operator raft

This command groups subcommands for operators to manage the Integrated Storage Raft backend.

Usage: bao operator raft <subcommand> [options] [args]

 This command groups subcommands for operators interacting with the OpenBao
 integrated Raft storage backend. Most users will not need to interact with these
 commands. Here are a few examples of the Raft operator commands:

Subcommands:
    join           Joins a node to the Raft cluster
    list-peers     Returns the Raft peer set
    remove-peer    Removes a node from the Raft cluster
    snapshot       Restores and saves snapshots from the Raft cluster

join

This command is used to join a new node as a peer to the Raft cluster. In order to join, there must be at least one existing member of the cluster. If Shamir seal is in use, then unseal keys are to be supplied before or after the join process, depending on whether it's being used exclusively for HA.

If raft is used for storage, the node must be joined before unsealing and the leader-api-addr argument must be provided. If raft is used for ha_storage, the node must be first unsealed before joining and the leader-api-addr must not be provided.

Usage: bao operator raft join [options] <leader-api-addr>

  Join the current node as a peer to the Raft cluster by providing the address
  of the Raft leader node.

	  $ bao operator raft join "http://127.0.0.2:8200"

The join command also allows operators to specify cloud auto-join configuration instead of a static IP address or hostname. When provided, OpenBao will attempt to automatically discover and resolve potential leader addresses based on the provided auto-join configuration.

OpenBao uses go-discover to support the auto-join functionality. Please see the go-discover README for details on the format.

By default, OpenBao will attempt to reach discovered peers using HTTPS and port 8200. Operators may override these through the --auto-join-scheme and --auto-join-port CLI flags respectively.

Usage: bao operator raft join [options] <auto-join-configuration>
  Join the current node as a peer to the Raft cluster by providing cloud auto-join
  metadata configuration.
    $ bao operator raft join "provider=aws region=eu-west-1 ..."

Parameters

The following flags are available for the operator raft join command.

• -leader-ca-cert (string: "") - CA cert to communicate with Raft leader.

• -leader-client-cert (string: "") - Client cert to authenticate to Raft leader.

• -leader-client-key (string: "") - Client key to authenticate to Raft leader.

• -non-voter (bool: false) - This flag is used to make the server not participate in the Raft quorum, and have it only receive the data replication stream. This can be used to add read scalability to a cluster in cases where a high volume of reads to servers are needed. The default is false. See retry_join_as_non_voter for the equivalent config option when using retry_join stanzas instead.

warning

Adding a large number of non-voters to a cluster will impact application latency. Make sure to tune the Raft settings for your intended use case.

• -retry (bool: false) - Continuously retry joining the Raft cluster upon failures. The default is false.

note

Please be aware that the content (not the path to the file) of the certificate or key is expected for these parameters: -leader-ca-cert, -leader-client-cert, -leader-client-key.

list-peers

This command is used to list the full set of peers in the Raft cluster.

Usage: bao operator raft list-peers

  Provides the details of all the peers in the Raft cluster.

	  $ bao operator raft list-peers

Example output

{
 ...
  "data": {
    "config": {
      "index": 62,
      "servers": [
        {
          "address": "127.0.0.2:8201",
          "leader": true,
          "node_id": "node1",
          "protocol_version": "3",
          "voter": true
        },
        {
          "address": "127.0.0.4:8201",
          "leader": false,
          "node_id": "node3",
          "protocol_version": "3",
          "voter": true
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

remove-peer

This command is used to remove a node from being a peer to the Raft cluster. In certain cases where a peer may be left behind in the Raft configuration even though the server is no longer present and known to the cluster, this command can be used to remove the failed server so that it is no longer affects the Raft quorum.

Usage: bao operator raft remove-peer <server_id>

  Removes a node from the Raft cluster.

	  $ bao operator raft remove-peer node1

note

Once a node is removed, its Raft data needs to be deleted before it may be joined back into an existing cluster. This requires shutting down the OpenBao process, deleting the data, then restarting the OpenBao process on the removed node.

snapshot

This command groups subcommands for operators interacting with the snapshot functionality of the integrated Raft storage backend. There are 2 subcommands supported: save and restore.

Usage: bao operator raft snapshot <subcommand> [options] [args]

  This command groups subcommands for operators interacting with the snapshot
  functionality of the integrated Raft storage backend.

Subcommands:
    restore    Installs the provided snapshot, returning the cluster to the state defined in it
    save       Saves a snapshot of the current state of the Raft cluster into a file

snapshot save

Takes a snapshot of the OpenBao data. The snapshot can be used to restore OpenBao to the point in time when a snapshot was taken.

Usage: bao operator raft snapshot save <snapshot_file>

  Saves a snapshot of the current state of the Raft cluster into a file.

	  $ bao operator raft snapshot save raft.snap

note

Snapshot is not supported when Raft is used only for ha_storage.

snapshot restore

Restores a snapshot of OpenBao data taken with bao operator raft snapshot save.

Usage: bao operator raft snapshot restore <snapshot_file>

  Installs the provided snapshot, returning the cluster to the state defined in it.

	  $ bao operator raft snapshot restore raft.snap

autopilot

This command groups subcommands for operators interacting with the autopilot functionality of the integrated Raft storage backend. There are 3 subcommands supported: get-config, set-config and state.

For a more detailed overview of autopilot features, see the concepts page.

Usage: bao operator raft autopilot <subcommand> [options] [args]

This command groups subcommands for operators interacting with the autopilot
functionality of the integrated Raft storage backend.

Subcommands:
    get-config    Returns the configuration of the autopilot subsystem under integrated storage
    set-config    Modify the configuration of the autopilot subsystem under integrated storage
    state         Displays the state of the raft cluster under integrated storage as seen by autopilot

autopilot state

Displays the state of the raft cluster under integrated storage as seen by autopilot. It shows whether autopilot thinks the cluster is healthy or not, and how many nodes could fail before the cluster becomes unhealthy ("Failure Tolerance").

State includes a list of all servers by nodeID and IP address. Last Index indicates how close the state on each node is to the leader's.

A node can have a status of "leader", "voter" or "non-voter".

Usage: bao operator raft autopilot state

  Displays the state of the raft cluster under integrated storage as seen by autopilot.

    $ bao operator raft autopilot state

Example output

Healthy:                      true
Failure Tolerance:            1
Leader:                       raft1
Voters:
   raft1
   raft2
   raft3
Non Voters:
   raft4
Servers:
   raft1
      Name:            raft1
      Address:         127.0.0.1:8201
      Status:          leader
      Node Status:     alive
      Healthy:         true
      Last Contact:    0s
      Last Term:       3
      Last Index:      38
   raft2
      Name:            raft2
      Address:         127.0.0.2:8201
      Status:          voter
      Node Status:     alive
      Healthy:         true
      Last Contact:    2.514176729s
      Last Term:       3
      Last Index:      38

autopilot get-config

Returns the configuration of the autopilot subsystem under integrated storage.

Usage: bao operator raft autopilot get-config

  Returns the configuration of the autopilot subsystem under integrated storage.

    $ bao operator raft autopilot get-config

autopilot set-config

Modify the configuration of the autopilot subsystem under integrated storage.

Usage: bao operator raft autopilot set-config [options]

  Modify the configuration of the autopilot subsystem under integrated storage.

	  $ bao operator raft autopilot set-config -server-stabilization-time 10s

Flags applicable to this command are the following:

• cleanup-dead-servers (bool) - Controls whether to remove dead servers from the Raft peer list periodically or when a new server joins. This requires that min-quorum is also set. Defaults to false.

• last-contact-threshold (string) - Limit on the amount of time a server can go without leader contact before being considered unhealthy. Defaults to 10s.

• dead-server-last-contact-threshold (string) - Limit on the amount of time a server can go without leader contact before being considered failed. This takes effect only when cleanup_dead_servers is set as true. Defaults to 24h.

note

A failed server that autopilot has removed from the raft configuration cannot rejoin the cluster without being reinitialized.

• max-trailing-logs (int) - Amount of entries in the Raft Log that a server can be behind before being considered unhealthy. Defaults to 1000.

• min-quorum (int) - Minimum number of servers that should always be present in a cluster. Autopilot will not prune servers below this number. This should be set to the expected number of voters in your cluster. There is no default.

• server-stabilization-time (string) - Minimum amount of time a server must be in a healthy state before it can become a voter. Until that happens, it will be visible as a peer in the cluster, but as a non-voter, meaning it won't contribute to quorum. Defaults to 10s.