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Zabbix Fuel plugin

Zabbix plugin for Fuel extends Mirantis OpenStack functionality by installing Zabbix monitoring system. Zabbix is configured to monitor every node and OpenStack services and APIs.

Problem description

Currently, Fuel has no support for monitoring nodes and OpenStack services. Zabbix plugin aims to provide support for it.

Proposed change

Implement a Fuel plugin that will install and configure the Zabbix monitoring system in HA configuration. Zabbix server will be installed on Controllers and Zabbix agent will be installed on every node.

Alternatives

It might have been implemented as part of Fuel core but we decided to make it as a plugin for several reasons:

  • This isn't something that all operators may want to deploy.
  • Any new additional functionality makes the project's testing more difficult, which is an additional risk for the Fuel release.

Data model impact

None

REST API impact

None

Upgrade impact

None

Security impact

None

Notifications impact

None

Other end user impact

None

Performance Impact

Zabbix plugin has no direct performance impact on OpenStack, but it consumes additional resources (CPU, memory, database) and this should be considered and tested on a test environment before production use.

Other deployer impact

None

Developer impact

None

Implementation

Plugin delivers official Zabbix packages with server, frontend and agent components. Plugin has several tasks:

  • The first task installs Zabbix server and frontend on Primary Controller node.
  • The second task installs Zabbix server and frontend on Controller nodes.
  • The third task configures Zabbix server by installing monitoring templates.
  • The fourth task installs Zabbix agent on every node, adds the node to Zabbix and links proper templates to the node using Zabbix server API.

Zabbix server is installed on all Controller nodes and is managed by Pacemaker. It runs in active/passive mode where only one instance is active. Plugin installs a dedicated resource manager file (OCF) for this. Plugin configures Haproxy to provide one point of contact to the Zabbix server API for Zabbix agents and Zabbix frontend.

Assignee(s)

Dmitry Klenov <dklenov@mirantis.com> (PM)
Piotr Misiak <pmisiak@mirantis.com> (developer)
Szymon Bańka <sbanka@mirantis.com> (developer)
Alexander Zatserklyany <azatserklyany@mirantis.com> (QA engineer)
Swann Croiset <scroiset@mirantis.com> (developer)
Olivier Bourdon <obourdon@mirantis.com> (developer)

Work Items

  • Implement the Fuel plugin.
  • Implement the Puppet manifests.
  • Testing.
  • Write the documentation.

Dependencies

  • Fuel 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 and 9.1

Testing

  • Prepare a test plan.
  • Test the plugin by deploying environments with all Fuel deployment modes.

Documentation Impact

  • Deployment Guide (how to install the plugin, how to configure and deploy an OpenStack environment with the plugin).
  • User Guide (which features the plugin provides, how to use them in the deployed OpenStack environment).
  • Test Plan.
  • Test Report.

References