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Switchover s8 master (db2161 -> db2165)
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Description

When: During a pre-defined DBA maintenance windows

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

Affected wikis:: https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s8.dblist

Checklist:

NEW primary: db2165
OLD primary: db2161

  • Check configuration differences between new and old primary:
sudo pt-config-diff --defaults-file /root/.my.cnf h=db2161.codfw.wmnet h=db2165.codfw.wmnet

Failover prep:

  • Silence alerts on all hosts:
sudo cookbook sre.hosts.downtime --hours 1 -r "Primary switchover s8 T415748" 'A:db-section-s8'
  • Set NEW primary with weight 0
sudo dbctl instance db2165 set-weight 0
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Set db2165 with weight 0 T415748"
  • Topology changes, move all replicas under NEW primary, open orchestartor to monitor the process and check it at the end.
sudo db-switchover --timeout=25 --only-slave-move db2161 db2165
  • Disable puppet on both nodes
sudo cumin 'db2161* or db2165*' 'disable-puppet "primary switchover T415748"'

Failover:

  • Log the failover:
!log Starting s8 codfw failover from db2161 to db2165 - T415748
  • Set section read-only:
sudo dbctl --scope eqiad section s8 ro "Maintenance until 06:15 UTC - T415748"
sudo dbctl --scope codfw section s8 ro "Maintenance until 06:15 UTC - T415748"
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Set s8 codfw as read-only for maintenance - T415748"
  • Check s8 is indeed read-only
  • Switch primaries:
sudo db-switchover --skip-slave-move db2161 db2165
echo "===== db2161 (OLD)"; sudo db-mysql db2161 -e 'show slave status\G'
echo "===== db2165 (NEW)"; sudo db-mysql db2165 -e 'show slave status\G'
  • Promote NEW primary in dbctl, and remove read-only
sudo dbctl --scope codfw section s8 set-master db2165
sudo dbctl --scope eqiad section s8 rw
sudo dbctl --scope codfw section s8 rw
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Promote db2165 to s8 primary and set section read-write T415748"
  • Clean up heartbeat table(s).
sudo db-mysql db2165 heartbeat -e "delete from heartbeat where file like 'db2161%';"
  • Restart puppet on both hosts:
sudo cumin 'db2161* or db2165*' 'run-puppet-agent -e "primary switchover T415748"'

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 db2165
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 db2161
sudo authdns-update
  • Update candidate primary dbctl and orchestrator notes
sudo dbctl instance db2161 set-candidate-master --section s8 true
sudo dbctl instance db2165 set-candidate-master --section s8 false
sudo cumin 'dborch*' 'orchestrator-client -c untag -i db2165 --tag name=candidate'
sudo cumin 'dborch*' 'orchestrator-client -c tag -i db2161 --tag name=candidate'
sudo db-mysql db1215 zarcillo -e "select * from masters where section = 's8';"
  • Depool db2161 for maintenance.
sudo dbctl instance db2161 depool
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Depool db2161 T415748"
  • Change db2161 weight to mimic the previous weight db2165:
sudo dbctl instance db2161 edit
  • Update/resolve this ticket.

Event Timeline

Change #1234158 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit maintenance bot; author: Gerrit maintenance bot):

[operations/puppet@production] mariadb: Promote db2165 to s8 master

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1234158

Change #1234159 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit maintenance bot; author: Gerrit maintenance bot):

[operations/dns@master] wmnet: Update s8-master alias

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1234159

Marostegui triaged this task as Medium priority.
Marostegui moved this task from Triage to Blocked on the DBA board.
Marostegui updated the task description. (Show Details)

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-02T06:04:38Z] <marostegui@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Set db2165 with weight 0 T415748', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P88354 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260202-060437-marostegui.json

Change #1234158 merged by Marostegui:

[operations/puppet@production] mariadb: Promote db2165 to s8 master

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1234158

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-02T06:11:16Z] <marostegui> Starting s8 codfw failover from db2161 to db2165 - T415748

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-02T06:11:51Z] <marostegui@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Set s8 codfw as read-only for maintenance - T415748', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P88355 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260202-061150-marostegui.json

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-02T06:12:19Z] <marostegui@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Promote db2165 to s8 primary and set section read-write T415748', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P88356 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260202-061217-marostegui.json

Change #1234159 merged by Marostegui:

[operations/dns@master] wmnet: Update s8-master alias

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1234159

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-02T06:13:12Z] <marostegui@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Depool db2161 T415748', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P88357 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260202-061310-marostegui.json

Marostegui updated the task description. (Show Details)

Leaving db2161 depooled for schema change.