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Switchover s3 master (db1189 -> db1223)
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Description

When: During a pre-defined DBA maintenance windows

Affected wikis:: https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s3.dblist

Checklist:

NEW primary: db1223
OLD primary: db1189

  • Check configuration differences between new and old primary:
sudo pt-config-diff --defaults-file /root/.my.cnf h=db1189.eqiad.wmnet h=db1223.eqiad.wmnet

Failover prep:

  • Silence alerts on all hosts:
sudo cookbook sre.hosts.downtime --hours 1 -r "Primary switchover s3 T385051" 'A:db-section-s3'
  • Set NEW primary with weight 0
sudo dbctl instance db1223 set-weight 0
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Set db1223 with weight 0 T385051"
  • Depool NEW from any specific group (API, vslow, dump) if present.
sudo dbctl instance db1223 edit
# If some changes were made:
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Remove db1223 from API/vslow/dump T385051"
  • Topology changes, move all replicas under NEW primary
sudo db-switchover --timeout=25 --replicating-master --read-only-master --only-slave-move db1189 db1223
  • Disable puppet on both nodes
sudo cumin 'db1189* or db1223*' 'disable-puppet "primary switchover T385051"'

Failover:

  • Log the failover:
!log Starting s3 eqiad failover from db1189 to db1223 - T385051
  • Switch primaries:
sudo db-switchover --replicating-master --read-only-master --skip-slave-move db1189 db1223
echo "===== db1189 (OLD)"; sudo db-mysql db1189 -e 'show slave status\G'
echo "===== db1223 (NEW)"; sudo db-mysql db1223 -e 'show slave status\G'
  • Promote NEW primary in dbctl
sudo dbctl --scope eqiad section s3 set-master db1223
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Promote db1223 to s3 primary T385051"
  • Clean up heartbeat table(s).
sudo db-mysql db1223 heartbeat -e "delete from heartbeat where file like 'db1189%';"
  • Restart puppet on both hosts:
sudo cumin 'db1189* or db1223*' 'run-puppet-agent -e "primary switchover T385051"'

Clean up tasks:

  • change events for query killer:
curl -sS 'https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/software/+/refs/heads/master/dbtools/events_coredb_master.sql?format=TEXT' | base64 -d | sudo db-mysql db1223
curl -sS 'https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/operations/software/+/refs/heads/master/dbtools/events_coredb_slave.sql?format=TEXT' | base64 -d | sudo db-mysql db1189
  • Update candidate primary dbctl and orchestrator notes
sudo dbctl instance db1189 set-candidate-master --section s3 true
sudo dbctl instance db1223 set-candidate-master --section s3 false
sudo cumin 'dborch*' 'orchestrator-client -c untag -i db1223 --tag name=candidate'
sudo cumin 'dborch*' 'orchestrator-client -c tag -i db1189 --tag name=candidate'
sudo db-mysql db1215 zarcillo -e "select * from masters where section = 's3';"
  • (If needed): Depool db1189 for maintenance.
sudo dbctl instance db1189 depool
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Depool db1189 T385051"
  • Change db1189 weight to mimic the previous weight db1223:
sudo dbctl instance db1189 edit
  • Update/resolve this ticket.

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Change #1115050 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit maintenance bot; author: Gerrit maintenance bot):

[operations/puppet@production] mariadb: Promote db1223 to s3 master

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1115050

Marostegui triaged this task as Medium priority.
Marostegui moved this task from Triage to In progress on the DBA board.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-01-31T11:26:15Z] <marostegui@cumin1002> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Set db1223 with weight 0 T385051', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P72904 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20250131-112614-root.json

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-01-31T11:26:29Z] <marostegui@cumin1002> DONE (PASS) - Cookbook sre.hosts.downtime (exit_code=0) for 1:00:00 on 24 hosts with reason: Primary switchover s3 T385051

Change #1115050 merged by Marostegui:

[operations/puppet@production] mariadb: Promote db1223 to s3 master

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1115050

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-01-31T11:29:04Z] <marostegui> Starting s3 eqiad failover from db1189 to db1223 - T385051

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-01-31T11:29:21Z] <marostegui@cumin1002> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Promote db1223 to s3 primary T385051', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P72905 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20250131-112920-root.json

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-01-31T11:30:11Z] <marostegui@cumin1002> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Depool db1189 T385051', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P72906 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20250131-113011-marostegui.json

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