puppet-serf

Description

Deploy and control the Serf cluster agent.

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Overview

The Serf module provides an interface for deploying and managing the Serf cluster agent, including installation of the agent by various methods, control over agent configuration, and assurance that it is running.

Setup

For best results, use this module in a hiera-configured Puppet environment. In such an environment, it is only necessary to include the following in your node definitions:

include serf

Supply of class parameter values may then occur through hiera implicit lookup.

Classes

Class serf

This is the main class in the module. In general, this is the class that should be included in the node catalog in order install, configure, and run a Serf agent.

Parameters

node_name

The name that the agent will use on the Serf network to self-identify. Default: '${::fqdn}'

protocol

The protocol version that the Serf agent will use when communicating with other agents in its network. Default: '4'

advertise

The IP address that the agent will use on the Serf network. This address is the one that other agents will attempt to connect to. In general, the bind parameter should be set to the same value or to '0.0.0.0' so that incoming connections to the advertised address reach an open port. Firewall and/or NAT rules in your environment may alter this relationship. Default: '${::ipaddress}'

bind

The local IP address that Serf will bind to in order to accept incoming connections. The default value effectively disables Serf's ability to build a network of nodes, but is included as a safe default for new deployments that might not be fully hardened. In a secured operating environment, '0.0.0.0' or '${::ipaddress}' may be an acceptable estate-wide value. Default: '127.0.0.1'

discover

A cluster name to query and respond to via mDNS. Serf can use this to autodiscover peers in a multicast-capable environment. Default: ''

encrypt_key

The Base-64 encoded 16-byte key that the Serf agent will use to encrypt and decrypt its communication with the Serf network. This value must be the same across all nodes in the cluster. The easist way to generate a value for this parameter is to run the command serf keygen on a system where serf is already installed. In lieu of such a system, dd if=/dev/random count=16 | base64 will also work. The default value is not suitable for a production environment. Default: ''

event_handlers

An array of files that the Serf agent will use as event handlers. These files must 1) exist, 2) be executable and 3) implement the interface described in Serf's documentation in order for them to work. No event handlers are configured by default. Default: []

tags

A hash of tags that the Serf agent will have on startup. Additional tags may be added and any tag may be removed on a running Serf agent via its RPC interface. By default, the agent is configured with no tags. Default: {}

start_join

An array of DNS names or IP addresses that the Serf agent will use on startup to establish communication with the Serf network. Default: []

profile

The timing profile for the agent. Valid values are 'lan', 'wan', and 'local'. This selects a regime of timeouts related to network membership, non-communication, and failure that is appropriate for various stock environments. Serf's internal default is lan, and the module default will defer to this. Default: ''

rpc_address

The address that Serf will bind to for the agent's RPC interface. This interface allows clients to affect various states and actions in the Serf network as well as to gather information from the Serf network. A blank value will disable the RPC interface. Default: '127.0.0.1'.

rpc_port

The port that Serf will open for RPC requests. Default: '7373'

rpc_auth

An authorization token for RPC requests. Serf will reject requests that do not present the correct authorization token. A blank value will disable RPC authorization, causing the agent to accept any RPC request. The default value is not suitable for a production environment. Default: ''

log_level

The minimum log message severity which is required before Serf will output a log message. Log messages will be sent to syslog's LOCAL0 facility. Default: 'info'

install_class

The name of the Puppet class that will be included into the catalog in order to install Serf. Any arbitrary Puppet class may fill this role, however the supplied class must cause the serf binary to be present in the filesystem. If this file is located somewhere other than /usr/local/bin, then the install_path parameter will need to be set appropriately so that the module can use the installed file. The module includes two classes which may be used to install Serf, serf::install::download and serf::install::package, which are documented separately. Default: serf::install::download

config_dir

The directory where the module creates the Serf configuration file. Default: '/etc/serf'

config_owner

The user that will own Serf's configuration file. Default: 'root'

config_group

The group that will own Serf's configuration file. Default: 'root'

service_class

The name of the Puppet class that will be included into the catalog in order to configure Serf as a service. Any arbitrary Puppet class may fill this role, however the supplied class must leave the system in a state such that Puppet's service resource recognises serf as valid and extant. The module includes three classes which may be used for this purpose, serf::service::initscript, serf::service::systemd and serf::service::upstart, which are documented separately. An empty value of '' may be used if no additional configuration is necessary in order to satisfy the service resource requirement (for example, when using serf::install::package to install a package that contains appropriate service configuration). Default: on Debian-based, and Redhat family 6 platforms:serf::service::initscript, on Ubuntu: serf::service::upstart, on Redhat family 7 : serf::service::systemd

service_enable

Serf service status. Default: 'running'

service_enable

Serf service state at boot. Default: 'true'

install_path

The path where the serf binary is located. Installation of the file at this location is the responsibility of the install_class. The default install_class responds to this parameter. Default: '/usr/local/bin'

Class serf::install::download

This class installs the serf binary by downloading the zip file from Serf's official download site and extracting the file.

Parameters

version

The version of Serf to install. This may be any version that is available from Serf's official download site, but it must be an explicit version. Default: '0.6.3'

install_path (Private)

The path where the serf binary is located. This parameter need not be set. Default: ${::serf::install_path}

Class serf::install::package

This class installs the serf binary by installing a package using Puppet's package resource. The package may include appropriate configuration files to run the Serf agent as a service, and will most likely not install the binary in /usr/local/bin, and so when using this class you may also need to set serf::install_path and serf::service_class appropriately.

Parameters

version

The version of Serf to install. This may be any permissible value of the package resource's ensure parameter. Default: present

Class serf::service::initscript

This class configures Serf as a service by installing an initscript-style startup script.

Parameters

install_path (Private)

The path where the serf binary is located. This parameter need not be set. Default: ${::serf::install_path}

config_dir (Private)

The path where the serf.conf configuration file is located. This parameter need not be set. Default: ${::serf::config_dir}

Class serf::service::systemd

This class configures Serf as a service by installing an systemd-style startup script.

Parameters

install_path (Private)

The path where the serf binary is located. This parameter need not be set. Default: ${::serf::install_path}

config_dir (Private)

The path where the serf.conf configuration file is located. This parameter need not be set. Default: ${::serf::config_dir}

Class serf::service::upstart

This class configures Serf as a service by installing an upstart configuration file.

Parameters

install_path (Private)

The path where the serf binary is located. This parameter need not be set. Default: ${::serf::install_path}

config_dir (Private)

The path where the serf.conf configuration file is located. This parameter need not be set. Default: ${::serf::config_dir}

Platform Support

This module is known to work on:

• Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr
• Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
• Debian 7.x wheezy
• Redhat/CentOS 7
• Redhat/ CentOS 6
• Raspbian

Pull requests enabling use of the module on additional platforms are welcome.

Author

Nate Riffe inkblot@movealong.org

Thanks

David Collom - for the first serf module that I used before I decided to write my own.