Version: 0.03, July 3, 2006
Author: Brett G. Durrett (first name at last name dot net)
Source: http://durrett.net/mogilefs_setup.html
Overview
This document explains how to setup and configure a basic MogileFS installation. It is intended for the novice systems administrator and should enable anybody with the skills to install a basic Linux distro to get MogileFS up and running on it.
I am going to assume you have three roles for this setup. A machine should be able to handle more than one role. I will use hosts mogiledb.yourdomain.com, mogiletracker.yourdomain.com and mogilestorage.yourdomain.com \u2013 rename these to meet your needs.
Getting MogileFS
If you look around you can find MogileFS directly on the Danga website, in an abandoned CVS repository and in the current SVN repository. If you pull from the website you will not have admin tools to make setup easier. If you pull from CVS you will have a version from October, 2004. If you pull from SVN you will have a shiny new version that works best with this documentation.
Using svn (http://subversion.tigris.org/), checkout the latest and greatest version (the example below pulls from the trunk).
$ mkdir mogilefs-src
$ cd mogilefs-src
$ svn checkout http://code.sixapart.com/svn/mogilefs/trunk
Installation
Creating a Database
Setting up a MySQL server is beyond the scope of this document \u2013 there are packages available for most distributions, find one that suits your needs. Once you have a MySQL server up and running on host mogiledb.yourdomain.com, create a table and user for MogileFS. Some libraries don’t play well with new MySQL passwords \u2013 if you use these, set the password using the \u201cOLD_PASSWORD\u201d function. Make sure you change the password to something better than the example.
# mysql
mysql> CREATE DATABASE mogilefs;
mysql> GRANT ALL ON mogilefs.* TO ‘mogile’@'%’;
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR ‘mogile’@'%’ = OLD_PASSWORD( ’sekrit’ );
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit
You will also need to create the schema \u2013 that is covered later in this document.
Setting up the Trackers and Storage Servers
You need to obtain and install the MogileFS-specific perl modules and their dependencies before MogileFS will install successfully. Hopefully you pulled the MogileFS source from the SVN repository \u2013 if so, the server components will be located in the trunk/server directory. You probably need to install dependent modules first (see below) but once all dependencies have been met, you can install Mogile with the following commands (starting in the top of the SVN directory you pulled):
# cd trunk/server/
# perl Makefile.PL
# make
# make test
# make install
If you get any errors during this process it will probably be errors telling you that a dependent module is missing. If during the ‘make test’ step you get the error, “t/00-startup….DBI connect(’mysql’,'root’,…) failed: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock’ (2) at t/lib/mogtestlib.pl line 16″ it can probably be ignored \u2013 it should not be necessary for MySQL to be running on any host other than mogiledb.yourdomain.com.
You probably want to install some helpful utilities on each tracker or storage server as well (these will be needed for later configuration). These are located in the trunk/utils directory and can be installed with the following commands (starting in the top of the SVN directory you pulled):
# cd trunk/utils/
# perl Makefile.PL
# make
# make test
# make install
You also want the API \u2013 the utilities will require this. These are located in the trunk/api/perl directory and can be installed with the following commands (starting in the top of the SVN directory you pulled):
# cd trunk/api/perl
# perl Makefile.PL
# make
# make test
# make install
Installing Perl Module Dependencies
As for Perl modules, you need (at least) Perlbal and Danga-Socket and any dependencies. If you are not sure how to locate the dependent modules, consider using CPAN (http://cpan.org/) as it can install a module and all of the dependencies. If you already have a reasonable Perl installation you probably have most of the non-MogileFS modules already.
The basic process for installing most perl modules is:
extract the module:
# tar -xvzf Linux-AIO-1.9.tar.gz
Create the makefile:
# cd Linux-AIO-1.9
# perl Makefile.PL
Build the code:
# make
Test the code (some modules may not have this step but it is okay to run anyway):
# make test
Install it:
# make install
If you see any errors stating that a module dependency is missing, obtain and install the missing module first and try again.
Setup
Database Configuration
The database is empty and will need a schema applied. The ‘ trunk/server’ directory has a utility named ‘mogdbsetup’ to make this process simple. By default it assumes the database is located on localhost so if you are running it from a different host you will need to provide the host name on the command line.
# ./mogdbsetup –dbhost=mogiledb.yourdomain.com –dbname=mogilefs –dbuser=mogile –dbpassword=sekrit
Again, make sure you replace the host and password so that they match you database configuration from above.
The mogdbsetup utility does not specify a table type by default so your tables will match the defaults for your database. In many cases this will mean that you end up with MyISAM tables. If you prefer InnoDB tables you will either need to make sure your database defaults to InnoDB or you can manually convert the tables (both of these are outside of the scope of this document but there are plenty of examples out there).
Tracker Configuration
On each tracker server (mogiletracker.yourdomain.com), create a configuration file at /etc/mogilefs/mogilefsd.conf with the following:
db_dsn DBI:mysql:mogilefs:mogiledb.yourdomain.com
db_user mogile
db_pass sekrit
conf_port 6001
listener_jobs 5
db_dsn points to your database instance. If you are running the database on the same machine as the storage server you can omit “:mogiledb.yourdomain.com: and it will use the local machine. db_user and db_pass should match the user and password you configured when setting up your database.
The program ‘mogilefsd’ will not run as root so you will need to run this as a non-root user. To create a user for this, enter the following command and follow the prompts to create the “mogile” user:
# adduser mogile
In order to use the tools to setup the storage servers you will need to have the trackers running. Refer to “Starting Trackers”, below.
Storage Server Configuration
On each storage server, create the storage directory (make sure it has access permissions for the user you will use to run mogstored):
# mkdir /var/mogdata
Configure it:
On each storage server, create a configuration file at /etc/mogilefs/mogstored.conf with the following:
httplisten=0.0.0.0:7500
mgmtlisten=0.0.0.0:7501
docroot=/var/mogdata
Use ‘mogadm’ to add each storage server to the database. This requires that the trackers are already running so if you have not already started them, refer to “Starting Trackers”, below. You need to supply the Perl lib path which has the ‘MogileFS.pm’ perl module installed \u2013 this was installed if you installed the API in the “Setting up the Trackers and Storage Servers” section above. The following example would add the host mogilestorage.yourdomain.com as a storage server, assuming that mogilestorage.yourdomain.com had an IP address of 192.168.42.3 (listening on port 7500) and your tracker had an IP address of 192.168.42.1 (listening on port 6001):
# mogadm –lib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 –trackers=192.168.42.1:6001 host add mogilestorage –ip=192.168.42.3 –port=7500 –status=alive
You can confirm that your host(s) were added with the following command;
# mogadm –lib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 –trackers=192.168.42.1:6001 host list
You also need to add devices for each storage host. If you don’t provide a device id mogadm is supposed to do it for you… in practice I find it dies with an error, so you will need to manually add a unique device id after the host:
# mogadm –lib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 –trackers=192.168.42.1:6001 device add mogilestorage 1
Finally, add the correctly-name device (folder) to each storage host. I have been unable to get the tools to handle this well, so I am probably doing something wrong. As a workaround, I used the modadm device list command to see what device names were assigned and then I added the folders to my storage hosts. Run the following command:
# mogadm –lib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 –trackers=192.168.42.1:6001 device list
It will list each host and the device name followed by its status and storage available. Here is example output:
mogilestorage [1]: alive
used(G) free(G) total(G)
dev1: alive 0.892 67.772 68.664
This means “mogilestorage” has a host id of “1″ and it has one device named “dev1″ on it and that device is in the “alive” state (your other statistics will probably be zeros). Using the example output above, you would simply create the directory on mogilestorage.yourdomain.com:
# mkdir -p /vag/mogdata/dev1
Finally, confirm your devices are configured:
# mogadm –lib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 –trackers=192.168.42.1:6001 device list
Running MogileFS
Starting Storage Servers
Start each storage server (mogilestorage.yourdomain.com) by running the following command as root:
# mogstored –daemon
Starting Trackers
Trackers will not run as root so you will need to run them as another user. If you created the “mogile” user when seetingup the trackers, the following commands will work (assumes you start logged in to mogiletracker.yourdomain.com as root):
# su mogile
$ mogilefsd -c /etc/mogilefs/mogilefsd.conf –daemon
$ exit
You can confirm that the trackers are running with the following command:
# ps aux | grep mogilefsd
If you don’t get a list of running processes the trackers are not running.
Try It
Do a Quick Sanity Test
The ‘mogadm’ tool can be used to make sure your trackers are functioning. You need to supply the Perl lib path which has the ‘MogileFS.pm’ perl module installed \u2013 this was installed if you installed the API in the “Setting up the Trackers and Storage Servers” section above. The following example would check all mogile components using the trackers at IP address 192.168.42.1 and 192.168.42.2, both listening on port 6001:
# mogadm –lib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 –trackers=192.168.42.1:6001,192.168.42.2:6001 check
Try it with Real Data
Create a domain:
# mogadm –lib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 –trackers=192.168.42.1:6001,192.168.42.2:6001 domain add testdomain
Add a class to the domain:
# mogadm –lib=/usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4 –trackers=192.168.42.1:6001,192.168.42.2:6001 class add testdomain testclass
Troubleshooting
This section is still very incomplete. Let me know if you have other common problems that need to be added.
When I run mogadm I get “Unable to retrieve host information from tracker(s)”:
mogadm requires the tarckers to be running before it is run.
When starting the storage daemon I get “ERROR: Directory not found for service mogstored”:
You did not create a storage directory or you are starting the mogstored as a user that does not have access to the directory.
Problems Connecting:
Make sure your firewall is open. Using the examples in this document, port 7500 and 7501 needed on storage servers, 6001 on trackers.
While testing I get \u201cMogileFS::Backend: couldn’t connect to mogilefsd backend at /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.4/MogileFS.pm line 56\u201d:
Make sure your tracker connects to the database:
# su mogile
$ mogilefsd -c /etc/mogilefs/mogilefsd.conf
I get a “REQUEST FAILURE” on “Checking devices…” when doing a mogadm check:
Confirm the devices (folders) exist in the /var/mogdata directory and that the use running the mogstored process has full permissions to these directories. If the device does not exist, add it \u2013 it will take a few seconds for mogadm check to reflect the fixed directory. For example, if mogilestorage.yourdomain.com had the device “dev1″ on it, you would add the directory:
# mkdir -p /vag/mogdata/dev1
Document Revision History
2006-07-03 Version 0.03 Brett G. Durrett: highlighted need to start trackers before using mogadm (and added troubleshooting reference), formatting changes.
2006-06-26 Version 0.02 Brett G. Durrett: minor typo corrections and fixed characters trashed in converting document to html
2006-06-25 Version 0.01 Brett G. Durrett: created initial document
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Using MogileFS
Using the provided Perl API, here are some examples of how to create the MogileFS object and then to create a new file within MogileFS, how to delete a file, and how to get a file out of MogileFS and to determine where the file is.
An example snippet to create a MogileFS object:
use MogileFS;
my $mogfs = MogileFS->new(domain => ‘domain_name’,
hosts => [ '10.1.0.11:6001' ],
# only on NFS/disk based installations
root => ‘/var/mogdata’,);
die “Unable to initialize MogileFS object.\n” unless $mogfs;
Once you have a MogileFS object, it’s easy to create new files and stick them in the system:
my $fh = $mogfs->new_file(”file_key”, “file_class”);
die “Unable to allocate filehandle.\n” unless $fh;
$fh->print($file_contents);
die “Unable to save file to MogileFS.\n” unless $fh->close;
That’s the simplest way to save a file. Make sure to check the return value of the close function to make sure that it is non-zero.
To get a file’s contents easily, use this code:
my $file_contents = $mogfs->get_file_data(”file_key”);
Deleting a file is just as simple:
die “Unable to delete file.\n” unless
$mogfs->delete(”file_key”);
If you want to get access to an actual representation of the file, you can also ask for the paths to the file. This function will return either an actual filesystem path if you’re using an NFS/disk based system or a URL. For example:
my @paths = $mogfs->get_paths(”file_key”, $no_verify);
Of note is the second parameter. If set to a true value, this instructs MogileFS not to verify the validity of the first path before returning. If your code is going to verify the data you get back anyway, you might as well set this to true so that you get the paths much faster.
Those are the basics of using the MogileFS client library. This documentation will be expanded as needed.
Source: http://www.maycode.com/index.php/hotspot/35-linux/827-how-to-setup-mogilefs.html
