[Gluster-devel] Introducing a new option to gluster peer command.

[Paul Cuzner]

Sounds like a great idea. 

Although, peer sniff .... Really :) 

What about "peer detect"? 

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Jay Vyas" <jayunit100 at gmail.com>
> To: "Harshavardhana" <harsha at harshavardhana.net>
> Cc: "Paul Cuzner" <pcuzner at redhat.com>, "Gluster Devel"
> <gluster-devel at nongnu.org>
> Sent: Friday, 4 April, 2014 3:58:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Gluster-devel] Introducing a new option to gluster peer
> command.

> can i suggest that instead, we keep peer probe as is, and rewrite it to call
> two subcommands

> - peer sniff
> - peer attach

> That way users that want advanced peer sniffing can do so, without breaking
> backwards compatibility

> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:22 PM, Harshavardhana < harsha at harshavardhana.net >
> wrote:

> > +1 to Paul's idea - it sounds more friendly from Admin point of view -
> 
> > also provides consistency with naming schemes.
> 

> > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Paul Cuzner < pcuzner at redhat.com > wrote:
> 
> > >
> 
> > > I like the idea of making the CLI more semantically correct. ie to drop a
> 
> > > node from a cluster we use the term detach, so to add a node it should be
> 
> > > attach.
> 
> > >
> 
> > > Would a peer probe then be more of a diagnostic command ?
> 
> > > - ie return whether 24007 is open, perform initial handshake - determine
> 
> > > gluster version and report back to the admin?
> 
> > >
> 
> > > This would mean that you could make intelligent decisions about bringing
> 
> > > nodes into the cluster from the automation platform.
> 
> > >
> 
> > >
> 
> > > ________________________________
> 
> > >
> 
> > > From: "Nagaprasad Sathyanarayana" < nsathyan at redhat.com >
> 
> > > To: "James" < purpleidea at gmail.com >
> 
> > > Cc: gluster-devel at nongnu.org
> 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 1 April, 2014 6:01:42 PM
> 
> > > Subject: Re: [Gluster-devel] Introducing a new option to gluster peer
> 
> > > command.
> 
> > >
> 
> > >
> 
> > > On 04/01/2014 08:23 AM, James wrote:
> 
> > >
> 
> > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:29 PM, Nagaprasad Sathyanarayana
> 
> > > < nsathyan at redhat.com > wrote:
> 
> > >
> 
> > > In the current design, gluster peer probe does the job of both probing
> > > the
> 
> > > server and adding it to trusted pool. Once the server is added to trusted
> 
> > > pool, it can be detached usingpeer detach command.
> 
> > >
> 
> > > Wondering if it makes sense to bring in gluster peer attach command to
> > > add
> 
> > > the server to trusted pool. The peer probe command will only prove the
> 
> > > server mentioned and tells if it is reachable. It can also be enhanced to
> > > do
> 
> > > some diagnostics such as probing specific ports.
> 
> > >
> 
> > > Do I understand correctly:
> 
> > >
> 
> > > gluster peer attach would attach the probing server into the pool it
> 
> > > is probing, correct?
> 
> > > If so, and if it is already a member of a pool, could you join two
> 
> > > different pools together?
> 
> > > I don't know what the gluster internals implications are, but as long
> 
> > > as I understand this correctly, then I think it would benefit the
> 
> > > management side of glusterfs.
> 
> > >
> 
> > > It would certainly make peering more decentralized, as long as double
> 
> > > peering or running a simultaneous peer attach and peer probe don't
> 
> > > cause issues. This last point is very important :)
> 
> > >
> 
> > >
> 
> > > Cheers,
> 
> > > James
> 
> > >
> 
> > > The "gluster peer attach" should work the same way as existing "gluster
> > > peer
> 
> > > probe". The new "gluster peer probe" shall only probe the peer and not
> > > add
> 
> > > it to the trusted pool. When we give peer detach option, I think it would
> 
> > > be natural to expect a peer attach command.
> 
> > >
> 
> > > Thanks
> 
> > > Naga
> 
> > >
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