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CentOS High Availability
Apr, 2015 | 174 pages
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Table of Contents (21 chapters)
CentOS High Availability
CentOS High Availability
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
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Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started with High Availability
Getting Started with High Availability
What is high availability?
System design
Computer clusters
High-availability solutions
Summary
2
Meet the Cluster Stack on CentOS
Meet the Cluster Stack on CentOS
Cluster stack software
The cluster communication layer
The cluster resource management layer
A theoretical cluster service example
Cluster stack on CentOS Linux
Preparing for cluster stack software installation
Summary
3
Cluster Stack Software on CentOS 6
Cluster Stack Software on CentOS 6
Cluster infrastructure
Cluster operating system preparation
Installing and configuring Corosync
Installing and configuring CMAN
Summary
4
Resource Manager on CentOS 6
Resource Manager on CentOS 6
Working with RGManager
Configuring failover domains
Adding cluster resources and services
Managing cluster services
Removing cluster resources and services
Summary
5
Playing with Cluster Nodes on CentOS 6
Playing with Cluster Nodes on CentOS 6
Adding a new cluster node
Removing a cluster node
Summary
6
Fencing on CentOS 6
Fencing on CentOS 6
Fencing
Fencing configuration
IPMI management board fencing
HP iLO management board fencing
Fencing test
Summary
7
Testing Failover on CentOS 6
Testing Failover on CentOS 6
Hardware failure
Network failure
Summary
8
Two-node Cluster Considerations on CentOS 6
Two-node Cluster Considerations on CentOS 6
Quorum in a two-node cluster
Two-node cluster configuration
Quorum disk
Summary
9
Cluster Stack Software on CentOS 7
Cluster Stack Software on CentOS 7
Cluster infrastructure
Installing and configuring Corosync
Summary
10
Resource Manager on CentOS 7
Resource Manager on CentOS 7
Working with pcs
Adding cluster resources, constraints, and resource groups
Managing resources
Removing cluster constraints, resource groups, and resources
Summary
11
Playing with Cluster Nodes on CentOS 7
Playing with Cluster Nodes on CentOS 7
Adding a new cluster node
Cluster node standby mode
Removing a cluster node
Summary
12
STONITH on CentOS 7
STONITH on CentOS 7
Fencing
Configuring fence devices
IPMI management board fencing
HP iLO management board fencing
Fence test
Summary
13
Testing Failover on CentOS 7
Testing Failover on CentOS 7
Hardware failure
Network failure
Summary
14
Two-node Cluster Considerations on CentOS 7
Two-node Cluster Considerations on CentOS 7
Quorum in a two-node cluster
Two-node cluster configuration
Summary
Index
Index

Chapter 3. Cluster Stack Software on CentOS 6

If you've decided to install cluster stack software on CentOS version 6, you will be installing and configuring Corosync with the CMAN cluster messaging layer and the RGManager cluster resource manager. Corosync with the CMAN cluster messaging layer and the RGManager cluster resource manager cluster stack software are part of the official Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6 cluster suite; due to CentOS's close relationship with RHEL, using RGManager on CentOS version 6 is the way to go.

With the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7, the official Red Hat cluster suite changed. The Red Hat 7 cluster suite includes Corosync as the cluster messaging layer software and Pacemaker as the cluster resource management layer software. If your preferred choice is CentOS version 7 and the Pacemaker cluster resource manager, jump to Chapter 9, Cluster Stack Software on CentOS 7. That chapter (and the chapters that follow it) covers the installation...

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