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Switchover s2 master (db2204 -> db2207)
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Description

When: During a pre-defined DBA maintenance windows

Affected wikis:: https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=dblists/s2.dblist

Checklist:

NEW primary: db2207
OLD primary: db2204

  • Check configuration differences between new and old primary:
sudo pt-config-diff --defaults-file /root/.my.cnf h=db2204.codfw.wmnet h=db2207.codfw.wmnet

Failover prep:

  • Silence alerts on all hosts:
sudo cookbook sre.hosts.downtime --hours 1 -r "Primary switchover s2 T434565" 'A:db-section-s2'
  • Set NEW primary with weight 0
sudo dbctl instance db2207 set-weight 0
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Set db2207 with weight 0 T434565"
  • 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 --replicating-master --read-only-master --only-slave-move db2204 db2207
  • Disable puppet on both nodes
sudo cumin 'db2204* or db2207*' 'disable-puppet "primary switchover T434565"'
  • Merge gerrit puppet change to promote NEW primary: FIXME
ssh puppetserver1001.eqiad.wmnet
sudo puppet-merge

Failover:

  • Log the failover:
!log Starting s2 codfw failover from db2204 to db2207 - T434565
  • Switch primaries:
sudo db-switchover --replicating-master --read-only-master --skip-slave-move db2204 db2207
echo "===== db2204 (OLD)"; sudo db-mysql db2204 -e 'show slave status\G'
echo "===== db2207 (NEW)"; sudo db-mysql db2207 -e 'show slave status\G'
  • Promote NEW primary in dbctl
sudo dbctl --scope codfw section s2 set-master db2207
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Promote db2207 to s2 primary T434565"
  • Clean up heartbeat table(s).
sudo db-mysql db2207 heartbeat -e "delete from heartbeat where file like 'db2204%';"
  • Restart puppet on both hosts:
sudo cumin 'db2204* or db2207*' 'run-puppet-agent -e "primary switchover T434565"'

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 db2207
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 db2204
  • Update candidate primary dbctl and orchestrator notes
sudo dbctl instance db2204 set-candidate-master --section s2 true
sudo dbctl instance db2207 set-candidate-master --section s2 false
sudo cumin 'dborch*' 'orchestrator-client -c untag -i db2207 --tag name=candidate'
sudo cumin 'dborch*' 'orchestrator-client -c tag -i db2204 --tag name=candidate'
sudo db-mysql db1215 zarcillo -e "select * from masters where section = 's2';"
  • Depool db2204 for maintenance.
sudo dbctl instance db2204 depool
sudo dbctl config commit -m "Depool db2204 T434565"
  • Change db2204 weight to mimic the previous weight db2207:
sudo dbctl instance db2204 edit
  • Apply outstanding schema changes to db2204 (if any)
  • Slowly repool the db2204 if ready
sudo cookbook sre.mysql.pool -t T434565 -r "Repooling after switchover" db2204
  • Update/resolve this ticket.

Event Timeline

Change #1324332 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit maintenance bot; author: Gerrit maintenance bot):

[operations/puppet@production] mariadb: Promote db2207 to s2 master

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1324332

CWilliams-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.
CWilliams-WMF moved this task from Triage to In progress on the DBA board.
CWilliams-WMF changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Aug 11 2026, 2:58 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-08-11T15:02:38Z] <cwilliams@cumin1003> DONE (PASS) - Cookbook sre.hosts.downtime (exit_code=0) for 1:00:00 on 28 hosts with reason: Primary switchover s2 T434565

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-08-11T15:04:03Z] <cwilliams@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Set db2207 with weight 0 T434565', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P95982 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260811-150402-cwilliams.json

Change #1324332 merged by CWilliams:

[operations/puppet@production] mariadb: Promote db2207 to s2 master

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1324332

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-08-11T15:08:24Z] <cezmunsta> Starting s2 codfw failover from db2204 to db2207 - T434565

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-08-11T15:09:06Z] <cwilliams@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Promote db2207 to s2 primary T434565', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P95983 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260811-150905-cwilliams.json

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2026-08-11T15:11:27Z] <cwilliams@cumin1003> dbctl commit (dc=all): 'Depool db2204 T434565', diff saved to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/P95984 and previous config saved to /var/cache/conftool/dbconfig/20260811-151126-cwilliams.json

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