How to Configure 2 Nodes High Availability Cluster with Pacemaker and Corosync on CentOS 7

High Availability (HA) Cluster provides the continued availability of services without failure for a long period of time. If one of the cluster nodes fails, the pacemaker service will start the services on another node. Pacemaker and Corosync are open source and widely used software for service high availability in production environments.
This article describes How to configure 2 Nodes High Availability Cluster with Pacemaker and Corosync on CentOS 7

Step 1. Map Hostname entries: Edit the /etc/hosts file and add the following hostname entries on all the nodes for DNS use:

[root@lc-node1 ~]# vi /etc/hosts …………… 192.168.43.35   lc-node1.linuxcnf.local lc-node1 192.168.43.40   lc-node2.linuxcnf.local lc-node2

[root@lc-node2 ~]# vi /etc/hosts …………… 192.168.43.35   lc-node1.linuxcnf.local lc-node1 192.168.43.40   lc-node2.linuxcnf.local lc-node2

[root@lc-storage ~]# vi /etc/hosts …………… 192.168.43.35   lc-node1.linuxcnf.local lc-node1 192.168.43.40   lc-node2.linuxcnf.local lc-node2

Step 2. Cluster packages installation: Run the following commands to Install cluster packages on all the cluster nodes except storage:

[root@lc-node1 ~]# yum install pcs fence-agents-all Loaded plugins: fastestmirror ……………………….. Installed:   fence-agents-all.x86_64 0:4.2.1-24.el7                                               pcs.x86_64 0:0.9.167-3.el7.centos.1 Dependency Installed:   OpenIPMI.x86_64 0:2.0.27-1.el7                        OpenIPMI-libs.x86_64 0:2.0.27-1.el7               ……………………….   trousers.x86_64 0:0.3.14-2.el7                        unbound-libs.x86_64 0:1.6.6-1.el7 Dependency Updated:   audit.x86_64 0:2.8.5-4.el7           audit-libs.x86_64 0:2.8.5-4.el7           kpartx.x86_64 0:0.4.9-127.el7           policycoreutils.x86_64 0:2.5-33.el7 Complete! [root@lc-node1 ~]#

[root@lc-node2 ~]# yum install pcs fence-agents-all Loaded plugins: fastestmirror …………………………… Installed:   fence-agents-all.x86_64 0:4.2.1-24.el7                                               pcs.x86_64 0:0.9.167-3.el7.centos.1 Dependency Installed:   OpenIPMI.x86_64 0:2.0.27-1.el7                        OpenIPMI-libs.x86_64 0:2.0.27-1.el7               ………………………………   trousers.x86_64 0:0.3.14-2.el7                        unbound-libs.x86_64 0:1.6.6-1.el7 Dependency Updated:   audit.x86_64 0:2.8.5-4.el7           audit-libs.x86_64 0:2.8.5-4.el7           kpartx.x86_64 0:0.4.9-127.el7           policycoreutils.x86_64 0:2.5-33.el7 Complete! [root@lc-node2 ~]#

Step 3. Firewall configuration: Run the following commands to allow all high availability application on the firewall to have a proper communication between nodes.

[root@lc-node1 ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=high-availability success [root@lc-node1 ~]# firewall-cmd --reload success [root@lc-node1 ~]#

[root@lc-node2 ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=high-availability success [root@lc-node2 ~]# firewall-cmd --reload success [root@lc-node2 ~]#

Step 4. User and pcs service: Run the following commands to create and configure the Cluster:

Set password for hacluster user on each cluster nodes

[root@lc-node1 ~]# passwd hacluster Changing password for user hacluster. New password: BAD PASSWORD: The password contains the user name in some form Retype new password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. [root@lc-node1 ~]#

[root@lc-node2 ~]# passwd hacluster Changing password for user hacluster. New password: BAD PASSWORD: The password contains the user name in some form Retype new password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. [root@lc-node2 ~]#

Enable and start the pacemaker service on each cluster nodes:

[root@lc-node1 ~]# systemctl enable pcsd Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/pcsd.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/pcsd.service. [root@lc-node1 ~]# systemctl restart pcsd [root@lc-node1 ~]#

[root@lc-node2 ~]# systemctl enable pcsd Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/pcsd.service to /usr/lib/systemd/system/pcsd.service. [root@lc-node2 ~]# systemctl restart pcsd [root@lc-node2 ~]#

Step 5. Create and Start a Cluster:  Run the following commands to configure corosync on any one of the node and authenticate all cluster nodes on any one of the node:

Nodes authentication:

[root@lc-node1 ~]# pcs cluster auth lc-node1.linuxcnf.local lc-node2.linuxcnf.local Username: hacluster Password: lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Authorized lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Authorized [root@lc-node1 ~]#

Cluster creation:

[root@lc-node1 ~]# pcs cluster setup --start --name my_cluster lc-node1.linuxcnf.local lc-node2.linuxcnf.local Destroying cluster on nodes: lc-node1.linuxcnf.local, lc-node2.linuxcnf.local... lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Stopping Cluster (pacemaker)... lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Stopping Cluster (pacemaker)... lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Successfully destroyed cluster lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Successfully destroyed cluster Sending 'pacemaker_remote authkey' to 'lc-node1.linuxcnf.local', 'lc-node2.linuxcnf.local' lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: successful distribution of the file 'pacemaker_remote authkey' lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: successful distribution of the file 'pacemaker_remote authkey' Sending cluster config files to the nodes... lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Succeeded lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Succeeded Starting cluster on nodes: lc-node1.linuxcnf.local, lc-node2.linuxcnf.local... lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Starting Cluster (corosync)... lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Starting Cluster (corosync)... lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Starting Cluster (pacemaker)... lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Starting Cluster (pacemaker)... Synchronizing pcsd certificates on nodes lc-node1.linuxcnf.local, lc-node2.linuxcnf.local... lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Success lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Success Restarting pcsd on the nodes in order to reload the certificates... lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Success lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Success [root@lc-node1 ~]#

Enable services pacemaker and corosync on system bootup:

[root@lc-node1 ~]# pcs cluster enable --all lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Cluster Enabled lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Cluster Enabled [root@lc-node1 ~]#

Step 6. Verification: Run the following command to verify the cluster configuration:

[root@lc-node1 ~]# pcs cluster status Cluster Status:  Stack: corosync  Current DC: lc-node1.linuxcnf.local (version 1.1.20-5.el7_7.1-3c4c782f70) - partition with quorum  Last updated: Tue Oct  8 22:45:24 2019  Last change: Tue Oct  8 22:22:41 2019 by hacluster via crmd on lc-node1.linuxcnf.local  2 nodes configured  0 resources configured PCSD Status:   lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Online   lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Online [root@lc-node1 ~]#

[root@lc-node2 ~]# pcs cluster status Cluster Status:  Stack: corosync  Current DC: lc-node1.linuxcnf.local (version 1.1.20-5.el7_7.1-3c4c782f70) - partition with quorum  Last updated: Tue Oct  8 22:45:24 2019  Last change: Tue Oct  8 22:22:41 2019 by hacluster via crmd on lc-node1.linuxcnf.local  2 nodes configured  0 resources configured PCSD Status:   lc-node2.linuxcnf.local: Online   lc-node1.linuxcnf.local: Online [root@lc-node2 ~]#

Done!!! 2 Nodes PCS Cluster is created and configured successfully.