Adding a Worker Node - non-TufinOS

Overview

This procedure is for adding a worker node to an existing TOS Aurora cluster running RHEL, or Rocky Linux. If you have not yet installed TOS Aurora, on the primary data node, start with Clean Install of TOS Aurora on a Non-TufinOS Server. For all other installation paths such as upgrade or other platforms, see the menu for the appropriate procedure.

You do not need to install TOS on the worker nodes.

Prerequisites

  • You cannot use IP Tables. All IP tables rules will be flushed when adding the node.

  • Your primary data node must also be deployed on the same operating system as the worker node.

  • You must know the resources you will need - CPU cores, RAM, disk space and the load-model parameter, provided by your account team based on the procedure Calculate resources - clean install.

  • You will need to allow access to required Ports and Services.
  • If you intend to use syslog, allocate a syslog VIP on the same subnet as your primary VIP.

  • The node's network IP must be on the same subnet as the cluster primary VIP.

  • Give the node a unique hostname in the cluster - use the command below, replacing <mynode> with your preferred name:

    • [<ADMIN> ~]$ sudo hostnamectl set-hostname <mynode>
    sudo hostnamectl set-hostname <mynode>

  • You need to configure a separate partition for /opt,, and the boot disk needs at least 300 GB of available storage. The /opt partition will contain your data, which will increase over time. Most of your available disk space should be allocated to this partition and the minimum is determined by the load model parameter (small, medium, large) provided by your account team. Minimum sizes for all partitions:

    Minimum Partition Sizes

    Boot disk

    /opt/

    (Small)*

    /opt/

    (Medium)*

    /opt/

    (Large)*
    Central cluster / remote cluster primary data node / HA data nodes 300 GB 80 GB 170 GB 370 GB
    Worker node (central and remote clusters) 150 GB 70 GB 70 GB 70 GB

    *Small, medium and large refer to the load model parameter provided by your account team.

    We recommend allocating /opt partition all remaining disk space after you have partitioned the boot disk and etcd.

Operating System Requirements

  • Host: Physical server / VMware ESXi 6.5, 6.7, 7.0 or 8.0, vSphere

  • OS distribution:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9, or 8.10
    • Rocky Linux 8.9, or 8.10

  • Disk(s) SSD with 7,500 IOPS and 250MB/s throughput, or higher.

  • Language: en-US

  • The kernel must be up-to-date
  • SELinux must be disabled
  • rsync, wireguard and screen must be installed for transferring data, in-cluster encryption and launching shell sessions respectively

  • Required modules must get loaded using a configuration file /etc/modules-load.d/tufin.conf containing entries:

    br_netfilter
    wireguard
    overlay
    ebtables
    ebtable_filter
    br_netfilter wireguard overlay ebtables ebtable_filter

  • Permanent kernel parameters must be set. For example, using a configuration file /etc/sysctl.d/tufin.conf containing entries:

    net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 1
    fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 1048576
    fs.inotify.max_user_instances=10000
    net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
    net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 1 fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 1048576 fs.inotify.max_user_instances=10000 net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

  • Network configurations for your interface must be set to manual IPv4 with gateway and DNS Servers set to the IPs used by your organization.

    The system will use a reverse DNS lookup (PTR record) to resolve the DNS IP addresses with the domain name during the TOS installation. Therefore you have to add these PTR records to the DNS server. If you do not, the TOS installation will fail.

  • You must have permissions to execute TOS CLI commands located in directory /usr/local/bin/tos and to use sudo if necessary.

  • To run TOS CLI commands without specifying the full path (/usr/local/bin/tos), your environment path must be modified accordingly.

  • The server timezone must be set.

Procedure

Before you proceed, read and understand Prerequisites - this may prevent unexpected failures.

      1. If you are not currently logged in as user root, do so now.

        [<ADMIN> ~]$ su -
        su -

      2. If you want to change the host name or IP of the machine, do so now. Once TOS Aurora has been installed, changing the host name or IP address will require reinstalling - see Changing IP Address/Host Names. To change the host name, use the command below, replacing <mynode> with your preferred name.

        [<ADMIN> ~]# hostnamectl set-hostname <mynode>
        hostnamectl set-hostname <mynode>

      3. Modify the environment path to run TOS CLI commands without specifying the full path (/usr/local/bin/tos). 

        [<ADMIN> ~]# echo 'export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/bin"' | sudo tee -a /root/.bashrc > /dev/null
        echo 'export PATH="${PATH}:/usr/local/bin"' | sudo tee -a /root/.bashrc > /dev/null

      4. Synchronize your machine time with a trusted NTP server. Follow the steps in Configuring NTP Using Chrony.

      5. Configure the server timezone.

        [<ADMIN> ~]# timedatectl set-timezone <timezone>
        timedatectl set-timezone <timezone>

        where <timezone> is in the format Area/Location. Examples: America/Jamaica, Hongkong, GMT, Europe/Prague. List the time-zone formats that can be used in the command.

        [<ADMIN> ~]# timedatectl list-timezones
        timedatectl list-timezones

      6. Upgrade the kernel:

        [<ADMIN> ~]# dnf upgrade
        dnf upgrade

      7. Disable SELinux:

        • If file /etc/selinux/config exists, edit and change the value of SELINUX to disabled:

          SELINUX=disabled
        • If the file doesn't exist or SELINUX is already set to disabled, do nothing.
      8. Reboot the machine and log in.
      9. Install Wireguard. This is needed to encrypt communication between nodes (machines) within the cluster. See Install Wireguard and follow the steps for your Linux distribution.
      10. Reboot the machine and log in.

      11. Install tmux and rsync:

        [<ADMIN> ~]# dnf install -y rsync tmux
        dnf install -y rsync tmux

      12. Disable the firewall:

        [<ADMIN> ~]# systemctl stop firewalld
        systemctl stop firewalld
        [<ADMIN> ~]# systemctl disable firewalld
        systemctl disable firewalld

      13. Create the TOS Aurora load module configuration file /etc/modules-load.d/tufin.conf. Example using vi:

        [<ADMIN> ~]# vi /etc/modules-load.d/tufin.conf
        vi /etc/modules-load.d/tufin.conf

      14. Specify the modules to be loaded by adding the following lines to the configuration file created in the previous step. The modules will then be loaded automatically on boot.

        br_netfilter
        wireguard
        overlay
        ebtables
        ebtable_filter
        br_netfilter wireguard overlay ebtables ebtable_filter

      15. Load the above modules now:

        [<ADMIN> ~]# cat /etc/modules-load.d/tufin.conf |xargs modprobe -a 
        cat /etc/modules-load.d/tufin.conf |xargs modprobe -a

        Look carefully at the output to confirm all modules loaded correctly; an error message will be issued for any modules that failed to load.

      16. Check that Wireguard has loaded correctly. 

        [<ADMIN> ~]# lsmod |grep wireguard
        lsmod |grep wireguard

        The output will appear something like this:

        wireguard              201106  0
ip6_udp_tunnel         12755  1 wireguard
udp_tunnel             14423  1 wireguard

        If Wireguard is not listed in the output, contact support.

      17. Create the TOS Aurora kernel configuration file /etc/sysctl.d/tufin.conf. Example using vi:

        [<ADMIN> ~]# vi /etc/sysctl.d/tufin.conf
        vi /etc/sysctl.d/tufin.conf

      18. Specify the kernel settings to be made by adding the following lines to the configuration file created in the previous step. The settings will then be applied on boot. 

        net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 1
        fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 1048576
        fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 10000
        net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
        net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 1 fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 1048576 fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 10000 net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1

      19. Apply the above kernel settings now:

        [<ADMIN> ~]# sysctl --system
        sysctl --system
      For maximum security, we recommend only installing official security updates and security patches for your Linux distribution, as well as the RPMs specifically mentioned in this section.

      1. Log in to the primary data node.

      2. On the primary data node:

        [<ADMIN> ~]$ sudo tos cluster node add --role=worker
        sudo tos cluster node add --role=worker

        On completion, a new command string is displayed, which you will need to run on the new node within 30 minutes. If the allocated time expires, you will need to repeat the current step.

      3. Copy the command string to the clipboard.

      4. Log in to the new node.

      5. On the new node, paste the command string copied previously and run it. If the allocated time has expired, you will need to start from the beginning.
      6. Verify that the node was added by running sudo tos cluster node list on the primary data node.

After the node is added, we recommend stopping tos and then starting it to enhance the node's performance. This will require downtime.