Chapter 4. Replacing a master host

In the Ansible inventory file, create a new group named [new_etcd] and add the new host. Then, add the new_etcd group as a child of the [OSEv3] group:

[OSEv3:children]
masters
nodes
etcd
new_etcd 1

... [OUTPUT ABBREVIATED] ...

[etcd]
master-0.example.com
master-1.example.com
master-2.example.com

[new_etcd] 2
etcd0.example.com 3

From the host that installed OpenShift Container Platform and hosts the Ansible inventory file, run the etcd scaleup playbook:

$ ansible-playbook  /usr/share/ansible/openshift-ansible/playbooks/openshift-etcd/scaleup.yml

After the playbook runs, modify the inventory file to reflect the current status by moving the new etcd host from the [new_etcd] group to the [etcd] group:

[OSEv3:children]
masters
nodes
etcd
new_etcd

... [OUTPUT ABBREVIATED] ...

[etcd]
master-0.example.com
master-1.example.com
master-2.example.com
etcd0.example.com

If you use the service catalog, you must update its list of etcd servers:

$ oc edit ds apiserver -n kube-service-catalog

Add the FQDN for the new etcd node to the --etcd-servers argument. This argument contains a comma-separated list.

If you use Flannel, modify the flanneld service configuration on every OpenShift Container Platform host, located at /etc/sysconfig/flanneld, to include the new etcd host:

FLANNEL_ETCD_ENDPOINTS=https://master-0.example.com:2379,https://master-1.example.com:2379,https://master-2.example.com:2379,https://etcd0.example.com:2379

Restart the flanneld service:

# systemctl restart flanneld.service

Create some environment variables:

export NEW_ETCD_HOSTNAME="*etcd0.example.com*"
export NEW_ETCD_IP="192.168.55.21"

export CN=$NEW_ETCD_HOSTNAME
export SAN="IP:${NEW_ETCD_IP}, DNS:${NEW_ETCD_HOSTNAME}"
export PREFIX="/etc/etcd/generated_certs/etcd-$CN/"
export OPENSSLCFG="/etc/etcd/ca/openssl.cnf"

Create the directory to store the configuration and certificates:

# mkdir -p ${PREFIX}

Create the server certificate request and sign it: (server.csr and server.crt)

# openssl req -new -config ${OPENSSLCFG} \
    -keyout ${PREFIX}server.key  \
    -out ${PREFIX}server.csr \
    -reqexts etcd_v3_req -batch -nodes \
    -subj /CN=$CN

# openssl ca -name etcd_ca -config ${OPENSSLCFG} \
    -out ${PREFIX}server.crt \
    -in ${PREFIX}server.csr \
    -extensions etcd_v3_ca_server -batch

Create the peer certificate request and sign it: (peer.csr and peer.crt)

# openssl req -new -config ${OPENSSLCFG} \
    -keyout ${PREFIX}peer.key \
    -out ${PREFIX}peer.csr \
    -reqexts etcd_v3_req -batch -nodes \
    -subj /CN=$CN

# openssl ca -name etcd_ca -config ${OPENSSLCFG} \
  -out ${PREFIX}peer.crt \
  -in ${PREFIX}peer.csr \
  -extensions etcd_v3_ca_peer -batch

Copy the current etcd configuration and ca.crt files from the current node as examples to modify later:

# cp /etc/etcd/etcd.conf ${PREFIX}
# cp /etc/etcd/ca.crt ${PREFIX}

While still on the surviving etcd host, add the new host to the cluster. To add additional etcd members to the cluster, you must first adjust the default localhost peer in the peerURLs value for the first member:

Add the new host to the etcd cluster. Note that the new host is not yet configured, so the status stays as unstarted until the you configure the new host.

# etcdctl -C https://${CURRENT_ETCD_HOST}:2379 \
  --ca-file=/etc/etcd/ca.crt     \
  --cert-file=/etc/etcd/peer.crt     \
  --key-file=/etc/etcd/peer.key member add ${NEW_ETCD_HOSTNAME} https://${NEW_ETCD_IP}:2380 1

Added member named 10.3.9.222 with ID 4e1db163a21d7651 to cluster

ETCD_NAME="<NEW_ETCD_HOSTNAME>"
ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER="<NEW_ETCD_HOSTNAME>=https://<NEW_HOST_IP>:2380,<CLUSTERMEMBER1_NAME>=https:/<CLUSTERMEMBER2_IP>:2380,<CLUSTERMEMBER2_NAME>=https:/<CLUSTERMEMBER2_IP>:2380,<CLUSTERMEMBER3_NAME>=https:/<CLUSTERMEMBER3_IP>:2380"
ETCD_INITIAL_CLUSTER_STATE="existing"

Update the sample ${PREFIX}/etcd.conf file.

Create a tgz file that contains the certificates, the sample configuration file, and the ca and copy it to the new host:

# tar -czvf /etc/etcd/generated_certs/${CN}.tgz -C ${PREFIX} .
# scp /etc/etcd/generated_certs/${CN}.tgz ${CN}:/tmp/

Install iptables-services to provide iptables utilities to open the required ports for etcd:

# yum install -y iptables-services

Create the OS_FIREWALL_ALLOW firewall rules to allow etcd to communicate:

Install etcd:

# yum install -y etcd

Ensure version etcd-2.3.7-4.el7.x86_64 or greater is installed,

Ensure the etcd service is not running:

# systemctl disable etcd --now

Remove any etcd configuration and data:

# rm -Rf /etc/etcd/*
# rm -Rf /var/lib/etcd/*

Extract the certificates and configuration files:

# tar xzvf /tmp/etcd0.example.com.tgz -C /etc/etcd/

Modify the file ownership permissions:

# chown -R etcd:etcd /etc/etcd/*
# chown -R etcd:etcd /var/lib/etcd/

Start etcd on the new host:

# systemctl enable etcd --now

Verify that the host is part of the cluster and the current cluster health:

Modify the master configuration in the etcClientInfo section of the /etc/origin/master/master-config.yaml file on every master. Add the new etcd host to the list of the etcd servers OpenShift Container Platform uses to store the data, and remove any failed etcd hosts:

etcdClientInfo:
  ca: master.etcd-ca.crt
  certFile: master.etcd-client.crt
  keyFile: master.etcd-client.key
  urls:
    - https://master-0.example.com:2379
    - https://master-1.example.com:2379
    - https://master-2.example.com:2379
    - https://etcd0.example.com:2379

Restart the master API service:

If you use Flannel, modify the flanneld service configuration located at /etc/sysconfig/flanneld on every OpenShift Container Platform host to include the new etcd host:

FLANNEL_ETCD_ENDPOINTS=https://master-0.example.com:2379,https://master-1.example.com:2379,https://master-2.example.com:2379,https://etcd0.example.com:2379

Restart the flanneld service:

# systemctl restart flanneld.service