Chapter 9. Start MariaDB Locally and Setup Accounts


To start MariaDB and setup base accounts, execute the following procedure.

Procedure

  1. Start the MariaDB service and set up base accounts ALL controller nodes.

    mysqld_safe --wsrep-provider=none &
    MYSQL_PASSWORD=$(/bin/hiera -c /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml mysql::server::root_password)
    CLUSTERCHECK_PASSWORD=$(/bin/hiera -c /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml mysql_clustercheck_password)
    /usr/bin/mysql -u root -p -e "CREATE USER 'clustercheck'@'localhost';"
    /usr/bin/mysql -u root -p -e "GRANT PROCESS ON *.* TO 'clustercheck'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$CLUSTERCHECK_PASSWORD';"
    /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password $MYSQL_PASSWORD
    mysqladmin -u root -p$MYSQL_PASSWORD shutdown
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    The director creates a root password and stores it in /root/.my.cnf.

  2. On ALL controller nodes, ensure that the mysql process is not running.

    [root@overcloud-controller-0]# ps -ef | grep mysql
    [root@overcloud-controller-1]# ps -ef | grep mysql
    [root@overcloud-controller-2]# ps -ef | grep mysql
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  3. Uncomment the wsrep_cluster_address and wsrep_provider settings in /etc/my.cnf.d/galera.cnf on ALL controller nodes.

    wsrep_cluster_address = gcomm://overcloud-controller-0,overcloud-controller-1,overcloud-controller-2
    wsrep_provider = /usr/lib64/galera/libgalera_smm.so
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  4. On one of the nodes in the cluster, bring the Galera cluster up with Pacemaker.

    [root@overcloud-controller-0]# pcs resource manage galera
    [root@overcloud-controller-0]# pcs resource cleanup galera
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  5. Make sure that cluster is running.

    [root@overcloud-controller-0]# pcs status | grep -C3 galera
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    If the cluster is running, the output should look like this:

    Master/Slave Set: galera-master [galera]
         Masters: [ overcloud-controller-0 overcloud-controller-1 overcloud-controller-2 ]
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