequential damages however they may arise and even if Centreon has
 * been previously advised of the possibility of such damages.
 *
 * For information : contact@centreon.com
 */
/*      Database */
$conf_centreon['hostCentreon'] = "@VIP_SQL_IPADDR@";
$conf_centreon['hostCentstorage'] = "@VIP_SQL_IPADDR@";
$conf_centreon['user'] = "@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@";
$conf_centreon['password'] = '@MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@';
$conf_centreon['db'] = "centreon";
$conf_centreon['dbcstg'] = "centreon_storage";
$conf_centreon['port'] = "3306";
/* path to classes */
$classdir='./class';
/* Centreon Path */
$centreon_path='/usr/share/centreon/';
?>

And finish with the last file /etc/centreon/config.d/10-database.yaml:

database:
  db_configuration:
    dsn: "mysql:host=@VIP_SQL_IPADDR@:3306;dbname=centreon"
    username: "@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@"
    password: "@MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@"
  db_realtime:
    dsn: "mysql:host=@VIP_SQL_IPADDR@:3306;dbname=centreon_storage"
    username: "@MARIADB_CENTREON_USER@"
    password: "@MARIADB_CENTREON_PASSWD@"

And then you need to restart the gorgone and cbd_central_broker resources for changes to take effect. Use the following command to restart the gorgone resource and all subsequent resources:

pcs resource restart gorgone

After resources are restarted, verify if all is OK using the command crm_mon -fr. The result should look like this:

Cluster Summary:
  * Stack: corosync
  * Current DC: @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ (version 2.1.4-5.el8_7.2-dc6eb4362e) - partition with quoru
m
  * Last updated: Wed Nov 23 10:27:48 2022
  * Last change:  Wed Nov 23 10:27:43 2022 by hacluster via crmd on @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
  * 4 nodes configured
  * 21 resource instances configured

Node List:
  * Online: [ @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ centreon-rhel8-pri-bdd @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@ @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@
]

Full List of Resources:
  * Clone Set: ms_mysql-clone [ms_mysql] (promotable):
    * Masters: [ centreon-rhel8-pri-bdd ]
    * Slaves: [ @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
    * Stopped: [ @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
  * vip_mysql   (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr2):        Started centreon-rhel8-pri-bdd
  * Clone Set: php-clone [php]:
    * Started: [ @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
    * Stopped: [ centreon-rhel8-pri-bdd @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
  * Clone Set: cbd_rrd-clone [cbd_rrd]:
    * Started: [ @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@ @CENTRAL_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
    * Stopped: [ centreon-rhel8-pri-bdd @DATABASE_SLAVE_NAME@ ]
  * Resource Group: centreon:
    * vip       (ocf::heartbeat:IPaddr2):        Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * http      (systemd:httpd):         Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * gorgone   (systemd:gorgoned):      Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * centreon_central_sync     (systemd:centreon-central-sync):         Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * cbd_central_broker        (systemd:cbd-sql):       Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * centengine        (systemd:centengine):    Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * centreontrapd     (systemd:centreontrapd):         Started@CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@
    * snmptrapd (systemd:snmptrapd):     Started @CENTRAL_MASTER_NAME@

Migration Summary:

If an error is found while your resources are running, try doing some "cleaning" using this command:

pcs resource cleanup

Integrating pollers​

You can now add your pollers and begin to monitor!

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