14.4. Geo-replication using the Red Hat Quay Operator


Geo-replication architecture

In the example shown above, the Red Hat Quay Operator is deployed in two separate regions, with a common database and a common Redis instance. Localized image storage is provided in each region and image pulls are served from the closest available storage engine. Container image pushes are written to the preferred storage engine for the Quay instance, and will then be replicated, in the background, to the other storage engines.

Because the Operator now manages the Clair security scanner and its database separately, geo-replication setups can be leveraged so that they do not manage the Clair database. Instead, an external shared database would be used. Red Hat Quay and Clair support several providers and vendors of PostgreSQL, which can be found in the Red Hat Quay 3.x test matrix. Additionally, the Operator also supports custom Clair configurations that can be injected into the deployment, which allows users to configure Clair with the connection credentials for the external database.

14.4.1. Setting up geo-replication on OpenShift Container Platform

Use the following procedure to set up geo-replication on OpenShift Container Platform.

Procedure

  1. Deploy a postgres instance for Red Hat Quay.
  2. Login to the database by entering the following command:

    psql -U <username> -h <hostname> -p <port> -d <database_name>
  3. Create a database for Red Hat Quay named quay. For example:

    CREATE DATABASE quay;
  4. Enable pg_trm extension inside the database

    \c quay;
    CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS pg_trgm;
  5. Deploy a Redis instance:

    참고
    • Deploying a Redis instance might be unnecessary if your cloud provider has its own service.
    • Deploying a Redis instance is required if you are leveraging Builders.
    1. Deploy a VM for Redis
    2. Verify that it is accessible from the clusters where Red Hat Quay is running
    3. Port 6379/TCP must be open
    4. Run Redis inside the instance

      sudo dnf install -y podman
      podman run -d --name redis -p 6379:6379 redis
  6. Create two object storage backends, one for each cluster. Ideally, one object storage bucket will be close to the first, or primary, cluster, and the other will run closer to the second, or secondary, cluster.
  7. Deploy the clusters with the same config bundle, using environment variable overrides to select the appropriate storage backend for an individual cluster.
  8. Configure a load balancer to provide a single entry point to the clusters.

Use the following procedure to configure geo-replication for the Red Hat Quay Operator.

Procedure

  1. Create a config.yaml file that is shared between clusters. This config.yaml file contains the details for the common PostgreSQL, Redis and storage backends:

    Geo-replication config.yaml file

    SERVER_HOSTNAME: <georep.quayteam.org or any other name> 
    1
    
    DB_CONNECTION_ARGS:
      autorollback: true
      threadlocals: true
    DB_URI: postgresql://postgres:password@10.19.0.1:5432/quay 
    2
    
    BUILDLOGS_REDIS:
      host: 10.19.0.2
      port: 6379
    USER_EVENTS_REDIS:
      host: 10.19.0.2
      port: 6379
    DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_CONFIG:
      usstorage:
        - GoogleCloudStorage
        - access_key: GOOGQGPGVMASAAMQABCDEFG
          bucket_name: georep-test-bucket-0
          secret_key: AYWfEaxX/u84XRA2vUX5C987654321
          storage_path: /quaygcp
      eustorage:
        - GoogleCloudStorage
        - access_key: GOOGQGPGVMASAAMQWERTYUIOP
          bucket_name: georep-test-bucket-1
          secret_key: AYWfEaxX/u84XRA2vUX5Cuj12345678
          storage_path: /quaygcp
    DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_DEFAULT_LOCATIONS:
      - usstorage
      - eustorage
    DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE:
      - usstorage
      - eustorage
    FEATURE_STORAGE_REPLICATION: true

    1
    A proper SERVER_HOSTNAME must be used for the route and must match the hostname of the global load balancer.
    2
    To retrieve the configuration file for a Clair instance deployed using the OpenShift Container Platform Operator, see Retrieving the Clair config.
  2. Create the configBundleSecret by entering the following command:

    $ oc create secret generic --from-file config.yaml=./config.yaml georep-config-bundle
  3. In each of the clusters, set the configBundleSecret and use the QUAY_DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE environmental variable override to configure the appropriate storage for that cluster. For example:

    참고

    The config.yaml file between both deployments must match. If making a change to one cluster, it must also be changed in the other.

    US cluster QuayRegistry example

    apiVersion: quay.redhat.com/v1
    kind: QuayRegistry
    metadata:
      name: example-registry
      namespace: quay-enterprise
    spec:
      configBundleSecret: georep-config-bundle
      components:
        - kind: objectstorage
          managed: false
        - kind: route
          managed: true
        - kind: tls
          managed: false
        - kind: postgres
          managed: false
        - kind: clairpostgres
          managed: false
        - kind: redis
          managed: false
        - kind: quay
          managed: true
          overrides:
            env:
            - name: QUAY_DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE
              value: usstorage
        - kind: mirror
          managed: true
          overrides:
            env:
            - name: QUAY_DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE
              value: usstorage

    참고

    Because SSL/TLS is unmanaged, and the route is managed, you must supply the certificates with either with the config tool or directly in the config bundle. For more information, see Configuring TLS and routes.

    European cluster

    apiVersion: quay.redhat.com/v1
    kind: QuayRegistry
    metadata:
      name: example-registry
      namespace: quay-enterprise
    spec:
      configBundleSecret: georep-config-bundle
      components:
        - kind: objectstorage
          managed: false
        - kind: route
          managed: true
        - kind: tls
          managed: false
        - kind: postgres
          managed: false
        - kind: clairpostgres
          managed: false
        - kind: redis
          managed: false
        - kind: quay
          managed: true
          overrides:
            env:
            - name: QUAY_DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE
              value: eustorage
        - kind: mirror
          managed: true
          overrides:
            env:
            - name: QUAY_DISTRIBUTED_STORAGE_PREFERENCE
              value: eustorage

    참고

    Because SSL/TLS is unmanaged, and the route is managed, you must supply the certificates with either with the config tool or directly in the config bundle. For more information, see Configuring TLS and routes.

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