Migrating from the Cloudera Manager Embedded PostgreSQL Database Server to an External PostgreSQL Database

Before migrating the Cloudera Manager embedded PostgreSQL database to an external PostgreSQL database, ensure that your setup meets the following conditions:

For details about configuring the database server, see Configuring and Starting the PostgreSQL Server.

For large clusters, Cloudera recommends running your database server on a dedicated host. Engage Cloudera Professional Services or a certified database administrator to correctly tune your external database server.

Before you can migrate to another database server, you must first identify the databases using the embedded database server. When the Cloudera Manager Embedded Database server is initialized, it creates the Cloudera Manager database and databases for roles in the Management Services. The Installation Wizard (which runs automatically the first time you log in to Cloudera Manager) or Add Service action for a cluster creates additional databases for roles when run. It is in this context that you identify which roles are used in the embedded database server.

While performing this procedure, ensure that the Cloudera Manager Agents remain running on all hosts. Unless otherwise specified, when prompted for a password use the cloudera-scm password.

1. In Cloudera Manager, stop the cluster services identified as using the embedded database server (see Identify Roles that Use the Embedded Database Server). Refer to Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Services for details about how to stop cluster services. Be sure to stop the Cloudera Management Service as well. Also be sure to stop any services with dependencies on these services. The remaining CDH services will continue to run without downtime.
2. Navigate to Hosts > All Hosts, and make note of the number of roles assigned to hosts. Also take note whether or not they are in a commissioned state. You will need this information later to validate that your scm database was migrated correctly.
3. Stop the Cloudera Manager Server. To stop the server:

   sudo service cloudera-scm-server stop

4. Obtain and save the embedded database superuser password (you will need this password in subsequent steps) from the generated_password.txt file:

   head -1  /var/lib/cloudera-scm-server-db/data/generated_password.txt

5. Export the PostgreSQL user roles from the embedded database server to ensure the correct users, permissions, and passwords are preserved for database access. Passwords are exported as an md5sum and are not visible in plain text. To export the database user roles (you will need the cloudera-scm user password):

   pg_dumpall -h localhost -p 7432 -U cloudera-scm -v --roles-only -f "/var/tmp/cloudera_user_roles.sql"

6. Edit /var/tmp/cloudera_user_roles.sql to remove any CREATE ROLE and ALTER ROLE commands for databases not in your list. Leave the entries for cloudera-scm untouched, because this user role is used during the database import.
7. Export the data from each of the databases on your list you created in Identify Roles that Use the Embedded Database Server:

   pg_dump -F c -h localhost -p 7432 -U cloudera-scm [database_name]  > /var/tmp/[database_name]_db_backup-$(date +”%m-%d-%Y”).dump

   Following is a sample data export command for the scm database:

   pg_dump -F c -h localhost -p 7432 -U cloudera-scm scm > /var/tmp/scm_db_backup-$(date +%m-%d-%Y).dump
   Password:

8. Stop and disable the embedded database server:

   service cloudera-scm-server-db stop
   chkconfig cloudera-scm-server-db off

   Confirm that the embedded database server is stopped:

   netstat -at | grep 7432

9. Back up the Cloudera Manager Server database configuration file:

   cp /etc/cloudera-scm-server/db.properties /etc/cloudera-scm-server/db.properties.embedded

10. Copy the file /var/tmp/cloudera_user_roles.sql and the database dump files from the embedded database server host to /var/tmp on the external database server host:

    cd /var/tmp
    scp cloudera_user_roles.sql *.dump <user>@<postgres-server>:/var/tmp

11. Import the PostgreSQL user roles into the external database server.
    The external PostgreSQL database server superuser password is required to import the user roles. If the superuser role has been changed, you will be prompted for the username and password.

    • To import users when using the default PostgreSQL superuser role:

      sudo -u postgres psql -f /var/tmp/cloudera_user_roles.sql

    • To import users when the superuser role has been changed:

      psql -h <database-hostname> -p <database-port> -U <superuser> -f /var/tmp/cloudera_user_roles.sql

      For example:

      psql -h pg-server.example.com -p 5432 -U postgres -f /var/tmp/cloudera_user_roles.sql

      Password for user postgres

12. Import each of the databases from the dump files into the external PostgreSQL database server:

    pg_restore -C -h <database-hostname> -p <database-port> -d <existing-database> -U cloudera-scm -v <data-file>

    The following example is for the scm database:

    pg_restore -C -h pg-server.example.com -p 5432 -d postgres -U cloudera-scm -v /var/tmp/scm_server_db_backup-20180312.dump
    pg_restore: connecting to database for restore

    Password:

13. Update the Cloudera Manager Server database configuration file to use the external database server. Edit the /etc/cloudera-scm-server/db.properties file as follows:
    1. Update the com.cloudera.cmf.db.host value with the hostname and port number of the external database server.
    2. Change the com.cloudera.cmf.db.setupType value from "EMBEDDED" to "EXTERNAL".
14. Start the Cloudera Manager Server and confirm it is working:

    service cloudera-scm-server start

    Note that if you start the Cloudera Manager GUI at this point, it may take up to five minutes after executing the start command before it becomes available.

    In Cloudera Manager Server, navigate to Hosts > All Hosts and confirm the number of roles assigned to hosts (this number should match what you found in Step 2); also confirm that they are in a commissioned state that matches what you observed in Step 2.

15. Update the role configurations to use the external database hostname and port number. Only perform this task for services where the database has been migrated.
    For Cloudera Management Services:

    1. Select Cloudera Management Service > Configuration, and type "7432" in the Search field.
    2. Change any database hostname properties from the embedded database to the external database hostname and port number.
    3. Click Save Changes.
    For the Oozie Service:
    1. Select Oozie service > Configuration, and type "7432" in the Search field.
    2. Change any database hostname properties from the embedded database to the external database hostname and port number.
    3. Click Save Changes.
    For Hive, Hue, and Sentry Services:

    1. Select the specific service > Configuration, and type "database host" in the Search field.
    2. Change the hostname from the embedded database name to the external database hostname.
    3. Click Save Changes.
16. Start the Cloudera Management Service and confirm that all management services are up and no health tests are failing.
17. Start all Services via the Cloudera Manager web UI. This should start all services that were stopped for the database migration. Confirm that all services are up and no health tests are failing.
18. On the embedded database server host, remove the embedded PostgreSQL database server:
    1. Make a backup of the /var/lib/cloudera-scm-server-db/data directory:

       tar czvf /var/tmp/embedded_db_data_backup-$(date +”%m-%d-%Y”).tgz /var/lib/cloudera-scm-server-db/data

    2. Remove the embedded database package:

       For RHEL:
       rpm --erase cloudera-manager-server-db-2
       
       For Debian:
       apt-get remove cloudera-manager-server-db-2

    3. Delete the /var/lib/cloudera-scm-server-db/data directory.