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systemd and ceph.conf and environment variables. (particularly mds and rgw)

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Owen Synge March 7, 2016, 10:42 a.m. UTC
Dear all,

I have a simple idea that I think would be beneficial for ceph's
services. I would be curious to hear others opinions.

At the moment the only way (I know) to configure specific entities in
ceph such as a specific port for a mds or rgw is via ${CLUSTERNAME}.conf
which is usually set to ceph.conf. For brevity I will call this file
ceph.conf.

The current setup leads to complexities as ideally I want all ceph.conf
files to be identical across a cluster, and at the same time, I want to
add services such as rgw or mds without changing ceph.conf. I also want
to template a ceph.conf cluster.

If we could always get these settings via environment variables, it
would make setting up ceph with tools such as cluster/config management
tools such as puppet, chef, and salt easier.

So here is the diff of the systemd service files I am thinking of:

# diff -u  ceph-mds@.service /tmp/ceph-mds@.service
 PrivateDevices=yes
 ProtectHome=true

First you should note the extra EnvironmentFile line:

EnvironmentFile=-/var/lib/ceph/mds/systemd/%i

This means that if the mds service is started with parameter "param_one"
then the environment will be set with the content of

    /var/lib/ceph/env/mds/param_one

The "-" means don’t error if the above file does not exist.

Hence we could add service instance variables such as ${BIND_IPV4} and
${BIND_PORT} as well as important values like ${CLUSTER} to values like
ceph.

Having played with systemd, it seems that environment variables are
updated by the last assignment in systemd just like shell.

I have *not* found a good way to put in conditionals in such systemd
"EnvironmentFile" content. Hence it would be impossible to nicely
default command line parameters without using dirty tricks. Specifically
what we cant do in the systemd "EnvironmentFile" context:

	if [ X"${BIND_IPV4}${BIND_PORT}" != X ] ; then
	EXTRA_ARGS="-m ${BIND_IPV4}:${BIND_PORT}"
	fi

Hence I think we have to accept to integrate with systemd nicely we
should allow setting to be read from environment rather than only from
the command line.

What do people think?

Best wishes

Owen



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Comments

Sage Weil March 7, 2016, 11:47 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, 7 Mar 2016, Owen Synge wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have a simple idea that I think would be beneficial for ceph's
> services. I would be curious to hear others opinions.
> 
> At the moment the only way (I know) to configure specific entities in
> ceph such as a specific port for a mds or rgw is via ${CLUSTERNAME}.conf
> which is usually set to ceph.conf. For brevity I will call this file
> ceph.conf.

In jewel there is a new path added to the config search path: 
/var/lib/ceph/$type/$cluster-$id/config.  This is checked before 
/etc/ceph/$cluster.conf, which means that you have to put *all* config 
values in the new location if you use it, but it might capture your 
use-case?

If you need both config paths to work, one idea is to add 'include <path>' 
support to the conf parser... hoping to avoid making things more 
complicated if we don't have a strong reason for it, though!

> The current setup leads to complexities as ideally I want all ceph.conf
> files to be identical across a cluster, and at the same time, I want to
> add services such as rgw or mds without changing ceph.conf. I also want
> to template a ceph.conf cluster.
> 
> If we could always get these settings via environment variables, it
> would make setting up ceph with tools such as cluster/config management
> tools such as puppet, chef, and salt easier.
> 
> So here is the diff of the systemd service files I am thinking of:
> 
> # diff -u  ceph-mds@.service /tmp/ceph-mds@.service
> --- ceph-mds@.service   2016-03-01 20:48:05.000000000 -0500
> +++ /tmp/ceph-mds@.service      2016-03-07 05:14:43.392000000 -0500
> @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
>  LimitNOFILE=1048576
>  LimitNPROC=1048576
>  EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ceph
> -Environment=CLUSTER=ceph
> -ExecStart=/usr/bin/ceph-mds -f --cluster ${CLUSTER} --id %i --setuser
> ceph --setgroup ceph
> +EnvironmentFile=-/var/lib/ceph/env/mds/%i
> +ExecStart=/usr/bin/ceph-mds -f --cluster ${CLUSTER} --id %i --setuser
> ceph --setgroup ceph -m ${BIND_IPV4}:${BIND_PORT}
>  ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
>  PrivateDevices=yes
>  ProtectHome=true
> 
> First you should note the extra EnvironmentFile line:
> 
> EnvironmentFile=-/var/lib/ceph/mds/systemd/%i
> 
> This means that if the mds service is started with parameter "param_one"
> then the environment will be set with the content of
> 
>     /var/lib/ceph/env/mds/param_one
> 
> The "-" means don’t error if the above file does not exist.
> 
> Hence we could add service instance variables such as ${BIND_IPV4} and
> ${BIND_PORT} as well as important values like ${CLUSTER} to values like
> ceph.
> 
> Having played with systemd, it seems that environment variables are
> updated by the last assignment in systemd just like shell.
> 
> I have *not* found a good way to put in conditionals in such systemd
> "EnvironmentFile" content. Hence it would be impossible to nicely
> default command line parameters without using dirty tricks. Specifically
> what we cant do in the systemd "EnvironmentFile" context:
> 
> 	if [ X"${BIND_IPV4}${BIND_PORT}" != X ] ; then
> 	EXTRA_ARGS="-m ${BIND_IPV4}:${BIND_PORT}"
> 	fi
> 
> Hence I think we have to accept to integrate with systemd nicely we
> should allow setting to be read from environment rather than only from
> the command line.
> 
> What do people think?

I would probably make it '/var/lib/ceph/$type/$cluster-$id/env'.

You're sure systemd lets you specify multiple environment files?  We 
can't/shouldn't stop looking at the standard location...

sage
Owen Synge March 7, 2016, 12:37 p.m. UTC | #2
On 03/07/2016 12:47 PM, Sage Weil wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Mar 2016, Owen Synge wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have a simple idea that I think would be beneficial for ceph's
>> services. I would be curious to hear others opinions.
>>
>> At the moment the only way (I know) to configure specific entities in
>> ceph such as a specific port for a mds or rgw is via ${CLUSTERNAME}.conf
>> which is usually set to ceph.conf. For brevity I will call this file
>> ceph.conf.
> 
> In jewel there is a new path added to the config search path: 
> /var/lib/ceph/$type/$cluster-$id/config.  This is checked before 
> /etc/ceph/$cluster.conf, which means that you have to put *all* config 
> values in the new location if you use it, but it might capture your 
> use-case?

It does capture it nearly 100%.

While it does capture my usecase I still suggest we go further and have
all variables for an entity able to come from its own local environment,
rather than just sections in the config search.

The (current list of) reasons:

(1) environment variables are easier to pass in systemd format than a
ceph.conf file for cluster management tools.

(2) We can support much richer overloading and defaulting with
environment variables. Allowing for example defaulting cluster name as
"ceph" and overriding it on a per module basis, this can be extended to
other variables.

This said, since your solution does cover most of the test cases
(excluding cluster name) The importance of this change is greatly reduced.

> If you need both config paths to work, one idea is to add 'include <path>' 
> support to the conf parser... hoping to avoid making things more 
> complicated if we don't have a strong reason for it, though!

Thanks for the hint, I dont feel this is needed yet, and would rather
avoid complications caused by such an idea unless I had too.


>> The current setup leads to complexities as ideally I want all ceph.conf
>> files to be identical across a cluster, and at the same time, I want to
>> add services such as rgw or mds without changing ceph.conf. I also want
>> to template a ceph.conf cluster.
>>
>> If we could always get these settings via environment variables, it
>> would make setting up ceph with tools such as cluster/config management
>> tools such as puppet, chef, and salt easier.
>>
>> So here is the diff of the systemd service files I am thinking of:
>>
>> # diff -u  ceph-mds@.service /tmp/ceph-mds@.service
>> --- ceph-mds@.service   2016-03-01 20:48:05.000000000 -0500
>> +++ /tmp/ceph-mds@.service      2016-03-07 05:14:43.392000000 -0500
>> @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
>>  LimitNOFILE=1048576
>>  LimitNPROC=1048576
>>  EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ceph
>> -Environment=CLUSTER=ceph
>> -ExecStart=/usr/bin/ceph-mds -f --cluster ${CLUSTER} --id %i --setuser
>> ceph --setgroup ceph
>> +EnvironmentFile=-/var/lib/ceph/env/mds/%i
>> +ExecStart=/usr/bin/ceph-mds -f --cluster ${CLUSTER} --id %i --setuser
>> ceph --setgroup ceph -m ${BIND_IPV4}:${BIND_PORT}
>>  ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
>>  PrivateDevices=yes
>>  ProtectHome=true
>>
>> First you should note the extra EnvironmentFile line:
>>
>> EnvironmentFile=-/var/lib/ceph/mds/systemd/%i
>>
>> This means that if the mds service is started with parameter "param_one"
>> then the environment will be set with the content of
>>
>>     /var/lib/ceph/env/mds/param_one
>>
>> The "-" means don’t error if the above file does not exist.
>>
>> Hence we could add service instance variables such as ${BIND_IPV4} and
>> ${BIND_PORT} as well as important values like ${CLUSTER} to values like
>> ceph.
>>
>> Having played with systemd, it seems that environment variables are
>> updated by the last assignment in systemd just like shell.
>>
>> I have *not* found a good way to put in conditionals in such systemd
>> "EnvironmentFile" content. Hence it would be impossible to nicely
>> default command line parameters without using dirty tricks. Specifically
>> what we cant do in the systemd "EnvironmentFile" context:
>>
>> 	if [ X"${BIND_IPV4}${BIND_PORT}" != X ] ; then
>> 	EXTRA_ARGS="-m ${BIND_IPV4}:${BIND_PORT}"
>> 	fi
>>
>> Hence I think we have to accept to integrate with systemd nicely we
>> should allow setting to be read from environment rather than only from
>> the command line.
>>
>> What do people think?
> 
> I would probably make it '/var/lib/ceph/$type/$cluster-$id/env'.
> 
> You're sure systemd lets you specify multiple environment files?

Many examples of doing this are available.

Also I tested it and it worked on Friday on SUSE LEAP for my simple test
case. We have more cases I could test though.

>  We
> can't/shouldn't stop looking at the standard location...

Totally agree.

Best regards

Owen
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Patch

--- ceph-mds@.service   2016-03-01 20:48:05.000000000 -0500
+++ /tmp/ceph-mds@.service      2016-03-07 05:14:43.392000000 -0500
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ 
 LimitNOFILE=1048576
 LimitNPROC=1048576
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/ceph
-Environment=CLUSTER=ceph
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/ceph-mds -f --cluster ${CLUSTER} --id %i --setuser
ceph --setgroup ceph
+EnvironmentFile=-/var/lib/ceph/env/mds/%i
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/ceph-mds -f --cluster ${CLUSTER} --id %i --setuser
ceph --setgroup ceph -m ${BIND_IPV4}:${BIND_PORT}
 ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID