mysql: Promoting a slave to master

I assume you you have a high availability (master - slave topology) setup. I will be brief and technical on this one :)

Context:

  • dbfoo1 is master and dbfoo2 is slave - dbfoo1(M) - dbfoo2(S)
  • dbfoo2 has to be promoted to master - dbfoo2(M) - dbfoo1(S)
  • note that in some cases the slave requires a innodb buffer pool warm-up before being promoted to master

Let's get to work:

  • remove the VIP from dbfoo1 (/etc/network/interfaces)
  • add the VIP to dbfoo2 (/etc/network/interfaces)
  • take down the VIP on dbfoo1

[codesyntax lang="bash"]

dbfoo1# ip a d dev eth0 x.x.x.x/y

[/codesyntax]

  • dbfoo2 should not be lagging behind dbfoo1
dbfoo2> show slave status\G
Relay_Log_Space: 0
Seconds_Behind_Master: 0
  • check the "freezing point" on dbfoo1 and note down the output from 'show' commands (this is optional but good to have)
dbfoo1> flush logs;
dbfoo1> show master status\G
dbfoo1> show slave status\G
  • check the "freezing point" on dbfoo1 and note down the output from 'show' commands
dbfoo2> slave stop;
dbfoo2> flush logs;
dbfoo2> show master status\G  <--- from here use File: and Position: to attach dbfoo1 (two steps below)
dbfoo2> show slave status\G
MariaDB [(none)]> show master status\Gshow slave status\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
            File: bin.005662
        Position: 385
    Binlog_Do_DB: 
Binlog_Ignore_DB: 
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

*************************** 1. row ***************************
               Slave_IO_State: 
                  Master_Host: dbfoo1
                  Master_User: user
                  Master_Port: 3306
                Connect_Retry: 60
              Master_Log_File: bin.006034
          Read_Master_Log_Pos: 245
               Relay_Log_File: relay.017538
                Relay_Log_Pos: 523
        Relay_Master_Log_File: bin.006034
             Slave_IO_Running: No
            Slave_SQL_Running: No
              Replicate_Do_DB: 
          Replicate_Ignore_DB: 
           Replicate_Do_Table: 
       Replicate_Ignore_Table: 
      Replicate_Wild_Do_Table: 
  Replicate_Wild_Ignore_Table: 
                   Last_Errno: 0
                   Last_Error: 
                 Skip_Counter: 0
          Exec_Master_Log_Pos: 245
              Relay_Log_Space: 1128
              Until_Condition: None
               Until_Log_File: 
                Until_Log_Pos: 0
           Master_SSL_Allowed: No
           Master_SSL_CA_File: 
           Master_SSL_CA_Path: 
              Master_SSL_Cert: 
            Master_SSL_Cipher: 
               Master_SSL_Key: 
        Seconds_Behind_Master: NULL
Master_SSL_Verify_Server_Cert: No
                Last_IO_Errno: 0
                Last_IO_Error: 
               Last_SQL_Errno: 0
               Last_SQL_Error: 
  Replicate_Ignore_Server_Ids: 
             Master_Server_Id: 310
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>
  • finish the flip - promote dbfoo2 as master by adding the VIP on it

[codesyntax lang="bash"]

dbfoo2# ip a a dev eth0 x.x.x.x/y

[/codesyntax]

  • connect dbfoo2  to the new master
dbfoo1> reset slave all;
dbfoo1> change master to master_host='dbfoo2', master_user='user', master_password='password', master_log_file='bin.005662', master_log_pos=385;
dbfoo1> slave start;
  • done!
  1. you are mixing hostnames (dbfoo1, dbfoo2) on few places in this article... it's confusing :(
    but thx anyway and keep writing ;)

    • I remember that when I wrote this post I checked it for errors pretty well, but there might still be some.
      Could you please point me where I am mixing the hostnames?

      Thanks.

  2. On the last step: "connect dbfoo2 to the new master" should be:

    dbfoo2> reset slave all;
    dbfoo2> change master to master_host='dbfoo2', master_user='user', master_password='password', master_log_file='bin.005662', master_log_pos=385;
    dbfoo2> slave start;

    • Dennis Ruiz

      No make sense
      Be on the same host that you will promote to master. You must be in dbfoo1 to trigger this command.

  3. Victor Ivanov

    `check the "freezing point" on dbfoo1 and note down the output from 'show' commands`
    should read
    `check the "freezing point" on dbfoo2 and note down the output from 'show' commands`

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