Manual Chapter : Verifying the Geo-Redundancy configuration

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BIG-IP LTM

  • 17.1.2, 17.1.1, 17.1.0, 17.0.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.0, 16.0.1, 16.0.0, 15.0.1
Manual Chapter

Verifying the Geo-Redundancy configuration

Verify the configuration with parameters: Standalone

After installing the iAppLX rpm, verify the configuration with parameters updated with the values updated via the GUI or REST API.
Example Configuration
: Site names: site1 is seattle. site2 is bellevue.
  1. Verify the installation of Kafka, ZooKeeper and MirrorMaker1:
    # bigstart status tmm kafka zookeeper mirrormaker1 kafka run (pid 4321) 4 days zookeeper run (pid 3456) 4 days mirrormaker1 down, manually disabled
    If the result for
    # bigstart status tmm kafka zookeeper mirrormaker1
    is:
    • Could not find service: Kafka
    • Could not find service: MirrorMaker1
    • Could not find service: ZooKeeper
    Refer to
    Troubleshooting Geo-Redundancy
    - Undeploy and deploy iAppLX.
  2. Verify the installation of Kafka:
    # ll /usr/bin/kafka total 52 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 Mar 23 2018 bin drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Mar 23 2018 config drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Nov 13 17:05 libs -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 28824 Mar 23 2018 LICENSE lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 15 Nov 13 17:05 logs -> /var/log/kafka/ -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 336 Mar 23 2018 NOTICE drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Mar 23 2018 site-docs
  3. Verify the Kafka config files are present:
    # ll /var/kafka/config total 20 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 259 Nov 13 17:05 ConsumerConfig.config -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 84 Nov 13 17:05 ProducerConfig.config -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 5349 Nov 13 17:05 server.properties -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1046 Nov 13 17:05 zookeeper.properties
  4. On site1 and site2, verify
    ConsumerConfig.config
    :
    Site1: # cat /var/kafka/config/ConsumerConfig.config #including comments for future reference #exclude.internal.topics=true client.id=755025873 group.id=group_id_10.14 exclude.internal.topics=true bootstrap.servers=bellevue:9192 #partition.assignment.strategy=org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.RoundRobinAssignor Site2: # cat /var/kafka/config/ConsumerConfig.config #including comments for future reference #exclude.internal.topics=true client.id=755025873 group.id=group_id_10.14 exclude.internal.topics=true bootstrap.servers=seattle:9192 #partition.assignment.strategy=org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.RoundRobinAssignor
  5. Verify
    /var/kafka/config/ProducerConfig.config
    :
    Site1: # cat /var/kafka/config/ProducerConfig.config bootstrap.servers=seattle:9192 acks=1 batch.size=100 client.id=mirror_maker_producer Site2: # cat /var/kafka/config/ProducerConfig.config bootstrap.servers=bellevue:9192 acks=1 batch.size=100 client.id=mirror_maker_producer
  6. Verify
    /var/kafka/config/server.properties
    .
    Verify the parameters update correctly:
    Site1: advertised.host.name=seattle # The port to publish to ZooKeeper for clients to use. If this is not set, # it will publish the same port that the broker binds to. advertised.port=9192 Site2: advertised.host.name=bellevue # The port to publish to ZooKeeper for clients to use. If this is not set, # it will publish the same port that the broker binds to. advertised.port=9192
  7. Verify
    /etc/hosts
    .
    Verify if the following entries are present in the
    /etc/hosts
    file:
    Site1: 127.0.0.1 seattle <site1 virtual Ip> bellevue Site2: 127.0.0.1 bellevue <site2 virtual Ip> seattle
  8. Verify
    /etc/bigstart/scripts/mirrormaker1
    .
    Verify the sitename of the other site is added as the whitelist:
    Site1: exec /usr/bin/kafka/bin/kafka-run-class.sh kafka.tools.MirrorMaker -- consumer.config /var/kafka/config/ConsumerConfig.config --num.streams 2 -- producer.config /var/kafka/config/ProducerConfig.config --whitelist="bellevue" > /var/tmp/${service}.out 2>&1 Site2: exec /usr/bin/kafka/bin/kafka-run-class.sh kafka.tools.MirrorMaker --consumer.config /var/kafka/config/ConsumerConfig.config --num.streams 2 -- producer.config /var/kafka/config/ProducerConfig.config --whitelist="seattle"> /var/tmp/${service}.out 2>&1

Verify the system state: Standalone

Installation is complete for the relevant iAppLx rpms, and they are configured and connected to both local and remote sites.
  1. Verify the system state to validate readiness to perform the desired functionality.
    Both the local and remote sites should be connected and have a healthy communication channel established.
    In order to verify, use the geodb tool or the GUI:
    # bigstart status tmm kafka zookeeper mirrormaker1 tmm run (pid 1234) 4 days kafka run (pid 4321) 4 days zookeeper run (pid 3456) 4 days mirrormaker1 run (pid 4325) 4 days # geodb -sw connected alive

Verify the configuration: High availability

The configuration is synced between the active and standby devices of a high availability (HA) pair.
  1. Verify both active and standby have the same configuration.

Validate: High availability

Before passing traffic on the high availability (HA) setup, verifty the steps in
Prerequisites for standalone and high availability (HA)
- high availability section.
  1. Active DUT:
    # bigstart status tmm kafka zookeeper mirrormaker1 tmm run (pid 1234) 4 days kafka run (pid 4321) 4 days zookeeper run (pid 3456) 4 days mirrormaker1 run (pid 4325) 4 days # geodb -sw connected alive
  2. Standby DUT:
    # bigstart status tmm kafka zookeeper mirrormaker1 tmm run (pid 1234) 4 days kafka run (pid 4321) 4 days zookeeper run (pid 3456) 4 days mirrormaker1 down (pid 4325) 4 days, normally up # geodb -sw connected expired