path: root/doc/rados/operations/add-or-rm-osds.rst

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 Adding/Removing OSDs
======================

When a cluster is up and running, it is possible to add or remove OSDs. 

Adding OSDs
===========

OSDs can be added to a cluster in order to expand the cluster's capacity and
resilience. Typically, an OSD is a Ceph ``ceph-osd`` daemon running on one
storage drive within a host machine. But if your host machine has multiple
storage drives, you may map one ``ceph-osd`` daemon for each drive on the
machine.

It's a good idea to check the capacity of your cluster so that you know when it
approaches its capacity limits. If your cluster has reached its ``near full``
ratio, then you should add OSDs to expand your cluster's capacity.

.. warning:: Do not add an OSD after your cluster has reached its ``full
   ratio``. OSD failures that occur after the cluster reaches its ``near full
   ratio`` might cause the cluster to exceed its ``full ratio``.


Deploying your Hardware
-----------------------

If you are also adding a new host when adding a new OSD, see `Hardware
Recommendations`_ for details on minimum recommendations for OSD hardware. To
add an OSD host to your cluster, begin by making sure that an appropriate 
version of Linux has been installed on the host machine and that all initial
preparations for your storage drives have been carried out. For details, see
`Filesystem Recommendations`_.

Next, add your OSD host to a rack in your cluster, connect the host to the
network, and ensure that the host has network connectivity. For details, see
`Network Configuration Reference`_.


.. _Hardware Recommendations: ../../../start/hardware-recommendations
.. _Filesystem Recommendations: ../../configuration/filesystem-recommendations
.. _Network Configuration Reference: ../../configuration/network-config-ref

Installing the Required Software
--------------------------------

If your cluster has been manually deployed, you will need to install Ceph
software packages manually. For details, see `Installing Ceph (Manual)`_.
Configure SSH for the appropriate user to have both passwordless authentication
and root permissions.

.. _Installing Ceph (Manual): ../../../install


Adding an OSD (Manual)
----------------------

The following procedure sets up a ``ceph-osd`` daemon, configures this OSD to
use one drive, and configures the cluster to distribute data to the OSD. If
your host machine has multiple drives, you may add an OSD for each drive on the
host by repeating this procedure.

As the following procedure will demonstrate, adding an OSD involves creating a
metadata directory for it, configuring a data storage drive, adding the OSD to
the cluster, and then adding it to the CRUSH map.

When you add the OSD to the CRUSH map, you will need to consider the weight you
assign to the new OSD. Since storage drive capacities increase over time, newer
OSD hosts are likely to have larger hard drives than the older hosts in the
cluster have and therefore might have greater weight as well.

.. tip:: Ceph works best with uniform hardware across pools. It is possible to
   add drives of dissimilar size and then adjust their weights accordingly.
   However, for best performance, consider a CRUSH hierarchy that has drives of
   the same type and size. It is better to add larger drives uniformly to
   existing hosts. This can be done incrementally, replacing smaller drives
   each time the new drives are added.

#. Create the new OSD by running a command of the following form. If you opt
   not to specify a UUID in this command, the UUID will be set automatically
   when the OSD starts up. The OSD number, which is needed for subsequent
   steps, is found in the command's output:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph osd create [{uuid} [{id}]]

   If the optional parameter {id} is specified it will be used as the OSD ID.
   However, if the ID number is already in use, the command will fail.

   .. warning:: Explicitly specifying the ``{id}`` parameter is not
      recommended. IDs are allocated as an array, and any skipping of entries
      consumes extra memory. This memory consumption can become significant if
      there are large gaps or if clusters are large. By leaving the ``{id}``
      parameter unspecified, we ensure that Ceph uses the smallest ID number
      available and that these problems are avoided.

#. Create the default directory for your new OSD by running commands of the
   following form:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ssh {new-osd-host}
      sudo mkdir /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-{osd-number}

#. If the OSD will be created on a drive other than the OS drive, prepare it
   for use with Ceph. Run commands of the following form:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ssh {new-osd-host}
      sudo mkfs -t {fstype} /dev/{drive}
      sudo mount -o user_xattr /dev/{hdd} /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-{osd-number}

#. Initialize the OSD data directory by running commands of the following form:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ssh {new-osd-host}
      ceph-osd -i {osd-num} --mkfs --mkkey

   Make sure that the directory is empty before running ``ceph-osd``.

#. Register the OSD authentication key by running a command of the following
   form:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph auth add osd.{osd-num} osd 'allow *' mon 'allow rwx' -i /var/lib/ceph/osd/ceph-{osd-num}/keyring

   This presentation of the command has ``ceph-{osd-num}`` in the listed path
   because many clusters have the name ``ceph``. However, if your cluster name
   is not ``ceph``, then the string ``ceph`` in ``ceph-{osd-num}`` needs to be
   replaced with your cluster name. For example, if your cluster name is
   ``cluster1``, then the path in the command should be
   ``/var/lib/ceph/osd/cluster1-{osd-num}/keyring``.

#. Add the OSD to the CRUSH map by running the following command. This allows
   the OSD to begin receiving data. The ``ceph osd crush add`` command can add
   OSDs to the CRUSH hierarchy wherever you want. If you specify one or more
   buckets, the command places the OSD in the most specific of those buckets,
   and it moves that bucket underneath any other buckets that you have
   specified. **Important:** If you specify only the root bucket, the command
   will attach the OSD directly to the root, but CRUSH rules expect OSDs to be
   inside of hosts. If the OSDs are not inside hosts, the OSDS will likely not
   receive any data.

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph osd crush add {id-or-name} {weight}  [{bucket-type}={bucket-name} ...]

   Note that there is another way to add a new OSD to the CRUSH map: decompile
   the CRUSH map, add the OSD to the device list, add the host as a bucket (if
   it is not already in the CRUSH map), add the device as an item in the host,
   assign the device a weight, recompile the CRUSH map, and set the CRUSH map.
   For details, see `Add/Move an OSD`_. This is rarely necessary with recent
   releases (this sentence was written the month that Reef was released).


.. _rados-replacing-an-osd:

Replacing an OSD
----------------

.. note:: If the procedure in this section does not work for you, try the
   instructions in the ``cephadm`` documentation:
   :ref:`cephadm-replacing-an-osd`.

Sometimes OSDs need to be replaced: for example, when a disk fails, or when an
administrator wants to reprovision OSDs with a new back end (perhaps when
switching from Filestore to BlueStore). Replacing an OSD differs from `Removing
the OSD`_ in that the replaced OSD's ID and CRUSH map entry must be kept intact
after the OSD is destroyed for replacement.


#. Make sure that it is safe to destroy the OSD:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      while ! ceph osd safe-to-destroy osd.{id} ; do sleep 10 ; done

#. Destroy the OSD:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph osd destroy {id} --yes-i-really-mean-it

#. *Optional*: If the disk that you plan to use is not a new disk and has been
   used before for other purposes, zap the disk:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph-volume lvm zap /dev/sdX

#. Prepare the disk for replacement by using the ID of the OSD that was
   destroyed in previous steps:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph-volume lvm prepare --osd-id {id} --data /dev/sdX

#. Finally, activate the OSD:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph-volume lvm activate {id} {fsid}

Alternatively, instead of carrying out the final two steps (preparing the disk
and activating the OSD), you can re-create the OSD by running a single command
of the following form:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph-volume lvm create --osd-id {id} --data /dev/sdX

Starting the OSD
----------------

After an OSD is added to Ceph, the OSD is in the cluster. However, until it is
started, the OSD is considered ``down`` and ``in``. The OSD is not running and
will be unable to receive data. To start an OSD, either run ``service ceph``
from your admin host or run a command of the following form to start the OSD
from its host machine:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      sudo systemctl start ceph-osd@{osd-num}

After the OSD is started, it is considered ``up`` and ``in``.

Observing the Data Migration
----------------------------

After the new OSD has been added to the CRUSH map, Ceph begins rebalancing the
cluster by migrating placement groups (PGs) to the new OSD. To observe this
process by using the `ceph`_ tool, run the following command:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph -w

Or:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      watch ceph status

The PG states will first change from ``active+clean`` to ``active, some
degraded objects`` and then return to ``active+clean`` when migration
completes. When you are finished observing, press Ctrl-C to exit.

.. _Add/Move an OSD: ../crush-map#addosd
.. _ceph: ../monitoring


Removing OSDs (Manual)
======================

It is possible to remove an OSD manually while the cluster is running: you
might want to do this in order to reduce the size of the cluster or when
replacing hardware. Typically, an OSD is a Ceph ``ceph-osd`` daemon running on
one storage drive within a host machine. Alternatively, if your host machine
has multiple storage drives, you might need to remove multiple ``ceph-osd``
daemons: one daemon for each drive on the machine. 

.. warning:: Before you begin the process of removing an OSD, make sure that
   your cluster is not near its ``full ratio``. Otherwise the act of removing
   OSDs might cause the cluster to reach or exceed its ``full ratio``.


Taking the OSD ``out`` of the Cluster
-------------------------------------

OSDs are typically ``up`` and ``in`` before they are removed from the cluster.
Before the OSD can be removed from the cluster, the OSD must be taken ``out``
of the cluster so that Ceph can begin rebalancing and copying its data to other
OSDs. To take an OSD ``out`` of the cluster, run a command of the following
form:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph osd out {osd-num}


Observing the Data Migration
----------------------------

After the OSD has been taken ``out`` of the cluster, Ceph begins rebalancing
the cluster by migrating placement groups out of the OSD that was removed. To
observe this process by using the `ceph`_ tool, run the following command:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph -w

The PG states will change from ``active+clean`` to ``active, some degraded
objects`` and will then return to ``active+clean`` when migration completes.
When you are finished observing, press Ctrl-C to exit.

.. note:: Under certain conditions, the action of taking ``out`` an OSD
   might lead CRUSH to encounter a corner case in which some PGs remain stuck
   in the ``active+remapped`` state. This problem sometimes occurs in small
   clusters with few hosts (for example, in a small testing cluster). To
   address this problem, mark the OSD ``in`` by running a command of the
   following form:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph osd in {osd-num}

   After the OSD has come back to its initial state, do not mark the OSD
   ``out`` again. Instead, set the OSD's weight to ``0`` by running a command
   of the following form:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph osd crush reweight osd.{osd-num} 0

   After the OSD has been reweighted, observe the data migration and confirm
   that it has completed successfully. The difference between marking an OSD
   ``out`` and reweighting the OSD to ``0`` has to do with the bucket that
   contains the OSD. When an OSD is marked ``out``, the weight of the bucket is
   not changed. But when an OSD is reweighted to ``0``, the weight of the
   bucket is updated (namely, the weight of the OSD is subtracted from the
   overall weight of the bucket). When operating small clusters, it can
   sometimes be preferable to use the above reweight command.


Stopping the OSD
----------------

After you take an OSD ``out`` of the cluster, the OSD might still be running.
In such a case, the OSD is ``up`` and ``out``. Before it is removed from the
cluster, the OSD must be stopped by running commands of the following form:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ssh {osd-host}
      sudo systemctl stop ceph-osd@{osd-num}

After the OSD has been stopped, it is ``down``.


Removing the OSD
----------------

The following procedure removes an OSD from the cluster map, removes the OSD's
authentication key, removes the OSD from the OSD map, and removes the OSD from
the ``ceph.conf`` file. If your host has multiple drives, it might be necessary
to remove an OSD from each drive by repeating this procedure.

#. Begin by having the cluster forget the OSD. This step removes the OSD from
   the CRUSH map, removes the OSD's authentication key, and removes the OSD
   from the OSD map. (The :ref:`purge subcommand <ceph-admin-osd>` was
   introduced in Luminous. For older releases, see :ref:`the procedure linked
   here <ceph_osd_purge_procedure_pre_luminous>`.):

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph osd purge {id} --yes-i-really-mean-it


#. Navigate to the host where the master copy of the cluster's
   ``ceph.conf`` file is kept:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ssh {admin-host}
      cd /etc/ceph
      vim ceph.conf

#. Remove the OSD entry from your ``ceph.conf`` file (if such an entry
   exists)::

    [osd.1]
        host = {hostname}

#. Copy the updated ``ceph.conf`` file from the location on the host where the
   master copy of the cluster's ``ceph.conf`` is kept to the ``/etc/ceph``
   directory of the other hosts in your cluster.

.. _ceph_osd_purge_procedure_pre_luminous:

If your Ceph cluster is older than Luminous, you will be unable to use the
``ceph osd purge`` command. Instead, carry out the following procedure:

#. Remove the OSD from the CRUSH map so that it no longer receives data (for
   more details, see `Remove an OSD`_):

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph osd crush remove {name}

   Instead of removing the OSD from the CRUSH map, you might opt for one of two
   alternatives: (1) decompile the CRUSH map, remove the OSD from the device
   list, and remove the device from the host bucket; (2) remove the host bucket
   from the CRUSH map (provided that it is in the CRUSH map and that you intend
   to remove the host), recompile the map, and set it:


#. Remove the OSD authentication key:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph auth del osd.{osd-num}

#. Remove the OSD:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph osd rm {osd-num}

   For example:

   .. prompt:: bash $

      ceph osd rm 1

.. _Remove an OSD: ../crush-map#removeosd