diff --git a/doc/sphinx/Pacemaker_Administration/agents.rst b/doc/sphinx/Pacemaker_Administration/agents.rst index 2205e42e62..e65600e797 100644 --- a/doc/sphinx/Pacemaker_Administration/agents.rst +++ b/doc/sphinx/Pacemaker_Administration/agents.rst @@ -1,512 +1,518 @@ .. index:: single: resource agent Resource Agents --------------- Action Completion ################# If one resource depends on another resource via constraints, the cluster will interpret an expected result as sufficient to continue with dependent actions. This may cause timing issues if the resource agent start returns before the service is not only launched but fully ready to perform its function, or if the resource agent stop returns before the service has fully released all its claims on system resources. At a minimum, the start or stop should not return before a status command would return the expected (started or stopped) result. .. index:: single: OCF resource agent single: resource agent; OCF OCF Resource Agents ################### .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; location Location of Custom Scripts __________________________ OCF Resource Agents are found in ``/usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/$PROVIDER`` When creating your own agents, you are encouraged to create a new directory under ``/usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/`` so that they are not confused with (or overwritten by) the agents shipped by existing providers. So, for example, if you choose the provider name of big-corp and want a new resource named big-app, you would create a resource agent called ``/usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/big-corp/big-app`` and define a resource: .. code-block: xml .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; action Actions _______ All OCF resource agents are required to implement the following actions. .. list-table:: **Required Actions for OCF Agents** :class: longtable :widths: 1 4 3 :header-rows: 1 * - Action - Description - Instructions * - .. _start_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; start single: start action start - Start the resource - - Return 0 on success and an appropriate error code otherwise. Must not - report success until the resource is fully active. + - Return :ref:`OCF_SUCCESS ` on success and an appropriate + error code otherwise. Must not report success until the resource is fully + active. * - .. _stop_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; stop single: stop action stop - Stop the resource - - Return 0 on success and an appropriate error code otherwise. Must not - report success until the resource is fully stopped. + - Return :ref:`OCF_SUCCESS ` on success and an appropriate + error code otherwise. Must not report success until the resource is fully + stopped. * - .. _monitor_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; monitor single: monitor action monitor - Check the resource's state - - Return 0 if the resource is running, 7 if it is stopped, and any other - OCF exit code if it is failed. **Note:** The monitor action should test - the state of the resource on the local machine only. + - Return :ref:`OCF_SUCCESS ` if the resource is running, + :ref:`OCF_NOT_RUNNING ` if it is stopped, and any other + :ref:`OCF exit code ` if it is failed. **Note:** The + monitor action should test the state of the resource on the local machine + only. * - .. _meta_data_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; meta-data single: meta-data action meta-data - Describe the resource - Provide information about this resource in the XML format defined by the - OCF standard. Return 0. **Note:** This is *not* required to be performed - as root. + OCF standard. Return :ref:`OCF_SUCCESS `. **Note:** This is + *not* required to be performed as root. OCF resource agents may optionally implement additional actions. Some are used only with advanced resource types such as clones. .. list-table:: **Optional Actions for OCF Resource Agents** :class: longtable: :widths: 1 4 3 :header-rows: 1 * - Action - Description - Instructions * - .. _validate_all_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; validate-all single: validate-all action validate-all - Validate the instance parameters provided. - - Return 0 if parameters are valid, 2 if not valid, and 6 if resource is - not configured. + - Return :ref:`OCF_SUCCESS ` if parameters are valid, + :ref:`OCF_ERR_ARGS ` if not valid, and + :ref:`OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED ` if resource is not + configured. * - .. _promote_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; promote single: promote action promote - Bring the local instance of a promotable clone resource to the promoted role. - - Return 0 on success. + - Return :ref:`OCF_SUCCESS ` on success. * - .. _demote_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; demote single: demote action demote - Bring the local instance of a promotable clone resource to the unpromoted role. - - Return 0 on success. + - Return :ref:`OCF_SUCCESS ` on success. * - .. _notify_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; notify single: notify action notify - Used by the cluster to send the agent pre- and post-notification events telling the resource what has happened and what will happen. - - Must not fail. Must return 0. + - Must not fail. Must return :ref:`OCF_SUCCESS `. * - .. _reload_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; reload single: reload action reload - Reload the service's own configuration. - Not used by Pacemaker. * - .. _reload_agent_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; reload-agent single: reload-agent action reload-agent - Make effective any changes in instance parameters marked as reloadable in the agent's meta-data. - This is used when the agent can handle a change in some of its parameters more efficiently than stopping and starting the resource. * - .. _recover_action: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; recover single: recover action recover - Restart the service. - Not used by Pacemaker. .. important:: If you create a new OCF resource agent, use `ocf-tester` to verify that the agent complies with the OCF standard properly. .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; return code How Are OCF Return Codes Interpreted? _____________________________________ The first thing the cluster does is to check the return code against the expected result. If the result does not match the expected value, then the operation is considered to have failed, and recovery action is initiated. There are three types of failure recovery: .. list-table:: **Types of Recovery Performed by the Cluster** :class: longtable :widths: 1 5 5 :header-rows: 1 * - Type - Description - Action Taken by the Cluster * - .. _soft_error: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; soft error soft - A transient error - Restart the resource or move it to a new location * - .. _hard_error: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; hard error hard - A non-transient error that may be specific to the current node - Move the resource elsewhere and prevent it from being retried on the current node * - .. _fatal_error: .. index:: single: OCF resource agent; fatal error fatal - A non-transient error that will be common to all cluster nodes (for example, a bad configuration was specified) - Stop the resource and prevent it from being started on any cluster node .. _ocf_return_codes: OCF Return Codes ________________ The following table outlines the various OCF return codes and the type of recovery the cluster will initiate when a failure code is received. Although counterintuitive, even actions that return ``OCF_SUCCESS`` can be considered to have failed, if ``OCF_SUCCESS`` was not the expected return value. .. list-table:: **OCF Exit Codes and Their Recovery Types** :class: longtable :widths: 1 3 6 2 :header-rows: 1 * - Exit Code - OCF Alias - Description - Recovery * - .. _OCF_SUCCESS: .. index:: single: OCF_SUCCESS single: OCF return code; OCF_SUCCESS pair: OCF return code; 0 0 - OCF_SUCCESS - Success. The command completed successfully. This is the expected result for all start, stop, promote, and demote actions. - :ref:`soft ` * - .. _OCF_ERR_GENERIC: .. index:: single: OCF_ERR_GENERIC single: OCF return code; OCF_ERR_GENERIC pair: OCF return code; 1 1 - OCF_ERR_GENERIC - Generic "there was a problem" error code. - :ref:`hard ` * - .. _OCF_ERR_ARGS: .. index:: single: OCF_ERR_ARGS single: OCF return code; OCF_ERR_ARGS pair: OCF return code; 2 2 - OCF_ERR_ARGS - The resource's parameter values are not valid on this machine (for example, a value refers to a file not found on the local host). - :ref:`hard ` * - .. _OCF_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED: .. index:: single: OCF_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED single: OCF return code; OCF_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED pair: OCF return code; 3 3 - OCF_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED - The requested action is not implemented. - :ref:`hard ` * - .. _OCF_ERR_PERM: .. index:: single: OCF_ERR_PERM single: OCF return code; OCF_ERR_PERM pair: OCF return code; 4 4 - OCF_ERR_PERM - The resource agent does not have sufficient privileges to complete the task. - :ref:`hard ` * - .. _OCF_ERR_INSTALLED: .. index:: single: OCF_ERR_INSTALLED single: OCF return code; OCF_ERR_INSTALLED pair: OCF return code; 5 5 - OCF_ERR_INSTALLED - The tools required by the resource are not installed on this machine. - :ref:`hard ` * - .. _OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED: .. index:: single: OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED single: OCF return code; OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED pair: OCF return code; 6 6 - OCF_ERR_CONFIGURED - The resource's parameter values are inherently invalid (for example, a required parameter was not given). - :ref:`fatal ` * - .. _OCF_NOT_RUNNING: .. index:: single: OCF_NOT_RUNNING single: OCF return code; OCF_NOT_RUNNING pair: OCF return code; 7 7 - OCF_NOT_RUNNING - The resource is safely stopped. This should only be returned by monitor actions, not stop actions. - N/A * - .. _OCF_RUNNING_PROMOTED: .. index:: single: OCF_RUNNING_PROMOTED single: OCF return code; OCF_RUNNING_PROMOTED pair: OCF return code; 8 8 - OCF_RUNNING_PROMOTED - The resource is running in the promoted role. - :ref:`soft ` * - .. _OCF_FAILED_PROMOTED: .. index:: single: OCF_FAILED_PROMOTED single: OCF return code; OCF_FAILED_PROMOTED pair: OCF return code; 9 9 - OCF_FAILED_PROMOTED - The resource is (or might be) in the promoted role but has failed. The resource will be demoted, stopped, and then started (and possibly promoted) again. - :ref:`soft ` * - .. _OCF_DEGRADED: .. index:: single: OCF_DEGRADED single: OCF return code; OCF_DEGRADED pair: OCF return code; 190 190 - OCF_DEGRADED - The resource is properly active, but in such a condition that future failures are more likely. - none * - .. _OCF_DEGRADED_PROMOTED: .. index:: single: OCF_DEGRADED_PROMOTED single: OCF return code; OCF_DEGRADED_PROMOTED pair: OCF return code; 191 191 - OCF_DEGRADED_PROMOTED - The resource is properly active in the promoted role, but in such a condition that future failures are more likely. - none * - other - *none* - Custom error code. - soft Exceptions to the recovery handling described above: * Probes (non-recurring monitor actions) that find a resource active (or in the promoted role) will not result in recovery action unless it is also found active elsewhere. * The recovery action taken when a resource is found active more than once is determined by the resource's ``multiple-active`` property. * Recurring actions that return ``OCF_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED`` do not cause any type of recovery. * Actions that return one of the "degraded" codes will be treated the same as if they had returned success, but status output will indicate that the resource is degraded. .. index:: single: resource agent; LSB single: LSB resource agent single: init script LSB Resource Agents (Init Scripts) ################################## LSB Compliance ______________ The relevant part of the `LSB specifications `_ includes a description of all the return codes listed here. Assuming `some_service` is configured correctly and currently inactive, the following sequence will help you determine if it is LSB-compatible: #. Start (stopped): .. code-block:: none # /etc/init.d/some_service start ; echo "result: $?" * Did the service start? * Did the echo command print ``result: 0`` (in addition to the init script's usual output)? #. Status (running): .. code-block:: none # /etc/init.d/some_service status ; echo "result: $?" * Did the script accept the command? * Did the script indicate the service was running? * Did the echo command print ``result: 0`` (in addition to the init script's usual output)? #. Start (running): .. code-block:: none # /etc/init.d/some_service start ; echo "result: $?" * Is the service still running? * Did the echo command print ``result: 0`` (in addition to the init script's usual output)? #. Stop (running): .. code-block:: none # /etc/init.d/some_service stop ; echo "result: $?" * Was the service stopped? * Did the echo command print ``result: 0`` (in addition to the init script's usual output)? #. Status (stopped): .. code-block:: none # /etc/init.d/some_service status ; echo "result: $?" * Did the script accept the command? * Did the script indicate the service was not running? * Did the echo command print ``result: 3`` (in addition to the init script's usual output)? #. Stop (stopped): .. code-block:: none # /etc/init.d/some_service stop ; echo "result: $?" * Is the service still stopped? * Did the echo command print ``result: 0`` (in addition to the init script's usual output)? #. Status (failed): This step is not readily testable and relies on manual inspection of the script. The script can use one of the error codes (other than 3) listed in the LSB spec to indicate that it is active but failed. This tells the cluster that before moving the resource to another node, it needs to stop it on the existing one first. If the answer to any of the above questions is no, then the script is not LSB-compliant. Your options are then to either fix the script or write an OCF agent based on the existing script.