## Problem
Previously, we would run db migrations before doing the step-down
sequence. This meant that the current leader would have to deal with
the schema changes and that's generally not safe.
## Summary of changes
Push the step-down procedure earlier in start-up and
do db migrations right after it (but before we load-up the in-memory
state from the db).
Epic: https://github.com/neondatabase/cloud/issues/14701
## Problem
Storage controller restarts cause temporary unavailability from the
control plane POV. See RFC for more details.
## Summary of changes
* A couple of small refactors of the storage controller start-up
sequence to make extending it easier.
* A leader table is added to track the storage controller instance
that's currently the leader (if any)
* A peer client is added such that storage controllers can send
`step_down` requests to each other (implemented in
https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/pull/8512).
* Implement the leader cut-over as described in the RFC
* Add `start-as-candidate` flag to the storage controller to gate the
rolling restart behaviour. When the flag is `false` (the default), the
only change from the current start-up sequence is persisting the leader
entry to the database.
Part of #8128, followed by #8502.
## Problem
Currently we lack mechanism to alert unhealthy `scan_metadata` status if
we start running this scrubber command as part of a cronjob. With the
storage controller client introduced to storage scrubber in #8196, it is
viable to set up alert by storing health status in the storage
controller database.
We intentionally do not store the full output to the database as the
json blobs potentially makes the table really huge. Instead, only a
health status and a timestamp recording the last time metadata health
status is posted on a tenant shard.
Signed-off-by: Yuchen Liang <yuchen@neon.tech>
When `NeonEnv.from_repo_dir` was introduced, storage controller stored
its
state exclusively `attachments.json`.
Since then, it has moved to using Postgres, which stores its state in
`storage_controller_db`.
But `NeonEnv.from_repo_dir` wasn't adjusted to do this.
This PR rectifies the situation.
Context for this is failures in
`test_pageserver_characterize_throughput_with_n_tenants`
CF:
https://neondb.slack.com/archives/C033RQ5SPDH/p1721035799502239?thread_ts=1720901332.293769&cid=C033RQ5SPDH
Notably, `from_repo_dir` is also used by the backwards- and
forwards-compatibility.
Thus, the changes in this PR affect those tests as well.
However, it turns out that the compatibility snapshot already contains
the `storage_controller_db`.
Thus, it should just work and in fact we can remove hacks like
`fixup_storage_controller`.
Follow-ups created as part of this work:
* https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/8399
* https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/8400
## Problem
new clippy warnings on nightly.
## Summary of changes
broken up each commit by warning type.
1. Remove some unnecessary refs.
2. In edition 2024, inference will default to `!` and not `()`.
3. Clippy complains about doc comment indentation
4. Fix `Trait + ?Sized` where `Trait: Sized`.
5. diesel_derives triggering `non_local_defintions`
## Problem
Pageserver restarts cause read availablity downtime for tenants. See
`Motivation` section in the
[RFC](https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/pull/7704).
## Summary of changes
* Introduce a new `NodeSchedulingPolicy`: `PauseForRestart`
* Implement the first take of drain and fill algorithms
* Add a node status endpoint which can be polled to figure out when an
operation is done
The implementation follows the RFC, so it might be useful to peek at it
as you're reviewing.
Since the PR is rather chunky, I've made sure all commits build (with
warnings), so you can
review by commit if you prefer that.
RFC: https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/pull/7704
Related https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/7387
## Problem
The storage controller generally assumes that things like updating
generation numbers are atomic: it should use a strict isolation level.
## Summary of changes
- Wrap all database operations in a SERIALIZABLE transaction.
- Retry serialization failures, as these do not indicate problems and
are normal when plenty of concurrent work is happening.
Using this isolation level for all reads is overkill, but much simpler
than reasoning about it on a per-operation basis, and does not hurt
performance.
Tested this with a modified version of storage_controller_many_tenants
test with 128k shards, to check that our performance is still fine: it
is.
## Problem
In some dev/test environments, there aren't health checks to guarantee
the database is available before starting the controller. This creates
friction for the developer.
## Summary of changes
- Wait up to 5 seconds for the database to become available on startup
## Problem
Some awkwardness in the measured API.
Missing process metrics.
## Summary of changes
Update measured to use the new convenience setup features.
Added measured-process lib.
Added measured support for libmetrics
The binary etc were renamed some time ago, but the path in the source
tree remained "attachment_service" to avoid disruption to ongoing PRs.
There aren't any big PRs out right now, so it's a good time to cut over.
- Rename `attachment_service` to `storage_controller`
- Move it to the top level for symmetry with `storage_broker` & to avoid
mixing the non-prod neon_local stuff (`control_plane/`) with the storage
controller which is a production component.
Vlad Lazar
Yuchen Liang
Christian Schwarz
Conrad Ludgate
John Spray