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3   <article class="specification">
4   <articleinfo>
5     <title>Ganeti customisation using hooks</title>
6   </articleinfo>
7   <para>Documents ganeti version 1.2</para>
8   <section>
9     <title>Introduction</title>
10
11     <para>
12       In order to allow customisation of operations, ganeti will run
13       scripts under <filename
14       class="directory">/etc/ganeti/hooks</filename> based on certain
15       rules.
16     </para>
17
18       <para>This is similar to the <filename
19       class="directory">/etc/network/</filename> structure present in
20       Debian for network interface handling.</para>
21
22     </section>
23
24     <section>
25       <title>Organisation</title>
26
27       <para>For every operation, two sets of scripts are run:
28
29       <itemizedlist>
30           <listitem>
31             <simpara>pre phase (for authorization/checking)</simpara>
32           </listitem>
33           <listitem>
34             <simpara>post phase (for logging)</simpara>
35           </listitem>
36         </itemizedlist>
37       </para>
38
39       <para>Also, for each operation, the scripts are run on one or
40       more nodes, depending on the operation type.</para>
41
42       <para>Note that, even though we call them scripts, we are
43       actually talking about any executable.</para>
44
45       <section>
46         <title><emphasis>pre</emphasis> scripts</title>
47
48         <para>The <emphasis>pre</emphasis> scripts have a definite
49         target: to check that the operation is allowed given the
50         site-specific constraints. You could have, for example, a rule
51         that says every new instance is required to exists in a
52         database; to implement this, you could write a script that
53         checks the new instance parameters against your
54         database.</para>
55
56         <para>The objective of these scripts should be their return
57         code (zero or non-zero for success and failure). However, if
58         they modify the environment in any way, they should be
59         idempotent, as failed executions could be restarted and thus
60         the script(s) run again with exactly the same
61         parameters.</para>
62
63       <para>
64         Note that if a node is unreachable at the time a hooks is run,
65         this will not be interpreted as a deny for the execution. In
66         other words, only an actual error returned from a script will
67         cause abort, and not an unreachable node.
68       </para>
69
70       <para>
71         Therefore, if you want to guarantee that a hook script is run
72         and denies an action, it's best to put it on the master node.
73       </para>
74
75       </section>
76
77       <section>
78         <title><emphasis>post</emphasis> scripts</title>
79
80         <para>These scripts should do whatever you need as a reaction
81         to the completion of an operation. Their return code is not
82         checked (but logged), and they should not depend on the fact
83         that the <emphasis>pre</emphasis> scripts have been
84         run.</para>
85
86       </section>
87
88       <section>
89         <title>Naming</title>
90
91         <para>The allowed names for the scripts consist of (similar to
92         <citerefentry> <refentrytitle>run-parts</refentrytitle>
93         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum> </citerefentry>) upper and lower
94         case, digits, underscores and hyphens. In other words, the
95         regexp
96         <computeroutput>^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$</computeroutput>. Also,
97         non-executable scripts will be ignored.
98         </para>
99       </section>
100
101       <section>
102         <title>Order of execution</title>
103
104         <para>On a single node, the scripts in a directory are run in
105         lexicographic order (more exactly, the python string
106         comparison order). It is advisable to implement the usual
107         <emphasis>NN-name</emphasis> convention where
108         <emphasis>NN</emphasis> is a two digit number.</para>
109
110         <para>For an operation whose hooks are run on multiple nodes,
111         there is no specific ordering of nodes with regard to hooks
112         execution; you should assume that the scripts are run in
113         parallel on the target nodes (keeping on each node the above
114         specified ordering).  If you need any kind of inter-node
115         synchronisation, you have to implement it yourself in the
116         scripts.</para>
117
118       </section>
119
120       <section>
121         <title>Execution environment</title>
122
123         <para>The scripts will be run as follows:
124           <itemizedlist>
125             <listitem>
126               <simpara>no command line arguments</simpara>
127             </listitem>
128             <listitem>
129               <simpara>no controlling <acronym>tty</acronym></simpara>
130             </listitem>
131             <listitem>
132               <simpara><varname>stdin</varname> is
133                 actually <filename>/dev/null</filename></simpara>
134             </listitem>
135             <listitem>
136               <simpara><varname>stdout</varname> and
137                 <varname>stderr</varname> are directed to
138                 files</simpara>
139             </listitem>
140             <listitem>
141               <simpara>the <varname>PATH</varname> is reset to
142                 <literal>/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin</literal></simpara>
143             </listitem>
144             <listitem>
145               <simpara>the environment is cleared, and only
146                 ganeti-specific variables will be left</simpara>
147             </listitem>
148           </itemizedlist>
149
150         </para>
151
152       <para>All informations about the cluster is passed using
153       environment variables. Different operations will have sligthly
154       different environments, but most of the variables are
155       common.</para>
156
157     </section>
158
159
160     <section>
161       <title>Operation list</title>
162       <table>
163         <title>Operation list</title>
164         <tgroup cols="7">
165           <colspec>
166           <colspec>
167           <colspec>
168           <colspec>
169           <colspec>
170           <colspec colname="prehooks">
171           <colspec colname="posthooks">
172           <spanspec namest="prehooks" nameend="posthooks"
173             spanname="bothhooks">
174           <thead>
175             <row>
176               <entry>Operation ID</entry>
177               <entry>Directory prefix</entry>
178               <entry>Description</entry>
179               <entry>Command</entry>
180               <entry>Supported env. variables</entry>
181               <entry><emphasis>pre</emphasis> hooks</entry>
182               <entry><emphasis>post</emphasis> hooks</entry>
183             </row>
184           </thead>
185           <tbody>
186             <row>
187               <entry>OP_INIT_CLUSTER</entry>
188               <entry><filename class="directory">cluster-init</filename></entry>
189               <entry>Initialises the cluster</entry>
190               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-cluster init</computeroutput></entry>
191               <entry><constant>CLUSTER</constant>, <constant>MASTER</constant></entry>
192               <entry spanname="bothhooks">master node, cluster name</entry>
193             </row>
194             <row>
195               <entry>OP_MASTER_FAILOVER</entry>
196               <entry><filename class="directory">master-failover</filename></entry>
197               <entry>Changes the master</entry>
198               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-cluster master-failover</computeroutput></entry>
199               <entry><constant>OLD_MASTER</constant>, <constant>NEW_MASTER</constant></entry>
200               <entry>the new master</entry>
201               <entry>all nodes</entry>
202             </row>
203             <row>
204               <entry>OP_ADD_NODE</entry>
205               <entry><filename class="directory">node-add</filename></entry>
206               <entry>Adds a new node to the cluster</entry>
207               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-node add</computeroutput></entry>
208               <entry><constant>NODE_NAME</constant>, <constant>NODE_PIP</constant>, <constant>NODE_SIP</constant></entry>
209               <entry>all existing nodes</entry>
210               <entry>all existing nodes plus the new node</entry>
211             </row>
212             <row>
213               <entry>OP_REMOVE_NODE</entry>
214               <entry><filename class="directory">node-remove</filename></entry>
215               <entry>Removes a node from the cluster</entry>
216               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-node remove</computeroutput></entry>
217               <entry><constant>NODE_NAME</constant></entry>
218               <entry spanname="bothhooks">all existing nodes except the removed node</entry>
219             </row>
220             <row>
221               <entry>OP_INSTANCE_ADD</entry>
222               <entry><filename class="directory">instance-add</filename></entry>
223               <entry>Creates a new instance</entry>
224               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-instance add</computeroutput></entry>
225               <entry><constant>INSTANCE_NAME</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_PRIMARY</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_SECONDARIES</constant>, <constant>DISK_TEMPLATE</constant>, <constant>MEM_SIZE</constant>, <constant>DISK_SIZE</constant>, <constant>SWAP_SIZE</constant>, <constant>VCPUS</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_IP</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_ADD_MODE</constant>, <constant>SRC_NODE</constant>, <constant>SRC_PATH</constant>, <constant>SRC_IMAGE</constant></entry>
226               <entry spanname="bothhooks" morerows="4">master node, primary and
227                    secondary nodes</entry>
228             </row>
229             <row>
230               <entry>OP_BACKUP_EXPORT</entry>
231               <entry><filename class="directory">instance-export</filename></entry>
232               <entry>Export the instance</entry>
233               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-backup export</computeroutput></entry>
234               <entry><constant>INSTANCE_NAME</constant>, <constant>EXPORT_NODE</constant>, <constant>EXPORT_DO_SHUTDOWN</constant></entry>
235             </row>
236             <row>
237               <entry>OP_INSTANCE_START</entry>
238               <entry><filename class="directory">instance-start</filename></entry>
239               <entry>Starts an instance</entry>
240               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-instance start</computeroutput></entry>
241               <entry><constant>INSTANCE_NAME</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_PRIMARY</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_SECONDARIES</constant>, <constant>FORCE</constant></entry>
242             </row>
243             <row>
244               <entry>OP_INSTANCE_SHUTDOWN</entry>
245               <entry><filename class="directory">instance-shutdown</filename></entry>
246               <entry>Stops an instance</entry>
247               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-instance shutdown</computeroutput></entry>
248               <entry><constant>INSTANCE_NAME</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_PRIMARY</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_SECONDARIES</constant></entry>
249             </row>
250             <row>
251               <entry>OP_INSTANCE_MODIFY</entry>
252               <entry><filename class="directory">instance-modify</filename></entry>
253               <entry>Modifies the instance parameters.</entry>
254               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-instance modify</computeroutput></entry>
255               <entry><constant>INSTANCE_NAME</constant>, <constant>MEM_SIZE</constant>, <constant>VCPUS</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_IP</constant></entry>
256             </row>
257             <row>
258               <entry>OP_INSTANCE_FAILOVER</entry>
259               <entry><filename class="directory">instance-failover</filename></entry>
260               <entry>Failover an instance</entry>
261               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-instance start</computeroutput></entry>
262               <entry><constant>INSTANCE_NAME</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_PRIMARY</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_SECONDARIES</constant>, <constant>IGNORE_CONSISTENCY</constant></entry>
263             </row>
264             <row>
265               <entry>OP_INSTANCE_REMOVE</entry>
266               <entry><filename class="directory">instance-remove</filename></entry>
267               <entry>Remove an instance</entry>
268               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-instance remove</computeroutput></entry>
269               <entry><constant>INSTANCE_NAME</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_PRIMARY</constant>, <constant>INSTANCE_SECONDARIES</constant></entry>
270               <entry spanname="bothhooks">master node</entry>
271             </row>
272             <row>
273               <entry>OP_INSTANCE_ADD_MDDRBD</entry>
274               <entry><filename class="directory">mirror-add</filename></entry>
275               <entry>Adds a mirror component</entry>
276               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-instance add-mirror</computeroutput></entry>
277               <entry><constant>INSTANCE_NAME</constant>, <constant>NEW_SECONDARY</constant>, <constant>DISK_NAME</constant></entry>
278             </row>
279             <row>
280               <entry>OP_INSTANCE_REMOVE_MDDRBD</entry>
281               <entry><filename class="directory">mirror-remove</filename></entry>
282               <entry>Removes a mirror component</entry>
283               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-instance remove-mirror</computeroutput></entry>
284               <entry><constant>INSTANCE_NAME</constant>, <constant>OLD_SECONDARY</constant>, <constant>DISK_NAME</constant>, <constant>DISK_ID</constant></entry>
285             </row>
286             <row>
287               <entry>OP_INSTANCE_REPLACE_DISKS</entry>
288               <entry><filename class="directory">mirror-replace</filename></entry>
289               <entry>Replace all mirror components</entry>
290               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-instance replace-disks</computeroutput></entry>
291               <entry><constant>INSTANCE_NAME</constant>, <constant>OLD_SECONDARY</constant>, <constant>NEW_SECONDARY</constant></entry>
292
293             </row>
294             <row>
295               <entry>OP_CLUSTER_VERIFY</entry>
296               <entry><filename class="directory">cluster-verify</filename></entry>
297               <entry>Verifies the cluster status</entry>
298               <entry><computeroutput>gnt-cluster verify</computeroutput></entry>
299               <entry><constant>CLUSTER</constant>, <constant>MASTER</constant></entry>
300               <entry>NONE</entry>
301               <entry>all nodes</entry>
302             </row>
303           </tbody>
304         </tgroup>
305       </table>
306     </section>
307
308     <section>
309       <title>Environment variables</title>
310
311       <para>Note that all variables listed here are actually prefixed
312       with <constant>GANETI_</constant> in order to provide a
313       different namespace.</para>
314
315       <section>
316         <title>Common variables</title>
317
318         <para>This is the list of environment variables supported by
319         all operations:</para>
320
321         <variablelist>
322           <varlistentry>
323             <term>HOOKS_VERSION</term>
324             <listitem>
325               <para>Documents the hooks interface version. In case this
326             doesnt match what the script expects, it should not
327             run. The documents conforms to the version
328             <literal>1</literal>.</para>
329             </listitem>
330           </varlistentry>
331           <varlistentry>
332             <term>HOOKS_PHASE</term>
333             <listitem>
334               <para>one of <constant>PRE</constant> or
335               <constant>POST</constant> denoting which phase are we
336               in.</para>
337             </listitem>
338           </varlistentry>
339           <varlistentry>
340             <term>CLUSTER</term>
341             <listitem>
342               <para>the cluster name</para>
343             </listitem>
344           </varlistentry>
345           <varlistentry>
346             <term>MASTER</term>
347             <listitem>
348               <para>the master node</para>
349             </listitem>
350           </varlistentry>
351           <varlistentry>
352             <term>OP_ID</term>
353             <listitem>
354               <para>one of the <constant>OP_*</constant> values from
355               the table of operations</para>
356             </listitem>
357           </varlistentry>
358           <varlistentry>
359             <term>OBJECT_TYPE</term>
360             <listitem>
361               <para>one of <simplelist type="inline">
362                   <member><constant>INSTANCE</constant></member>
363                   <member><constant>NODE</constant></member>
364                   <member><constant>CLUSTER</constant></member>
365                 </simplelist>, showing the target of the operation.
366              </para>
367             </listitem>
368           </varlistentry>
369           <!-- commented out since it causes problems in our rpc
370                multi-node optimised calls
371           <varlistentry>
372             <term>HOST_NAME</term>
373             <listitem>
374               <para>The name of the node the hook is run on as known by
375             the cluster.</para>
376             </listitem>
377           </varlistentry>
378           <varlistentry>
379             <term>HOST_TYPE</term>
380             <listitem>
381               <para>one of <simplelist type="inline">
382                   <member><constant>MASTER</constant></member>
383                   <member><constant>NODE</constant></member>
384                 </simplelist>, showing the role of this node in the cluster.
385              </para>
386             </listitem>
387           </varlistentry>
388           -->
389         </variablelist>
390       </section>
391
392       <section>
393         <title>Specialised variables</title>
394
395         <para>This is the list of variables which are specific to one
396         or more operations.</para>
397         <variablelist>
398           <varlistentry>
399             <term>INSTANCE_NAME</term>
400             <listitem>
401               <para>The name of the instance which is the target of
402               the operation.</para>
403             </listitem>
404           </varlistentry>
405           <varlistentry>
406             <term>INSTANCE_DISK_TYPE</term>
407             <listitem>
408               <para>The disk type for the instance.</para>
409             </listitem>
410           </varlistentry>
411           <varlistentry>
412             <term>INSTANCE_DISK_SIZE</term>
413             <listitem>
414               <para>The (OS) disk size for the instance.</para>
415             </listitem>
416           </varlistentry>
417           <varlistentry>
418             <term>INSTANCE_OS</term>
419             <listitem>
420               <para>The name of the instance OS.</para>
421             </listitem>
422           </varlistentry>
423           <varlistentry>
424             <term>INSTANCE_PRIMARY</term>
425             <listitem>
426               <para>The name of the node which is the primary for the
427               instance.</para>
428             </listitem>
429           </varlistentry>
430           <varlistentry>
431             <term>INSTANCE_SECONDARIES</term>
432             <listitem>
433               <para>Space-separated list of secondary nodes for the
434               instance.</para>
435             </listitem>
436           </varlistentry>
437           <varlistentry>
438             <term>NODE_NAME</term>
439             <listitem>
440               <para>The target node of this operation (not the node on
441               which the hook runs).</para>
442             </listitem>
443           </varlistentry>
444           <varlistentry>
445             <term>NODE_PIP</term>
446             <listitem>
447               <para>The primary IP of the target node (the one over
448               which inter-node communication is done).</para>
449             </listitem>
450           </varlistentry>
451           <varlistentry>
452             <term>NODE_SIP</term>
453             <listitem>
454               <para>The secondary IP of the target node (the one over
455               which drbd replication is done). This can be equal to
456               the primary ip, in case the cluster is not
457               dual-homed.</para>
458             </listitem>
459           </varlistentry>
460           <varlistentry>
461             <term>OLD_MASTER</term>
462             <term>NEW_MASTER</term>
463             <listitem>
464               <para>The old, respectively the new master for the
465               master failover operation.</para>
466             </listitem>
467           </varlistentry>
468           <varlistentry>
469             <term>FORCE</term>
470             <listitem>
471               <para>This is provided by some operations when the user
472               gave this flag.</para>
473             </listitem>
474           </varlistentry>
475           <varlistentry>
476             <term>IGNORE_CONSISTENCY</term>
477             <listitem>
478               <para>The user has specified this flag. It is used when
479               failing over instances in case the primary node is
480               down.</para>
481             </listitem>
482           </varlistentry>
483           <varlistentry>
484             <term>MEM_SIZE, DISK_SIZE, SWAP_SIZE, VCPUS</term>
485             <listitem>
486               <para>The memory, disk, swap size and the number of
487               processor selected for the instance (in
488               <command>gnt-instance add</command> or
489               <command>gnt-instance modify</command>).</para>
490             </listitem>
491           </varlistentry>
492           <varlistentry>
493             <term>INSTANCE_IP</term>
494             <listitem>
495               <para>If defined, the instance IP in the
496               <command>gnt-instance add</command> and
497               <command>gnt-instance set</command> commands. If not
498               defined, it means that no IP has been defined.</para>
499             </listitem>
500           </varlistentry>
501           <varlistentry>
502             <term>DISK_TEMPLATE</term>
503             <listitem>
504               <para>The disk template type when creating the instance.</para>
505             </listitem>
506           </varlistentry>
507           <varlistentry>
508             <term>INSTANCE_ADD_MODE</term>
509             <listitem>
510               <para>The mode of the create: either
511               <constant>create</constant> for create from scratch or
512               <constant>import</constant> for restoring from an
513               exported image.</para>
514             </listitem>
515           </varlistentry>
516           <varlistentry>
517             <term>SRC_NODE, SRC_PATH, SRC_IMAGE</term>
518             <listitem>
519               <para>In case the instance has been added by import,
520               these variables are defined and point to the source
521               node, source path (the directory containing the image
522               and the config file) and the source disk image
523               file.</para>
524             </listitem>
525           </varlistentry>
526           <varlistentry>
527             <term>DISK_NAME</term>
528             <listitem>
529               <para>The disk name (either <filename>sda</filename> or
530               <filename>sdb</filename>) in mirror operations
531               (add/remove mirror).</para>
532             </listitem>
533           </varlistentry>
534           <varlistentry>
535             <term>DISK_ID</term>
536             <listitem>
537               <para>The disk id for mirror remove operations. You can
538               look this up using <command>gnt-instance
539               info</command>.</para>
540             </listitem>
541           </varlistentry>
542           <varlistentry>
543             <term>NEW_SECONDARY</term>
544             <listitem>
545               <para>The name of the node on which the new mirror
546               componet is being added. This can be the name of the
547               current secondary, if the new mirror is on the same
548               secondary.</para>
549             </listitem>
550           </varlistentry>
551           <varlistentry>
552             <term>OLD_SECONDARY</term>
553             <listitem>
554               <para>The name of the old secondary. This is used in
555               both <command>replace-disks</command> and
556               <command>remove-mirror</command>. Note that this can be
557               equal to the new secondary (only
558               <command>replace-disks</command> has both variables) if
559               the secondary node hasn't actually changed).</para>
560             </listitem>
561           </varlistentry>
562           <varlistentry>
563             <term>EXPORT_NODE</term>
564             <listitem>
565               <para>The node on which the exported image of the
566               instance was done.</para>
567             </listitem>
568           </varlistentry>
569           <varlistentry>
570             <term>EXPORT_DO_SHUTDOWN</term>
571             <listitem>
572               <para>This variable tells if the instance has been
573               shutdown or not while doing the export. In the "was
574               shutdown" case, it's likely that the filesystem is
575               consistent, whereas in the "did not shutdown" case, the
576               filesystem would need a check (journal replay or full
577               fsck) in order to guarantee consistency.</para>
578             </listitem>
579           </varlistentry>
580         </variablelist>
581
582       </section>
583
584     </section>
585
586   </section>
587   </article>