Two-Node CentOS 5 cluster.conf

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This is the /etc/cluster/cluster.conf file used in the 2-Node CentOS5 Cluster.

Note: The node names reference SAN nodes, but there is nothing in this configuration file that dictates the role of a node, so you are safe to use and adapt this for any 2-node cluster.

<!--
The cluster's name is "an_san" and, as this is the first version of this file,
it is set to version "1". Each time this file changes in any way, the version
number will have to be incremented by 1.
-->
<cluster name="an_san" config_version="1">
	<!-- 
	This is a special cman argument to enable cluster services to run
	without quorum. Being a two-node cluster, quorum with a failed node is
	quit impossible. :) 
	If we had no need for this, we'd just put in the self-closing argument:
	<cman/>
	-->
	<cman two_node="1" expected_votes="1">
	</cman>
	<!--
	This is where the nodes in this cluster are defined.
	-->
	<clusternodes>
		<!-- SAN Node 1 -->
		<!-- 
		The clusternode names must match the name returned by
		`uname -n`.
		-->
		<clusternode name="an_san01.alteeve.com" nodeid="1">
			<fence>
				<!-- 
				The entries here reference devices defined
				below in the <fencedevices/> section. The
				options passed control how the device is
				called. When multiple devices are listed, they
				are tried in the order that the are listed
				here.
				
				The 'name' argument must match a 'name'
				argument in the '<fencedevice>' section below.
				
				The details must define how 'fenced' will fence
				*this* device.
				
				The 'method' name seems to be unpassed to the
				fence agent and is useful to the human reader
				only?
				
				All options here are passed as 'var=val' to the
				fence agent, one per line.
				
				Note that 'action' was formerly known as
				'option'. In the 'fence_na' agent, 'option'
				will be converted to 'action' if used.
				--> 
				<method name="node_assassin">
					<device name="ariel" port="01" action="off"/>
				</method>
			</fence>
		</clusternode>
		
		<!-- SAN Node 2 -->
		<clusternode name="an_san02.alteeve.com" nodeid="2">
			<fence>
				<method name="node_assassin">
					<device name="ariel" port="02" action="off"/>
				</method>
			</fence>
		</clusternode>
	</clusternodes>
	<!--
	The fence device is mandatory and it defined how the cluster will
	handle nodes that have dropped out of communication. In our case,
	we will use the Node Assassin fence device.
	-->
	<fencedevices>
		<!--
		This names the device, the agent (script) to controls it,
		where to find it and how to access it.
		-->
		<fencedevice name="ariel" agent="fence_na"
		ipaddr="ariel.alteeve.com" login="ariel" passwd="gr0tt0">
		</fencedevice>
		<!--
		If you have two or more fence devices, you can add the extra
		one(s) below. The cluster will attempt to fence a bad node
		using these devices in the order that they appear.
		-->
	</fencedevices>
	
	<!-- When the cluster starts, any nodes not yet in the cluster may be
	fenced. By default, there is a 6 second buffer, but this isn't very
	much time. The following argument increases the time window where other
	nodes can join before being fenced. I like to give up to one minute.
	-->
	<fence_daemon post_join_delay="60">
	</fence_daemon>
</cluster>

 

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