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+CephFS Mirroring
+================
+
+CephFS supports asynchronous replication of snapshots to a remote CephFS file system via
+`cephfs-mirror` tool. Snapshots are synchronized by mirroring snapshot data followed by
+creating a snapshot with the same name (for a given directory on the remote file system) as
+the snapshot being synchronized.
+
+Requirements
+------------
+
+The primary (local) and secondary (remote) Ceph clusters version should be Pacific or later.
+
+Key Idea
+--------
+
+For a given snapshot pair in a directory, `cephfs-mirror` daemon will rely on readdir diff
+to identify changes in a directory tree. The diffs are applied to directory in the remote
+file system thereby only synchronizing files that have changed between two snapshots.
+
+This feature is tracked here: https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/47034.
+
+Currently, snapshot data is synchronized by bulk copying to the remote filesystem.
+
+.. note:: Synchronizing hardlinks is not supported -- hardlinked files get synchronized
+ as separate files.
+
+Creating Users
+--------------
+
+Start by creating a user (on the primary/local cluster) for the mirror daemon. This user
+requires write capability on the metadata pool to create RADOS objects (index objects)
+for watch/notify operation and read capability on the data pool(s).
+
+ $ ceph auth get-or-create client.mirror mon 'profile cephfs-mirror' mds 'allow r' osd 'allow rw tag cephfs metadata=*, allow r tag cephfs data=*' mgr 'allow r'
+
+Create a user for each file system peer (on the secondary/remote cluster). This user needs
+to have full capabilities on the MDS (to take snapshots) and the OSDs::
+
+ $ ceph fs authorize <fs_name> client.mirror_remote / rwps
+
+This user should be used (as part of peer specification) when adding a peer.
+
+Starting Mirror Daemon
+----------------------
+
+Mirror daemon should be spawned using `systemctl(1)` unit files::
+
+ $ systemctl enable cephfs-mirror@mirror
+ $ systemctl start cephfs-mirror@mirror
+
+`cephfs-mirror` daemon can be run in foreground using::
+
+ $ cephfs-mirror --id mirror --cluster site-a -f
+
+.. note:: User used here is `mirror` as created in the `Creating Users` section.
+
+Mirroring Design
+----------------
+
+CephFS supports asynchronous replication of snapshots to a remote CephFS file system
+via `cephfs-mirror` tool. For a given directory, snapshots are synchronized by transferring
+snapshot data to the remote file system and creating a snapshot with the same name as the
+snapshot being synchronized.
+
+Snapshot Synchronization Order
+------------------------------
+
+Although the order in which snapshots get chosen for synchronization does not matter,
+snapshots are picked based on creation order (using snap-id).
+
+Snapshot Incarnation
+--------------------
+
+A snapshot may be deleted and recreated (with the same name) with different contents.
+An "old" snapshot could have been synchronized (earlier) and the recreation of the
+snapshot could have been done when mirroring was disabled. Using snapshot names to
+infer the point-of-continuation would result in the "new" snapshot (incarnation)
+never getting picked up for synchronization.
+
+Snapshots on the secondary file system stores the snap-id of the snapshot it was
+synchronized from. This metadata is stored in `SnapInfo` structure on the MDS.
+
+Interfaces
+----------
+
+`Mirroring` module (manager plugin) provides interfaces for managing directory snapshot
+mirroring. Manager interfaces are (mostly) wrappers around monitor commands for managing
+file system mirroring and is the recommended control interface.
+
+Mirroring Module and Interface
+------------------------------
+
+Mirroring module provides interface for managing directory snapshot mirroring. The module
+is implemented as a Ceph Manager plugin. Mirroring module does not manage spawning (and
+terminating) the mirror daemons. Right now the preferred way would be to start/stop
+mirror daemons via `systemctl(1)`. Going forward, deploying mirror daemons would be
+managed by `cephadm` (Tracker: http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/47261).
+
+The manager module is responsible for assigning directories to mirror daemons for
+synchronization. Multiple mirror daemons can be spawned to achieve concurrency in
+directory snapshot synchronization. When mirror daemons are spawned (or terminated)
+, the mirroring module discovers the modified set of mirror daemons and rebalances
+the directory assignment amongst the new set thus providing high-availability.
+
+.. note:: Multiple mirror daemons is currently untested. Only a single mirror daemon
+ is recommended.
+
+Mirroring module is disabled by default. To enable mirroring use::
+
+ $ ceph mgr module enable mirroring
+
+Mirroring module provides a family of commands to control mirroring of directory
+snapshots. To add or remove directories, mirroring needs to be enabled for a given
+file system. To enable mirroring use::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror enable <fs>
+
+.. note:: Mirroring module commands use `fs snapshot mirror` prefix as compared to
+ the monitor commands which `fs mirror` prefix. Make sure to use module
+ commands.
+
+To disable mirroring, use::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror disable <fs>
+
+Once mirroring is enabled, add a peer to which directory snapshots are to be mirrored.
+Peers follow `<client>@<cluster>` specification and get assigned a unique-id (UUID)
+when added. See `Creating Users` section on how to create Ceph users for mirroring.
+
+To add a peer use::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror peer_add <fs> <remote_cluster_spec> [<remote_fs_name>] [<remote_mon_host>] [<cephx_key>]
+
+`<remote_fs_name>` is optional, and default to `<fs>` (on the remote cluster).
+
+This requires the remote cluster ceph configuration and user keyring to be available in
+the primary cluster. See `Bootstrap Peers` section to avoid this. `peer_add` additionally
+supports passing the remote cluster monitor address and the user key. However, bootstrapping
+a peer is the recommended way to add a peer.
+
+.. note:: Only a single peer is supported right now.
+
+To remove a peer use::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror peer_remove <fs> <peer_uuid>
+
+.. note:: See `Mirror Daemon Status` section on how to figure out Peer UUID.
+
+To list file system mirror peers use::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror peer_list <fs>
+
+To configure a directory for mirroring, use::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror add <fs> <path>
+
+To stop a mirroring directory snapshots use::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror remove <fs> <path>
+
+Only absolute directory paths are allowed. Also, paths are normalized by the mirroring
+module, therfore, `/a/b/../b` is equivalent to `/a/b`.
+
+ $ mkdir -p /d0/d1/d2
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror add cephfs /d0/d1/d2
+ {}
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror add cephfs /d0/d1/../d1/d2
+ Error EEXIST: directory /d0/d1/d2 is already tracked
+
+Once a directory is added for mirroring, its subdirectory or ancestor directories are
+disallowed to be added for mirorring::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror add cephfs /d0/d1
+ Error EINVAL: /d0/d1 is a ancestor of tracked path /d0/d1/d2
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror add cephfs /d0/d1/d2/d3
+ Error EINVAL: /d0/d1/d2/d3 is a subtree of tracked path /d0/d1/d2
+
+Commands to check directory mapping (to mirror daemons) and directory distribution are
+detailed in `Mirror Daemon Status` section.
+
+Bootstrap Peers
+---------------
+
+Adding a peer (via `peer_add`) requires the peer cluster configuration and user keyring
+to be available in the primary cluster (manager host and hosts running the mirror daemon).
+This can be avoided by bootstrapping and importing a peer token. Peer bootstrap involves
+creating a bootstrap token on the peer cluster via::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror peer_bootstrap create <fs_name> <client_entity> <site-name>
+
+e.g.::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror peer_bootstrap create backup_fs client.mirror_remote site-remote
+ {"token": "eyJmc2lkIjogIjBkZjE3MjE3LWRmY2QtNDAzMC05MDc5LTM2Nzk4NTVkNDJlZiIsICJmaWxlc3lzdGVtIjogImJhY2t1cF9mcyIsICJ1c2VyIjogImNsaWVudC5taXJyb3JfcGVlcl9ib290c3RyYXAiLCAic2l0ZV9uYW1lIjogInNpdGUtcmVtb3RlIiwgImtleSI6ICJBUUFhcDBCZ0xtRmpOeEFBVnNyZXozai9YYUV0T2UrbUJEZlJDZz09IiwgIm1vbl9ob3N0IjogIlt2MjoxOTIuMTY4LjAuNTo0MDkxOCx2MToxOTIuMTY4LjAuNTo0MDkxOV0ifQ=="}
+
+`site-name` refers to a user-defined string to identify the remote filesystem. In context
+of `peer_add` interface, `site-name` is the passed in `cluster` name from `remote_cluster_spec`.
+
+Import the bootstrap token in the primary cluster via::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror peer_bootstrap import <fs_name> <token>
+
+e.g.::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror peer_bootstrap import cephfs eyJmc2lkIjogIjBkZjE3MjE3LWRmY2QtNDAzMC05MDc5LTM2Nzk4NTVkNDJlZiIsICJmaWxlc3lzdGVtIjogImJhY2t1cF9mcyIsICJ1c2VyIjogImNsaWVudC5taXJyb3JfcGVlcl9ib290c3RyYXAiLCAic2l0ZV9uYW1lIjogInNpdGUtcmVtb3RlIiwgImtleSI6ICJBUUFhcDBCZ0xtRmpOeEFBVnNyZXozai9YYUV0T2UrbUJEZlJDZz09IiwgIm1vbl9ob3N0IjogIlt2MjoxOTIuMTY4LjAuNTo0MDkxOCx2MToxOTIuMTY4LjAuNTo0MDkxOV0ifQ==
+
+Mirror Daemon Status
+--------------------
+
+Mirror daemons get asynchronously notified about changes in file system mirroring status
+and/or peer updates. CephFS mirror daemons provide admin socket commands for querying
+mirror status. To check available commands for mirror status use::
+
+ $ ceph --admin-daemon /path/to/mirror/daemon/admin/socket help
+ {
+ ....
+ ....
+ "fs mirror status cephfs@360": "get filesystem mirror status",
+ ....
+ ....
+ }
+
+Commands with `fs mirror status` prefix provide mirror status for mirror enabled
+file systems. Note that `cephfs@360` is of format `filesystem-name@filesystem-id`.
+This format is required since mirror daemons get asynchronously notified regarding
+file system mirror status (A file system can be deleted and recreated with the same
+name).
+
+Right now, the command provides minimal information regarding mirror status::
+
+ $ ceph --admin-daemon /var/run/ceph/cephfs-mirror.asok fs mirror status cephfs@360
+ {
+ "rados_inst": "192.168.0.5:0/1476644347",
+ "peers": {
+ "a2dc7784-e7a1-4723-b103-03ee8d8768f8": {
+ "remote": {
+ "client_name": "client.mirror_remote",
+ "cluster_name": "site-a",
+ "fs_name": "backup_fs"
+ }
+ }
+ },
+ "snap_dirs": {
+ "dir_count": 1
+ }
+ }
+
+`Peers` section in the command output above shows the peer information such as unique
+peer-id (UUID) and specification. The peer-id is required to remove an existing peer
+as mentioned in the `Mirror Module and Interface` section.
+
+Command with `fs mirror peer status` prefix provide peer synchronization status. This
+command is of format `filesystem-name@filesystem-id peer-uuid`::
+
+ $ ceph --admin-daemon /var/run/ceph/cephfs-mirror.asok fs mirror peer status cephfs@360 a2dc7784-e7a1-4723-b103-03ee8d8768f8
+ {
+ "/d0": {
+ "state": "idle",
+ "last_synced_snap": {
+ "id": 120,
+ "name": "snap1",
+ "sync_duration": 0.079997898999999997,
+ "sync_time_stamp": "274900.558797s"
+ },
+ "snaps_synced": 2,
+ "snaps_deleted": 0,
+ "snaps_renamed": 0
+ }
+ }
+
+Synchronization stats such as `snaps_synced`, `snaps_deleted` and `snaps_renamed` are reset
+on daemon restart and/or when a directory is reassigned to another mirror daemon (when
+multiple mirror daemons are deployed).
+
+A directory can be in one of the following states::
+
+ - `idle`: The directory is currently not being synchronized
+ - `syncing`: The directory is currently being synchronized
+ - `failed`: The directory has hit upper limit of consecutive failures
+
+When a directory hits a configured number of consecutive synchronization failures, the
+mirror daemon marks it as `failed`. Synchronization for these directories are retried.
+By default, the number of consecutive failures before a directory is marked as failed
+is controlled by `cephfs_mirror_max_consecutive_failures_per_directory` configuration
+option (default: 10) and the retry interval for failed directories is controlled via
+`cephfs_mirror_retry_failed_directories_interval` configuration option (default: 60s).
+
+E.g., adding a regular file for synchronization would result in failed status::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror add cephfs /f0
+ $ ceph --admin-daemon /var/run/ceph/cephfs-mirror.asok fs mirror peer status cephfs@360 a2dc7784-e7a1-4723-b103-03ee8d8768f8
+ {
+ "/d0": {
+ "state": "idle",
+ "last_synced_snap": {
+ "id": 120,
+ "name": "snap1",
+ "sync_duration": 0.079997898999999997,
+ "sync_time_stamp": "274900.558797s"
+ },
+ "snaps_synced": 2,
+ "snaps_deleted": 0,
+ "snaps_renamed": 0
+ },
+ "/f0": {
+ "state": "failed",
+ "snaps_synced": 0,
+ "snaps_deleted": 0,
+ "snaps_renamed": 0
+ }
+ }
+
+This allows a user to add a non-existent directory for synchronization. The mirror daemon
+would mark the directory as failed and retry (less frequently). When the directory comes
+to existence, the mirror daemons would unmark the failed state upon successfull snapshot
+synchronization.
+
+When mirroring is disabled, the respective `fs mirror status` command for the file system
+will not show up in command help.
+
+Mirroring module provides a couple of commands to display directory mapping and distribution
+information. To check which mirror daemon a directory has been mapped to use::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror dirmap cephfs /d0/d1/d2
+ {
+ "instance_id": "404148",
+ "last_shuffled": 1601284516.10986,
+ "state": "mapped"
+ }
+
+.. note:: `instance_id` is the RAODS instance-id associated with a mirror daemon.
+
+Other information such as `state` and `last_shuffled` are interesting when running
+multiple mirror daemons.
+
+When no mirror daemons are running the above command shows::
+
+ $ ceph fs snapshot mirror dirmap cephfs /d0/d1/d2
+ {
+ "reason": "no mirror daemons running",
+ "state": "stalled"
+ }
+
+Signifying that no mirror daemons are running and mirroring is stalled.
+
+Re-adding Peers
+---------------
+
+When re-adding (reassigning) a peer to a file system in another cluster, ensure that
+all mirror daemons have stopped synchronization to the peer. This can be checked
+via `fs mirror status` admin socket command (the `Peer UUID` should not show up
+in the command output). Also, it is recommended to purge synchronized directories
+from the peer before re-adding it to another file system (especially those directories
+which might exist in the new primary file system). This is not required if re-adding
+a peer to the same primary file system it was earlier synchronized from.
+
+Feature Status
+--------------
+
+`cephfs-mirror` daemon is built by default (follows `WITH_CEPHFS` CMake rule).
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