使用 DRBD 和 Pacemaker 的高度可用 NFS 存储服务 #
此文档介绍了如何使用以下组件在双节点群集中设置高度可用的 NFS 储存:DRBD*(Distributed Replicated Block Device,分布式复制块设备)、LVM(Logical Volume Manager,逻辑卷管理器)和群集资源管理器 Pacemaker。
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1 使用情形 #
本文档将帮助您设置高度可用的 NFS 服务器。用于实现高度可用的 NFS 存储的群集具有以下属性:
两个节点:
alice
(IP:192.168.1.1
)和bob
(IP:192.168.1.2
),两者之间通过网络彼此相连。两个浮动虚拟 IP 地址(
192.168.1.10
和192.168.1.11
),这样无论服务在哪个物理节点上运行,客户端都可连接到服务。一个 IP 地址用于使用 Hawk2 进行群集管理,另一个 IP 地址专用于 NFS 导出。SBD 用作 STONITH 屏蔽设备,以避免分裂情况。STONITH 对于 HA 群集而言是必需的。
当活动的主机发生故障(主动/被动设置)时,资源从一个节点故障转移至另一个节点。
每个节点上的本地存储。使用 LVM 上的 DRBD 在节点之间同步数据。
通过 NFS 导出的文件系统,以及一个用于跟踪 NFS 客户端状态的单独文件系统。
安装并设置好基本的双节点群集后,再使用 NFS 的存储和群集资源对其进行扩展,即可获得一个高度可用的 NFS 存储服务器。
2 准备双节点群集 #
在设置高度可用的 NFS 存储之前,您必须先准备好一个高可用性群集:
按《安装和设置快速入门》中所述安装并设置一个基本的双节点群集。
在两个节点上安装软件包 nfs-kernel-server:
#
zypper install nfs-kernel-server
3 创建 LVM 设备 #
使用 LVM(逻辑卷管理器)可在多个文件系统上灵活分配存储空间。
使用 crm cluster run
同时在两个节点上运行这些命令。
创建 LVM 物理卷,并将
/dev/disk/by-id/DEVICE_ID
替换为 LVM 的相应设备:#
crm cluster run "pvcreate /dev/disk/by-id/DEVICE_ID"
创建包含此物理卷的 LVM 卷组
nfs
:#
crm cluster run "vgcreate nfs /dev/disk/by-id/DEVICE_ID"
在卷组
nfs
中创建一个名为share
的逻辑卷:#
crm cluster run "lvcreate -n share -L 20G nfs"
此卷用于 NFS 导出。
在卷组
nfs
中创建一个名为state
的逻辑卷:#
crm cluster run "lvcreate -n state -L 8G nfs"
此卷用于跟踪 NFS 客户端状态。本示例中使用的 8 GB 卷大小应支持数千个并发 NFS 客户端。
激活卷组:
#
crm cluster run "vgchange -ay nfs"
现在应会在系统上看到以下设备:/dev/nfs/share
和 /dev/nfs/state
。
4 创建 DRBD 设备 #
本章介绍如何在 LVM 上设置 DRBD 设备。使用 LVM 作为 DRBD 的后端可获得以下好处:
比在 DRBD 上使用 LVM 的配置更容易设置。
当需要调整 LVM 磁盘的大小或有更多磁盘添加到卷组时,管理起来更容易。
以下过程会创建两个 DRBD 设备:一个设备用于 NFS 导出,另一个设备用于跟踪 NFS 客户端状态。
4.1 创建 DRBD 配置 #
DRBD 配置文件保存在 /etc/drbd.d/
目录中,必须以 .res
扩展名结尾。在此过程中,配置文件命名为 /etc/drbd.d/nfs.res
。
创建包含以下内容的
/etc/drbd.d/nfs.res
文件:resource nfs { volume 0 { 1 device /dev/drbd0; 2 disk /dev/nfs/state; 3 meta-disk internal; 4 } volume 1 { device /dev/drbd1; disk /dev/nfs/share; meta-disk internal; } net { protocol C; 5 fencing resource-and-stonith; 6 } handlers { 7 fence-peer "/usr/lib/drbd/crm-fence-peer.9.sh"; after-resync-target "/usr/lib/drbd/crm-unfence-peer.9.sh"; } connection-mesh { 8 hosts alice bob; } on alice { 9 address 192.168.1.1:7790; node-id 0; } on bob { 9 address 192.168.1.2:7790; node-id 1; } }
要创建的每个 DRBD 设备的卷号。
应用程序要访问的 DRBD 设备。
DRBD 用于存储实际数据的较低级别块设备。这是在第 3 节 “创建 LVM 设备”中创建的 LVM 设备。
元数据的存储位置。如果使用
internal
,元数据将与用户数据一起存储在同一设备上。有关更多信息,请参见手册页。此连接使用的协议。协议
C
提供更好的数据可用性,只有在写入内容进入所有本地和远程磁盘之后,该协议才将写入操作视为已完成。指定屏蔽策略。对于配置了 STONITH 设备的群集,请使用
resource-and-stonith
。启用资源级别屏蔽。如果 DRBD 复制链路的连接中断,Pacemaker 会尝试将 DRBD 资源升级到另一个节点。有关详细信息,请参见Book “管理指南”, Chapter 23 “DRBD”, Section 23.6 “搭配使用资源级屏蔽与 STONITH”。
定义网格的所有节点。
hosts
参数包含共享相同 DRBD 设置的所有主机名。包含每个节点的 IP 地址和唯一标识符。
打开
/etc/csync2/csync2.cfg
并检查其中是否包含以下两行:include /etc/drbd.conf; include /etc/drbd.d;
如果不存在,请将这两行添加到文件中。
将文件复制到其他节点上:
#
csync2 -xv
有关 Csync2 的信息,请参见Book “管理指南”, Chapter 4 “使用 YaST 群集模块”, Section 4.7 “将配置传输到所有节点”。
4.2 激活 DRBD 设备 #
准备好 DRBD 配置后,激活设备:
如果您在群集中使用防火墙,请在防火墙配置中打开端口
7790
。初始化元数据存储:
#
crm cluster run "drbdadm create-md nfs"
创建 DRBD 设备:
#
crm cluster run "drbdadm up nfs"
设备中尚不包含数据,因此您可以运行以下命令来跳过初始同步:
#
drbdadm new-current-uuid --clear-bitmap nfs/0
#
drbdadm new-current-uuid --clear-bitmap nfs/1
将
alice
设为主节点:#
drbdadm primary --force nfs
检查
nfs
的 DRBD 状态:#
drbdadm status nfs
此命令将返回以下消息:
nfs role:Primary volume:0 disk:UpToDate volume:1 disk:UpToDate bob role:Secondary volume:0 peer-disk:UpToDate volume:1 peer-disk:UpToDate
您可以访问块设备 /dev/drbd0
和 /dev/drbd1
上的 DRBD 资源。
4.3 创建文件系统 #
激活 DRBD 设备后,在其上创建文件系统:
在
/dev/drbd0
上创建ext4
文件系统:#
mkfs.ext4 /dev/drbd0
在
/dev/drbd1
上创建ext4
文件系统:#
mkfs.ext4 /dev/drbd1
5 创建群集资源 #
以下过程说明如何配置高度可用的 NFS 群集所需的资源。
- DRBD 原始资源和可升级克隆资源
这些资源用于复制数据。群集资源管理器认为有必要时,会将可升级克隆资源在主次角色之间切换。
- 文件系统资源
这些资源将管理要导出的文件系统,以及要跟踪 NFS 客户端状态的文件系统。
- NFS 内核服务器资源
此资源管理 NFS 服务器守护程序。
- NFS 导出
此资源用于将目录
/srv/nfs/share
导出到客户端。- 虚拟 IP 地址
初始安装会创建用于 Hawk2 的管理虚拟 IP 地址。创建另一个专用于 NFS 导出的虚拟 IP 地址。这样,以后便可更轻松地应用安全限制。
下列配置示例假设
192.168.1.11
是用于为192.168.1.x/24
子网中的客户端传递数据的 NFS 服务器的虚拟 IP 地址。服务导出从
/srv/nfs/share
传递的数据。群集将 DRBD 设备
/dev/drbd1
中的ext4
文件系统挂载到此导出目录中。此 DRBD 设备位于名为/dev/nfs/share
的 LVM 逻辑卷上。DRBD 设备
/dev/drbd0
用于共享/var/lib/nfs
中的 NFS 客户端状态。此 DRBD 设备位于名为/dev/nfs/state
的 LVM 逻辑卷上。
5.1 创建 DRBD 原始资源和可升级克隆资源 #
创建一个群集资源用于管理 DRBD 设备,并创建一个可升级克隆资源,使此群集资源可在两个节点上运行:
启动
crm
交互外壳:#
crm configure
为 DRBD 配置
nfs
创建原始资源:crm(live)configure#
primitive drbd-nfs ocf:linbit:drbd \ params drbd_resource="nfs" \ op monitor interval=15 role=Promoted \ op monitor interval=30 role=Unpromoted
为
drbd-nfs
原始资源创建一个可升级克隆资源:crm(live)configure#
clone cl-drbd-nfs drbd-nfs \ meta promotable="true" promoted-max="1" promoted-node-max="1" \ clone-max="2" clone-node-max="1" notify="true" interleave=true
提交此配置:
crm(live)configure#
commit
Pacemaker 将激活两个节点上的 DRBD 资源,并将其升级为其中一个节点上的主要角色。使用 crm status
命令检查群集的状态,或运行 drbdadm status
。
5.2 创建文件系统资源 #
创建群集资源来管理要导出的文件系统和用于状态跟踪的文件系统:
在
/dev/drbd0
上创建一个用于跟踪 NFS 客户端状态的原始资源:crm(live)configure#
primitive fs-nfs-state Filesystem \ params device=/dev/drbd0 directory=/var/lib/nfs fstype=ext4
在
/dev/drbd1
上为要导出的文件系统创建一个原始资源:crm(live)configure#
primitive fs-nfs-share Filesystem \ params device=/dev/drbd1 directory=/srv/nfs/share fstype=ext4
请仅在添加并置约束和顺序约束之后才提交此配置。
将这两个资源添加到名为
g-nfs
的资源组:crm(live)configure#
group g-nfs fs-nfs-state fs-nfs-share
资源按照它们在组中的添加顺序启动,并按照相反的顺序停止。
添加共置约束,以确保资源组始终在 DRBD 可升级克隆资源充当主要角色的节点上启动:
crm(live)configure#
colocation col-nfs-on-drbd inf: g-nfs cl-drbd-nfs:Promoted
添加顺序约束,以确保 DRBD 可升级克隆资源始终在资源组之前启动:
crm(live)configure#
order o-drbd-before-nfs Mandatory: cl-drbd-nfs:promote g-nfs:start
提交此配置:
crm(live)configure#
commit
Pacemaker 将 /dev/drbd0
挂载到 /var/lib/nfs
,将 /dev/drbd1
挂载到 srv/nfs/share
。使用 mount
或通过查看 /proc/mounts
来确认是否如此。
5.3 创建 NFS 内核服务器资源 #
创建一个群集资源来管理 NFS 服务器守护程序:
创建一个原始资源来管理 NFS 服务器守护程序:
crm(live)configure#
primitive nfsserver nfsserver \ params nfs_server_scope=SUSE
在群集中运行 NFS 服务器的所有节点上,
nfs_server_scope
必须相同,但默认情况下并非采用这种设置。所有使用 SUSE 软件的群集都可以使用相同的范围,因此我们建议将该值设置为SUSE
。警告:过短的租用时间可能会导致文件状态丢失NFS 客户端定期与 NFS 服务器续订其状态。如果租用时间过短,系统或网络延迟可能会导致计时器在续订完成之前失效,从而导致发生 I/O 错误并丢失文件状态。
NFSV4LEASETIME
是在 NFS 服务器上的/etc/sysconfig/nfs
文件中设置的。默认值为 90 秒。如果有必要缩短租用时间,我们建议将值设置为 60 或更大。强烈反对设置小于 30 的值。将此资源追加到现有的
g-nfs
资源组:crm(live)configure#
modgroup g-nfs add nfsserver
提交此配置:
crm(live)configure#
commit
5.4 创建 NFS 导出资源 #
创建一个群集资源来管理 NFS 导出:
为 NFS 导出创建原始资源:
crm(live)configure#
primitive exportfs-nfs exportfs \ params directory="/srv/nfs/share" \ options="rw,mountpoint" clientspec="192.168.1.0/24" \ op monitor interval=30s timeout=90s
op monitor timeout
的值必须大于stonith-timeout
的值。要查找stonith-timeout
值,请运行crm configure show
并查看property
部分。重要:不要设置wait_for_leasetime_on_stop=true
在高度可用的 NFS 设置中将此选项设置为
true
可能会导致不必要的延迟和锁丢失。wait_for_leasetime_on_stop
的默认值为false
。如果已按本指南中所述配置了/var/lib/nfs
和nfsserver
,则无需将其设置为true
。将此资源追加到现有的
g-nfs
资源组:crm(live)configure#
modgroup g-nfs add exportfs-nfs
提交此配置:
crm(live)configure#
commit
确认 NFS 导出设置正确:
#
exportfs -v
/srv/nfs/share IP_ADDRESS_OF_CLIENT(OPTIONS)
5.5 为 NFS 导出创建虚拟 IP 地址 #
创建一个群集资源来管理 NFS 导出的虚拟 IP 地址:
为虚拟 IP 地址创建原始资源:
crm(live)configure#
primitive vip-nfs IPaddr2 params ip=192.168.1.11
将此资源追加到现有的
g-nfs
资源组:crm(live)configure#
modgroup g-nfs add vip-nfs
提交此配置:
crm(live)configure#
commit
退出
crm
交互外壳:crm(live)configure#
quit
检查集群的状态。
g-nfs
组中的资源应按以下顺序显示:#
crm status
[...] Full List of Resources [...] * Resource Group: g-nfs: * fs-nfs-state (ocf:heartbeat:Filesystem): Started alice * fs-nfs-share (ocf:heartbeat:Filesystem): Started alice * nfsserver (ocf:heartbeat:nfsserver): Started alice * exportfs-nfs (ocf:heartbeat:exportfs): Started alice * vip-nfs (ocf:heartbeat:IPaddr2): Started alice
6 使用 NFS 服务 #
本章概述如何从 NFS 客户端使用高度可用的 NFS 服务。
要连接到 NFS 服务,请务必使用虚拟 IP 地址来连接群集,而不要使用其中一个群集节点的网络接口上配置的物理 IP。出于兼容性原因,请使用服务器上 NFS 导出的完整路径。
用于挂载 NFS 导出的命令如下:
#
mount 192.168.1.11:/srv/nfs/share /home/share
如果您需要配置其他挂载选项,例如特定的传输协议 (proto
)、最大读写请求大小(rsize
和 wsize
)或特定的 NFS 版本 (vers
),请使用 -o
选项。例如:
#
mount -o proto=tcp,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,vers=3 \
192.168.1.11:/srv/nfs/share /home/share
要了解更多 NFS 挂载选项,请参见 nfs
手册页。
只有 NFS 版本 3 支持回写挂载,而 NFS 版本 4 则不支持。有关详细信息,请参见 https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000018709。
7 将更多 NFS 共享添加到群集 #
如果需要增加可用存储,您可以将更多 NFS 共享添加到群集。
在此示例中,名为 /dev/drbd2
的新 DRBD 设备位于名为 /dev/nfs/share2
的 LVM 逻辑卷上。
8 更多信息 #
有关本指南中所述步骤的更多细节,请参见 https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=000020396。
有关 NFS 和 LVM 的详细信息,请参见 《SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 存储管理指南》。
有关 DRBD 的详细信息,请参见Book “管理指南”, Chapter 23 “DRBD”。
有关群集资源的详细信息,请参见Book “管理指南”, Chapter 6 “配置群集资源”。
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You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either commercially or non-commercially, provided that this License, the copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that you add no other conditions whatsoever to those of this License. You may not use technical measures to obstruct or control the reading or further copying of the copies you make or distribute. However, you may accept compensation in exchange for copies. If you distribute a large enough number of copies you must also follow the conditions in section 3.
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3. COPYING IN QUANTITY #
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If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit legibly, you should put the first ones listed (as many as fit reasonably) on the actual cover, and continue the rest onto adjacent pages.
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4. MODIFICATIONS #
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Delete any section Entitled "Endorsements". Such a section may not be included in the Modified Version.
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You may add a section Entitled "Endorsements", provided it contains nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various parties--for example, statements of peer review or that the text has been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a standard.
You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text, and a passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end of the list of Cover Texts in the Modified Version. Only one passage of Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be added by (or through arrangements made by) any one entity. If the Document already includes a cover text for the same cover, previously added by you or by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of, you may not add another; but you may replace the old one, on explicit permission from the previous publisher that added the old one.
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5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS #
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In the combination, you must combine any sections Entitled "History" in the various original documents, forming one section Entitled "History"; likewise combine any sections Entitled "Acknowledgements", and any sections Entitled "Dedications". You must delete all sections Entitled "Endorsements".
6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS #
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You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute it individually under this License, provided you insert a copy of this License into the extracted document, and follow this License in all other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document.
7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS #
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If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one half of the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed on covers that bracket the Document within the aggregate, or the electronic equivalent of covers if the Document is in electronic form. Otherwise they must appear on printed covers that bracket the whole aggregate.
8. TRANSLATION #
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If a section in the Document is Entitled "Acknowledgements", "Dedications", or "History", the requirement (section 4) to Preserve its Title (section 1) will typically require changing the actual title.
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ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents #
Copyright (c) YEAR YOUR NAME. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”.
If you have Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts and Back-Cover Texts, replace the “with...Texts.” line with this:
with the Invariant Sections being LIST THEIR TITLES, with the Front-Cover Texts being LIST, and with the Back-Cover Texts being LIST.
If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the situation.
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