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Mastering Ceph

Deploying Ceph

Once you have planned your Ceph project and are ready to either deploy a test or production cluster, you will need to consider the method you wish to use to both deploy and maintain it. This chapter will demonstrate how to quickly deploy test environments for testing and development by the use of Vagrant. It will also explain the reasons why you might want to consider using an orchestration tool to deploy Ceph rather than using the supplied Ceph tools. As a popular orchestration tool, Ansible will be used to show how quickly and reliably a Ceph cluster can be deployed and the advantages that using it can bring.

In this chapter, you will learn about the following topics:

  • Preparing a testing environment with Vagrant and VirtualBox
  • Learning about the differences between ceph-deploy and orchestration tools
  • The advantages of using orchestration tools
  • Installing and using Ansible
  • Configuring the Ceph Ansible...

Preparing your environment with Vagrant and VirtualBox

Although a test cluster can be deployed on any hardware or virtual machine (VM), for the purposes of this book, a combination of Vagrant and VirtualBox will be used. This will allow rapid provisioning of the VMs and ensure a consistent environment.

VirtualBox is a free and open source type 2 (hosted) hypervisor currently being developed by Oracle. Performance and features may be lacking compared with high-end hypervisors, but its lightweight approach, and multi-OS support lends itself to be a prime candidate for testing.

Vagrant helps allow an environment that may comprise many machines to be created quickly and efficiently. It works with the concepts of boxes, which are predefined templates for use with hypervisors and its Vagrantfile, which defines the environment to be built. It supports multiple hypervisors and allows a Vagrantfile to be portable across...

Orchestration

One solution to making the installation and management of Ceph easier is to use an orchestration tool. There are several tools available, such as Puppet, Chef, Salt, and Ansible, all of which have Ceph modules available. If you are already using an orchestration tool in your environment, then it would be recommended that you stick to using that tool. For the purposes of this book, Ansible will be used; this is for a number of reasons:

  • It's the favored deployment method of Red Hat, who are the owners of both the Ceph and Ansible projects
  • It has a well-developed and mature set of Ceph roles and playbooks
  • Ansible tends to be easier to learn if you have never used an orchestration tool before
  • It doesn't require a central server to be set up, which means demonstrations are more focused on using the tool rather than installing it

All tools follow the same principle of where you provide them with...

Ansible

As mentioned, Ansible will be the orchestration tool of choice for this book, let's look at it in a bit more detail.

Ansible is an agentless orchestration tool written in Python, which uses SSH to carry out configuration tasks on remote nodes. It was first released in 2012 and has gained widespread adoption, and it is known for its ease of adoption and low learning curve. Red Hat purchased the commercial company Ansible, Inc. in 2015 and so has a very well-developed and close-knit integration for deploying Ceph.

Files named playbooks are used in Ansible to describe a list of commands, actions, and configurations to carry out on specified hosts or groups of hosts and are stored in a YAML file format. Instead of having large unmanageable playbooks, Ansible roles can be created that allow a playbook to contain a single task, which may then carry out a number of tasks associated with the role.

The use of...

A very simple playbook

To demonstrate how playbooks work, the following example will show a small playbook that also makes use of the variables we configured earlier:

- hosts: mon1 osd1
tasks:
- name: Echo Variables
debug: msg="I am a {{ a_variable }}"

Now run the playbook. Note the command to run a playbook that differs from running ad hoc Ansible commands:

    $ ansible-playbook /etc/ansible/playbook.yml

The preceding command gives the following output:

The output shows the playbook being executed on both mon1 and osd1 as they are in groups, which are children of the parent group ceph. Also, note how the output is different between the two servers as they are picking up the variables that you set earlier in the group_vars directory.

Finally, the last couple of lines show the overall run status of the playbook run. You can now destroy your Vagrant environment again, ready for the next section:

    vagrant...

Adding the Ceph Ansible modules

We can use git to clone the Ceph Ansible repository:

    git clone https://github.com/ceph/ceph-ansible.git

    sudo cp -a ceph-ansible/* /etc/ansible/

The preceding commands gives the following output:

Let's also explore some of the key folders in the git repository:

  • group_vars: We've already covered what lives in here and will explore the possible configuration options in more detail later.
  • infrastructure-playbooks: This directory contains prewritten playbooks to carry out some standard tasks, such as deploying cluster or adding OSDs to an existing one. The comments at the top of the playbooks give a good idea of what they do.
  • roles: This directory contains all the roles that make up the Ceph Ansible modules. You will see that there is a role for each Ceph component, these are what are called via the playbooks to install, configure and maintain Ceph.

In order to be...

Change and configuration management

If you deploy your infrastructure with an orchestration tool such as Ansible, managing the Ansible playbooks becomes important. As we have seen Ansible allows you to rapidly deploy both the initial Ceph cluster but also configuration updates further down the line. It must be appreciated that this power can also have devastating effects if incorrect configuration or operations are deployed. By implementing some form of configuration management, Ceph administrators will clearly be able to see what changes have been made to the Ansible playbooks before running them.

A recommended approach would be to store your Ceph Ansible configuration in a git repository, this will allow you to track changes and gives the ability to implement some form of change control either by monitoring git commits or by forcing people to submit merge requests into the master branch.

...

Summary

In this chapter you will have learnt about the various deployment methods of Ceph that are available and the differences between them. You will now also have a basic understanding of how Ansible works and how to deploy a Ceph cluster with it. It would be advisable at this point to continue investigating and practicing deployment and configuration of Ceph with Ansible, so that you are confident to use it in production environments. The rest of this book will also make several assumptions that you have fully understood the contents of this chapter in order to manipulate the configuration of Ceph.

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  • Leverage Ceph's advanced features such as erasure coding, tiering, and Bluestore
  • Solve large-scale problems with Ceph as a tool by understanding its strengths and weaknesses to develop the best solutions
  • A practical guide that covers engaging use cases to help you use advanced features of Ceph effectively

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Mastering Ceph covers all that you need to know to use Ceph effectively. Starting with design goals and planning steps that should be undertaken to ensure successful deployments, you will be guided through to setting up and deploying the Ceph cluster, with the help of orchestration tools. Key areas of Ceph including Bluestore, Erasure coding and cache tiering will be covered with help of examples. Development of applications which use Librados and Distributed computations with shared object classes are also covered. A section on tuning will take you through the process of optimisizing both Ceph and its supporting infrastructure. Finally, you will learn to troubleshoot issues and handle various scenarios where Ceph is likely not to recover on its own. By the end of the book, you will be able to successfully deploy and operate a resilient high performance Ceph cluster.

Who is this book for?

If you are a developer and an administrator who has deployed a Ceph cluster before and are curious about some of the most advanced features in order to improve performance then this book is for you

What you will learn

  • •Know when and how to use some of Ceph s advanced new features
  • • Set up a test cluster with Ansible and some virtual machines using VirtualBox and Vagrant
  • •Develop novel solutions to massive problems with librados and shared object classes.
  • • Choose intelligent parameters for an erasure coded pool and set it up.
  • • Configure the Bluestore settings and see how they interact with different hardware configurations.
  • • Keep Ceph running through thick and thin with tuning, monitoring and disaster
  • recovery advice.
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11 Chapters
Planning for Ceph Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Planning for Ceph
What is Ceph?
How Ceph works?
Ceph use cases
Specific use cases
Infrastructure design
Network design
How to plan a successful Ceph implementation
Summary
Deploying Ceph Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Deploying Ceph
Preparing your environment with Vagrant and VirtualBox
Orchestration
Ansible
A very simple playbook
Adding the Ceph Ansible modules
Change and configuration management
Summary
BlueStore Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
BlueStore
What is BlueStore?
Why was it needed?
How BlueStore works
How to use BlueStore
Summary
Erasure Coding for Better Storage Efficiency Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Erasure Coding for Better Storage Efficiency
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How does erasure coding work in Ceph?
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Where can I use erasure coding?
Creating an erasure-coded pool
Summary
Developing with Librados Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Developing with Librados
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How to use librados?
Example librados application
Summary
Distributed Computation with Ceph RADOS Classes Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Distributed Computation with Ceph RADOS Classes
Example applications and the benefits of using RADOS classes
Writing a simple RADOS class in Lua
Writing a RADOS class that simulates distributed computing
RADOS class caveats
Summary
Monitoring Ceph Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Monitoring Ceph
Why it is important to monitor Ceph
What should be monitored
PG states -the good, the bad, and the ugly
Monitoring Ceph with collectd
Summary
Tiering with Ceph Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Tiering with Ceph
Tiering versus caching
What is a bloom filter
Tiering modes
Uses cases
Creating tiers in Ceph
Tuning tiering
Promotion throttling
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Tuning Ceph
Latency
Benchmarking
Recommended tunings
Summary
Troubleshooting Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
Troubleshooting
Repairing inconsistent objects
Full OSDs
Ceph logging
Slow performance
Extremely slow performance or no IO
Investigating PGs in a down state
Large monitor databases
Summary
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Disaster Recovery
What is a disaster?
Avoiding data loss
What can cause an outage or data loss?
RBD mirroring
RBD recovery
Lost objects and inactive PGs
Recovering from a complete monitor failure
Using the Cephs object store tool
Investigating asserts
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This is an excellent book, it contains hands on no fluff and up to date information that is hard to find. The author is well versed in the subject and relays a lot of his experience in concise form. I recommend it to anyone involved in Ceph at all levels.
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  1. If you ordered (eBook, Video or Print Book) incorrectly or accidentally, please contact Customer Relations Team on customercare@packt.com within one hour of placing the order and we will replace/refund you the item cost.
  2. Sadly, if your eBook or Video file is faulty or a fault occurs during the eBook or Video being made available to you, i.e. during download then you should contact Customer Relations Team within 14 days of purchase on customercare@packt.com who will be able to resolve this issue for you.
  3. You will have a choice of replacement or refund of the problem items.(damaged, defective or incorrect)
  4. Once Customer Care Team confirms that you will be refunded, you should receive the refund within 10 to 12 working days.
  5. If you are only requesting a refund of one book from a multiple order, then we will refund you the appropriate single item.
  6. Where the items were shipped under a free shipping offer, there will be no shipping costs to refund.

On the off chance your printed book arrives damaged, with book material defect, contact our Customer Relation Team on customercare@packt.com within 14 days of receipt of the book with appropriate evidence of damage and we will work with you to secure a replacement copy, if necessary. Please note that each printed book you order from us is individually made by Packt's professional book-printing partner which is on a print-on-demand basis.

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Currently, no tax is charged on the purchase of any print book (subject to change based on the laws and regulations). A localized VAT fee is charged only to our European and UK customers on eBooks, Video and subscriptions that they buy. GST is charged to Indian customers for eBooks and video purchases.

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You can pay with the following card types:

  1. Visa Debit
  2. Visa Credit
  3. MasterCard
  4. PayPal
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Shipping Details

USA:

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Economy: Delivery to most addresses in the US within 10-15 business days

Premium: Trackable Delivery to most addresses in the US within 3-8 business days

UK:

Economy: Delivery to most addresses in the U.K. within 7-9 business days.
Shipments are not trackable

Premium: Trackable delivery to most addresses in the U.K. within 3-4 business days!
Add one extra business day for deliveries to Northern Ireland and Scottish Highlands and islands

EU:

Premium: Trackable delivery to most EU destinations within 4-9 business days.

Australia:

Economy: Can deliver to P. O. Boxes and private residences.
Trackable service with delivery to addresses in Australia only.
Delivery time ranges from 7-9 business days for VIC and 8-10 business days for Interstate metro
Delivery time is up to 15 business days for remote areas of WA, NT & QLD.

Premium: Delivery to addresses in Australia only
Trackable delivery to most P. O. Boxes and private residences in Australia within 4-5 days based on the distance to a destination following dispatch.

India:

Premium: Delivery to most Indian addresses within 5-6 business days

Rest of the World:

Premium: Countries in the American continent: Trackable delivery to most countries within 4-7 business days

Asia:

Premium: Delivery to most Asian addresses within 5-9 business days

Disclaimer:
All orders received before 5 PM U.K time would start printing from the next business day. So the estimated delivery times start from the next day as well. Orders received after 5 PM U.K time (in our internal systems) on a business day or anytime on the weekend will begin printing the second to next business day. For example, an order placed at 11 AM today will begin printing tomorrow, whereas an order placed at 9 PM tonight will begin printing the day after tomorrow.


Unfortunately, due to several restrictions, we are unable to ship to the following countries:

  1. Afghanistan
  2. American Samoa
  3. Belarus
  4. Brunei Darussalam
  5. Central African Republic
  6. The Democratic Republic of Congo
  7. Eritrea
  8. Guinea-bissau
  9. Iran
  10. Lebanon
  11. Libiya Arab Jamahriya
  12. Somalia
  13. Sudan
  14. Russian Federation
  15. Syrian Arab Republic
  16. Ukraine
  17. Venezuela