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RBD Mirroring
===============
.. index:: Ceph Block Device; mirroring
RBD images can be asynchronously mirrored between two Ceph clusters. This
capability is available in two modes:
* **Journal-based**: This mode uses the RBD journaling image feature to ensure
point-in-time, crash-consistent replication between clusters. Every write to
the RBD image is first recorded to the associated journal before modifying the
actual image. The remote cluster will read from this associated journal and
replay the updates to its local copy of the image. Since each write to the
RBD image will result in two writes to the Ceph cluster, expect write
latencies to nearly double when using the RBD journaling image feature.
* **Snapshot-based**: This mode uses periodically scheduled or manually
created RBD image mirror-snapshots to replicate crash-consistent RBD images
between clusters. The remote cluster will determine any data or metadata
updates between two mirror-snapshots and copy the deltas to its local copy of
the image. With the help of the RBD fast-diff image feature, updated data
blocks can be quickly computed without the need to scan the full RBD image.
Since this mode is not as fine-grained as journaling, the complete delta
between two snapshots will need to be synced prior to use during a failover
scenario. Any partially applied set of deltas will be rolled back at moment
of failover.
.. note:: journal-based mirroring requires the Ceph Jewel release or later;
snapshot-based mirroring requires the Ceph Octopus release or later.
Mirroring is configured on a per-pool basis within peer clusters and can be
configured on a specific subset of images within the pool or configured to
automatically mirror all images within a pool when using journal-based
mirroring only. Mirroring is configured using the ``rbd`` command. The
``rbd-mirror`` daemon is responsible for pulling image updates from the remote,
peer cluster and applying them to the image within the local cluster.
Depending on the desired needs for replication, RBD mirroring can be configured
for either one- or two-way replication:
* **One-way Replication**: When data is only mirrored from a primary cluster to
a secondary cluster, the ``rbd-mirror`` daemon runs only on the secondary
cluster.
* **Two-way Replication**: When data is mirrored from primary images on one
cluster to non-primary images on another cluster (and vice-versa), the
``rbd-mirror`` daemon runs on both clusters.
.. important:: Each instance of the ``rbd-mirror`` daemon must be able to
connect to both the local and remote Ceph clusters simultaneously (i.e.
all monitor and OSD hosts). Additionally, the network must have sufficient
bandwidth between the two data centers to handle mirroring workload.
Pool Configuration
==================
The following procedures demonstrate how to perform the basic administrative
tasks to configure mirroring using the ``rbd`` command. Mirroring is
configured on a per-pool basis within the Ceph clusters.
The pool configuration steps should be performed on both peer clusters. These
procedures assume two clusters, named "site-a" and "site-b", are accessible from
a single host for clarity.
See the `rbd`_ manpage for additional details of how to connect to different
Ceph clusters.
.. note:: The cluster name in the following examples corresponds to a Ceph
configuration file of the same name (e.g. /etc/ceph/site-b.conf). See the
`ceph-conf`_ documentation for how to configure multiple clusters.
Enable Mirroring
----------------
To enable mirroring on a pool with ``rbd``, specify the ``mirror pool enable``
command, the pool name, and the mirroring mode::
rbd mirror pool enable {pool-name} {mode}
The mirroring mode can either be ``image`` or ``pool``:
* **image**: When configured in ``image`` mode, mirroring needs to be
`explicitly enabled`_ on each image.
* **pool** (default): When configured in ``pool`` mode, all images in the pool
with the journaling feature enabled are mirrored.
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror pool enable image-pool image
$ rbd --cluster site-b mirror pool enable image-pool image
Disable Mirroring
-----------------
To disable mirroring on a pool with ``rbd``, specify the ``mirror pool disable``
command and the pool name::
rbd mirror pool disable {pool-name}
When mirroring is disabled on a pool in this way, mirroring will also be
disabled on any images (within the pool) for which mirroring was enabled
explicitly.
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror pool disable image-pool
$ rbd --cluster site-b mirror pool disable image-pool
Bootstrap Peers
---------------
In order for the ``rbd-mirror`` daemon to discover its peer cluster, the peer
needs to be registered to the pool and a user account needs to be created.
This process can be automated with ``rbd`` and the
``mirror pool peer bootstrap create`` and ``mirror pool peer bootstrap import``
commands.
To manually create a new bootstrap token with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror pool peer bootstrap create`` command, a pool name, along with an
optional friendly site name to describe the local cluster::
rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap create [--site-name {local-site-name}] {pool-name}
The output of ``mirror pool peer bootstrap create`` will be a token that should
be provided to the ``mirror pool peer bootstrap import`` command. For example,
on site-a::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror pool peer bootstrap create --site-name site-a image-pool
eyJmc2lkIjoiOWY1MjgyZGItYjg5OS00NTk2LTgwOTgtMzIwYzFmYzM5NmYzIiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoicmJkLW1pcnJvci1wZWVyIiwia2V5IjoiQVFBUnczOWQwdkhvQmhBQVlMM1I4RmR5dHNJQU50bkFTZ0lOTVE9PSIsIm1vbl9ob3N0IjoiW3YyOjE5Mi4xNjguMS4zOjY4MjAsdjE6MTkyLjE2OC4xLjM6NjgyMV0ifQ==
To manually import the bootstrap token created by another cluster with ``rbd``,
specify the ``mirror pool peer bootstrap import`` command, the pool name, a file
path to the created token (or '-' to read from standard input), along with an
optional friendly site name to describe the local cluster and a mirroring
direction (defaults to rx-tx for bidirectional mirroring, but can also be set
to rx-only for unidirectional mirroring)::
rbd mirror pool peer bootstrap import [--site-name {local-site-name}] [--direction {rx-only or rx-tx}] {pool-name} {token-path}
For example, on site-b::
$ cat <<EOF > token
eyJmc2lkIjoiOWY1MjgyZGItYjg5OS00NTk2LTgwOTgtMzIwYzFmYzM5NmYzIiwiY2xpZW50X2lkIjoicmJkLW1pcnJvci1wZWVyIiwia2V5IjoiQVFBUnczOWQwdkhvQmhBQVlMM1I4RmR5dHNJQU50bkFTZ0lOTVE9PSIsIm1vbl9ob3N0IjoiW3YyOjE5Mi4xNjguMS4zOjY4MjAsdjE6MTkyLjE2OC4xLjM6NjgyMV0ifQ==
EOF
$ rbd --cluster site-b mirror pool peer bootstrap import --site-name site-b image-pool token
Add Cluster Peer Manually
-------------------------
Cluster peers can be specified manually if desired or if the above bootstrap
commands are not available with the currently installed Ceph release.
The remote ``rbd-mirror`` daemon will need access to the local cluster to
perform mirroring. A new local Ceph user should be created for the remote
daemon to use. To `create a Ceph user`_, with ``ceph`` specify the
``auth get-or-create`` command, user name, monitor caps, and OSD caps::
ceph auth get-or-create client.rbd-mirror-peer mon 'profile rbd' osd 'profile rbd'
The resulting keyring should be copied to the other cluster's ``rbd-mirror``
daemon hosts if not using the Ceph monitor ``config-key`` store described below.
To manually add a mirroring peer Ceph cluster with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror pool peer add`` command, the pool name, and a cluster specification::
rbd mirror pool peer add {pool-name} {client-name}@{cluster-name}
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror pool peer add image-pool client.rbd-mirror-peer@site-b
$ rbd --cluster site-b mirror pool peer add image-pool client.rbd-mirror-peer@site-a
By default, the ``rbd-mirror`` daemon needs to have access to a Ceph
configuration file located at ``/etc/ceph/{cluster-name}.conf`` that provides
the addresses of the peer cluster's monitors, in addition to a keyring for
``{client-name}`` located in the default or configured keyring search paths
(e.g. ``/etc/ceph/{cluster-name}.{client-name}.keyring``).
Alternatively, the peer cluster's monitor and/or client key can be securely
stored within the local Ceph monitor ``config-key`` store. To specify the
peer cluster connection attributes when adding a mirroring peer, use the
``--remote-mon-host`` and ``--remote-key-file`` optionals. For example::
$ cat <<EOF > remote-key-file
AQAeuZdbMMoBChAAcj++/XUxNOLFaWdtTREEsw==
EOF
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror pool peer add image-pool client.rbd-mirror-peer@site-b --remote-mon-host 192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2 --remote-key-file remote-key-file
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror pool info image-pool --all
Mode: pool
Peers:
UUID NAME CLIENT MON_HOST KEY
587b08db-3d33-4f32-8af8-421e77abb081 site-b client.rbd-mirror-peer 192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2 AQAeuZdbMMoBChAAcj++/XUxNOLFaWdtTREEsw==
Remove Cluster Peer
-------------------
To remove a mirroring peer Ceph cluster with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror pool peer remove`` command, the pool name, and the peer UUID
(available from the ``rbd mirror pool info`` command)::
rbd mirror pool peer remove {pool-name} {peer-uuid}
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror pool peer remove image-pool 55672766-c02b-4729-8567-f13a66893445
$ rbd --cluster site-b mirror pool peer remove image-pool 60c0e299-b38f-4234-91f6-eed0a367be08
Data Pools
----------
When creating images in the destination cluster, ``rbd-mirror`` selects a data
pool as follows:
#. If the destination cluster has a default data pool configured (with the
``rbd_default_data_pool`` configuration option), it will be used.
#. Otherwise, if the source image uses a separate data pool, and a pool with the
same name exists on the destination cluster, that pool will be used.
#. If neither of the above is true, no data pool will be set.
Image Configuration
===================
Unlike pool configuration, image configuration only needs to be performed
against a single mirroring peer Ceph cluster.
Mirrored RBD images are designated as either primary or non-primary. This is a
property of the image and not the pool. Images that are designated as
non-primary cannot be modified.
Images are automatically promoted to primary when mirroring is first enabled on
an image (either implicitly if the pool mirror mode was ``pool`` and the image
has the journaling image feature enabled, or `explicitly enabled`_ by the
``rbd`` command if the pool mirror mode was ``image``).
Enable Image Mirroring
----------------------
If mirroring is configured in ``image`` mode for the image's pool, then it
is necessary to explicitly enable mirroring for each image within the pool.
To enable mirroring for a specific image with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror image enable`` command along with the pool, image name, and mode::
rbd mirror image enable {pool-name}/{image-name} {mode}
The mirror image mode can either be ``journal`` or ``snapshot``:
* **journal** (default): When configured in ``journal`` mode, mirroring will
utilize the RBD journaling image feature to replicate the image contents. If
the RBD journaling image feature is not yet enabled on the image, it will be
automatically enabled.
* **snapshot**: When configured in ``snapshot`` mode, mirroring will utilize
RBD image mirror-snapshots to replicate the image contents. Once enabled, an
initial mirror-snapshot will automatically be created. Additional RBD image
`mirror-snapshots`_ can be created by the ``rbd`` command.
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror image enable image-pool/image-1 snapshot
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror image enable image-pool/image-2 journal
Enable Image Journaling Feature
-------------------------------
RBD journal-based mirroring uses the RBD image journaling feature to ensure that
the replicated image always remains crash-consistent. When using the ``image``
mirroring mode, the journaling feature will be automatically enabled when
mirroring is enabled on the image. When using the ``pool`` mirroring mode,
before an image can be mirrored to a peer cluster, the RBD image journaling
feature must be enabled. The feature can be enabled at image creation time by
providing the ``--image-feature exclusive-lock,journaling`` option to the
``rbd`` command.
Alternatively, the journaling feature can be dynamically enabled on
pre-existing RBD images. To enable journaling with ``rbd``, specify
the ``feature enable`` command, the pool and image name, and the feature name::
rbd feature enable {pool-name}/{image-name} {feature-name}
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a feature enable image-pool/image-1 journaling
.. note:: The journaling feature is dependent on the exclusive-lock feature. If
the exclusive-lock feature is not already enabled, it should be enabled prior
to enabling the journaling feature.
.. tip:: You can enable journaling on all new images by default by adding
``rbd default features = 125`` to your Ceph configuration file.
Create Image Mirror-Snapshots
-----------------------------
When using snapshot-based mirroring, mirror-snapshots will need to be created
whenever it is desired to mirror the changed contents of the RBD image. To
create a mirror-snapshot manually with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror image snapshot`` command along with the pool and image name::
rbd mirror image snapshot {pool-name}/{image-name}
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror image snapshot image-pool/image-1
By default only ``3`` mirror-snapshots will be created per-image. The most
recent mirror-snapshot is automatically pruned if the limit is reached.
The limit can be overridden via the ``rbd_mirroring_max_mirroring_snapshots``
configuration option if required. Additionally, mirror-snapshots are
automatically deleted when the image is removed or when mirroring is disabled.
Mirror-snapshots can also be automatically created on a periodic basis if
mirror-snapshot schedules are defined. The mirror-snapshot can be scheduled
globally, per-pool, or per-image levels. Multiple mirror-snapshot schedules can
be defined at any level, but only the most-specific snapshot schedules that
match an individual mirrored image will run.
To create a mirror-snapshot schedule with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror snapshot schedule add`` command along with an optional pool or
image name; interval; and optional start time::
rbd mirror snapshot schedule add [--pool {pool-name}] [--image {image-name}] {interval} [{start-time}]
The ``interval`` can be specified in days, hours, or minutes using ``d``, ``h``,
``m`` suffix respectively. The optional ``start-time`` can be specified using
the ISO 8601 time format. For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror snapshot schedule add --pool image-pool 24h 14:00:00-05:00
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror snapshot schedule add --pool image-pool --image image1 6h
To remove a mirror-snapshot schedules with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror snapshot schedule remove`` command with options that match the
corresponding ``add`` schedule command.
To list all snapshot schedules for a specific level (global, pool, or image)
with ``rbd``, specify the ``mirror snapshot schedule ls`` command along with
an optional pool or image name. Additionally, the ``--recursive`` option can
be specified to list all schedules at the specified level and below. For
example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror schedule ls --pool image-pool --recursive
POOL NAMESPACE IMAGE SCHEDULE
image-pool - - every 1d starting at 14:00:00-05:00
image-pool image1 every 6h
To view the status for when the next snapshots will be created for
snapshot-based mirroring RBD images with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror snapshot schedule status`` command along with an optional pool or
image name::
rbd mirror snapshot schedule status [--pool {pool-name}] [--image {image-name}]
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror schedule status
SCHEDULE TIME IMAGE
2020-02-26 18:00:00 image-pool/image1
Disable Image Mirroring
-----------------------
To disable mirroring for a specific image with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror image disable`` command along with the pool and image name::
rbd mirror image disable {pool-name}/{image-name}
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror image disable image-pool/image-1
Image Promotion and Demotion
----------------------------
In a failover scenario where the primary designation needs to be moved to the
image in the peer Ceph cluster, access to the primary image should be stopped
(e.g. power down the VM or remove the associated drive from a VM), demote the
current primary image, promote the new primary image, and resume access to the
image on the alternate cluster.
.. note:: RBD only provides the necessary tools to facilitate an orderly
failover of an image. An external mechanism is required to coordinate the
full failover process (e.g. closing the image before demotion).
To demote a specific image to non-primary with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror image demote`` command along with the pool and image name::
rbd mirror image demote {pool-name}/{image-name}
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror image demote image-pool/image-1
To demote all primary images within a pool to non-primary with ``rbd``, specify
the ``mirror pool demote`` command along with the pool name::
rbd mirror pool demote {pool-name}
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror pool demote image-pool
To promote a specific image to primary with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror image promote`` command along with the pool and image name::
rbd mirror image promote [--force] {pool-name}/{image-name}
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-b mirror image promote image-pool/image-1
To promote all non-primary images within a pool to primary with ``rbd``, specify
the ``mirror pool promote`` command along with the pool name::
rbd mirror pool promote [--force] {pool-name}
For example::
$ rbd --cluster site-a mirror pool promote image-pool
.. tip:: Since the primary / non-primary status is per-image, it is possible to
have two clusters split the IO load and stage failover / failback.
.. note:: Promotion can be forced using the ``--force`` option. Forced
promotion is needed when the demotion cannot be propagated to the peer
Ceph cluster (e.g. Ceph cluster failure, communication outage). This will
result in a split-brain scenario between the two peers and the image will no
longer be in-sync until a `force resync command`_ is issued.
Force Image Resync
------------------
If a split-brain event is detected by the ``rbd-mirror`` daemon, it will not
attempt to mirror the affected image until corrected. To resume mirroring for an
image, first `demote the image`_ determined to be out-of-date and then request a
resync to the primary image. To request an image resync with ``rbd``, specify
the ``mirror image resync`` command along with the pool and image name::
rbd mirror image resync {pool-name}/{image-name}
For example::
$ rbd mirror image resync image-pool/image-1
.. note:: The ``rbd`` command only flags the image as requiring a resync. The
local cluster's ``rbd-mirror`` daemon process is responsible for performing
the resync asynchronously.
Mirror Status
=============
The peer cluster replication status is stored for every primary mirrored image.
This status can be retrieved using the ``mirror image status`` and
``mirror pool status`` commands.
To request the mirror image status with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror image status`` command along with the pool and image name::
rbd mirror image status {pool-name}/{image-name}
For example::
$ rbd mirror image status image-pool/image-1
To request the mirror pool summary status with ``rbd``, specify the
``mirror pool status`` command along with the pool name::
rbd mirror pool status {pool-name}
For example::
$ rbd mirror pool status image-pool
.. note:: Adding ``--verbose`` option to the ``mirror pool status`` command will
additionally output status details for every mirroring image in the pool.
rbd-mirror Daemon
=================
The two ``rbd-mirror`` daemons are responsible for watching image journals on
the remote, peer cluster and replaying the journal events against the local
cluster. The RBD image journaling feature records all modifications to the
image in the order they occur. This ensures that a crash-consistent mirror of
the remote image is available locally.
The ``rbd-mirror`` daemon is available within the optional ``rbd-mirror``
distribution package.
.. important:: Each ``rbd-mirror`` daemon requires the ability to connect
to both clusters simultaneously.
.. warning:: Pre-Luminous releases: only run a single ``rbd-mirror`` daemon per
Ceph cluster.
Each ``rbd-mirror`` daemon should use a unique Ceph user ID. To
`create a Ceph user`_, with ``ceph`` specify the ``auth get-or-create``
command, user name, monitor caps, and OSD caps::
ceph auth get-or-create client.rbd-mirror.{unique id} mon 'profile rbd-mirror' osd 'profile rbd'
The ``rbd-mirror`` daemon can be managed by ``systemd`` by specifying the user
ID as the daemon instance::
systemctl enable ceph-rbd-mirror@rbd-mirror.{unique id}
The ``rbd-mirror`` can also be run in foreground by ``rbd-mirror`` command::
rbd-mirror -f --log-file={log_path}
.. _rbd: ../../man/8/rbd
.. _ceph-conf: ../../rados/configuration/ceph-conf/#running-multiple-clusters
.. _explicitly enabled: #enable-image-mirroring
.. _force resync command: #force-image-resync
.. _demote the image: #image-promotion-and-demotion
.. _create a Ceph user: ../../rados/operations/user-management#add-a-user
.. _mirror-snapshots: #create-image-mirror-snapshots