Zookeeper installation

This role:

• Installs ZooKeeper:
  • Linux:
    • tarball
    • package
  • Windows:
    • tarball
    • chocolatey
• Configures it as a single node or a cluster

Requirements

• Minimal Version of the ansible for installation: 2.7 Supported OS:
• CentOS 7
• Ubuntu
  • 16.04
  • 18.04
• Amazon Linux 2
• Debian
  • 9
• Windows
  • 2016
  • 2019

Role Variables

• zk_config - custom zookeeper configuration parameters
  default: []

• zk_version - version of the package. Tarball installation can use current or stable value of this variable which links to related zookeeper versions. Installation from repositories do not require this version to be specified.
  default: current

• zk_url - download url
  default: http://www.us.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/zookeeper-{{zk_version}}/zookeeper-{{zk_version}}.tar.gz for versions < 3.5
  default: http://www.us.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/zookeeper-{{zk_version}}/apache-zookeeper-{{zk_version}}-bin.tar.gz for versions 3.5.x

• zk_tarball_installation - installation from tarball. Linux support install via repository and tarball. Windows support install via chocolatey and tarball
  default: true

• zk_user - OS user name for zookeeper
  default: zookeeper

• zk_group - OS user group name for zookeeper
  default: zookeeper

• zk_debian_apt_repositories - path to apt repository
  default: "deb http://us-east1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe"

• zk_redhat_yum_repositories - path to yum repository
  default: - https://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/one-click-install/redhat/7/x86_64/cloudera-cdh-5-0.x86_64.rpm

• zk_client_port - zookeeper port
  default: 2181

• zk_init_limit - amount of time in ticks to allow followers to connect and sync to a leader
  default: 5

• zk_sync_limit - amount of time in ticks to allow followers to sync with ZooKeeper
  default: 2

• zk_tick_time - it is used to regulate heartbeats, and timeouts. For example, the minimum session timeout will be two ticks
  default: 2000

• zk_autopurge_purgeInterval - the time interval in hours for which the purge task has to be triggered
  default: 0

• zk_autopurge_snapRetainCount - when enabled, ZooKeeper auto purge feature retains the autopurge.snapRetainCount most recent snapshots and the corresponding transaction logs in the dataDir and dataLogDir respectively and deletes the rest
  default: 10

• zk_data_dir - libraries directory
  default: '{{ zk_default_data_dir }}'

• zk_log_dir - logs directory
  default: {{ zk_default_log_dir }}

• zk_dir - zookeeper directory
  default: {{ zk_default_dir }}

• zk_choko_basedir - zookeeper base directory when installing from chocolatey
  default: C:\zookeeper

• zk_force_myid - to reset id
  default: true

• zk_force_config - to rewrite config files
  default: true

• zk_tarball_dir - place where you download tarball
  default: {{ zk_default_tarball_dir }}

• zk_rolling_log_file_max_size - zookeeper log file size
  default: 10MB

• zk_max_rolling_log_file_count- zookeeper log file count
  default: 10

• zk_inventory_group - ansible inventory group name for hosts running zookeeper
  default: zookeeper

• zk_address - zookeeper node communication address. Usual usage assume this to be an address of local interface inside trusted network.
  default: '{{ ansible_host }}'

• zk_service_name - zookeeper service name
  default: zookeeper

• zk_service_start - to start zookeeper service in the end of role/Playbook
  default: true

• zk_service_autostart - add zookeeper service to automatically start
  default: true

• zk_standalone_enabled - with this setting it is possible to start a ZooKeeper ensemble containing a single participant and to dynamically grow it by adding more servers
  default: true

• zk_reconfig_enabled - This option is introduced such that the reconfiguration feature can be completely disabled and any attempts to reconfigure a cluster through reconfig API with or without authentication will fail by default
  default: true

Dependencies

ZooKeeper runs in Java, release 1.6 or greater (JDK 6 or greater) is required. Java can be installed by corresponding Lean Delivery ansible role as an option:

Example Inventory

 [zookeeper]
 zookeeper1 zk_server_role=participant
 zookeeper2 zk_server_role=observer
 zookeeper3

• zk_server_role - zookeeper server role. Host variable. Variables: participant, observer

  default: participant

Example Playbook

- name: Installing ZooKeeper
  hosts: zookeeper
  roles:
    - role: lean_delivery.java
    - role: lean_delivery.zookeeper
      zk_inventory_group: zookeeper

License

Apache 2.0

Author Information

authors:

• Lean Delivery Team team@lean-delivery.com