pmm_client

This role installs and configures the Percona PMM Client.

Requirements

This role requires Ansible 2.5.0 or higher.

You can simply use pip to install (and define) a stable version:

pip install ansible==2.7.9

All platform requirements are listed in the metadata file.

Install

ansible-galaxy install timorunge.pmm_client

Role Variables

The variables that can be passed to this role and a brief description about them are as follows. (For all variables, take a look at defaults/main.yml)

# Define the version
# Type: Int
pmm_client_version: 1.17.0
# IP address and port of the pmm-server:
# Type: Str
pmm_client_server_host: 172.20.0.10
# Type: Int
pmm_client_server_port: 443
# Disable basic auth:
# Type: Bool
pmm_client_server_basic_auth: false
# Enable SSL:
# Type: Bool
pmm_client_server_use_ssl: true
# Force to set client name on initial setup
# Type: Bool
pmm_client_force_setup: false
# Define services to be added or removed:
# Type: List
pmm_client_add_services:
  - linux:metrics
  - mysql:metrics
  - mongodb:metrics
  - postgresql:metrics
pmm_client_remove_services:
  - mysql:queries
# Define services to be started or stopped:
# Type: List
pmm_client_start_services:
  - linux:metrics
  - mysql:metrics
  - mongodb:metrics
  - postgresql:metrics
pmm_client_stop_services:
  - mysql:queries
# Define credentials for the MySQL DB connection:
# Type: Dict
pmm_client_db:
  mysql:
    host: localhost
    port: 3306
    username: root
    password: toor

Examples

1) Install the PMM Client with no basic auth and disabled SSL

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  vars:
    pmm_client_server_host: 172.20.0.10
    pmm_client_server_port: 443
    pmm_client_server_basic_auth: false
    pmm_client_server_use_ssl: false
    pmm_client_add_services:
      - linux:metrics
    pmm_client_start_services:
      - linux:metrics
  roles:
    - timorunge.pmm_client

2) Install the PMM Client with basic auth and enabled SSL

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  vars:
    pmm_client_server_host: 172.20.0.10
    pmm_client_server_port: 443
    pmm_client_server_basic_auth: true
    pmm_client_server_basic_auth_username: admin
    pmm_client_server_basic_auth_password: mySecurePassword
    pmm_client_server_use_ssl: true
    pmm_client_add_services:
      - linux:metrics
    pmm_client_start_services:
      - linux:metrics
  roles:
    - timorunge.pmm_client

3) Install the PMM Client from a defined URL

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  vars:
    pmm_client_version: 1.17.0
    pmm_client_version_revision: 1
    pmm_client_use_official_repo: false
    pmm_client_debian_pkg: "https://www.percona.com/downloads/pmm/{{ pmm_client_version }}/binary/debian/{{ ansible_distribution_release }}/x86_64/pmm-client_{{ pmm_client_version }}-{{ pmm_client_version_revision }}.{{ ansible_distribution_release }}_amd64.deb"
  roles:
    - timorunge.pmm_client

4) Forcing the setup of the PMM Client

In some situations you have to force the setup of the PMM Client. E.g. if the server was unreachable or you've done a new setup with a hostname which was used before.

You will get a message like the following:

TASK [timorunge.pmm-client : include_tasks] ********************************************************************************************************
included: ... ansible-pmm-client/tasks/server-config.yml for proxysql-aN8thi

TASK [timorunge.pmm-client : Check if PMM Client is configured] ************************************************************************************
fatal: [proxysql-aN8thi]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "cmd": ["pmm-admin", "list"], "delta": "0:00:00.148803", "end": "2018-09-25 09:39:46.297917", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2018-09-25 09:39:46.149114", "stderr": "", "stderr_lines": [], "stdout": "PMM client is not configured, missing config file. Please make sure you have run 'pmm-admin config'.", "stdout_lines": ["PMM client is not configured, missing config file. Please make sure you have run 'pmm-admin config'."]}
...ignoring

TASK [timorunge.pmm-client : Configure PMM Client - Basic mode] ************************************************************************************
fatal: [proxysql-aN8thi]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": ["pmm-admin", "config", "--server", "172.20.0.10:80", "--client-name", "proxysql-aN8thi", "--config-file", "/usr/local/percona/pmm-client/pmm.yml"], "delta": "0:00:00.239708", "end": "2018-09-25 09:39:50.590280", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2018-09-25 09:39:50.350572", "stderr": "", "stderr_lines": [], "stdout": "Another client with the same name 'proxysql-aN8thi' detected, its address is 172.20.0.11.\nIt has the active services so this name is not available.\n\nSpecify the other one using --client-name flag.\n\nIn case this is the correct client node that was previously uninstalled with unreachable PMM server,\nyou can add --force flag to proceed further. Do not use this flag otherwise.\nThe orphaned remote services will be removed automatically.", "stdout_lines": ["Another client with the same name 'proxysql-aN8thi' detected, its address is 172.20.0.11.", "It has the active services so this name is not available.", "", "Specify the other one using --client-name flag.", "", "In case this is the correct client node that was previously uninstalled with unreachable PMM server,", "you can add --force flag to proceed further. Do not use this flag otherwise.", "The orphaned remote services will be removed automatically."]}
  to retry, use: --limit @... main.retry

PLAY RECAP *****************************************************************************************************************************************
proxysql-aN8thi            : ok=9    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

Basically you have two options:

1) Via yaml configuration

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  vars:
    pmm_client_force_setup: true
  roles:
    - timorunge.pmm_client

2) Via command line

This is the recommended way.

$ ansible-playbook main.yml -i inventory -b --limit "proxysql-aN8thi" --diff -e "{ pmm_client_force_setup: true }"

...

TASK [timorunge.pmm-client : Check if PMM Client is configured] ************************************************************************************
fatal: [proxysql-aN8thi{"changed": false, "cmd": ["pmm-admin", "list"], "delta": "0:00:00.361021", "end": "2018-09-25 09:51:30.675725", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 1, "start": "2018-09-25 09:51:30.314704", "stderr": "", "stderr_lines": [], "stdout": "PMM client is not configured, missing config file. Please make sure you have run 'pmm-admin config'.", "stdout_lines": ["PMM client is not configured, missing config file. Please make sure you have run 'pmm-admin config'."]}
...ignoring

TASK [timorunge.pmm-client : Configure PMM Client - Basic mode] ************************************************************************************
changed: [proxysql-aN8thi]

...

TASK [timorunge.pmm-client : Adding Linux and ProxySQL services to monitoring] *********************************************************************
changed: [proxysql-aN8thi] => (item=linux:metrics)
changed: [proxysql-aN8thi] => (item=proxysql:metrics)

...

proxysql-aN8thi            : ok=13   changed=2    unreachable=0    failed=0

5) Uninstall the PMM Client

- hosts: all
  become: yes
  vars:
    pmm_client_enabled: false
  roles:
    - timorunge.pmm_client

Testing

Tests are done with Docker and docker_test_runner which brings up the following containers with different environment settings:

• CentOS 7
• Debian 9.4 (Stretch)
• Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
• Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)

Ansible 2.7.9 is installed on all containers and a test playbook is getting applied.

For further details and additional checks take a look at the docker_test_runner configuration and the Docker entrypoint.

# Testing locally:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timorunge/docker-test-runner/master/install.sh | sh
./docker_test_runner.py -f tests/docker_test_runner.yml

Since the build time on Travis is limited for public repositories the automated tests are limited to:

• CentOS 7
• Debian 9.4 (Stretch)
• Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)
• Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver)

Dependencies

None

License

BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License

Author Information

• Based on the Ansible role from Chris Sam
• Heavily modified by: Timo Runge