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Configure cluster parameters

The KubeBlocks configuration function provides a set of consistent default configuration generation strategies for all the databases running on KubeBlocks and also provides a unified parameter configuration interface to facilitate managing parameter configuration, searching the parameter user guide, and validating parameter effectiveness.

From v0.6.0, KubeBlocks supports kbcli cluster configure and kbcli cluster edit-config to configure parameters. The difference is that KubeBlocks configures parameters automatically with kbcli cluster configure but kbcli cluster edit-config provides a visualized way for you to edit parameters directly.

View parameter information

View the current configuration file of a cluster.

kbcli cluster describe-config redis-cluster --components=redis

From the meta information, the cluster redis-cluster has a configuration file named redis.cnf.

You can also view the details of this configuration file and parameters.

  • View the details of the current configuration file.

    kbcli cluster describe-config redis-cluster --components=redis --show-detail
  • View the parameter description.

    kbcli cluster explain-config redis-cluster --components=redis |head -n 20
  • View the user guide of a specified parameter.

    kbcli cluster explain-config redis-cluster --components=redis --param=acllog-max-len
    Output
    template meta:
    ConfigSpec: redis-replication-config ComponentName: redis ClusterName: redis-cluster

    Configure Constraint:
    Parameter Name: acllog-max-len
    Allowed Values: [1-10000]
    Scope: Global
    Dynamic: true
    Type: integer
    Description:
    • Allowed Values: It defines the valid value range of this parameter.
    • Dynamic: The value of Dynamic in Configure Constraint defines how the parameter configuration takes effect. There are two different configuration strategies based on the effectiveness type of modified parameters, i.e. dynamic and static.
      • When Dynamic is true, it means the effectiveness type of parameters is dynamic and can be updated online.
      • When Dynamic is false, it means the effectiveness type of parameters is static and a pod restarting is required to make the configuration effective.
    • Description: It describes the parameter definition.

Configure parameters

Configure parameters with configure command

The example below configures acllog-max-len.

  1. View the current values of acllog-max-len.

    kbcli cluster connect redis-cluster
    127.0.0.1:6379> config get parameter acllog-max-len
    1) "acllog-max-len"
    2) "128"
  2. Adjust the values of acllog-max-len.

    kbcli cluster configure redis-cluster --components=redis --set=acllog-max-len=256
    note

    Make sure the value you set is within the Allowed Values of this parameter. If you set a value that does not meet the value range, the system prompts an error. For example,

    kbcli cluster configure redis-cluster  --set=acllog-max-len=1000000
    >
    error: failed to validate updated config: [failed to cue template render configure: [configuration."acllog-max-len": 2 errors in empty disjunction:
    configuration."acllog-max-len": conflicting values 128 and 1000000:
    20:43
    155:16
    configuration."acllog-max-len": invalid value 1000000 (out of bound <=10000):
    20:32
    ]
    ]
  3. View the status of the parameter configuration.

    Status.Progress and Status.Status shows the overall status of the parameter configuration and Conditions show the details.

    When the Status.Status shows Succeed, the configuration is completed.

    kbcli cluster describe-ops redis-cluster-reconfiguring-zjztm -n default
    Output
    Spec:
    Name: redis-cluster-reconfiguring-zjztm NameSpace: default Cluster: redis-cluster Type: Reconfiguring

    Command:
    kbcli cluster configure redis-cluster --components=redis --config-specs=redis-replication-config --config-file=redis.conf --set acllog-max-len=256 --namespace=default

    Status:
    Start Time: Apr 17,2023 17:22 UTC+0800
    Duration: 10s
    Status: Running
    Progress: 0/1
    OBJECT-KEY STATUS DURATION MESSAGE

    Conditions:
    LAST-TRANSITION-TIME TYPE REASON STATUS MESSAGE
    Apr 17,2023 17:22 UTC+0800 Progressing OpsRequestProgressingStarted True Start to process the OpsRequest: redis-cluster-reconfiguring-zjztm in Cluster: redis-cluster
    Apr 17,2023 17:22 UTC+0800 Validated ValidateOpsRequestPassed True OpsRequest: redis-cluster-reconfiguring-zjztm is validated
    Apr 17,2023 17:22 UTC+0800 Reconfigure ReconfigureStarted True Start to reconfigure in Cluster: redis-cluster, Component: redis
    Apr 17,2023 17:22 UTC+0800 ReconfigureRunning ReconfigureRunning True Reconfiguring in Cluster: redis-cluster, Component: redis, ConfigSpec: redis-replication-config
  4. Connect to the database to verify whether the parameter is configured as expected.

    The whole searching process has a 30-second delay since it takes some time for kubelet to synchronize modifications to the volume of the pod.

    kbcli cluster connect redis-cluster
    127.0.0.1:6379> config get parameter acllog-max-len
    1) "acllog-max-len"
    2) "256"

Configure parameters with edit-config command

For your convenience, KubeBlocks offers a tool edit-config to help you configure parameters in a visualized way.

For Linux and macOS, you can edit configuration files by vi. For Windows, you can edit files on the notepad.

  1. Edit the configuration file.

    kbcli cluster edit-config redis-cluster
    note

    If there are multiple components in a cluster, use --component to specify a component.

  2. View the status of the parameter configuration.

    kbcli cluster describe-ops xxx -n default
  3. Connect to the database to verify whether the parameters are configured as expected.

    kbcli cluster connect redis-cluster
    note
    1. For the edit-config function, static parameters and dynamic parameters cannot be edited at the same time.
    2. Deleting a parameter will be supported later.

View history and compare differences

After the configuration is completed, you can search the configuration history and compare the parameter differences.

View the parameter configuration history.

kbcli cluster describe-config redis-cluster --components=redis
Output
ConfigSpecs Meta:
CONFIG-SPEC-NAME FILE ENABLED TEMPLATE CONSTRAINT RENDERED COMPONENT CLUSTER
redis-replication-config redis.conf true redis7-config-template redis7-config-constraints redis-cluster-redis-redis-replication-config redis redis-cluster

History modifications:
OPS-NAME CLUSTER COMPONENT CONFIG-SPEC-NAME FILE STATUS POLICY PROGRESS CREATED-TIME VALID-UPDATED
redis-cluster-reconfiguring-zjztm redis-cluster redis redis-replication-config redis.conf Succeed restart 1/1 Apr 17,2023 17:22 UTC+0800
redis-cluster-reconfiguring-zrkq7 redis-cluster redis redis-replication-config redis.conf Succeed restart 1/1 Apr 17,2023 17:28 UTC+0800 {"redis.conf":"{\"databases\":\"32\",\"maxclients\":\"20000\"}"}
redis-cluster-reconfiguring-mwbnw redis-cluster redis redis-replication-config redis.conf Succeed restart 1/1 Apr 17,2023 17:35 UTC+0800 {"redis.conf":"{\"maxclients\":\"40000\"}"}

From the above results, there are three parameter modifications.

Compare these modifications to view the configured parameters and their different values for different versions.

kbcli cluster diff-config redis-cluster-reconfiguring-zrkq7 redis-cluster-reconfiguring-mwbnw
>
DIFF-CONFIG RESULT:
ConfigFile: redis.conf TemplateName: redis-replication-config ComponentName: redis ClusterName: redis-cluster UpdateType: update

PARAMETERNAME REDIS-CLUSTER-RECONFIGURING-ZRKQ7 REDIS-CLUSTER-RECONFIGURING-MWBNW
maxclients 20000 40000