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= Cluster-Wide Configuration =

== Configuration Layout ==

The cluster is defined by the Cluster Information Base (CIB),
which uses XML notation. The simplest CIB, an empty one, looks like this:

.An empty configuration
======
[source,XML]
-------
<cib crm_feature_set="3.0.7" validate-with="pacemaker-1.2" admin_epoch="1" epoch="0" num_updates="0">
  <configuration>
    <crm_config/>
    <nodes/>
    <resources/>
    <constraints/>
  </configuration>
  <status/>
</cib>
-------
======

The empty configuration above contains the major sections that make up a CIB:

* +cib+: The entire CIB is enclosed with a +cib+ tag. Certain fundamental settings
  are defined as attributes of this tag.

  ** +configuration+: This section -- the primary focus of this document --
     contains traditional configuration information such as what resources the
     cluster serves and the relationships among them.

    *** +crm_config+: cluster-wide configuration options
    *** +nodes+: the machines that host the cluster
    *** +resources+: the services run by the cluster
    *** +constraints+: indications of how resources should be placed

  ** +status+: This section contains the history of each resource on each node.
    Based on this data, the cluster can construct the complete current
    state of the cluster.  The authoritative source for this section
    is the local executor (pacemaker-execd process) on each cluster node, and
    the cluster will occasionally repopulate the entire section.  For this
    reason, it is never written to disk, and administrators are advised
    against modifying it in any way.

In this document, configuration settings will be described as 'properties' or 'options'
based on how they are defined in the CIB:

* Properties are XML attributes of an XML element.
* Options are name-value pairs expressed as +nvpair+ child elements of an XML element.

Normally, you will use command-line tools that abstract the XML, so the
distinction will be unimportant; both properties and options are
cluster settings you can tweak.

== CIB Properties ==

Certain settings are defined by CIB properties (that is, attributes of the
+cib+ tag) rather than with the rest of the cluster configuration in the
+configuration+ section.

The reason is simply a matter of parsing. These options are used by the
configuration database which is, by design, mostly ignorant of the content it
holds.  So the decision was made to place them in an easy-to-find location.

.CIB Properties
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|Field |Description

| admin_epoch |
indexterm:[Configuration Version,Cluster]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,Configuration Version]
indexterm:[admin_epoch,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,admin_epoch]
When a node joins the cluster, the cluster performs a check to see
which node has the best configuration. It asks the node with the highest
(+admin_epoch+, +epoch+, +num_updates+) tuple to replace the configuration on
all the nodes -- which makes setting them, and setting them correctly, very
important. +admin_epoch+ is never modified by the cluster; you can use this
to make the configurations on any inactive nodes obsolete. _Never set this
value to zero_. In such cases, the cluster cannot tell the difference between
your configuration and the "empty" one used when nothing is found on disk.

| epoch |
indexterm:[epoch,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,epoch]
The cluster increments this every time the configuration is updated (usually by
the administrator).

| num_updates |
indexterm:[num_updates,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,num_updates]
The cluster increments this every time the configuration or status is updated
(usually by the cluster) and resets it to 0 when epoch changes.

| validate-with |
indexterm:[validate-with,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,validate-with]
Determines the type of XML validation that will be done on the configuration.
If set to +none+, the cluster will not verify that updates conform to the
DTD (nor reject ones that don't). This option can be useful when
operating a mixed-version cluster during an upgrade.

|cib-last-written |
indexterm:[cib-last-written,Cluster Property]
indexterm:[Cluster,Property,cib-last-written]
Indicates when the configuration was last written to disk. Maintained by the
cluster; for informational purposes only.

|have-quorum |
indexterm:[have-quorum,Cluster Property]
indexterm:[Cluster,Property,have-quorum]
Indicates if the cluster has quorum. If false, this may mean that the
cluster cannot start resources or fence other nodes (see
+no-quorum-policy+ below). Maintained by the cluster.

|dc-uuid |
indexterm:[dc-uuid,Cluster Property]
indexterm:[Cluster,Property,dc-uuid]
Indicates which cluster node is the current leader. Used by the
cluster when placing resources and determining the order of some
events. Maintained by the cluster.

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[[s-cluster-options]]
== Cluster Options ==

Cluster options, as you might expect, control how the cluster behaves
when confronted with certain situations.

They are grouped into sets within the +crm_config+ section, and, in advanced
configurations, there may be more than one set. (This will be described later
in the section on <<ch-rules>> where we will show how to have the cluster use
different sets of options during working hours than during weekends.) For now,
we will describe the simple case where each option is present at most once.

You can obtain an up-to-date list of cluster options, including
their default values, by running the `man pacemaker-schedulerd` and
`man pacemaker-controld` commands.

.Cluster Options
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|Option |Default |Description

| cluster-name | |
indexterm:[cluster-name,Cluster Property]
indexterm:[Cluster,Property,cluster-name]
An (optional) name for the cluster as a whole. This is mostly for users'
convenience for use as desired in administration, but this can be used
in the Pacemaker configuration in <<ch-rules,rules>> (as the
+#cluster-name+ <<node-attribute-expressions-special,node attribute>>). It may
also be used by higher-level tools when displaying cluster information, and by
certain resource agents (for example, the +ocf:heartbeat:GFS2+ agent stores the
cluster name in filesystem meta-data).

| dc-version | |
indexterm:[dc-version,Cluster Property]
indexterm:[Cluster,Property,dc-version]
Version of Pacemaker on the cluster's DC.
Determined automatically by the cluster.
Often includes the hash which identifies the exact Git changeset it was built
from.  Used for diagnostic purposes.

| cluster-infrastructure | |
indexterm:[cluster-infrastructure,Cluster Property]
indexterm:[Cluster,Property,cluster-infrastructure]
The messaging stack on which Pacemaker is currently running.
Determined automatically by the cluster.
Used for informational and diagnostic purposes.

| no-quorum-policy | stop
a|
indexterm:[no-quorum-policy,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,no-quorum-policy]
What to do when the cluster does not have quorum.  Allowed values:

* +ignore:+ continue all resource management
* +freeze:+ continue resource management, but don't recover resources from nodes not in the affected partition
* +stop:+ stop all resources in the affected cluster partition
* +demote:+ demote promotable resources and stop all other resources in the
  affected cluster partition
* +suicide:+ fence all nodes in the affected cluster partition

| batch-limit | 0 |
indexterm:[batch-limit,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,batch-limit]
The maximum number of actions that the cluster may execute in parallel across
all nodes. The "correct" value will depend on the speed and load of your
network and cluster nodes. If zero, the cluster will impose a dynamically
calculated limit only when any node has high load.

| migration-limit | -1 |
indexterm:[migration-limit,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,migration-limit]
The number of <<s-migrating-resources,live migration>> actions that the cluster
is allowed to execute in parallel on a node. A value of -1 means unlimited.

| symmetric-cluster | TRUE |
indexterm:[symmetric-cluster,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,symmetric-cluster]
Can all resources run on any node by default?

| stop-all-resources | FALSE |
indexterm:[stop-all-resources,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,stop-all-resources]
Should the cluster stop all resources?

| stop-orphan-resources | TRUE |
indexterm:[stop-orphan-resources,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,stop-orphan-resources]
 Should deleted resources be stopped? This value takes precedence over
 +is-managed+ (i.e. even unmanaged resources will be stopped if deleted from
 the configuration when this value is TRUE).

| stop-orphan-actions | TRUE |
indexterm:[stop-orphan-actions,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,stop-orphan-actions]
Should deleted actions be cancelled?

| start-failure-is-fatal | TRUE |
indexterm:[start-failure-is-fatal,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,start-failure-is-fatal]
Should a failure to start a resource on a particular node prevent further start
attempts on that node? If FALSE, the cluster will decide whether the same
node is still eligible based on the resource's current failure count
and +migration-threshold+ (see <<s-failure-handling>>).

| enable-startup-probes | TRUE |
indexterm:[enable-startup-probes,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,enable-startup-probes]
Should the cluster check for active resources during startup?

| maintenance-mode | FALSE |
indexterm:[maintenance-mode,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,maintenance-mode]
Should the cluster refrain from monitoring, starting and stopping resources?

| stonith-enabled | TRUE |
indexterm:[stonith-enabled,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,stonith-enabled]
Should failed nodes and nodes with resources that can't be stopped be
shot? If you value your data, set up a STONITH device and enable this.

If true, or unset, the cluster will refuse to start resources unless
one or more STONITH resources have been configured.
If false, unresponsive nodes are immediately assumed to be running no
resources, and resource takeover to online nodes starts without any
further protection (which means _data loss_ if the unresponsive node
still accesses shared storage, for example).  See also the +requires+
meta-attribute in <<s-resource-options>>.

| stonith-action | reboot |
indexterm:[stonith-action,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,stonith-action]
Action to send to STONITH device. Allowed values are +reboot+ and +off+.
The value +poweroff+ is also allowed, but is only used for
legacy devices.

| stonith-timeout | 60s |
indexterm:[stonith-timeout,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,stonith-timeout]
How long to wait for STONITH actions (reboot, on, off) to complete

| stonith-max-attempts | 10 |
indexterm:[stonith-max-attempts,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,stonith-max-attempts]
How many times fencing can fail for a target before the cluster will no longer
immediately re-attempt it.

| stonith-watchdog-timeout | 0 |
indexterm:[stonith-watchdog-timeout,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,stonith-watchdog-timeout]
If nonzero, along with `have-watchdog=true` automatically set by the
cluster, when fencing is required, watchdog-based self-fencing
will be performed via SBD without requiring a fencing resource
explicitly configured.
If `stonith-watchdog-timeout` is set to a positive value, unseen
nodes are assumed to self-fence within this much time. +WARNING:+
It must be ensured that this value is larger than the
`SBD_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT` environment variable on all nodes.
Pacemaker verifies the settings individually on all nodes and
prevents startup or shuts down if configured wrongly on the fly.
It's strongly recommended that `SBD_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT` is set to
the same value on all nodes.
If `stonith-watchdog-timeout` is set to a negative value, and
`SBD_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT` is set, twice that value will be used.
+WARNING:+ In this case, it's essential (currently not verified by
pacemaker) that `SBD_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT` is set to the same value on
all nodes.

| concurrent-fencing | FALSE |
indexterm:[concurrent-fencing,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,concurrent-fencing]
Is the cluster allowed to initiate multiple fence actions concurrently?

| fence-reaction | stop |
indexterm:[fence-reaction,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,fence-reaction]
How should a cluster node react if notified of its own fencing? A cluster node
may receive notification of its own fencing if fencing is misconfigured, or if
fabric fencing is in use that doesn't cut cluster communication. Allowed values
are +stop+ to attempt to immediately stop pacemaker and stay stopped, or
+panic+ to attempt to immediately reboot the local node, falling back to stop
on failure. The default is likely to be changed to +panic+ in a future release.
'(since 2.0.3)'

| priority-fencing-delay  | 0 |
indexterm:[priority-fencing-delay,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,priority-fencing-delay]
Apply specified delay for the fencings that are targeting the lost
nodes with the highest total resource priority in case we don't
have the majority of the nodes in our cluster partition, so that
the more significant nodes potentially win any fencing match,
which is especially meaningful under split-brain of 2-node
cluster. A promoted resource instance takes the base priority + 1
on calculation if the base priority is not 0. Any static/random
delays that are introduced by `pcmk_delay_base/max` configured
for the corresponding fencing resources will be added to this
delay. This delay should be significantly greater than, safely
twice, the maximum `pcmk_delay_base/max`. By default, priority
fencing delay is disabled. '(since 2.0.4)'

| cluster-delay | 60s |
indexterm:[cluster-delay,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,cluster-delay]
Estimated maximum round-trip delay over the network (excluding action
execution). If the DC requires an action to be executed on another
node, it will consider the action failed if it does not get a response
from the other node in this time (after considering the action's
own timeout). The "correct" value will depend on the speed and load of your
network and cluster nodes.

| dc-deadtime | 20s |
indexterm:[dc-deadtime,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,dc-deadtime]
How long to wait for a response from other nodes during startup.

The "correct" value will depend on the speed/load of your network and the type of switches used.

| cluster-ipc-limit | 500 |
indexterm:[cluster-ipc-limit,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,cluster-ipc-limit]
The maximum IPC message backlog before one cluster daemon will disconnect
another. This is of use in large clusters, for which a good value is the number
of resources in the cluster multiplied by the number of nodes. The default of
500 is also the minimum. Raise this if you see "Evicting client" messages for
cluster daemon PIDs in the logs.

| pe-error-series-max | -1 |
indexterm:[pe-error-series-max,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,pe-error-series-max]
The number of PE inputs resulting in ERRORs to save. Used when reporting problems.
A value of -1 means unlimited (report all).

| pe-warn-series-max | -1 |
indexterm:[pe-warn-series-max,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,pe-warn-series-max]
The number of PE inputs resulting in WARNINGs to save. Used when reporting problems.
A value of -1 means unlimited (report all).

| pe-input-series-max | -1 |
indexterm:[pe-input-series-max,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,pe-input-series-max]
The number of "normal" PE inputs to save. Used when reporting problems.
A value of -1 means unlimited (report all).

| placement-strategy | default |
indexterm:[placement-strategy,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,placement-strategy]
 How the cluster should allocate resources to nodes (see <<s-utilization>>).
 Allowed values are +default+, +utilization+, +balanced+, and +minimal+.

| node-health-strategy | none |
indexterm:[node-health-strategy,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,node-health-strategy]
 How the cluster should react to node health attributes (see <<s-node-health>>).
 Allowed values are +none+, +migrate-on-red+, +only-green+, +progressive+, and
 +custom+.

| enable-acl | FALSE |
indexterm:[enable-acl,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,enable-acl]
 Whether access control lists (ACLs) (see <<ch-acls>>) can be used to authorize
 modifications to the CIB.

| node-health-base | 0 |
indexterm:[node-health-base,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,node-health-base]
 The base health score assigned to a node. Only used when
 +node-health-strategy+ is +progressive+.

| node-health-green | 0 |
indexterm:[node-health-green,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,node-health-green]
 The score to use for a node health attribute whose value is +green+.
 Only used when +node-health-strategy+ is +progressive+ or +custom+.

| node-health-yellow | 0 |
indexterm:[node-health-yellow,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,node-health-yellow]
 The score to use for a node health attribute whose value is +yellow+.
 Only used when +node-health-strategy+ is +progressive+ or +custom+.

| node-health-red | 0 |
indexterm:[node-health-red,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,node-health-red]
 The score to use for a node health attribute whose value is +red+.
 Only used when +node-health-strategy+ is +progressive+ or +custom+.

| cluster-recheck-interval | 15min |
indexterm:[cluster-recheck-interval,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,cluster-recheck-interval]
Pacemaker is primarily event-driven, and looks ahead to know when to recheck
the cluster for failure timeouts and most time-based rules. However, it will
also recheck the cluster after this amount of inactivity. This has two goals:
rules with +date_spec+ are only guaranteed to be checked this often, and it
also serves as a fail-safe for certain classes of scheduler bugs. A value of 0
disables this polling; positive values are a time interval.

| shutdown-lock | false |
The default of false allows active resources to be recovered elsewhere when
their node is cleanly shut down, which is what the vast majority of users will
want. However, some users prefer to make resources highly available only for
failures, with no recovery for clean shutdowns. If this option is true,
resources active on a node when it is cleanly shut down are kept "locked" to
that node (not allowed to run elsewhere) until they start again on that node
after it rejoins (or for at most shutdown-lock-limit, if set). Stonith
resources and Pacemaker Remote connections are never locked. Clone and bundle
instances and the master role of promotable clones are currently never locked,
though support could be added in a future release. Locks may be manually
cleared using the `--refresh` option of `crm_resource` (both the resource and
node must be specified; this works with remote nodes if their connection
resource's target-role is set to Stopped, but not if Pacemaker Remote is
stopped on the remote node without disabling the connection resource).
'(since 2.0.4)'
indexterm:[shutdown-lock,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,shutdown-lock]

| shutdown-lock-limit | 0 |
If shutdown-lock is true, and this is set to a nonzero time duration, locked
resources will be allowed to start after this much time has passed since the
node shutdown was initiated, even if the node has not rejoined. (This works
with remote nodes only if their connection resource's target-role is set to
Stopped.) '(since 2.0.4)'
indexterm:[shutdown-lock-limit,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,shutdown-lock-limit]

| remove-after-stop | FALSE |
indexterm:[remove-after-stop,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,remove-after-stop]
_Advanced Use Only:_ Should the cluster remove resources from the LRM after
they are stopped? Values other than the default are, at best, poorly tested and
potentially dangerous.

| startup-fencing | TRUE |
indexterm:[startup-fencing,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,startup-fencing]
_Advanced Use Only:_ Should the cluster shoot unseen nodes?
Not using the default is very unsafe!

| election-timeout | 2min |
indexterm:[election-timeout,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,election-timeout]
_Advanced Use Only:_ If you need to adjust this value, it probably indicates
the presence of a bug.

| shutdown-escalation | 20min |
indexterm:[shutdown-escalation,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,shutdown-escalation]
_Advanced Use Only:_ If you need to adjust this value, it probably indicates
the presence of a bug.

| join-integration-timeout | 3min |
indexterm:[join-integration-timeout,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,join-integration-timeout]
_Advanced Use Only:_ If you need to adjust this value, it probably indicates
the presence of a bug.

| join-finalization-timeout | 30min |
indexterm:[join-finalization-timeout,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,join-finalization-timeout]
_Advanced Use Only:_ If you need to adjust this value, it probably indicates
the presence of a bug.

| transition-delay | 0s |
indexterm:[transition-delay,Cluster Option]
indexterm:[Cluster,Option,transition-delay]
_Advanced Use Only:_ Delay cluster recovery for the configured interval to
allow for additional/related events to occur. Useful if your configuration is
sensitive to the order in which ping updates arrive.
Enabling this option will slow down cluster recovery under
all conditions.

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