Each Carbon-based product uses a database to store information such as user management details and registry data. All nodes in the cluster must use one central database for config and governance registry mounts. These instructions assume you are installing MySQL as your relational database management system (RDBMS), but you can install another supported RDBMS as needed. You can create the following databases and associated datasources.
Database Name | Description |
---|---|
WSO2_USER_DB | JDBC user store and authorization manager |
REGISTRY_DB | Shared database for config and governance registry mounts in the product's nodes |
REGISTRY_LOCAL1 | Local registry space in the manager node |
REGISTRY_LOCAL2 | Local registry space in the worker node |
The following diagram illustrates how these databases are connected to the manager and worker nodes.
The following topics will guide you through all the configurations necessary to set up databases for clustering.
Creating the databases
Download and install MySQL Server.
Download the MySQL JDBC driver.
Unzip the downloaded MySQL driver zipped archive, and copy the MySQL JDBC driver JAR (
mysql-connector-java-x.x.xx-bin.jar
) into the<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/components/lib
directory of both the manager and worker nodes.- Define the host name for configuring permissions for the new database by opening the
/etc/hosts
file and adding the following line:<MYSQL-DB-SERVER-IP> carbondb.mysql-wso2.com
You would do this step only if your database is not on your local machine and on a separate server.
- Enter the following command in a terminal/command window, where
username
is the username you want to use to access the databases:mysql -u username -p
- When prompted, specify the password that will be used to access the databases with the username you specified.
Create the databases using the following commands, where
<PRODUCT_HOME>
is the path to any of the product instances you installed, andusername
andpassword
are the same as those you specified in the previous steps:About using MySQL in different operating systems
For users of Microsoft Window, when creating the database in MySQL, it is important to specify the character set as latin1. Failure to this may result in an error (error code: 1709) when starting your cluster. This error occurs in certain versions of MySQL (5.6.x) and is related to the UTF-8 encoding. MySQL originally used the latin1 character set by default, which stored characters in a 2-byte sequence. However, in recent versions, MySQL defaults to UTF-8 to be friendlier to international users. Hence, you must use latin1 as the character set as indicated below in the database creation commands to avoid this problem. Note that this may result in issues with non-latin characters (like Hebrew, Japanese, etc.).
For users of other operating systems, the standard database creation commands will suffice.
mysql> create database <DATABASE_NAME>;
mysql> create database WSO2_USER_DB character set latin1; mysql> use WSO2_USER_DB; mysql> source <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/mysql.sql; mysql> grant all on WSO2_USER_DB.* TO regadmin@"carbondb.mysql-wso2.com" identified by "regadmin"; mysql> create database REGISTRY_DB character set latin1; mysql> use REGISTRY_DB; mysql> source <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/mysql.sql; mysql> grant all on REGISTRY_DB.* TO regadmin@"carbondb.mysql-wso2.com" identified by "regadmin"; mysql> create database REGISTRY_LOCAL1 character set latin1; mysql> use REGISTRY_LOCAL1; mysql> source <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/mysql.sql; mysql> grant all on REGISTRY_LOCAL1.* TO regadmin@"carbondb.mysql-wso2.com" identified by "regadmin"; mysql> create database REGISTRY_LOCAL2 character set latin1; mysql> use REGISTRY_LOCAL2; mysql> source <PRODUCT_HOME>/dbscripts/mysql.sql; mysql> grant all on REGISTRY_LOCAL2.* TO regadmin@"carbondb.mysql-wso2.com" identified by "regadmin";
Configuring the manager node
You do not have to do these configurations if you are not including the manager node in your cluster, such as if you are following clustering deployment pattern 3.
On the manager node, open the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/datasources/master-datasource.xml
file, and configure the datasources to point to theREGISTRY_LOCAL1
,WSO2_REGISTRY_DB
, andWSO2_USER_DB
databases as follows (change the username, password, and database URL as needed for your environment).<datasources-configuration xmlns:svns="http://org.wso2.securevault/configuration"> <providers> <provider>org.wso2.carbon.ndatasource.rdbms.RDBMSDataSourceReader</provider> </providers> <datasources> <datasource> <name>REGISTRY_LOCAL1</name> <description>The datasource used for registry- local</description> <jndiConfig> <name>jdbc/WSO2CarbonDB</name> </jndiConfig> <definition type="RDBMS"> <configuration> <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/REGISTRY_LOCAL1?autoReconnect=true</url> <username>regadmin</username> <password>regadmin</password> <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> <maxActive>50</maxActive> <maxWait>60000</maxWait> <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> </configuration> </definition> </datasource> <datasource> <name>REGISTRY_DB</name> <description>The datasource used for registry- config/governance</description> <jndiConfig> <name>jdbc/WSO2RegistryDB</name> </jndiConfig> <definition type="RDBMS"> <configuration> <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/REGISTRY_DB?autoReconnect=true</url> <username>regadmin</username> <password>regadmin</password> <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> <maxActive>50</maxActive> <maxWait>60000</maxWait> <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> </configuration> </definition> </datasource> <datasource> <name>WSO2_USER_DB</name> <description>The datasource used for registry and user manager</description> <jndiConfig> <name>jdbc/WSO2UMDB</name> </jndiConfig> <definition type="RDBMS"> <configuration> <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/WSO2_USER_DB</url> <username>regadmin</username> <password>regadmin</password> <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> <maxActive>50</maxActive> <maxWait>60000</maxWait> <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> </configuration> </definition> </datasource> </datasources> </datasources-configuration>
Make sure to replace
username
andpassword
with your MySQL database username and password.To configure the datasource, update the
dataSource
property found in<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/user-mgt.xml
of the manager node as shown below:<Property name="dataSource">jdbc/WSO2UMDB</Property>
Configuring the worker node
On the worker node, open the
<PRODUCT_HOME>/repository/conf/datasources/master-datasource.xml
file and configure the datasources to point to theREGISTRY_LOCAL2
,WSO2_REGISTRY_DB
, andWSO2_USER_DB
databases as follows (change the username, password, and database URL as needed for your environment):<datasources-configuration xmlns:svns="http://org.wso2.securevault/configuration"> <providers> <provider>org.wso2.carbon.ndatasource.rdbms.RDBMSDataSourceReader</provider> </providers> <datasources> <datasource> <name>REGISTRY_LOCAL2</name> <description>The datasource used for registry- local</description> <jndiConfig> <name>jdbc/WSO2CarbonDB</name> </jndiConfig> <definition type="RDBMS"> <configuration> <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/REGISTRY_LOCAL2?autoReconnect=true</url> <username>regadmin</username> <password>regadmin</password> <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> <maxActive>50</maxActive> <maxWait>60000</maxWait> <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> </configuration> </definition> </datasource> <datasource> <name>REGISTRY_DB</name> <description>The datasource used for registry- config/governance</description> <jndiConfig> <name>jdbc/WSO2RegistryDB</name> </jndiConfig> <definition type="RDBMS"> <configuration> <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/REGISTRY_DB?autoReconnect=true</url> <username>regadmin</username> <password>regadmin</password> <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> <maxActive>50</maxActive> <maxWait>60000</maxWait> <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> </configuration> </definition> </datasource> <datasource> <name>WSO2_USER_DB</name> <description>The datasource used for registry and user manager</description> <jndiConfig> <name>jdbc/WSO2UMDB</name> </jndiConfig> <definition type="RDBMS"> <configuration> <url>jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/WSO2_USER_DB</url> <username>regadmin</username> <password>regadmin</password> <driverClassName>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</driverClassName> <maxActive>50</maxActive> <maxWait>60000</maxWait> <testOnBorrow>true</testOnBorrow> <validationQuery>SELECT 1</validationQuery> <validationInterval>30000</validationInterval> </configuration> </definition> </datasource> </datasources> </datasources-configuration>
Make sure to replace
username
andpassword
with your MySQL database username and password.
Mounting the registry on manager and worker nodes
We do this step to ensure that the shared registry for governance and config is mounting to both the nodes. This database is REGISTRY_DB
.
Configure the shared registry database and mounting details in the <PRODUCT_HOME>/
repository/conf/registry.xml
file of the manager node as shown below:
<dbConfig name="sharedregistry"> <dataSource>jdbc/WSO2RegistryDB</dataSource> </dbConfig> <remoteInstance url="https://localhost:9443/registry"> <id>instanceid</id> <dbConfig>sharedregistry</dbConfig> <readOnly>false</readOnly> <enableCache>true</enableCache> <registryRoot>/</registryRoot> <cacheId>regadmin@jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/REGISTRY_DB?autoReconnect=true</cacheId> </remoteInstance> <mount path="/_system/config" overwrite="true"> <instanceId>instanceid</instanceId> <targetPath>/_system/asNodes</targetPath> </mount> <mount path="/_system/governance" overwrite="true"> <instanceId>instanceid</instanceId> <targetPath>/_system/governance</targetPath> </mount>
Configure the shared registry database and mounting details in <PRODUCT_HOME>/
repository/conf/registry.xml
of the worker node as shown below:
<dbConfig name="sharedregistry"> <dataSource>jdbc/WSO2RegistryDB</dataSource> </dbConfig> <remoteInstance url="https://localhost:9443/registry"> <id>instanceid</id> <dbConfig>sharedregistry</dbConfig> <readOnly>true</readOnly> <enableCache>true</enableCache> <registryRoot>/</registryRoot> <cacheId>regadmin@jdbc:mysql://carbondb.mysql-wso2.com:3306/REGISTRY_DB?autoReconnect=true</cacheId> </remoteInstance> <mount path="/_system/config" overwrite="true"> <instanceId>instanceid</instanceId> <targetPath>/_system/asNodes</targetPath> </mount> <mount path="/_system/governance" overwrite="true"> <instanceId>instanceid</instanceId> <targetPath>/_system/governance</targetPath> </mount>
The following are some key points to note when adding these configurations:
- The
dataSource
you specify under the<dbConfig name="sharedregistry">
tag must match thejndiConfig
name specified in the master-datasources.xml file of the manager and worker. - The registry
mount path
is used to identify the type of registry. For example, ”/_system/config
” refers to configuration registry, and "/_system/governance
" refers to the governance registry. - The
dbconfig
entry enables you to identify the datasource you configured in themaster-datasources.xml
file. We use the unique namesharedregistry
to refer to that datasource entry. - The
remoteInstance
section refers to an external registry mount. We can specify the read-only/read-write nature of this instance as well as caching configurations and the registry root location. In case of a worker node, thereadOnly
property should betrue
, and in case of a manager node, this property should be set tofalse
. - Additionally, we must specify
cacheId
, which enables caching to function properly in the clustered environment. Note thatcacheId
is the same as the JDBC connection URL of the registry database. This value is thecacheId
of the remote instance. Here thecacheId
should be in the format of$database_username@$database_url
, where$database_username
is the username of the remote instance database and$database_url
is the remote instance database URL. ThiscacheID
is used to identify the cache it should look for when caching is enabled. In this case, the database we should connect to isREGISTRY_DB
, which is the database shared across all the master/workers nodes. You can identify that by looking in the mounting configurations, where the same datasource is being used. - You must define a unique name “id” for each remote instance, which is then referred to from mount configurations. In the above example, the unique ID for the remote instance is
instanceId
. - In each of the mounting configurations, we specify the actual mount path and target mount path. The
targetPath
can be any meaningful name. In this instance, it is/_system/asNodes
.
Now your database is set up. The next step is to configure the manager and worker node.