On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Dejan Muhamedagic <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 01:11:24PM -0400, Karl W. Lewis wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Dejan Muhamedagic <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:35:15AM -0400, Karl W. Lewis wrote:
> > > > I don't know if anyone else is running Heartbeat/Pacemaker on an
> Egenera
> > > > BladeFrame, but if they are, these scripts might be useful to help
> set up
> > > > stonith.
> > > >
> > > > The Egeneras use an IPMI arrangement to control the various processor
> > > > blades, and these routines take advantage of that.
> > >
> > > Did you try ipmilan or external/ipmi too?
> >
> >
> > I did not, but a quick review leads me to believe that the egenera frame
> > does not count as an impi "device".   One might be able to make that
> work,
> > but you'd have to modify the ipmi script until it looked much like this
> > example, or, you'd have to play very. very hard with the egnera c-blades,
> > and I can't imagine anyone would want to do that.
>
> Well, either they are IPMI compliant or not, i.e. our ipmi
> stonith modules should work without modifications. I think it's
> worth trying. At any rate, I think that this is a different
> solution worth pursuing, since it would reduce the configuration
> quite a bit.
>

I've not forgotten this task, but it's been very busy at work and I'm doing
more research.  The ipmi commands do not work the way I expected them to,
(writing to "off" just resets the blade), so I'm looking at the native
Egenera PAN Manager commands.

>
> > > > This may not be the best method of doing it, but it does appear to
> work.
> > > > It is not fast.  What it lacks in speed, however, it makes up for in
> > > > flexibility.  It can figure out which c-blade is the master, and then
> > > figure
> > > > out which p-blade is running the server to be stonithed, and then
> > > stonith,
> > > > it.  The framework for this was an existing external stonith script
> that
> > > I
> > > > simply modified to meet my needs.
> > > >
> > > > The two short shell scripts at the top need to live in /root/bin/ on
> both
> > >
> > > I guess you wanted to say $HOME/bin. Note that the root user may
> > > not always have the same home directory. Perhaps it would be
> > > better to go with an absolute path such as /usr/local/bin.
> >
> >
> > I actually put them in root's directory with malice aforethought, but now
> > that you've asked the question... I guess I can't defend that decision.
>  I
> > use the user root because that's the only user on the c-blades under
> > egenera's setup.  One could add another user, but I can't advocate
> changing
> > the config of the c-blades.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > control blades.  The cluster servers need to have ssh keys and any
> > > required
> > > > firewall rules setup such that root on the cluster servers can ssh to
> the
> > > > c-blades.
> > >
> > > There can be more than one? Is that covered in any way by the
> > > script, i.e. does it try all available?
> >
> >
> > Yes.  Just so.  There are two c-baldes; one is master and one is standby.
>  I
> > *think* that the master is the only one that can issue the ipmi commands
> and
> > get a reaction.  I've not experimented with that, however.  (I hit a
> > solution that worked, and I stopped experimenting.)
>
> It would be good if you do some :) You don't want any surprises
> when it comes to fencing.
>

Right.  Surprises are for Birthday Parties, presents, and such, not so much
for servers.

Karl



>
> > The script tracks down
> > which of the two is  master and then talks to that server.  One could
> avoid
> > that by giving both c-blades the same set of rsa host keys, and then just
> > talking to the virtual IP Address that the master blade, which ever of
> the
> > two it is, is answering on.  Again, I am disinclined to modify the
> egenera
> > setup that way.  I tried telling ssh to ignore the key verification, but
> it
> > still updates the knownhosts file when the script logs in, so it'll throw
> > errors the next time it tries if the master has moved.
>
> Right. Isn't there an option to tell ssh not to update the
> knownhosts file.
>
> > > > If anyone else is already doing this and has a better way, I'd be
> happy
> > > to
> > > > hear about it.
> > > >
> > > > Karl
> > >
> > > > ### THESE TWO SHELL SCRIPTS ARE EXPECTED IN /root/bin ON BOTH
> c-blades
> > > > ### THAT WAY THE SCRPIT THAT FOLLOWS WILL WORK REGARDLESS OF WHICH
> > > > ### EGENERA c-blade IS PAN-MASTER
> > > >
> > > > #!/bin/bash
> > > > # get_master.sh -  returns the name of the master control blade in
> the
> > > > PAN.
> > > >
> > > > MASTER=`/opt/panmgr/bin/esh pan | grep ^c | grep Master | cut -c 2`
> > > > echo "cblade-${MASTER}"
> > > > #CUT HERE
> #############################################################
> > > >
> > > > #!/bin/bash
> > > >
> > > > # get_processor_blade.sh - identifies the blade running a given
> pserver.
> > >
> > > This name doesn't exactly match the references in the script.
> >
> >
> >
> > :%s/_blade/-blade/
> >
> > I'm a lousy typist....
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > BLADE=`/opt/panmgr/bin/esh pan | grep ^${1}`
> > > > echo ${BLADE} | sed -e "s/^.*MyBladeFrame\/\(.\)\(.\) .*/a\1-\2/"
> > > > #CUT HERE
> #############################################################
> > > >
> > > > #!/bin/bash
> > > > #
> > > > # External STONITH module for Egenera.
> > > > #
> > > > # Copyright (c) 2004 SUSE LINUX AG - Lars Marowsky-Bree <[email protected]
> >
> > > > # Copyright (c) 2009 Karl W. Lewis <[email protected]>
> > > > # This program is free software; you can redistribute
> > > > #it and/or modify # it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU
> General
> > > > #Public License as # published by the Free Software Foundation.
> > > > #
> > > > # This program is distributed in the hope that it would be useful,
> but
> > > > # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > > > # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> > > > #
> > > > # Further, this software is distributed without any warranty that it
> is
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> infringement
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> with
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> Foundation,
> > > > # Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307, USA.
> > > > #
> > > >
> > > > SSH_COMMAND="/usr/bin/ssh"
> > > >
> > > > #LOG=/var/log/egenera-stonith.log
> > > > #echo `date` >> $LOG
> > > > #echo $hostlist >> $LOG
> > > > #echo $1 >> $LOG
> > > > #echo $2 >> $LOG
> > > > #echo "executing--------------" >> $LOG
> > > >
> > > > # Rewrite the hostlist to accept "," as a delimeter for hostnames
> too.
> > > > hostlist=`echo $hostlist | tr ',' ' '`
> > > >
> > > > is_host_up() {
> > > >   for j in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
> > > >   do
> > > >     if
> > > >       ping -w1 -c1 "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
> > > >     then
> > > >       sleep 10
> > > >     else
> > > >       return 1
> > > >     fi
> > > >   done
> > > >   return 0
> > > > }
> > >
> > > This is from external/ssh and used only if the parameter
> > > livedangerously is set to yes. Doesn't strike me as a very robust
> > > way to check if a node is running. Is there another way? Using
> > > the cblades sounds like a most natural way.
> >
> >
> > Yes.  You're clearly right.  By way of excuse I'd claim I was rather
> > narrowly focused on getting a server fenced and therefore I ignored other
> > functions.  If you'll tolerate a "version 2, (or, I suppose v0.02), I'll
> try
> > again.  It'll take me a few hours to fix and test, I'll try again.  (A
> quick
> > experiment reveals that yes, the master blade does indeed know the status
> of
> > a given processor blade.)
>
> Great.
>
> > > > MASTER_BLADE=`$SSH_COMMAND cblade-1 "bin/get_master.sh" | tail -1`
> > > >
> > > > case $1 in
> > > > gethosts)
> > > >         for h in $hostlist ; do
> > > >                 echo $h
> > > >         done
> > > >         exit 0
> > > >         ;;
> > > > on)
> > > >         for h in $hostlist
> > > >         do
> > > >           if
> > > >             [ "$h" != "$2" ]
> > > >           then
> > > >             continue
> > > >           else
> > > >                 P_BLADE=`$SSH_COMMAND $MASTER_BLADE
> > > "bin/get_processor-blade.sh $h"`
> > > >                 $SSH_COMMAND $MASTER_BLADE "echo 'please' >
> > > /proc/egenera/ipmi/node/$P_BLADE/control/on"
> > > >           fi
> > > >           sleep 30
> > > >           if
> > > >             is_host_up $h
> > > >           then
> > > >             exit 1
> > > >           else
> > > >             exit 0
> > > >           fi
> > > >         done
> > > >         exit 0
> > > >         ;;
> > > > off)
> > > >         for h in $hostlist
> > > >         do
> > > >           if
> > > >             [ "$h" != "$2" ]
> > > >           then
> > > >             continue
> > > >           else
> > > >                 P_BLADE=`$SSH_COMMAND $MASTER_BLADE
> > > "bin/get_processor-blade.sh $h"`
> > > >                 $SSH_COMMAND $MASTER_BLADE "echo 'please' >
> > > /proc/egenera/ipmi/node/$P_BLADE/control/off"
> > > >           fi
> > > >         done
> > > >         exit 0
> > > >         ;;
> > > > reset)
> > > >         for h in $hostlist
> > > >         do
> > > >           if
> > > >             [ "$h" != "$2" ]
> > > >           then
> > > >             continue
> > > >           else
> > > >                 P_BLADE=`$SSH_COMMAND $MASTER_BLADE
> > > "bin/get_processor-blade.sh $h"`
> > > >                 $SSH_COMMAND $MASTER_BLADE "echo 'please' >
> > > /proc/egenera/ipmi/node/$P_BLADE/control/nmi"
> > > >           fi
> > > >           sleep 20
> > > >           if
> > > >             is_host_up $h
> > > >           then
> > > >             exit 1
> > > >           else
> > > >             exit 0
> > > >           fi
> > > >         done
> > > >         exit 1
> > > >         ;;
> > >
> > > on), off), and reset) cases are very similar, they should be made
> > > to share some code. Also, the sleep values look too ephemeral for
> > > my taste. There should be a relatively tight loop to check the
> > > host status.
> > >
> >
> > I'm not sure yet what to do about the "ephemeral" sleep values.  I chose
> > arbitrarily long waits because egenera blades take a surprisingly long
> time
> > to boot.  Your point is well taken, however, the code can be improved.
>
> Looking forward to it :)
>
> > > > status)
> > > >         if
> > > >           [ -z "$hostlist" ]
> > > >         then
> > > >           exit 1
> > > >         fi
> > > >         for h in $hostlist
> > > >         do
> > > >           if
> > > >             ping -w1 -c1 "$h" 2>&1 | grep "unknown host"
> > >
> > > The status should return the status of the device, not the status
> > > of a node.
> >
> >
> > ??  I must have misunderstood the existing code.  Hmmmmm.  The status of
> > this device is always "0" if there's a hostlist and if $MASTER_BLADE is
> set,
> > I think.
>
> And if the c-blade is reachable. Something like
> "ssh $MASTER_BLADE true" should do.
>
> > Thank you for taking the itme to look this over.  I'll clean it up some
> and
> > try again.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dejan
>
> > Be well,
> >
> > Karl
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Dejan
> > >
> > > >           then
> > > >             exit 1
> > > >           fi
> > > >         done
> > > >         exit 0
> > > >         ;;
> > > > getconfignames)
> > > >         echo "hostlist"
> > > >         exit 0
> > > >         ;;
> > > > getinfo-devid)
> > > >         echo "Egenera STONITH device"
> > > >         exit 0
> > > >         ;;
> > > > getinfo-devname)
> > > >         echo "Egenera STONITH external device"
> > > >         exit 0
> > > >         ;;
> > > > getinfo-devdescr)
> > > >         echo "Egenera-based Linux host reset"
> > > >         exit 0
> > > >         ;;
> > > > getinfo-devurl)
> > > >         echo "http://www.egenera.com";
> > > >         exit 0
> > > >         ;;
> > > > getinfo-xml)
> > > >         cat << EGENERAXML
> > > > <parameters>
> > > > parameter name="hostlist" unique="1" required="1">
> <contenttype="string"
> > > />
> > > > <shortdesc lang="en"> Hostlist </shortdesc>
> > > > <longdesc lang="en"> The list of hosts that the STONITH device
> controls
> > > </longdesc>
> > > > </parameter>
> > > > </parameters>
> > > > EGENERAXML
> > > >         exit 0
> > > >         ;;
> > > > *)
> > > >         exit 1
> > > >         ;;
> > > > esac
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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