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Migration of the Master Node in an Index Cluster Environment


Migration of the Master Node in an Index Cluster Environment


We might need to replace the Master-Node for either of these reasons


1.  The Node Fails

2.  We need to move the Master to a Different Machine or Site .

For Example :  We will consider the following :

OLD  :  XX.XX.XX.XX           ( It is an IP Address of the OLD Master Node )

NEW : YY.YY.YY.YY            ( It is an IP Address of the NEW Master Node in which we are 
                                                      going to Migrate our OLD Master Node )

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**** The NEW does not use the Same IP address  or Management Port as the OLD one  ****


1.  Go to OLD ,
 
****   Stop the Splunk  ***

   #   ssh root@XX.XX.XX.XX
   #  cd /opt/splunk/bin
   # ./splunk stop
 

2.  Go to NEW

****   Install Splunk and Stop it  ***
 
    #  ssh root@YY.YY.YY.YY
    #  cd /opt/splunk/bin
    #  ./splunk start --accept-license
    # ./splunk stop 


3.  Go to NEW

     #  ssh root@YY,YY.YY.YY
     #  cd /opt/splunk/etc/system/local/
     
 Copy the ' sslKeysfilePassword=<somevalue>' to the notepad from 'server.conf' file


4.   Go to OLD 

****  Copy the server.conf file from OLD to NEW  ***

       #  ssh root@XX.XX.XX.XX
       #  cd /opt/splunk/etc/system/local
       # scp server.conf root@YY.YY.YY.YY:/opt/splunk/etc/system/local/.
   
****   Copy the master-apps directory from OLD to NEW  ***

      #  cd /opt/splunk/etc/
      #  scp -r master-apps root@YY.YY.YY.YY:/opt/splunk/etc/.


5.  Go to NEW

      # ssh root@YY.YY.YY.YY
      # cd /opt/splunk/etc/system/local
      # vi server.conf <enter>
   
       Remove the line with ' sslKeysfilePassword=.****'  and 
       Copy from your notepad and paste it hear :-  ' sslKeysfilePassword=<somevalue>' 

       Replace the value of a ' ServerName' with YY.YY.YY.YY

     #  /opt/splunk/bin/splunk start


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****  Now, we have to update the 'master_uri' settings on all the peers and search heads to point the (NEW) Master's IP address and the Management Port  ****


1. Go to any one INDEXER,

     #  ssh root@Indexer_IP
     #  cd /opt/splunk/etc/system/local
     #  vi server.conf < enter >

     Where ever you find 'master_uri' , replace its value with https://YY.YY.YY.YY:8089

     #  /opt/splunk/bin/splunk restart


Note : Perform the above actions for all the Indexers in the Cluster



2.   Go to any one SEARCH HEAD,

     #  ssh root@SearchHead_IP
     #  cd /opt/splunk/etc/system/local
     #  vi server.conf < enter >

     Where ever you find 'master_uri' , replace its value with https://YY.YY.YY.YY:8089
     
     Replace the value of 'conf_deploy_fetch_url'  with https://YY.YY.YY.YY:8089

     #  /opt/splunk/bin/splunk restart


Note : Perform the above actions for all the Search Heads in the Cluster



Now your Master Node in the Cluster Environment has been successfully Migrated !!

Hope you are now comfortable in : Migration of the Master Node in an 
Index Cluster Environment

HAPPY SPLUNKING !!




5 comments:

Unknown said...

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abhay said...

Thanks Palash, Stay tuned and touch to get more topics on Splunk which would definetly help splunker to do the best in their field.

Unknown said...

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Unknown said...

Very helpful information Abhay!! Keep on posting.
Thanks.

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