mfsmaster.cfg(5)
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== NAME

mfsmaster.cfg - main configuration file for mfsmaster

== DESCRIPTION

The file *mfsmaster.cfg* contains configuration of LizardFS metadata server process.

== SYNTAX

Syntax is:

'OPTION' *=* 'VALUE'

Lines starting with *#* character are ignored.

== OPTIONS

Configuration options:

*PERSONALITY*::
Current 'personality' of this instance of metadata server. Valid values are 'master', 'shadow'
and 'ha-cluster-managed'. If installation is managed by an HA cluster the only valid value is
'ha-cluster-managed', otherwise the only valid values are 'master' and 'shadow', in which case
only one metadata server in LizardFS shall have 'master' personality. +
PERSONALITY = 'master' +
means that this instance of metadata server acts as main metadata server
govering all file system metadata modifications. +
PERSONALITY = 'shadow' +
means that this instance of metadata server acts as backup metadata server
ready for immediate deployment as new 'master' in case of current 'master' failure. +
Metadata server personality can be changed at any moment as long as one changes personality from
'shadow' to 'master', changing personality the other way around is forbidden. +
PERSONALITY = 'ha-cluster-managed' +
means that this instance is managed by HA cluster, server runs in 'shadow' mode as long as its not remotly promoted to 'master'.

*DATA_PATH*::
where to store metadata files and lock file

*WORKING_USER*::
user to run daemon as

*WORKING_GROUP*::
group to run daemon as (optional - if empty then default user group will be used)

*SYSLOG_IDENT*::
name of process to place in syslog messages (default is mfsmaster)

*LOCK_MEMORY*::
whether to perform mlockall() to avoid swapping out mfsmaster process (default is 0, i.e. no)

*NICE_LEVEL*::
nice level to run daemon with (default is -19 if possible; note: process must be started as root to
increase priority)

*EXPORTS_FILENAME*::
alternative name of *mfsexports.cfg* file

*TOPOLOGY_FILENAME*::
alternative name of *mfstopology.cfg* file

*CUSTOM_GOALS_FILENAME*::
alternative name of *mfsgoals.cfg* file

*BACK_LOGS*::
number of metadata change log files (default is 50)

*BACK_META_KEEP_PREVIOUS*::
number of previous metadata files to be kept (default is 1)

*AUTO_RECOVERY*::
when this option is set (equals 1) master will try to recover metadata from changelog when it
is being started after a crash; otherwise it will refuse to start and 'mfsmetarestore' should be
used to recover the metadata (default is 0)

*REPLICATIONS_DELAY_INIT*::
initial delay in seconds before starting replications (default is 300)

*REPLICATIONS_DELAY_DISCONNECT*::
replication delay in seconds after chunkserver disconnection (default is 3600)

*MATOML_LISTEN_HOST*::
IP address to listen on for metalogger connections (*** means any)

*MATOML_LISTEN_PORT*::
port to listen on for metalogger connections (default is 9419)

*MATOML_LOG_PRESERVE_SECONDS*::
how many seconds of change logs have to be preserved in memory (default is 600; note: logs are
stored in blocks of 5k lines, so sometimes real number of seconds may be little bigger; zero
disables extra logs storage)

*MATOCS_LISTEN_HOST*::
IP address to listen on for chunkserver connections (*** means any)

*MATOCS_LISTEN_PORT*::
Port to listen on for chunkserver connections (default is 9420)

*MATOCL_LISTEN_HOST*::
IP address to listen on for client (mount) connections (*** means any)

*MATOCL_LISTEN_PORT*::
Port to listen on for client (mount) connections (default is 9421)

*CHUNKS_LOOP_MIN_TIME*::
Chunks loop shouldn't be done in less seconds than given number (default is 300)

*CHUNKS_LOOP_MAX_CPS*::
Chunks loop shouldn't check more chunks per seconds than given number (default is 100000)

*CHUNKS_SOFT_DEL_LIMIT*::
Soft maximum number of chunks to delete on one chunkserver (default is 10)

*CHUNKS_HARD_DEL_LIMIT*::
Hard maximum number of chunks to delete on one chunkserver (default is 25)

*CHUNKS_WRITE_REP_LIMIT*::
Maximum number of chunks to replicate to one chunkserver (default is 2)

*CHUNKS_READ_REP_LIMIT*::
Maximum number of chunks to replicate from one chunkserver (default is 10)

*ENDANGERED_CHUNKS_PRIORITY*::
Percentage of endangered chunks that should be replicated with high priority.
Example: when set to 0.2, up to 20% of chunks served in one turn would be extracted
from endangered priority queue.
When set to 1 (max), no other chunks would be processed as long as there are
any endangered chunks in the queue (not advised)
(default is 0, i.e. there is no overhead for prioritizing endangered chunks).

*ACCEPTABLE_DIFFERENCE*::
A maximum difference between disk usage on chunkservers that doesn't trigger chunk rebalancing
(default is 0.1, i.e. 10%).

*CHUNKS_REBALANCING_BETWEEN_LABELS*::
When balancing disk usage, allow moving chunks between servers with different labels
(default is 0, i.e. chunks will be moved only between servers with the same label).

*EMPTY_TRASH_PERIOD*::
Interval of removing files from trash in seconds (default is 300)

*EMPTY_RESERVED_INODES_PERIOD*::
Interval of removing reserved files in seconds (default is 60)

*FREE_INODES_PERIOD*::
Interval of freeing inodes being unused for longer than 24 hours in seconds (default is 60)

*REJECT_OLD_CLIENTS*::
Reject **mfsmount**s older than 1.6.0 (0 or 1, default is 0). Note that *mfsexports* access control
is NOT used for those old clients.

*GLOBALIOLIMITS_FILENAME*::
Configuration of global I/O limits (default is no I/O limiting)

*GLOBALIOLIMITS_RENEGOTIATION_PERIOD_SECONDS*::
How often mountpoints will request bandwidth allocations under constant, predictable load
(default is 0.1)

*GLOBALIOLIMITS_ACCUMULATE_MS*::
After inactivity, no waiting is required to transfer the amount of data equivalent to normal
data flow over the period of that many milliseconds (default is 250)

*METADATA_CHECKSUM_INTERVAL*::
how often metadata checksum shall be sent to backup servers (default is: every 50 metadata updates)

*METADATA_CHECKSUM_RECALCULATION_SPEED*::
how fast should metadata be recalculated in background (default : 100 objects per function call)

*DISABLE_METADATA_CHECKSUM_VERIFICATION*::
should checksum verification be disabled while applying changelog

*NO_ATIME*::
when this option is set to 1 inode access time is not updated on every access, otherwise
(when set to 0) it is updated (default is 0)

*METADATA_SAVE_REQUEST_MIN_PERIOD*::
minimal time in seconds between metadata dumps caused by requests from shadow masters
(default is 1800)

*SESSION_SUSTAIN_TIME*::
Time in seconds for which client session data (e.g. list of open files) should be sustained
in the master server after connection with the client was lost.
Values between 60 and 604800 (one week) are accepted. (default is 86400)

Options below are mandatory for all Shadow instances:

*MASTER_HOST*::
address of the host running LizardFS metadata server that currently acts as 'master'

*MASTER_PORT*::
port number where LizardFS metadata server currently running as 'master' listens for connections
from 'shadow's and metaloggers (default is 9420)

*MASTER_RECONNECTION_DELAY*::
delay in seconds before trying to reconnect to metadata server after disconnection (default is 1)

*MASTER_TIMEOUT*::
timeout (in seconds) for metadata server connections (default is 60)

== NOTES

Chunks in master are tested in loop. Speed (or frequency) is regulated by two options
*CHUNKS_LOOP_MIN_TIME* and *CHUNKS_LOOP_MAX_CPS*. First defines minimal time of the loop and second
maximal number of chunk tests per second. Typically at the beginning, when number of chunks is
small, time is constant, regulated by *CHUNK_LOOP_MIN_TIME*, but when number of chunks became bigger
then time of loop can increase according to *CHUNKS_LOOP_MAX_CPS*.

Deletion limits are defined as 'soft' and 'hard' limit. When number of chunks to delete increases
from loop to loop then current limit can be temporary increased above soft limit, but never above
hard limit.

== COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2008-2009 Gemius SA, 2013-2015 Skytechnology sp. z o.o.

LizardFS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3.

LizardFS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with LizardFS. If not, see
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

== SEE ALSO

mfsmaster(8), mfsexports.cfg(5), mfstopology.cfg(5)
