Chapter 11. Scaling the Ceph Storage cluster

1. Log in to the undercloud as the stack user and initialize your director configuration:

   $ source ~/stackrc

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2. Define the hardware and power management details for the new nodes in a new node definition template; for example, instackenv-scale.json.

3. Import this file to the OpenStack director:

   $ openstack overcloud node import ~/instackenv-scale.json

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   Importing the node definition template registers each node defined there to the director.

4. Assign the kernel and ramdisk images to all nodes:

   $ openstack overcloud node configure

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1. Trigger hardware introspection to retrieve the hardware attributes of each node:

   $ openstack overcloud node introspect --all-manageable --provide

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   • The --all-manageable option introspects only the nodes that are in a managed state. In this example, all nodes are in a managed state.

   • The --provide option resets all nodes to an active state after introspection.

     Important

     Ensure that this process completes successfully. This process usually takes 15 minutes for bare metal nodes.

2. Retrieve a list of your nodes to identify their UUIDs:

   $ openstack baremetal node list

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3. Add a profile option to the properties/capabilities parameter for each node to manually tag a node to a specific profile. The addition of the profile option tags the nodes into each respective profile.

   Note

   As an alternative to manual tagging, use the Automated Health Check (AHC) Tools to automatically tag larger numbers of nodes based on benchmarking data.

   For example, the following commands tag three additional nodes with the ceph-storage profile:

   $ openstack baremetal node set 551d81f5-4df2-4e0f-93da-6c5de0b868f7 --property capabilities="profile:ceph-storage,boot_option:local"
   $ openstack baremetal node set 5e735154-bd6b-42dd-9cc2-b6195c4196d7 --property capabilities="profile:ceph-storage,boot_option:local"
   $ openstack baremetal node set 1a2b090c-299d-4c20-a25d-57dd21a7085b --property capabilities="profile:ceph-storage,boot_option:local"

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Procedure

1. Log in to a Controller node as the heat-admin user. The director’s stack user has an SSH key to access the heat-admin user.

2. List the OSD tree and find the OSDs for your node. For example, the node you want to remove might contain the following OSDs:

   -2 0.09998     host overcloud-cephstorage-0
   0 0.04999         osd.0                         up  1.00000          1.00000
   1 0.04999         osd.1                         up  1.00000          1.00000

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3. Disable the OSDs on the Ceph Storage node. In this case, the OSD IDs are 0 and 1.

   [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ sudo podman exec ceph-mon-<HOSTNAME> ceph osd out 0
   [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ sudo podman exec ceph-mon-<HOSTNAME> ceph osd out 1

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4. The Ceph Storage cluster begins rebalancing. Wait for this process to complete. Follow the status by using the following command:

   [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ sudo podman exec ceph-mon-<HOSTNAME> ceph -w

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5. After the Ceph cluster completes rebalancing, log in to the Ceph Storage node you are removing, in this case overcloud-cephstorage-0, as the heat-admin user and stop the node.

   [heat-admin@overcloud-cephstorage-0 ~]$ sudo systemctl disable ceph-osd@0
   [heat-admin@overcloud-cephstorage-0 ~]$ sudo systemctl disable ceph-osd@1

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6. Stop the OSDs.

   [heat-admin@overcloud-cephstorage-0 ~]$ sudo systemctl stop ceph-osd@0
   [heat-admin@overcloud-cephstorage-0 ~]$ sudo systemctl stop ceph-osd@1

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7. While logged in to the Controller node, remove the OSDs from the CRUSH map so that they no longer receive data.

   [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ sudo podman exec ceph-mon-<HOSTNAME> ceph osd crush remove osd.0
   [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ sudo podman exec ceph-mon-<HOSTNAME> ceph osd crush remove osd.1

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8. Remove the OSD authentication key.

   [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ sudo podman exec ceph-mon-<HOSTNAME> ceph auth del osd.0
   [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ sudo podman exec ceph-mon-<HOSTNAME> ceph auth del osd.1

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9. Remove the OSD from the cluster.

   [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ sudo podman exec ceph-mon-<HOSTNAME> ceph osd rm 0
   [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ sudo podman exec ceph-mon-<HOSTNAME> ceph osd rm 1

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10. Leave the node and return to the undercloud as the stack user.

    [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ exit
    [stack@director ~]$

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11. Disable the Ceph Storage node so that director does not reprovision it.

    [stack@director ~]$ openstack baremetal node list
    [stack@director ~]$ openstack baremetal node maintenance set UUID

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12. Removing a Ceph Storage node requires an update to the overcloud stack in director with the local template files. First identify the UUID of the overcloud stack:

    $ openstack stack list

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13. Identify the UUIDs of the Ceph Storage node you want to delete:

    $ openstack server list

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14. Delete the node from the stack and update the plan accordingly:

    $ openstack overcloud node delete --stack overcloud <NODE_UUID>

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    Important

    If you passed any extra environment files when you created the overcloud, pass them again here using the -e option to avoid making undesired changes to the overcloud. For more information, see Modifying the overcloud environment in the Director Installation and Usage guide.

15. Wait until the stack completes its update. Use the heat stack-list --show-nested command to monitor the stack update.

16. Add new nodes to the director node pool and deploy them as Ceph Storage nodes. Use the CephStorageCount parameter in the parameter_defaults of your environment file, in this case, ~/templates/storage-config.yaml, to define the total number of Ceph Storage nodes in the overcloud.

    parameter_defaults:
      ControllerCount: 3
      OvercloudControlFlavor: control
      ComputeCount: 3
      OvercloudComputeFlavor: compute
      CephStorageCount: 3
      OvercloudCephStorageFlavor: ceph-storage
      CephMonCount: 3
      OvercloudCephMonFlavor: ceph-mon

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    Note

    For more information about how to define the number of nodes per role, see Section 7.1, “Assigning nodes and flavors to roles”.

17. After you update your environment file, redeploy the overcloud:

    $ openstack overcloud deploy --templates -e <ENVIRONMENT_FILE>

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    Director provisions the new node and updates the entire stack with the details of the new node.

18. Log in to a Controller node as the heat-admin user and check the status of the Ceph Storage node:

    [heat-admin@overcloud-controller-0 ~]$ sudo ceph status

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19. Confirm that the value in the osdmap section matches the number of nodes in your cluster that you want. The Ceph Storage node that you removed is replaced with a new node.

1. Notice the following heat template deploys Ceph Storage with three OSD devices:

   parameter_defaults:
     CephAnsibleDisksConfig:
       devices:
         - /dev/sdb
         - /dev/sdc
         - /dev/sdd
       osd_scenario: lvm
       osd_objectstore: bluestore

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2. To add an OSD, update the node disk layout as described in Section 5.3, “Mapping the Ceph Storage node disk layout”. In this example, add /dev/sde to the template:

   parameter_defaults:
     CephAnsibleDisksConfig:
       devices:
         - /dev/sdb
         - /dev/sdc
         - /dev/sdd
         - /dev/sde
       osd_scenario: lvm
       osd_objectstore: bluestore

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3. Run openstack overcloud deploy to update the overcloud.

1. SSH into ceph-storage0 and log in as root.

2. Disable and stop the OSD service:

   [root@ceph-storage0 ~]# systemctl disable ceph-osd@4
   [root@ceph-stoarge0 ~]# systemctl stop ceph-osd@4

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3. Disconnect from ceph-storage0.
4. SSH into controller0 and log in as root.

5. Identify the name of the Ceph monitor container:

   [root@controller0 ~]# podman ps | grep ceph-mon
   ceph-mon-controller0
   [root@controller0 ~]#

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6. Enable the Ceph monitor container to mark the undesired OSD as out:

   [root@controller0 ~]# podman exec ceph-mon-controller0 ceph osd out 4

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   Note

   This command causes Ceph to rebalance the storage cluster and copy data to other OSDs in the cluster. The cluster temporarily leaves the active+clean state until rebalancing is complete.

7. Run the following command and wait for the storage cluster state to become active+clean:

   [root@controller0 ~]# podman exec ceph-mon-controller0 ceph -w

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8. Remove the OSD from the CRUSH map so that it no longer receives data:

   [root@controller0 ~]# podman exec ceph-mon-controller0 ceph osd crush remove osd.4

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9. Remove the OSD authentication key:

   [root@controller0 ~]# podman exec ceph-mon-controller0 ceph auth del osd.4

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10. Remove the OSD:

    [root@controller0 ~]# podman exec ceph-mon-controller0 ceph osd rm 4

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11. Disconnect from controller0.
12. SSH into the undercloud as the stack user and locate the heat environment file in which you defined the CephAnsibleDisksConfig parameter.

13. Notice the heat template contains four OSDs:

    parameter_defaults:
      CephAnsibleDisksConfig:
        devices:
          - /dev/sdb
          - /dev/sdc
          - /dev/sdd
          - /dev/sde
        osd_scenario: lvm
        osd_objectstore: bluestore

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14. Modify the template to remove /dev/sde.

    parameter_defaults:
      CephAnsibleDisksConfig:
        devices:
          - /dev/sdb
          - /dev/sdc
          - /dev/sdd
        osd_scenario: lvm
        osd_objectstore: bluestore

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15. Run openstack overcloud deploy to update the overcloud.

    Note

    This example assumes that you removed the /dev/sde device from all hosts with OSDs. If you do not remove the same device from all nodes, update the heat template. For for information about how to define hosts with a differing devices list, see Section 5.5, “Mapping the disk layout to non-homogeneous Ceph Storage nodes”.