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Switchover es7 master (es2038 -> es2039)
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When: Anytime - no in use

Prerequisites: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/MariaDB/Primary_switchover

Checklist:

NEW primary: es2039
OLD primary: es2038

  • Check configuration differences between new and old primary:
sudo pt-config-diff --defaults-file /root/.my.cnf h=es2038.codfw.wmnet h=es2039.codfw.wmnet

Failover prep:

  • Silence alerts on all hosts:
sudo cookbook sre.hosts.downtime --hours 1 -r "Primary switchover es7 T400435" 'A:db-section-es7'
  • Set NEW primary with weight 0 (and depool it from API or vslow/dump groups if it is present).
sudo dbctl instance es2039 set-weight 0
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Set es2039 with weight 0 T400435"
  • Topology changes, move all replicas under NEW primary
sudo db-switchover --read-only-master --replicating-master --timeout=25 --only-slave-move es2038 es2039
  • Disable puppet on both nodes
sudo cumin 'es2038* or es2039*' 'disable-puppet "primary switchover T400435"'

Failover:

  • Log the failover:
!log Starting es7 codfw failover from es2038 to es2039 - T400435
  • Switch primaries:
sudo db-switchover --read-only-master --replicating-master  --skip-slave-move es2038 es2039
echo "===== es2038 (OLD)"; sudo db-mysql es2038 -e 'show slave status\G'
echo "===== es2039 (NEW)"; sudo db-mysql es2039 -e 'show slave status\G'
  • Promote NEW primary in dbctl, and remove read-only
sudo dbctl --scope codfw section es7 set-master es2039
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Promote es2039 to es7 primary T400435"
  • Clean up heartbeat table(s).
sudo db-mysql es2039 heartbeat -e "delete from heartbeat where file like 'es2038%';"
  • Restart puppet on both hosts:
sudo cumin 'es2038* or es2039*' 'run-puppet-agent -e "primary switchover T400435"'

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 es2039
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 es2038
  • Update candidate primary dbctl and orchestrator notes
sudo dbctl instance es2038 set-candidate-master --section es7 true
sudo dbctl instance es2039 set-candidate-master --section es7 false
sudo cumin 'dborch*' 'orchestrator-client -c untag -i es2039 --tag name=candidate'
sudo cumin 'dborch*' 'orchestrator-client -c tag -i es2038 --tag name=candidate'
sudo db-mysql db1215 zarcillo -e "select * from masters where section = 'es7';"
  • (If needed): Depool es2038 for maintenance.
sudo dbctl instance es2038 depool
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Depool es2038 T400435"
  • Change es2038 weight to mimic the previous weight es2039:
sudo dbctl instance es2038 edit
  • Update/resolve this ticket.

Event Timeline

Change #1172511 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit maintenance bot; author: Gerrit maintenance bot):

[operations/puppet@production] mariadb: Promote es2039 to es7 master

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1172511

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) [2025-07-25T05:50:33Z] <marostegui@cumin1002> DONE (PASS) - Cookbook sre.hosts.downtime (exit_code=0) for 1:00:00 on 8 hosts with reason: Primary switchover es7 T400435

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-07-25T05:51:06Z] <marostegui@cumin1002> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Set es2039 with weight 0 T400435', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P79888 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20250725-055105-root.json

Change #1172511 merged by Marostegui:

[operations/puppet@production] mariadb: Promote es2039 to es7 master

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1172511

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-07-25T05:53:07Z] <marostegui> Starting es7 codfw failover from es2038 to es2039 - T400435

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-07-25T05:53:42Z] <marostegui@cumin1002> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Promote es2039 to es7 primary T400435', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P79889 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20250725-055342-root.json

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-07-25T05:54:49Z] <marostegui@cumin1002> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Depool es2038 T400435', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P79890 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20250725-055449-root.json

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