3.7.4. Replacing a Full Cluster Node as an Active Witness

This section explains the simple process for converting a full cluster node into an Active Witness.

  1. First, place the cluster into MAINTENANCE mode.

    shell> cctrl
    cctrl> set policy maintenance

  2. Stop the software on the existing cluster node

    shell> stopall

  3. Stop MySQL on the existing cluster node (Syntax is an example and may differ in your environment)

    shell> systemctl stop mysqld

  4. INI Install

    If you are using an ini file for configuration, update the ini on all nodes (including connectors) changind the reference to the node to be a witness node, example below. Skip to Staging Install further down for Staging steps.

    Before:

    [defaults]
    user=tungsten
    home-directory=/opt/continuent
    application-user=app_user
    application-password=secret
    application-port=3306
    profile-script=~/.bash_profile
    replication-user=tungsten
    replication-password=secret
    replication-port=13306
    mysql-allow-intensive-checks=true
    
    [nyc]
    topology=clustered
    master=db1
    members=db1,db2,db3
    connectors=db1,db2,db3

    After:

    [defaults]
    user=tungsten
    home-directory=/opt/continuent
    application-user=app_user
    application-password=secret
    application-port=3306
    profile-script=~/.bash_profile
    replication-user=tungsten
    replication-password=secret
    replication-port=13306
    mysql-allow-intensive-checks=true
    
    [nyc]
    enable-active-witnesses=true
    topology=clustered
    master=db1
    members=db1,db2,db3
    witnesses=db3
    connectors=db1,db2,db3

  5. Update the software on the existing cluster nodes and connector nodes (If separate). Include --no-connectors if connectors you want to manually restart them when convenient.

    shell> cd /opt/continuent/software/tungsten-clustering-7.1.4-10
    shell> tools/tpm update --replace-release

  6. Update on the host you are converting:

    shell> cd /opt/continuent/software/tungsten-clustering-7.1.4-10
    shell> tools/tpm update --replace-release -f

  7. Staging Install

    If you are using a staging configuration, update the configuration from the staging host, example below:

    shell> cd {STAGING_DIRECTORY}
    
    ./tools/tpm configure defaults \
    --reset \
    --user=tungsten \
    --home-directory=/opt/continuent \
    --application-user=app_user \
    --application-password=secret \
    --application-port=3306 \
    --profile-script=~/.bash_profile \
    --replication-user=tungsten \
    --replication-password=secret \
    --replication-port=13306 \
    --mysql-allow-intensive-checks=true
    
    ./tools/tpm configure nyc \
    --enable-active-witnesses=true \
    --topology=clustered \
    --master=db1 \
    --members=db1,db2,db3 \
    --witnesses=db3 \
    --connectors=db1,db2,db3

  8. Update the software on the existing cluster nodes. Include --no-connectors if connectors co-exist on database nodes and you want to manually restart them when convenient.

    shell> cd {STAGING_DIRECTORY}
    shell> tools/tpm update --replace-release --hosts=db1,db2

  9. Update on the host you are converting:

    shell> cd /opt/continuent/software/tungsten-clustering-7.1.4-10
    shell> tools/tpm update --replace-release -f --hosts=db3

  10. Once the updates have been complete, you should then run the tungsten_reset_manager command on each node in the entire cluster. This will ensure the metadata is clean and reference to the node is reflected to be a witness, rather than a full cluter node. On each node, simply execute the command and follow the on screen prompts:

    shell> tungsten_reset_manager

  11. Restart the managers on the nodes you have not converted:

    shell> manager start

  12. Start the software on the node that you converted:

    shell> startall

  13. If you issued --no-connectors during the update, restart the connectors when convenient

    shell> connector restart

  14. Check within cctrl from one of the existing database nodes to check that the status returns the exptected output, and then return the cluster to AUTOMATIC and the process is complete.