Configuring Your Systems and Installing Greenplum
Configuring Your Systems and Installing Greenplum
Describes how to prepare your operating system environment for Greenplum, and install the Greenplum Database software binaries on all of the hosts that will comprise your Greenplum Database system.
Perform the following tasks in order:
- Make sure your systems meet the System Requirements
- Disabling SELinux and Firewall Software
- Setting the Greenplum Recommended OS Parameters
- Creating the Greenplum Database Administrative User Account
- Installing the Greenplum Database Software
- Installing and Configuring Greenplum on all Hosts
- Creating the Data Storage Areas
- Synchronizing System Clocks
- Next Steps
Unless noted, these tasks should be performed for all hosts in your Greenplum Database array (master, standby master and segments).
For information about running Greenplum Database in the cloud see Cloud Services in the Pivotal Greenplum Partner Marketplace.
Kubernetes enables quick recovery from both pod and host failures, and Kubernetes storage services provide a high level of availability for the underlying data. Furthermore, virtualized environments make it difficult to ensure the anti-affinity guarantees required for Greenplum mirroring solutions. For these reasons, mirrorless deployments are fully supported with Greenplum for Kubernetes. Other deployment environments are generally not supported for production use unless both Greenplum master and segment mirroring are enabled.
For information about master and segment mirroring, see About Redundancy and Failover in the Greenplum Database Administrator Guide.
System Requirements
The following table lists minimum recommended specifications for servers intended to support Greenplum Database on Linux systems in a production environment. All servers in your Greenplum Database system must have the same hardware and software configuration. Greenplum also provides hardware build guides for its certified hardware platforms. It is recommended that you work with a Greenplum Systems Engineer to review your anticipated environment to ensure an appropriate hardware configuration for Greenplum Database.
Operating System |
Note: See the Greenplum Database Release Notes for current supported
platform information.
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File Systems |
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Minimum CPU | Any x86_64 compatible CPU |
Minimum Memory | 16 GB RAM per server |
Disk Requirements |
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Network Requirements | 10 Gigabit Ethernet within the array NIC bonding is recommended when multiple interfaces are present Pivotal Greenplum is supported using either IPV4 or IPV6 protocols. |
Software and Utilities | zlib compression libraries bash shell GNU tar GNU zip GNU sed (used by Greenplum Database gpinitsystem) perl secure shell |
Disabling SELinux and Firewall Software
- As the root user, check the status of
SELinux:
# sestatus SELinuxstatus: disabled
- If SELinux is not disabled, disable it by editing the
/etc/selinux/config file. As root, change the value of the
SELINUX parameter in the config file as
follows:
SELINUX=disabled
- Reboot the system to apply any changes that you made to /etc/selinux/config and verify that SELinux is disabled.
For information about disabling SELinux, see the SELinux documentation.
- As the root user, check the status of
iptables:
# /sbin/chkconfig --list iptables
If iptables is disabled, the command output is:
iptables 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off
- If necessary, execute this command as root to disable
iptables:
/sbin/chkconfig iptables off
You will need to reboot your system after applying the change.
- For systems with firewalld, check the status of
firewalld with the
command:
# systemctl status firewalld
If firewalld is disabled, the command output is:
* firewalld.service - firewalld - dynamic firewall daemon Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/firewalld.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead)
- If necessary, execute these commands as root to disable
firewalld:
# systemctl stop firewalld.service # systemctl disable firewalld.service
For more information about configuring your firewall software, see the documentation for the firewall or your operating system.
Setting the Greenplum Recommended OS Parameters
Greenplum requires the certain Linux operating system (OS) parameters be set on all hosts in your Greenplum Database system (masters and segments).
In general, the following categories of system parameters need to be altered:
- Shared Memory - A Greenplum Database instance will not work unless the shared memory segment for your kernel is properly sized. Most default OS installations have the shared memory values set too low for Greenplum Database. On Linux systems, you must also disable the OOM (out of memory) killer. For information about Greenplum Database shared memory requirements, see the Greenplum Database server configuration parameter shared_buffers in the Greenplum Database Reference Guide.
- Network - On high-volume Greenplum Database systems, certain network-related tuning parameters must be set to optimize network connections made by the Greenplum interconnect.
- User Limits - User limits control the resources available to processes started by a user's shell. Greenplum Database requires a higher limit on the allowed number of file descriptors that a single process can have open. The default settings may cause some Greenplum Database queries to fail because they will run out of file descriptors needed to process the query.
Linux System Settings
- Edit the /etc/hosts file and make sure that it includes the host names and all interface address names for every machine participating in your Greenplum Database system.
- Set the following parameters in the /etc/sysctl.conf
file and reload with sysctl -p:
# kernel.shmall = _PHYS_PAGES / 2 # See Note 1 kernel.shmall = 197951838 # kernel.shmmax = kernel.shmall * PAGE_SIZE # See Note 1 kernel.shmmax = 810810728448 kernel.shmmni = 4096 vm.overcommit_memory = 2 vm.overcommit_ratio = 95 # See Note 2 net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 10000 65535 # See Note 3 kernel.sem = 250 2048000 200 8192 kernel.sysrq = 1 kernel.core_uses_pid = 1 kernel.msgmnb = 65536 kernel.msgmax = 65536 kernel.msgmni = 2048 net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1 net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_source_route = 0 net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 4096 net.ipv4.conf.all.arp_filter = 1 net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 10000 net.core.rmem_max = 2097152 net.core.wmem_max = 2097152 vm.swappiness = 10 vm.zone_reclaim_mode = 0 vm.dirty_expire_centisecs = 500 vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs = 100 vm.dirty_background_ratio = 0 # See Note 5 vm.dirty_ratio = 0 vm.dirty_background_bytes = 1610612736 vm.dirty_bytes = 4294967296
Note: The listed sysctl.conf parameters are for performance in a wide variety of environments. However, the settings might require changes in specific situations. These are additional notes about some of the sysctl.conf parameters.- Greenplum Database uses shared memory to communicate between
postgres processes that are part of the same
postgres instance. kernel.shmall sets the
total amount of shared memory, in pages, that can be used system wide.
kernel.shmmax sets the maximum size of a single shared memory
segment in bytes.
Set kernel.shmall and kernel.shmax values based on your system's physical memory and page size. In general, the value for both parameters should be one half of the system physical memory.
Use the operating system variables _PHYS_PAGES and PAGE_SIZE to set the parameters.
kernel.shmall = ( _PHYS_PAGES / 2) kernel.shmmax = ( _PHYS_PAGES / 2) * PAGE_SIZE
To calculate the values for kernel.shmall and kernel.shmax, run the following commands using the getconf command, which returns the value of an operating system variable.
$ echo $(expr $(getconf _PHYS_PAGES) / 2) $ echo $(expr $(getconf _PHYS_PAGES) / 2 \* $(getconf PAGE_SIZE))
As best practice, we recommend you set the following values in the /etc/sysctl.conf file using calculated values. For example, a host system has 1583 GB of memory installed and returns these values: _PHYS_PAGES = 395903676 and PAGE_SIZE = 4096. These would be the kernel.shmall and kernel.shmmax values:
kernel.shmall = 197951838 kernel.shmmax = 810810728448
If the Greeplum Database master the has a different shared memory configuration than the segment hosts, the _PHYS_PAGES and PAGE_SIZE values might differ, and the kernel.shmall and kernel.shmax values on the master host will differ from those on the segment hosts.
- When vm.overcommit_memory is 2, you specify a value for vm.overcommit_ratio. For information about calculating the value for vm.overcommit_ratio when using resource queue-based resource management, see the Greenplum Database server configuration parameter gp_vmem_protect_limit in the Greenplum Database Reference Guide. If you are using resource group-based resource management, tune the operating system vm.overcommit_ratio as necessary. If your memory utilization is too low, increase the vm.overcommit_ratio value; if your memory or swap usage is too high, decrease the value.
- To avoid port conflicts between Greenplum Database and other applications when
initializing Greenplum Database, do not specify Greenplum Database ports in the
range specified by the operating system parameter
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range. For example, if
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 10000 65535, you could set the
Greenplum Database base port numbers to these values.
PORT_BASE = 6000 MIRROR_PORT_BASE = 7000 REPLICATION_PORT_BASE = 8000 MIRROR_REPLICATION_PORT_BASE = 9000
For information about the port ranges that are used by Greenplum Database, see gpinitsystem.
- Azure deployments require Greenplum Database to not use port 65330. Add the
following line to sysctl.conf:
net.ipv4.ip_local_reserved_ports=65330
For additional requirements and recommendations for cloud deployments, see Greenplum Database Cloud Technical Recommendations.
- For host systems with more than 64GB of memory, these settings are
recommended:
vm.dirty_background_ratio = 0 vm.dirty_ratio = 0 vm.dirty_background_bytes = 1610612736 # 1.5GB vm.dirty_bytes = 4294967296 # 4GB
For host systems with 64GB of memory or less, remove vm.dirty_background_bytes and vm.dirty_bytes and set the two ratio parameters to these values:vm.dirty_background_ratio = 3 vm.dirty_ratio = 10
- Increase vm.min_free_kbytes to ensure
PF_MEMALLOC requests from network and storage drivers are
easily satisfied. This is especially critical on systems with large amounts of
system memory. The default value is often far too low on these systems. Use this
awk command to set vm.min_free_kbytes to a recommended 3% of
system physical memory:
awk 'BEGIN {OFMT = "%.0f";} /MemTotal/ {print "vm.min_free_kbytes =", $2 * .03;}' /proc/meminfo >> /etc/sysctl.conf
Do not set vm.min_free_kbytes to higher than 5% of system memory as doing so might cause out of memory conditions.
- Greenplum Database uses shared memory to communicate between
postgres processes that are part of the same
postgres instance. kernel.shmall sets the
total amount of shared memory, in pages, that can be used system wide.
kernel.shmmax sets the maximum size of a single shared memory
segment in bytes.
- Set the following parameters in the
/etc/security/limits.conf file:
* soft nofile 524288 * hard nofile 524288 * soft nproc 131072 * hard nproc 131072
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS systems, parameter values in the /etc/security/limits.d/90-nproc.conf file (RHEL/CentOS 6) or /etc/security/limits.d/20-nproc.conf file (RHEL/CentOS 7) override the values in the limits.conf file. Ensure that any parameters in the override file are set to the required value. The Linux module pam_limits sets user limits by reading the values from the limits.conf file and then from the override file. For information about PAM and user limits, see the documentation on PAM and pam_limits.
Execute the ulimit -u command on each segment host to display the maximum number of processes that are available to each user. Validate that the return value is 131072.
- XFS is the preferred file system on Linux platforms for data storage.
The following XFS mount options are
recommended:
rw,nodev,noatime,nobarrier,inode64
See the manual page (man) for the mount command for more information about using that command (man mount opens the man page).
The XFS options can also be set in the /etc/fstab file. This example entry from an fstab file specifies the XFS options.
/dev/data /data xfs nodev,noatime,nobarrier,inode64 0 0
- Each disk device file should have a read-ahead (blockdev) value of
16384.
To verify the read-ahead value of a disk device:
# /sbin/blockdev --getra devname
For example:
# /sbin/blockdev --getra /dev/sdb
To set blockdev (read-ahead) on a device:
# /sbin/blockdev --setra bytes devname
For example:
# /sbin/blockdev --setra 16384 /dev/sdb
See the manual page (man) for the blockdev command for more information about using that command (man blockdev opens the man page).
Note: The blockdev --setra command is not persistent. You must ensure the read-ahead value is set whenever the system restarts. How to set the value will vary based on your system.One method to set the blockdev value at system startup is by adding the /sbin/blockdev --setra command in the rc.local file. For example, add this line to the rc.local file to set the read-ahead value for the disk sdb./sbin/blockdev --setra 16384 /dev/sdb
On systems that use systemd, you must also set the execute permissions on the rc.local file to enable it to run at startup. For example, on a RHEL/CentOS 7 system, this command sets execute permissions on the file.# chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.local
Restart the system to have the setting take effect.
- The Linux disk I/O scheduler for disk access supports different
policies, such as CFQ, AS, and
deadline.
The deadline scheduler option is recommended. To specify a scheduler until the next system reboot, run the following:
# echo schedulername > /sys/block/devname/queue/scheduler
For example:
# echo deadline > /sys/block/sbd/queue/scheduler
Note: Setting the disk I/O scheduler policy with the echo command is not persistent, and must be run when the system is rebooted. If you use the echo command to set the policy, you must ensure the command is run when the system reboots. How to run the command will vary based on your system.One method to set the I/O scheduler policy at boot time is with the elevator kernel parameter. Add the parameter elevator=deadline to the kernel command in the file /boot/grub/grub.conf, the GRUB boot loader configuration file. This is an example kernel command from a grub.conf file on RHEL 6.x or CentOS 6.x. The command is on multiple lines for readability.
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 ro root=LABEL=/ elevator=deadline crashkernel=128M@16M quiet console=tty1 console=ttyS1,115200 panic=30 transparent_hugepage=never initrd /initrd-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5.img
To specify the I/O scheduler at boot time on systems that use grub2 such as RHEL 7.x or CentOS 7.x, use the system utility grubby. This command adds the parameter when run as root.# grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="elevator=deadline"
After adding the parameter, reboot the system.
This grubby command displays kernel parameter settings.# grubby --info=ALL
For more information about the grubby utility, see your operating system documentation. If the grubby command does not update the kernels, see the Note at the end of the section.
- Disable Transparent Huge Pages (THP). RHEL 6.0 or higher enables THP by default. THP
degrades Greenplum Database performance. One way to disable THP on RHEL 6.x is by adding
the parameter transparent_hugepage=never to the
kernel command in the file /boot/grub/grub.conf,
the GRUB boot loader configuration file. This is an example kernel
command from a grub.conf file. The command is on multiple lines for
readability:
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 ro root=LABEL=/ elevator=deadline crashkernel=128M@16M quiet console=tty1 console=ttyS1,115200 panic=30 transparent_hugepage=never initrd /initrd-2.6.18-274.3.1.el5.img
On systems that use grub2 such as RHEL 7.x or CentOS 7.x, use the system utility grubby. This command adds the parameter when run as root.# grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="transparent_hugepage=never"
After adding the parameter, reboot the system.
This cat command checks the state of THP. The output indicates that THP is disabled.$ cat /sys/kernel/mm/*transparent_hugepage/enabled always [never]
For more information about Transparent Huge Pages or the grubby utility, see your operating system documentation. If the grubby command does not update the kernels, see the Note at the end of the section.
- Disable IPC object removal for RHEL 7.2 or CentOS 7.2. The default
systemd setting RemoveIPC=yes removes IPC
connections when non-system user accounts log out. This causes the Greenplum Database
utility gpinitsystem to fail with semaphore errors. Perform one of the
following to avoid this issue.
- When you add the gpadmin operating system user account to the
master node in Creating the Greenplum Database Administrative User Account, create the user
as a system account. You must also add the gpadmin user as a system
account on the segment hosts manually or using the gpseginstall
command (described in later installation step Installing and Configuring Greenplum on all Hosts).
Note: When you run the gpseginstall utility as the root user to install Greenplum Database on host systems, the utility creates the gpadmin operating system user as a system account on the hosts.
- Disable RemoveIPC. Set this parameter in
/etc/systemd/logind.conf on the Greenplum Database host systems.
RemoveIPC=no
The setting takes effect after restarting the systemd-login service or rebooting the system. To restart the service, run this command as the root user.
service systemd-logind restart
- When you add the gpadmin operating system user account to the
master node in Creating the Greenplum Database Administrative User Account, create the user
as a system account. You must also add the gpadmin user as a system
account on the segment hosts manually or using the gpseginstall
command (described in later installation step Installing and Configuring Greenplum on all Hosts).
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Certain Greenplum Database management utilities including gpexpand, gpinitsystem, and gpaddmirrors, utilize secure shell (SSH) connections between systems to perform their tasks. In large Greenplum Database deployments, cloud deployments, or deployments with a large number of segments per host, these utilities may exceed the host's maximum threshold for unauthenticated connections. When this occurs, you receive errors such as: ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host..
To increase this connection threshold for your Greenplum Database system, update the SSH MaxStartups and MaxSessions configuration parameters in one of the /etc/ssh/sshd_config or /etc/sshd_config SSH daemon configuration files.
If you specify MaxStartups and MaxSessions using a single integer value, you identify the maximum number of concurrent unauthenticated connections (MaxStartups) and maximum number of open shell, login, or subsystem sessions permitted per network connection (MaxSessions). For example:MaxStartups 200 MaxSessions 200
If you specify MaxStartups using the "start:rate:full" syntax, you enable random early connection drop by the SSH daemon. start identifies the maximum number of unauthenticated SSH connection attempts allowed. Once start number of unauthenticated connection attempts is reached, the SSH daemon refuses rate percent of subsequent connection attempts. full identifies the maximum number of unauthenticated connection attempts after which all attempts are refused. For example:Max Startups 10:30:200 MaxSessions 200
Restart the SSH daemon after you update MaxStartups and MaxSessions. For example, on a CentOS 6 system, run the following command as the root user:# service sshd restart
For detailed information about SSH configuration options, refer to the SSH documentation for your Linux distribution.
- On some SUSE Linux Enterprise Server platforms, the Greenplum Database utility gpssh fails with the error message out of pty devices. A workaround is to add Greenplum Database operating system users, for example gpadmin, to the tty group. On SUSE systems, tty is required to run gpssh
- Add the parameter to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX line in the file
parameter in
/etc/default/grub.
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)" GRUB_DEFAULT=saved GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="crashkernel=auto rd.lvm.lv=cl/root rd.lvm.lv=cl/swap rhgb quiet transparent_hugepage=never" GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
- As root, run the grub2-mkconfig command to update the
kernels.
# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
- Reboot the system.
Creating the Greenplum Database Administrative User Account
You must create a dedicated operating system user account on the master node to run Greenplum Database. You administer Greenplum Database as this operating system user. This user account is named, by convention, gpadmin.
You cannot run the Greenplum Database server as root.
The gpadmin user account must have permission to access the services and directories required to install and run Greenplum Database.
To create the gpadmin operating system user account, run the groupadd, useradd, and passwd commands as the root user.
# groupadd gpadmin # useradd gpadmin -r -m -g gpadmin # passwd gpadmin New password: <changeme> Retype new password: <changeme>
Installing the Greenplum Database Software
- If you use the RPM distribution, install the RPM file on the master, standby master, and every segment host. You will need to create the gpadmin user on every host. (See Creating the Greenplum Database Administrative User Account.) After the RPM file is installed on every host, you must enable passwordless SSH access for the gpadmin user from each host to every other host.
- If you use the binary installer, you can install the distribution on the master host only, and then use the Greenplum Database gpseginstall utility to copy the installation from the master host to all other hosts in the cluster. The gpseginstall utility creates the gpadmin user on each host, if it does not already exist, and enables passwordless SSH for the gpadmin user.
If you do not have root access on the master host machine, run the binary installer as the gpadmin user and install the software into a directory in which you have write permission.
Installing the RPM Distribution
Perform these steps on the master host, standby master host, and on every segment host in the Greenplum Database cluster.
Install Greenplum to the Default Directory
Follow these steps to install Greenplum under the default directory, /usr/local. If you want to install to a non-default directory, use the instructions in (Optional) Install Greenplum to a Non-Default Directory instead.
- Download and copy the Greenplum Database package to the gpadmin user's home directory on the master, standby master, and every segment host machine. The distribution file name has the format greenplum-db-<version>-<platform>.rpm, where <platform> is similar to rhel7-x86_64 (Red Hat 7 64-bit).
- With sudo (or as root), install the Greenplum Database package on each host machine
using the yum package manager software:
$ sudo yum install ./greenplum-db-<version>-<platform>.rpm
The command copies the Greenplum Database software files into a version-specific directory under /usr/local, /usr/local/greenplum-db-<version>, and creates the symbolic link /usr/local/greenplum-db to the installation directory.
- Change the ownership and group of the installed files to
gpadmin:
$ sudo chown -R gpadmin /usr/local/greenplum* $ sudo chgrp -R gpadmin /usr/local/greenplum*
(Optional) Install Greenplum to a Non-Default Directory
You can use the rpm command with the --prefix option to install Greenplum Database to a non-default directory (instead of under /usr/local).
Follow these instructions to install Greenplum Database to a specific directory.
- Download and copy the Greenplum Database package to the gpadmin user's home directory on the master, standby master, and every segment host machine. The distribution file name has the format greenplum-db-<version>-<platform>.rpm for RHEL and CentOS systems, where <platform> is similar to rhel7-x86_64 (Red Hat 7 64-bit).
- Use rpm with the --prefix option to install the
Greenplum Database package to your chosen installation directory on each host machine:
$ sudo rpm --install ./greenplum-db-<version>-<platform>.rpm --prefix=<directory>
The rpm command copies the Greenplum Database software files into a version-specific directory under your chosen <directory>, <directory>/greenplum-db-<version>, and creates the symbolic link <directory>/greenplum-db to the versioned directory.
- Change the owner and group of the installed files to
gpadmin:
$ sudo chown -R gpadmin:gpadmin <directory>/greenplum* $ sudo chgrp -R gpadmin <directory>/greenplum*
If you install to a non-default directory using rpm, you will need to continue using rpm (and not yum) to perform minor version upgrades; these changes are covered in the upgrade documentation.
Enable Passwordless SSH
After the RPM has been installed on all hosts in the cluster, use the gpssh-exkeys utility to set up passwordless SSH for the gpadmin user.
- Log in to the master host as the gpadmin user.
- Source the path file in the Greenplum Database installation
directory.
$ source /usr/local/greenplum-db-<version>/greenplum_path.sh
- In the gpadmin home directory, create a file named
hostfile_exkeys that has the machine configured host names and host
addresses (interface names) for each host in your Greenplum system (master, standby
master, and segment hosts). Make sure there are no blank lines or extra spaces. Check
the /etc/hosts file on your systems for the correct host names to use
for your environment. For example, if you have a master, standby master, and three
segment hosts with two unbonded network interfaces per host, your file would look
something like
this:
mdw mdw-1 mdw-2 smdw smdw-1 smdw-2 sdw1 sdw1-1 sdw1-2 sdw2 sdw2-1 sdw2-2 sdw3 sdw3-1 sdw3-2
- Run the gpssh-exkeys utility with your
hostfile_exkeys file to enable passwordless SSH for the
gpadmin
user.
$ gpssh-exkeys -f hostfile_exkeys
Follow the steps in Confirming Your Installation to verify that the Greenplum Database software is installed correctly.
Installing the Binary Distribution
- Log in as root on the machine that will become the Greenplum Database
master host.
If you do not have root access on the master host machine, run the binary installer as the gpadmin user and install the software into a directory in which you have write permission.
- Download or copy the Binary Installation distribution file to the master host machine. The Binary Installer distribution filename has the format greenplum-db-<version>-<platform>.zip where <platform> is similar to rhel7-x86_64 (Red Hat 64-bit) or sles11-x86_64 (SuSe Linux 64 bit).
- Unzip the installer
file:
# unzip greenplum-db-<version>-<platform>.zip
- Launch the installer using
bash:
# /bin/bash greenplum-db-<version>-<platform>.bin
- The installer prompts you to accept the Greenplum Database license agreement. Type yes to accept the license agreement.
- The installer prompts you to provide an installation path. Press ENTER to accept the default install path (/usr/local/greenplum-db-<version>), or enter an absolute path to a custom install location. You must have write permission to the location you specify.
- The installer installs the Greenplum Database software and creates a greenplum-db symbolic link one directory level above the version-specific installation directory. The symbolic link is used to facilitate patch maintenance and upgrades between versions. The installed location is referred to as $GPHOME.
- If you installed as root, change the ownership and group of the
installed files to
gpadmin:
# chown -R gpadmin /usr/local/greenplum* # chgrp -R gpadmin /usr/local/greenplum*
- To perform additional required system configuration tasks and to install Greenplum Database on other hosts, go to the next task Installing and Configuring Greenplum on all Hosts.
About Your Greenplum Database Installation
- greenplum_path.sh — This file contains the environment variables for Greenplum Database. See Setting Greenplum Environment Variables.
- bin — This directory contains the Greenplum Database management utilities. This directory also contains the PostgreSQL client and server programs, most of which are also used in Greenplum Database.
- docs/cli_help — This directory contains help files for Greenplum Database command-line utilities.
- docs/cli_help/gpconfigs — This directory contains sample gpinitsystem configuration files and host files that can be modified and used when installing and initializing a Greenplum Database system.
- docs/javadoc — This directory contains javadocs for the gNet extension (gphdfs protocol). The jar files for the gNet extension are installed in the $GPHOME/lib/hadoop directory.
- etc — Sample configuration file for OpenSSL and a sample configuration file to be used with the gpcheck management utility.
- ext — Bundled programs (such as Python) used by some Greenplum Database utilities.
- include — The C header files for Greenplum Database.
- lib — Greenplum Database and PostgreSQL library files.
- sbin — Supporting/Internal scripts and programs.
- share — Shared files for Greenplum Database.
Installing and Configuring Greenplum on all Hosts
When run as root, gpseginstall copies the Greenplum Database installation from the current host and installs it on a list of specified hosts, creates the Greenplum operating system user account (typically named gpadmin), sets the account password (default is changeme), sets the ownership of the Greenplum Database installation directory, and exchanges ssh keys between all specified host address names (both as root and as the specified user account).
To install and configure Greenplum Database on all specified hosts
- Log in to the master host as
root:
$ su -
- Source the path file from your master host's Greenplum Database
installation
directory:
# source /usr/local/greenplum-db/greenplum_path.sh
- In the gpadmin user's home directory, create a file
called hostfile_exkeys that has the machine configured host names and
host addresses (interface names) for each host in your Greenplum system (master, standby
master and segments). Make sure there are no blank lines or extra spaces. For example,
if you have a master, standby master and three segments with two unbonded network
interfaces per host, your file would look something like
this:
mdw mdw-1 mdw-2 smdw smdw-1 smdw-2 sdw1 sdw1-1 sdw1-2 sdw2 sdw2-1 sdw2-2 sdw3 sdw3-1 sdw3-2
Check the /etc/hosts file on your systems for the correct host names to use for your environment.
The Greenplum Database segment host naming convention is sdwN where sdw is a prefix and N is an integer. For example, segment host names would be sdw1, sdw2 and so on. NIC bonding is recommended for hosts with multiple interfaces, but when the interfaces are not bonded, the convention is to append a dash (-) and number to the host name. For example, sdw1-1 and sdw1-2 are the two interface names for host sdw1.
- Run the gpseginstall utility referencing the
hostfile_exkeys file you just created. This example runs the utility
as root. The utility creates the Greenplum operating system user
account gpadmin as a system account on all hosts and sets the account
password to changeme for that user on all segment hosts.
# gpseginstall -f hostfile_exkeys
Use the -u and -p options to specify a different operating system account name and password. See gpseginstall for option information and information about running the utility as a non-root user.
- Do not use the default password option for production environments.
- Change the password immediately after installation.
Confirming Your Installation
To make sure the Greenplum software was installed and configured correctly, run the following confirmation steps from your Greenplum master host. If necessary, correct any problems before continuing on to the next task.
- Log in to the master host as
gpadmin:
$ su - gpadmin
- Source the path file from Greenplum Database installation
directory:
# source /usr/local/greenplum-db/greenplum_path.sh
- Use the gpssh utility to see if you can login to all
hosts without a password prompt, and to confirm that the Greenplum software was
installed on all hosts. Use the hostfile_exkeys file you used for
installation. For
example:
$ gpssh -f hostfile_exkeys -e ls -l $GPHOME
If the installation was successful, you can log in to all hosts without a password prompt. All hosts should show that they have the same contents in their installation directories, and that the directories are owned by the gpadmin user.
If you are prompted for a password, run the following command to redo the ssh key exchange:
$ gpssh-exkeys -f hostfile_exkeys
Creating the Data Storage Areas
Every Greenplum Database master and segment instance has a designated storage area on disk that is called the data directory location. This is the file system location where the directories that store segment instance data will be created. The master host needs a data storage location for the master data directory. Each segment host needs a data directory storage location for its primary segments, and another for its mirror segments.
Creating a Data Storage Area on the Master Host
A data storage area is required on the Greenplum Database master host to store Greenplum Database system data such as catalog data and other system metadata.
To create the data directory location on the master
The data directory location on the master is different than those on the segments. The master does not store any user data, only the system catalog tables and system metadata are stored on the master instance, therefore you do not need to designate as much storage space as on the segments.
- Create or choose a directory that will serve as your master data
storage area. This directory should have sufficient disk space for your data and be
owned by the gpadmin user and group. For example, run the following
commands as
root:
# mkdir -p /data/master
- Change ownership of this directory to the gpadmin
user. For example:
# chown gpadmin /data/master
- Using gpssh, create the master data directory location on
your standby master as well. For
example:
# source /usr/local/greenplum-db/greenplum_path.sh # gpssh -h smdw -e 'mkdir -p /data/master' # gpssh -h smdw -e 'chown gpadmin /data/master'
Creating Data Storage Areas on Segment Hosts
Data storage areas are required on the Greenplum Database segment hosts for primary segments. Separate storage areas are required for mirror segments.
To create the data directory locations on all segment hosts
- On the master host, log in as
root:
# su
- Create a file called hostfile_gpssh_segonly. This
file should have only one machine configured host name for each segment host. For
example, if you have three segment hosts:
sdw1 sdw2 sdw3
- Using gpssh, create the primary and mirror data directory locations
on all segment hosts at once using the hostfile_gpssh_segonly file
you just created. For
example:
# source /usr/local/greenplum-db/greenplum_path.sh # gpssh -f hostfile_gpssh_segonly -e 'mkdir -p /data/primary' # gpssh -f hostfile_gpssh_segonly -e 'mkdir -p /data/mirror' # gpssh -f hostfile_gpssh_segonly -e 'chown -R gpadmin /data/*'
Synchronizing System Clocks
You should use NTP (Network Time Protocol) to synchronize the system clocks on all hosts that comprise your Greenplum Database system. See www.ntp.org for more information about NTP.
NTP on the segment hosts should be configured to use the master host as the primary time source, and the standby master as the secondary time source. On the master and standby master hosts, configure NTP to point to your preferred time server.
To configure NTP
- On the master host, log in as root and edit the
/etc/ntp.conf file. Set the server parameter to
point to your data center's NTP time server. For example (if
10.6.220.20 was the IP address of your data center's NTP
server):
server 10.6.220.20
- On each segment host, log in as root and edit the
/etc/ntp.conf file. Set the first server parameter
to point to the master host, and the second server parameter to point to the standby
master host. For example:
server mdw prefer server smdw
- On the standby master host, log in as root and edit the
/etc/ntp.conf file. Set the first server parameter
to point to the primary master host, and the second server parameter to point to your
data center's NTP time server. For
example:
server mdw prefer server 10.6.220.20
- On the master host, use the NTP daemon synchronize the system clocks
on all Greenplum hosts. For example, using gpssh:
# gpssh -f hostfile_gpssh_allhosts -v -e 'ntpd'
Enabling iptables
On Linux systems, you can configure and enable the iptables firewall to work with Greenplum Database.
For more information about iptables see the iptables and firewall documentation for your operating system.
How to Enable iptables
- As gpadmin, the Greenplum Database administrator, run this command on
the Greenplum Database master host to stop Greenplum
Database:
$ gpstop -a
- On the Greenplum Database hosts:
- Update the file /etc/sysconfig/iptables based on the Example iptables Rules.
- As root user, run these commands to enable
iptables:
# chkconfig iptables on # service iptables start
- As gpadmin, run this command on the Greenplum Database master host to
start Greenplum Database:
$ gpstart -a
ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet.
As root user, run this command to view the iptables table value:
# sysctl net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_max
The following is the recommended setting to ensure that the Greenplum Database workload does not overflow the iptables table. The value might need to be adjusted for your hosts: net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_max=6553600
You can update /etc/sysctl.conf file with the value. For setting values in the file, see Setting the Greenplum Recommended OS Parameters.
To set the value until the next reboots run this command as root.
# sysctl net.ipv4.netfilter.ip_conntrack_max=6553600
Example iptables Rules
When iptables is enabled, iptables manages the IP communication on the host system based on configuration settings (rules). The example rules are used to configure iptables for Greenplum Database master host, standby master host, and segment hosts.
The two sets of rules account for the different types of communication Greenplum Database expects on the master (primary and standby) and segment hosts. The rules should be added to the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file of the Greenplum Database hosts. For Greenplum Database, iptables rules should allow the following communication:
- For customer facing communication with the Greenplum Database master, allow at least postgres and 28080 (eth1 interface in the example).
- For Greenplum Database system interconnect, allow communication using
tcp, udp, and icmp protocols
(eth4 and eth5 interfaces in the example).
The network interfaces that you specify in the iptables settings are the interfaces for the Greenplum Database hosts that you list in the hostfile_gpinitsystem file. You specify the file when you run the gpinitsystem command to intialize a Greenplum Database system. See Initializing a Greenplum Database System for information about the hostfile_gpinitsystem file and the gpinitsystem command.
In the iptables file, each append rule command (lines starting with -A) is a single line.
The example rules should be adjusted for your configuration. For example:
- The append command, the -A lines and connection parameter -i should match the connectors for your hosts.
- the CIDR network mask information for the source parameter -s should match the IP addresses for your network.
Example Master and Standby Master iptables Rules
Example iptables rules with comments for the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file on the Greenplum Database master host and standby master host.
*filter # Following 3 are default rules. If the packet passes through # the rule set it gets these rule. # Drop all inbound packets by default. # Drop all forwarded (routed) packets. # Let anything outbound go through. :INPUT DROP [0:0] :FORWARD DROP [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] # Accept anything on the loopback interface. -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT # If a connection has already been established allow the # remote host packets for the connection to pass through. -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT # These rules let all tcp and udp through on the standard # interconnect IP addresses and on the interconnect interfaces. # NOTE: gpsyncmaster uses random tcp ports in the range 1025 to 65535 # and Greenplum Database uses random udp ports in the range 1025 to 65535. -A INPUT -i eth4 -p udp -s 192.0.2.0/22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth5 -p udp -s 198.51.100.0/22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth4 -p tcp -s 192.0.2.0/22 -j ACCEPT --syn -m state --state NEW -A INPUT -i eth5 -p tcp -s 198.51.100.0/22 -j ACCEPT --syn -m state --state NEW # Allow ssh on all networks (This rule can be more strict). -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -j ACCEPT --syn -m state --state NEW # Allow Greenplum Database on all networks. -A INPUT -p tcp --dport postgres -j ACCEPT --syn -m state --state NEW # Allow Greenplum Command Center on the customer facing network. -A INPUT -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 28080 -j ACCEPT --syn -m state --state NEW # Allow ping and any other icmp traffic on the interconnect networks. -A INPUT -i eth4 -p icmp -s 192.0.2.0/22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth5 -p icmp -s 198.51.100.0/22 -j ACCEPT # Log an error if a packet passes through the rules to the default # INPUT rule (a DROP). -A INPUT -m limit --limit 5/min -j LOG --log-prefix "iptables denied: " --log-level 7 COMMIT
Example Segment Host iptables Rules
Example iptables rules for the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file on the Greenplum Database segment hosts. The rules for segment hosts are similar to the master rules with fewer interfaces and fewer udp and tcp services.
*filter :INPUT DROP :FORWARD DROP :OUTPUT ACCEPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth2 -p udp -s 192.0.2.0/22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth3 -p udp -s 198.51.100.0/22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth2 -p tcp -s 192.0.2.0/22 -j ACCEPT --syn -m state --state NEW -A INPUT -i eth3 -p tcp -s 198.51.100.0/22 -j ACCEPT --syn -m state --state NEW -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp --dport snmp -s 203.0.113.0/21 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport snmp -j ACCEPT --syn -m state --state NEW -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -j ACCEPT --syn -m state --state NEW -A INPUT -i eth2 -p icmp -s 192.0.2.0/22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth3 -p icmp -s 198.51.100.0/22 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i eth0 -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -s 203.0.113.0/21 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m limit --limit 5/min -j LOG --log-prefix "iptables denied: " --log-level 7 COMMIT
Next Steps
After you have configured the operating system environment and installed the Greenplum Database software on all of the hosts in the system, the next steps are: