Region controller

PostgreSQL setup

Any number of API servers (region controllers) can be present as long as each connects to the same PostgreSQL database and allows the required number of connections.

On the primary database host, edit file /etc/postgresql/9.5/main/pg_hba.conf to allow the eventual secondary API server to contact the primary PostgreSQL database. Include the below line, replacing $SECONDARY_API_SERVER_IP with the IP address of the host that will contain the secondary API server:

host    maasdb          maas    $SECONDARY_API_SERVER_IP/32         md5

Apply this change by restarting the database:

sudo systemctl restart postgresql

Adding a new region host

On a secondary host, add the new region controller by installing maas-region-api:

sudo apt install maas-region-api

You will need the /etc/maas/regiond.conf file from the primary API server. Below, we assume it can be copied (scp) from the 'ubuntu' account home directory using password authentication (adjust otherwise). The local_config_set command will edit that file by pointing to the host that contains the primary PostgreSQL database. DNS (bind9) configuration options are also rationalized between bind9 itself and the same options within MAAS:

sudo systemctl stop maas-regiond
sudo scp ubuntu@$PRIMARY_API_SERVER:regiond.conf /etc/maas/regiond.conf
sudo chown root:maas /etc/maas/regiond.conf
sudo chmod 640 /etc/maas/regiond.conf
sudo maas-region local_config_set --database-host $PRIMARY_PG_SERVER
sudo systemctl restart bind9
sudo systemctl start maas-regiond

Check the log files for any errors:

• /var/log/maas/regiond.log
• /var/log/maas/maas.log
• /var/log/syslog