[Pacemaker] Another question about fencing/stonithing

[Andrew Beekhof]

On 06/07/2013, at 1:22 AM, Digimer <lists at alteeve.ca> wrote:

> Andrew might know the trick. In theory, putting your agent into the /usr/sbin or /sbin directory (where ever the other agents are)

Yep. As long as its there, executable and takes arguments via stdin...

> should "just work". You're sure the exit codes are appropriate? I am sure they are, but just thinking out loud about too-obvious-to-see possible issues.
> 
> On 05/07/13 11:17, Andreas Mock wrote:
>> Hi Digimer,
>> 
>> sorry I forget to mention that I implemented the metadata-call
>> accordingly. But it may be the "registration" thing which
>> is necessary to make it know to the stonith/fencing daemon.
>> 
>> I don't know. I'm wondering a little bit that there is no
>> pointer how to do it.
>> 
>> Thank you for your answer!
>> 
>> Best regards
>> Andreas Mock
>> 
>> 
>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> Von: Digimer [mailto:lists at alteeve.ca]
>> Gesendet: Freitag, 5. Juli 2013 16:52
>> An: The Pacemaker cluster resource manager
>> Cc: Andreas Mock; Marek Grac
>> Betreff: Re: [Pacemaker] Another question about fencing/stonithing
>> 
>> On 05/07/13 03:34, Andreas Mock wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I just wrote a stonith agent which IMHO implements the
>>> API spec found at https://fedorahosted.org/cluster/wiki/FenceAgentAPI.
>>> 
>>> But it seems it has a problem when used as pacemaker stonith device.
>>> 
>>> What has to be done, to have a stonith/fencing agent which implements
>>> both roles. I'm pretty sure something is missing.
>>> It's just a guess that it has something to do with listing "registered"
>>> agents.
>>> 
>>> What is a registered stonith agent and what is done while registering it?
>>> 
>>> When I configure my own fencing agent as packemaker stonith device
>>> and try to do a "stonith_admin --list=nodename" I get a "no such device"
>>> error.
>>> 
>>> Any pointer appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> Andreas Mock
>> 
>> The API doesn't (yet) cover the metadata action. The agents now have to
>> print out XML validation of valid attributes and elements for your
>> agent. If you call any existing fence_* agent with just -o metadata, you
>> will see the format.
>> 
>> I know rhcs can be forced to see the new agent by putting it in the same
>> directory as the other agents and then running 'ccs_update_schema'. If
>> pacemaker doesn't immediately see it, then there might be an equivalent
>> command you can run.
>> 
>> I will try to get the API updated. I'm not a cardinal source, but
>> something is better than nothing. Marek (who I have cc'ed) is, so I can
>> run the changes by him when done to ensure they're accurate.
>> 
> 
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