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Switchover s1 master (db2203 -> db2212)
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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/s1.dblist

Checklist:

NEW primary: db2212
OLD primary: db2203

  • Check configuration differences between new and old primary:
sudo pt-config-diff --defaults-file /root/.my.cnf h=db2203.codfw.wmnet h=db2212.codfw.wmnet

Failover prep:

  • Silence alerts on all hosts:
sudo cookbook sre.hosts.downtime --hours 1 -r "Primary switchover s1 T416554" 'A:db-section-s1'
  • Set NEW primary with weight 0
sudo dbctl instance db2212 set-weight 0
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Set db2212 with weight 0 T416554"
  • 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 db2203 db2212
  • Disable puppet on both nodes
sudo cumin 'db2203* or db2212*' 'disable-puppet "primary switchover T416554"'

Failover:

  • Log the failover:
!log Starting s1 codfw failover from db2203 to db2212 - T416554
  • Set section read-only:
sudo dbctl --scope eqiad section s1 ro "Maintenance until 06:15 UTC - T416554"
sudo dbctl --scope codfw section s1 ro "Maintenance until 06:15 UTC - T416554"
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Set s1 codfw as read-only for maintenance - T416554"
  • Check s1 is indeed read-only
  • Switch primaries:
sudo db-switchover --skip-slave-move db2203 db2212
echo "===== db2203 (OLD)"; sudo db-mysql db2203 -e 'show slave status\G'
echo "===== db2212 (NEW)"; sudo db-mysql db2212 -e 'show slave status\G'
  • Promote NEW primary in dbctl, and remove read-only
sudo dbctl --scope codfw section s1 set-master db2212
sudo dbctl --scope eqiad section s1 rw
sudo dbctl --scope codfw section s1 rw
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Promote db2212 to s1 primary and set section read-write T416554"
  • Clean up heartbeat table(s).
sudo db-mysql db2212 heartbeat -e "delete from heartbeat where file like 'db2203%';"
  • Restart puppet on both hosts:
sudo cumin 'db2203* or db2212*' 'run-puppet-agent -e "primary switchover T416554"'

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 db2212
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 db2203
sudo authdns-update
  • Update candidate primary dbctl and orchestrator notes
sudo dbctl instance db2203 set-candidate-master --section s1 true
sudo dbctl instance db2212 set-candidate-master --section s1 false
sudo cumin 'dborch*' 'orchestrator-client -c untag -i db2212 --tag name=candidate'
sudo cumin 'dborch*' 'orchestrator-client -c tag -i db2203 --tag name=candidate'
sudo db-mysql db1215 zarcillo -e "select * from masters where section = 's1';"
  • Depool db2203 for maintenance.
sudo dbctl instance db2203 depool
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Depool db2203 T416554"
  • Change db2203 weight to mimic the previous weight db2212:
sudo dbctl instance db2203 edit
  • Update/resolve this ticket.

Event Timeline

Change #1237136 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit maintenance bot; author: Gerrit maintenance bot):

[operations/puppet@production] mariadb: Promote db2212 to s1 master

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1237136

Change #1237137 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit maintenance bot; author: Gerrit maintenance bot):

[operations/dns@master] wmnet: Update s1-master alias

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1237137

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

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-09T06:11:46Z] <marostegui@cumin1003> DONE (PASS) - Cookbook sre.hosts.downtime (exit_code=0) for 1:00:00 on 32 hosts with reason: Primary switchover s1 T416554

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-09T06:12:19Z] <marostegui@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Set db2212 with weight 0 T416554', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P88722 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260209-061218-marostegui.json

Change #1237136 merged by Marostegui:

[operations/puppet@production] mariadb: Promote db2212 to s1 master

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1237136

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-09T06:13:05Z] <marostegui> Starting s1 codfw failover from db2203 to db2212 - T416554

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-09T06:17:32Z] <marostegui@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Set s1 codfw as read-only for maintenance - T416554', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P88723 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260209-061732-marostegui.json

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-09T06:17:57Z] <marostegui@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Promote db2212 to s1 primary and set section read-write T416554', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P88724 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260209-061756-marostegui.json

Change #1237137 merged by Marostegui:

[operations/dns@master] wmnet: Update s1-master alias

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1237137

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-02-09T06:19:05Z] <marostegui@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Depool db2203 T416554', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P88725 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260209-061904-marostegui.json

Marostegui updated the task description. (Show Details)

Done - leaving db2203 depooled for schema change