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csync2

Manage the cluster software Csync2
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Version information

  • 0.3.0 (latest)
  • 0.2.0
  • 0.1.1
  • 0.1.0
released Nov 16th 2023
This version is compatible with:
  • Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.x, 2023.7.x, 2023.6.x, 2023.5.x, 2023.4.x, 2023.3.x, 2023.2.x, 2023.1.x, 2023.0.x, 2021.7.x, 2021.6.x, 2021.5.x, 2021.4.x, 2021.3.x, 2021.2.x, 2021.1.x, 2021.0.x
  • Puppet >= 7.0.0 < 9.0.0
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Start using this module

  • r10k or Code Manager
  • Bolt
  • Manual installation
  • Direct download

Add this module to your Puppetfile:

mod 'lbetz-csync2', '0.3.0'
Learn more about managing modules with a Puppetfile

Add this module to your Bolt project:

bolt module add lbetz-csync2
Learn more about using this module with an existing project

Manually install this module globally with Puppet module tool:

puppet module install lbetz-csync2 --version 0.3.0

Direct download is not typically how you would use a Puppet module to manage your infrastructure, but you may want to download the module in order to inspect the code.

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Documentation

lbetz/csync2 — version 0.3.0 Nov 16th 2023

csync2

Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Setup - The basics of getting started with csync2
  3. Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
  4. Reference

Description

Csync2 is a cluster synchronization tool. It can be used to keep files on multiple hosts in a cluster in sync. Csync2 can handle complex setups with much more than just 2 hosts, handle file deletions and can detect conflicts.

The module configures Csync2 and optionally installs the package from an preconfigured repository. For RHEL/CentOS the module is prepared to use package from Okay.

Setup

Setup Requirements

This module supports:

  • [puppet] >= 4.10 < 7.0.0

And requires the following modules:

Beginning with csync2

Add this declaration to your Puppetfile:

mod 'csync2',
  :git => 'https://github.com/lbetz/puppet-csync2.git',
  :tag => 'v0.1.0'

Then run:

bolt puppetfile csync2

Or do a git clone by hand into your modules directory:

git clone https://github.com/lbetz/puppet-csync2.git csync2

Change to csync2 directory and check out your desired version:

cd csync2
git checkout v0.1.0

Usage

By default the module only configures Csync2 to install the software a preconfigured repository ia needed.

Software Installation

Declaration will manage a package named 'csync2'.

On RHEL/CentOS 7:

package { 'epel-release':
  ensure => installed,
}

package { 'okay-release-1-3':
  ensure   => installed.
  provider => 'rpm',
  source   => 'http://repo.okay.com.mx/centos/7/x86_64/release/okay-release-1-3.el7.noarch.rpm'
}

class { 'csync2': }

To fix a bug in the package and add a missing link for using sqlite3, you've to add the followingto your code right behind package management:

file { '/usr/lib64/libsqlite3.so':
  ensure => link,
  target => '/usr/lib64/libsqlite3.so.0',
}

Certificate

Certificate and private key can be managed by using base64 encoded strings:

class { 'csync2':
  ssl_cert => '-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- ...',
  ssl_key  => '----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- ...',
}

Or can be handeld before declaring 'csync2'.

Configuring syncing groups

To sync the config file itself between two nodes:

class { 'csync2':
  groups => {
    'cluster' => {
      hosts  => ['node1.example.org', 'node2.example.org'],
      blocks => [{
        'includes' => [ '/etc/csync2.cfg' ],
      }],
      key    => 'supersecret',
    },
  },
}

A more complex example with two blocks:

csync2::group { 'monitoring':
  hosts  => ['node1.example.org', 'node2.example.org'],
  blocks => [
    {
      'includes' => [ '/etc/icinga2/features-available', '/etc/icinga2/features-enabled' ],
      'actions'  => [
        {
          'pattern' => [ '/etc/icinga2/features-enabled/*' ],
          'exec'    => [ 'systemctl reload icinga2' ],
          'logfile' => '/var/log/csync2_action.log',
          'do'      => 'do-local',
        },
      ],
    },
    {
      'includes' => [ '/etc/icingaweb2' ],
      'excludes' => [ '/etc/icingaweb2/modules/director', '/etc/icingaweb2/enabledModules/director' ],
    },
  ],
  key    => 'supersecret',
}

Cronjob

To trigger the sync a cronjob is needed:

include csync2

cron { 'csync2':
  command => "${::csync2::globals::csync2_bin} -x",
  user    => 'root',
}

xinetd instead of systemd

You're able to use a xinetd instead of systemd service. If you do so, the port parameter hasn't any impact.

class { 'csync2':
  ensure => stopped,
  enable => false,
}

file { '/etc/xinetd.d/csync2':
  ensure  => file,
  content => "service csync2
{
        flags           = REUSE
        socket_type     = stream
        wait            = no
        user            = root
        group           = root
        server          = ${::csync2::globals::csync2_bin}
        server_args     = -i -l
        #log_on_failure += USERID
        disable         = no
        # only_from     = 192.168.199.3 192.168.199.4
}",
  owner  => 'root',
  mode   => '0644',
}

package { 'xinetd':
  ensure => installed,
  before => Service['xinetd'],
}

service { 'xinetd':
  ensure    => running,
  enable    => true,
  subscribe => File['/etc/xinetd.d/csync2'],
}

Maybe it's a better idea to use the puppetlabs/xinetd module to install, configure and manage xinetd.

Reference

See REFERENCE.md