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Alex Chi Z 76c44dc140 spec: disable neon extension auto upgrade (#7128)
This pull request disables neon extension auto upgrade to help the next
compute image upgrade smooth.

## Summary of changes

We have two places to auto-upgrade neon extension: during compute spec
update, and when the compute node starts. The compute spec update logic
is always there, and the compute node start logic is added in
https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/pull/7029. In this pull request, we
disable both of them, so that we can still roll back to an older version
of compute before figuring out the best way of extension
upgrade-downgrade. https://github.com/neondatabase/neon/issues/6936

We will enable auto-upgrade in the next release following this release.

There are no other extension upgrades from release 4917 and therefore
after this pull request, it would be safe to revert to release 4917.

Impact:

* Project created after unpinning the compute image -> if we need to
roll back, **they will stuck**, because the default neon extension
version is 1.3. Need to manually pin the compute image version if such
things happen.
* Projects already stuck on staging due to not downgradeable -> I don't
know their current status, maybe they are already running the latest
compute image?
* Other projects -> can be rolled back to release 4917.

Signed-off-by: Alex Chi Z <chi@neon.tech>
2024-03-14 19:45:38 +00:00
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2023-10-18 16:42:22 +03:00

Compute node tools

Postgres wrapper (compute_ctl) is intended to be run as a Docker entrypoint or as a systemd ExecStart option. It will handle all the Neon specifics during compute node initialization:

  • compute_ctl accepts cluster (compute node) specification as a JSON file.
  • Every start is a fresh start, so the data directory is removed and initialized again on each run.
  • Next it will put configuration files into the PGDATA directory.
  • Sync safekeepers and get commit LSN.
  • Get basebackup from pageserver using the returned on the previous step LSN.
  • Try to start postgres and wait until it is ready to accept connections.
  • Check and alter/drop/create roles and databases.
  • Hang waiting on the postmaster process to exit.

Also compute_ctl spawns two separate service threads:

  • compute-monitor checks the last Postgres activity timestamp and saves it into the shared ComputeNode;
  • http-endpoint runs a Hyper HTTP API server, which serves readiness and the last activity requests.

If AUTOSCALING environment variable is set, compute_ctl will start the vm-monitor located in [neon/libs/vm_monitor]. For VM compute nodes, vm-monitor communicates with the VM autoscaling system. It coordinates downscaling and requests immediate upscaling under resource pressure.

Usage example:

compute_ctl -D /var/db/postgres/compute \
            -C 'postgresql://cloud_admin@localhost/postgres' \
            -S /var/db/postgres/specs/current.json \
            -b /usr/local/bin/postgres

Tests

Cargo formatter:

cargo fmt

Run tests:

cargo test

Clippy linter:

cargo clippy --all --all-targets -- -Dwarnings -Drust-2018-idioms

Cross-platform compilation

Imaging that you are on macOS (x86) and you want a Linux GNU (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu platform in rust terminology) executable.

Using docker

You can use a throw-away Docker container (rustlang/rust image) for doing that:

docker run --rm \
    -v $(pwd):/compute_tools \
    -w /compute_tools \
    -t rustlang/rust:nightly cargo build --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

or one-line:

docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/compute_tools -w /compute_tools -t rust:latest cargo build --release --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

Using rust native cross-compilation

Another way is to add x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu target on your host system:

rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

Install macOS cross-compiler toolchain:

brew tap SergioBenitez/osxct
brew install x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

And finally run cargo build:

CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc cargo build --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --release