Configuration ============== Before you launch Galera Cluster, you need to configure the server and the database to operate as part of the cluster. Configuring the server ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Certain services running on the underlying operating system of your OpenStack database may block Galera Cluster from normal operation or prevent ``mysqld`` from achieving network connectivity with the cluster. Firewall --------- Galera Cluster requires that you open four ports to network traffic: - On ``3306``, Galera Cluster uses TCP for database client connections and State Snapshot Transfers methods that require the client, (that is, ``mysqldump``). - On ``4567`` Galera Cluster uses TCP for replication traffic. Multicast replication uses both TCP and UDP on this port. - On ``4568`` Galera Cluster uses TCP for Incremental State Transfers. - On ``4444`` Galera Cluster uses TCP for all other State Snapshot Transfer methods. .. seealso:: For more information on firewalls, see `Firewalls and default ports `_, in the Configuration Reference. ``iptables`` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ For many Linux distributions, you can configure the firewall using the ``iptables`` utility. To do so, complete the following steps: #. For each cluster node, run the following commands, replacing ``NODE-IP-ADDRESS`` with the IP address of the cluster node you want to open the firewall to: .. code-block:: console # iptables --append INPUT --in-interface eth0 \ --protocol --match tcp --dport 3306 \ --source NODE-IP-ADDRESS --jump ACCEPT # iptables --append INPUT --in-interface eth0 \ --protocol --match tcp --dport 4567 \ --source NODE-IP-ADDRESS --jump ACCEPT # iptables --append INPUT --in-interface eth0 \ --protocol --match tcp --dport 4568 \ --source NODE-IP-ADDRESS --jump ACCEPT # iptables --append INPUT --in-interface eth0 \ --protocol --match tcp --dport 4444 \ --source NODE-IP-ADDRESS --jump ACCEPT In the event that you also want to configure multicast replication, run this command as well: .. code-block:: console # iptables --append INPUT --in-interface eth0 \ --protocol udp --match udp --dport 4567 \ --source NODE-IP-ADDRESS --jump ACCEPT #. Make the changes persistent. For servers that use ``init``, use the :command:`save` command: .. code-block:: console # service save iptables For servers that use ``systemd``, you need to save the current packet filtering to the path of the file that ``iptables`` reads when it starts. This path can vary by distribution, but common locations are in the ``/etc`` directory, such as: - ``/etc/sysconfig/iptables`` - ``/etc/iptables/iptables.rules`` When you find the correct path, run the :command:`iptables-save` command: .. code-block:: console # iptables-save > /etc/sysconfig/iptables With the firewall configuration saved, whenever your OpenStack database starts. ``firewall-cmd`` ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ For many Linux distributions, you can configure the firewall using the ``firewall-cmd`` utility for FirewallD. To do so, complete the following steps on each cluster node: #. Add the Galera Cluster service: .. code-block:: console # firewall-cmd --add-service=mysql #. For each instance of OpenStack database in your cluster, run the following commands, replacing ``NODE-IP-ADDRESS`` with the IP address of the cluster node you want to open the firewall to: .. code-block:: console # firewall-cmd --add-port=3306/tcp # firewall-cmd --add-port=4567/tcp # firewall-cmd --add-port=4568/tcp # firewall-cmd --add-port=4444/tcp In the event that you also want to configure mutlicast replication, run this command as well: .. code-block:: console # firewall-cmd --add-port=4567/udp #. To make this configuration persistent, repeat the above commands with the :option:`--permanent` option. .. code-block:: console # firewall-cmd --add-service=mysql --permanent # firewall-cmd --add-port=3306/tcp --permanent # firewall-cmd --add-port=4567/tcp --permanent # firewall-cmd --add-port=4568/tcp --permanent # firewall-cmd --add-port=4444/tcp --permanent # firewall-cmd --add-port=4567/udp --permanent With the firewall configuration saved, whenever your OpenStack database starts. SELinux -------- Security-Enhanced Linux is a kernel module for improving security on Linux operating systems. It is commonly enabled and configured by default on Red Hat-based distributions. In the context of Galera Cluster, systems with SELinux may block the database service, keep it from starting or prevent it from establishing network connections with the cluster. To configure SELinux to permit Galera Cluster to operate, complete the following steps on each cluster node: #. Using the ``semanage`` utility, open the relevant ports: .. code-block:: console # semanage port -a -t mysqld_port_t -p tcp 3306 # semanage port -a -t mysqld_port_t -p tcp 4567 # semanage port -a -t mysqld_port_t -p tcp 4568 # semanage port -a -t mysqld_port_t -p tcp 4444 In the event that you use multicast replication, you also need to open ``4567`` to UDP traffic: .. code-block:: console # semanage port -a -t mysqld_port_t -p udp 4567 #. Set SELinux to allow the database server to run: .. code-block:: console # semanage permissive -a mysqld_t With these options set, SELinux now permits Galera Cluster to operate. .. note:: Bear in mind, leaving SELinux in permissive mode is not a good security practice. Over the longer term, you need to develop a security policy for Galera Cluster and then switch SELinux back into enforcing mode. For more information on configuring SELinux to work with Galera Cluster, see the `Documentation `_ AppArmor --------- Application Armor is a kernel module for improving security on Linux operating systems. It is developed by Canonical and commonly used on Ubuntu-based distributions. In the context of Galera Cluster, systems with AppArmor may block the database service from operating normally. To configure AppArmor to work with Galera Cluster, complete the following steps on each cluster node: #. Create a symbolic link for the database server in the ``disable`` directory: .. code-block:: console # ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/usr /etc/apparmor.d/disable/.sbin.mysqld #. Restart AppArmor. For servers that use ``init``, run the following command: .. code-block:: console # service apparmor restart For servers that use ``systemd``, instead run this command: .. code-block:: console # systemctl restart apparmor AppArmor now permits Galera Cluster to operate. Database configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MySQL databases, including MariaDB and Percona XtraDB, manage their configurations using a ``my.cnf`` file, which is typically located in the ``/etc`` directory. Configuration options available in these databases are also available in Galera Cluster, with some restrictions and several additions. .. code-block:: ini [mysqld] datadir=/var/lib/mysql socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock user=mysql binlog_format=ROW bind-address=0.0.0.0 # InnoDB Configuration default_storage_engine=innodb innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2 innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=0 innodb_buffer_pool_size=122M # Galera Cluster Configuration wsrep_provider=/usr/lib/libgalera_smm.so wsrep_provider_options="pc.recovery=TRUE;gcache.size=300M" wsrep_cluster_name="my_example_cluster" wsrep_cluster_address="gcomm://GALERA1-IP,GALERA2-IP,GALERA3-IP" wsrep_sst_method=rsync Configuring ``mysqld`` ----------------------- While all of the configuration parameters available to the standard MySQL, MariaDB or Percona XtraDB database server are available in Galera Cluster, there are some that you must define an outset to avoid conflict or unexpected behavior. - Ensure that the database server is not bound only to to the localhost, ``127.0.0.1``. Instead, bind it to ``0.0.0.0`` to ensure it listens on all available interfaces. .. code-block:: ini bind-address=0.0.0.0 - Ensure that the binary log format is set to use row-level replication, as opposed to statement-level replication: .. code-block:: ini binlog_format=ROW Configuring InnoDB ------------------- Galera Cluster does not support non-transactional storage engines and requires that you use InnoDB by default. There are some additional parameters that you must define to avoid conflicts. - Ensure that the default storage engine is set to InnoDB: .. code-block:: ini default_storage_engine=InnoDB - Ensure that the InnoDB locking mode for generating auto-increment values is set to ``2``, which is the interleaved locking mode. .. code-block:: ini innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2 Do not change this value. Other modes may cause ``INSERT`` statements on tables with auto-increment columns to fail as well as unresolved deadlocks that leave the system unresponsive. - Ensure that the InnoDB log buffer is written to file once per second, rather than on each commit, to improve performance: .. code-block:: ini innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=0 Bear in mind, while setting this parameter to ``1`` or ``2`` can improve performance, it introduces certain dangers. Operating system failures can erase the last second of transactions. While you can recover this data from another node, if the cluster goes down at the same time (in the event of a data center power outage), you lose this data permanently. - Define the InnoDB memory buffer pool size. The default value is 128 MB, but to compensate for Galera Cluster's additional memory usage, scale your usual value back by 5%: .. code-block:: ini innodb_buffer_pool_size=122M Configuring wsrep replication ------------------------------ Galera Cluster configuration parameters all have the ``wsrep_`` prefix. There are five that you must define for each cluster node in your OpenStack database. - **wsrep Provider** The Galera Replication Plugin serves as the wsrep Provider for Galera Cluster. It is installed on your system as the ``libgalera_smm.so`` file. You must define the path to this file in your ``my.cnf``. .. code-block:: ini wsrep_provider="/usr/lib/libgalera_smm.so" - **Cluster Name** Define an arbitrary name for your cluster. .. code-block:: ini wsrep_cluster_name="my_example_cluster" You must use the same name on every cluster node. The connection fails when this value does not match. - **Cluster Address** List the IP addresses for each cluster node. .. code-block:: ini wsrep_cluster_address="gcomm://192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2,192.168.1.3" Replace the IP addresses given here with comma-separated list of each OpenStack database in your cluster. - **Node Name** Define the logical name of the cluster node. .. code-block:: ini wsrep_node_name="Galera1" - **Node Address** Define the IP address of the cluster node. .. code-block:: ini wsrep_node_address="192.168.1.1" Additional parameters ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ For a complete list of the available parameters, run the ``SHOW VARIABLES`` command from within the database client: .. code-block:: mysql SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'wsrep_%'; +------------------------------+-------+ | Variable_name | Value | +------------------------------+-------+ | wsrep_auto_increment_control | ON | +------------------------------+-------+ | wsrep_causal_reads | OFF | +------------------------------+-------+ | wsrep_certify_nonPK | ON | +------------------------------+-------+ | ... | ... | +------------------------------+-------+ | wsrep_sync_wait | 0 | +------------------------------+-------+ For the documentation of these parameters, wsrep Provider option and status variables available in Galera Cluster, see `Reference `_.