Zookeeper Platform

Description

Apache ZooKeeper is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source server
which enables highly reliable distributed coordination. Learn more about
ZooKeeper on http://zookeeper.apache.org.

This cookbook focuses on deploying a Zookeeper cluster via Chef on systemd
managed distributions.

Requirements

Cookbooks and gems

Declared in [metadata.rb](metadata.rb) and in [Gemfile](Gemfile).

Platforms

A systemd managed distribution:
- RHEL Family 7, tested on Centos

Note: it should work fine on Debian 8 but the official docker image does not
allow systemd to work easily, so it could not be tested.

Usage

Easy Setup

Create a role zookeeper-platform having recipe['zookeeper-platform'] in its
runlist and setting node['zookeeper-platform']['role'] to itself. Add this
role in the runlists of the nodes you want to use for your cluster. By default,
you need exactly 3 nodes.

By default, this cookbook installs openjdk from the official repositories
(openjdk 8 on centos 7) in systemd_service recipe, just before
launching the service. You can deactivate this behavior by setting
node['zookeeper-platform']['java'] to "", or choose your package by setting
the package name in node['zookeeper-platform']['java'][node[:platform]].

Search

By default, the config recipe use a search to find the members of a cluster.
The search is parametrized by a role name, defined in attribute
node['zookeeper-platform']['role'] which default to zookeeper-platform.
Node having this role in their expanded runlist will be considered in the same
zookeeper cluster. For safety reason, if search is used, you need to define
node['zookeeper-platform']['size'] (3 by default). The cookbook will return
(with success) until the search return size nodes. This ensures the
stability of the configuration during the initial startup of a cluster.

If you do not want to use search, it is possible to define
node['zookeeper-platform']['hosts'] with an array containing the hostnames of
the nodes of a zookeeper cluster. In this case, size attribute is ignored
and search deactivated.

Test

This cookbook is fully tested through the installation of a working 3-nodes
cluster in docker hosts. This uses kitchen, docker and some monkey-patching.

For more information, see .kitchen.yml and test directory.

Local cluster

You can also use this cookbook to install a zookeeper cluster locally. By
running kitchen converge, you will have a 3-nodes cluster available on your
workstation, each in its own docker host. You can then access it with:

zkCli.sh -server $(docker inspect \
  --format '{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress}}' zookeeper-kitchen-01)

Attributes

Configuration is done by overriding default attributes. All configuration keys
have a default defined in [attributes/default.rb](attributes/default.rb).
Please read it to have a comprehensive view of what and how you can configure
this cookbook behavior.

Recipes

default

Run install, create_user, config and systemd_service recipes, in that
order.

install

Install zookeeper with ark cookbook.

create_user

Create zookeeper system user and group.

config

Generate nodes list by search or by using hosts attribute. Merge it with base
configuration, then install myid and zoo.cfg files. Create work
directories: for data and logs.

systemd_service

Install zookeeper service for systemd, enable and start it. Install java
package by default.

Resources/Providers

None.

Changelog

Available in [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG).

Contributing

Please read carefully [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) before making a merge
request.

License and Author

• Author:: Samuel Bernard (samuel.bernard@s4m.io)

Copyright:: 2015, Sam4Mobile

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