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31.Dd January 25, 2012
32.Dt HAST.CONF 5
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm hast.conf
36.Nd configuration file for the
37.Xr hastd 8
38daemon and the
39.Xr hastctl 8
40utility
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44file is used by both
45.Xr hastd 8
46daemon
47and
48.Xr hastctl 8
49control utility.
50Configuration file is designed in a way that exactly the same file can be
51(and should be) used on both HAST nodes.
52Every line starting with # is treated as comment and ignored.
53.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE SYNTAX
54General syntax of the
55.Nm
56file is following:
57.Bd -literal -offset indent
58# Global section
59control <addr>
60listen <addr>
61replication <mode>
62checksum <algorithm>
63compression <algorithm>
64timeout <seconds>
65exec <path>
66metaflush on | off
67pidfile <path>
68
69on <node> {
70	# Node section
71        control <addr>
72        listen <addr>
73        pidfile <path>
74}
75
76on <node> {
77	# Node section
78        control <addr>
79        listen <addr>
80        pidfile <path>
81}
82
83resource <name> {
84	# Resource section
85	replication <mode>
86	checksum <algorithm>
87	compression <algorithm>
88	name <name>
89	local <path>
90	timeout <seconds>
91	exec <path>
92	metaflush on | off
93
94	on <node> {
95		# Resource-node section
96		name <name>
97		# Required
98		local <path>
99		metaflush on | off
100		# Required
101		remote <addr>
102		source <addr>
103	}
104	on <node> {
105		# Resource-node section
106		name <name>
107		# Required
108		local <path>
109		metaflush on | off
110		# Required
111		remote <addr>
112		source <addr>
113	}
114}
115.Ed
116.Pp
117Most of the various available configuration parameters are optional.
118If parameter is not defined in the particular section, it will be
119inherited from the parent section.
120For example, if the
121.Ic listen
122parameter is not defined in the node section, it will be inherited from
123the global section.
124In case the global section does not define the
125.Ic listen
126parameter at all, the default value will be used.
127.Sh CONFIGURATION FILE DESCRIPTION
128The
129.Aq node
130argument can be replaced either by a full hostname as obtained by
131.Xr gethostname 3 ,
132only first part of the hostname, by node's UUID as found in the
133.Va kern.hostuuid
134.Xr sysctl 8
135variable
136or by node's hostid as found in the
137.Va kern.hostid
138.Xr sysctl 8
139variable.
140.Pp
141The following statements are available:
142.Bl -tag -width ".Ic xxxx"
143.It Ic control Aq addr
144.Pp
145Address for communication with
146.Xr hastctl 8 .
147Each of the following examples defines the same control address:
148.Bd -literal -offset indent
149uds:///var/run/hastctl
150unix:///var/run/hastctl
151/var/run/hastctl
152.Ed
153.Pp
154The default value is
155.Pa uds:///var/run/hastctl .
156.It Ic pidfile Aq path
157.Pp
158File in which to store the process ID of the main
159.Xr hastd 8
160process.
161.Pp
162The default value is
163.Pa /var/run/hastd.pid .
164.It Ic listen Aq addr
165.Pp
166Address to listen on in form of:
167.Bd -literal -offset indent
168protocol://protocol-specific-address
169.Ed
170.Pp
171Each of the following examples defines the same listen address:
172.Bd -literal -offset indent
1730.0.0.0
1740.0.0.0:8457
175tcp://0.0.0.0
176tcp://0.0.0.0:8457
177tcp4://0.0.0.0
178tcp4://0.0.0.0:8457
179.Ed
180.Pp
181Multiple listen addresses can be specified.
182By default
183.Nm hastd
184listens on
185.Pa tcp4://0.0.0.0:8457
186and
187.Pa tcp6://[::]:8457
188if kernel supports IPv4 and IPv6 respectively.
189.It Ic replication Aq mode
190.Pp
191Replication mode should be one of the following:
192.Bl -tag -width ".Ic xxxx"
193.It Ic memsync
194.Pp
195Report the write operation as completed when local write completes and
196when the remote node acknowledges the data receipt, but before it
197actually stores the data.
198The data on remote node will be stored directly after sending
199acknowledgement.
200This mode is intended to reduce latency, but still provides a very good
201reliability.
202The only situation where some small amount of data could be lost is when
203the data is stored on primary node and sent to the secondary.
204Secondary node then acknowledges data receipt and primary reports
205success to an application.
206However, it may happen that the secondary goes down before the received
207data is really stored locally.
208Before secondary node returns, primary node dies entirely.
209When the secondary node comes back to life it becomes the new primary.
210Unfortunately some small amount of data which was confirmed to be stored
211to the application was lost.
212The risk of such a situation is very small.
213The
214.Ic memsync
215replication mode is the default.
216.It Ic fullsync
217.Pp
218Mark the write operation as completed when local as well as remote
219write completes.
220This is the safest and the slowest replication mode.
221.It Ic async
222.Pp
223The write operation is reported as complete right after the local write
224completes.
225This is the fastest and the most dangerous replication mode.
226This mode should be used when replicating to a distant node where
227latency is too high for other modes.
228.El
229.It Ic checksum Aq algorithm
230.Pp
231Checksum algorithm should be one of the following:
232.Bl -tag -width ".Ic sha256"
233.It Ic none
234No checksum will be calculated for the data being send over the network.
235This is the default setting.
236.It Ic crc32
237CRC32 checksum will be calculated.
238.It Ic sha256
239SHA256 checksum will be calculated.
240.El
241.It Ic compression Aq algorithm
242.Pp
243Compression algorithm should be one of the following:
244.Bl -tag -width ".Ic none"
245.It Ic none
246Data send over the network will not be compressed.
247.It Ic hole
248Only blocks that contain all zeros will be compressed.
249This is very useful for initial synchronization where potentially many blocks
250are still all zeros.
251There should be no measurable performance overhead when this algorithm is being
252used.
253This is the default setting.
254.It Ic lzf
255The LZF algorithm by Marc Alexander Lehmann will be used to compress the data
256send over the network.
257LZF is very fast, general purpose compression algorithm.
258.El
259.It Ic timeout Aq seconds
260.Pp
261Connection timeout in seconds.
262The default value is
263.Va 20 .
264.It Ic exec Aq path
265.Pp
266Execute the given program on various HAST events.
267Below is the list of currently implemented events and arguments the given
268program is executed with:
269.Bl -tag -width ".Ic xxxx"
270.It Ic "<path> role <resource> <oldrole> <newrole>"
271.Pp
272Executed on both primary and secondary nodes when resource role is changed.
273.It Ic "<path> connect <resource>"
274.Pp
275Executed on both primary and secondary nodes when connection for the given
276resource between the nodes is established.
277.It Ic "<path> disconnect <resource>"
278.Pp
279Executed on both primary and secondary nodes when connection for the given
280resource between the nodes is lost.
281.It Ic "<path> syncstart <resource>"
282.Pp
283Executed on primary node when synchronization process of secondary node is
284started.
285.It Ic "<path> syncdone <resource>"
286.Pp
287Executed on primary node when synchronization process of secondary node is
288completed successfully.
289.It Ic "<path> syncintr <resource>"
290.Pp
291Executed on primary node when synchronization process of secondary node is
292interrupted, most likely due to secondary node outage or connection failure
293between the nodes.
294.It Ic "<path> split-brain <resource>"
295.Pp
296Executed on both primary and secondary nodes when split-brain condition is
297detected.
298.El
299.Pp
300The
301.Aq path
302argument should contain full path to executable program.
303If the given program exits with code different than
304.Va 0 ,
305.Nm hastd
306will log it as an error.
307.Pp
308The
309.Aq resource
310argument is resource name from the configuration file.
311.Pp
312The
313.Aq oldrole
314argument is previous resource role (before the change).
315It can be one of:
316.Ar init ,
317.Ar secondary ,
318.Ar primary .
319.Pp
320The
321.Aq newrole
322argument is current resource role (after the change).
323It can be one of:
324.Ar init ,
325.Ar secondary ,
326.Ar primary .
327.It Ic metaflush on | off
328.Pp
329When set to
330.Va on ,
331flush write cache of the local provider after every metadata (activemap) update.
332Flushing write cache ensures that provider will not reorder writes and that
333metadata will be properly updated before real data is stored.
334If the local provider does not support flushing write cache (it returns
335.Er EOPNOTSUPP
336on the
337.Cm BIO_FLUSH
338request),
339.Nm hastd
340will disable
341.Ic metaflush
342automatically.
343The default value is
344.Va on .
345.It Ic name Aq name
346.Pp
347GEOM provider name that will appear as
348.Pa /dev/hast/<name> .
349If name is not defined, resource name will be used as provider name.
350.It Ic local Aq path
351.Pp
352Path to the local component which will be used as backend provider for
353the resource.
354This can be either GEOM provider or regular file.
355.It Ic remote Aq addr
356.Pp
357Address of the remote
358.Nm hastd
359daemon.
360Format is the same as for the
361.Ic listen
362statement.
363When operating as a primary node this address will be used to connect to
364the secondary node.
365When operating as a secondary node only connections from this address
366will be accepted.
367.Pp
368A special value of
369.Va none
370can be used when the remote address is not yet known (eg. the other node is not
371set up yet).
372.It Ic source Aq addr
373.Pp
374Local address to bind to before connecting to the remote
375.Nm hastd
376daemon.
377Format is the same as for the
378.Ic listen
379statement.
380.El
381.Sh FILES
382.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /var/run/hastctl" -compact
383.It Pa /etc/hast.conf
384The default
385.Xr hastctl 8
386and
387.Xr hastd 8
388configuration file.
389.It Pa /var/run/hastctl
390Control socket used by the
391.Xr hastctl 8
392control utility to communicate with the
393.Xr hastd 8
394daemon.
395.El
396.Sh EXAMPLES
397The example configuration file can look as follows:
398.Bd -literal -offset indent
399listen tcp://0.0.0.0
400
401on hasta {
402	listen tcp://2001:db8::1/64
403}
404on hastb {
405	listen tcp://2001:db8::2/64
406}
407
408resource shared {
409	local /dev/da0
410
411	on hasta {
412		remote tcp://10.0.0.2
413	}
414	on hastb {
415		remote tcp://10.0.0.1
416	}
417}
418resource tank {
419	on hasta {
420		local /dev/mirror/tanka
421		source tcp://10.0.0.1
422		remote tcp://10.0.0.2
423	}
424	on hastb {
425		local /dev/mirror/tankb
426		source tcp://10.0.0.2
427		remote tcp://10.0.0.1
428	}
429}
430.Ed
431.Sh SEE ALSO
432.Xr gethostname 3 ,
433.Xr geom 4 ,
434.Xr hastctl 8 ,
435.Xr hastd 8
436.Sh AUTHORS
437The
438.Nm
439was written by
440.An Pawel Jakub Dawidek Aq Mt pjd@FreeBSD.org
441under sponsorship of the FreeBSD Foundation.
442