Deploy Apache as web front-end for gluster-swift

Swift can alternatively be configured to work as a request processor of
Apache server. This alternative deployment scenario uses mod_wsgi of
Apache to forward requests to the swift wsgi application and middleware.

'client' <---> 'Apache2+mod_wsgi' <---> 'middleware' <---> 'core swift'

Change-Id: If396dcbdf651af0dce55b951cd2eaadc6783384f
Signed-off-by: Prashanth Pai <ppai@redhat.com>
Reviewed-on: http://review.gluster.org/6116
Reviewed-by: Luis Pabon <lpabon@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Luis Pabon <lpabon@redhat.com>
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## Deploying Apache as front end for Openstack Swift in Fedora/RHEL
NOTE: This guide is for manual deployment. A shell script to automate the following
is present in extras/apache-deploy.
### Architecture
Swift can be configured to work both using an integral web front-end and
using a full-fledged Web Server such as the Apache2 (HTTPD) web server. The
integral web front-end is a wsgi mini "Web Server" which opens up its own
socket and serves http requests directly. The incoming requests accepted
by the integral web front-end are then forwarded to a wsgi application
(the core swift) for further handling, possibly via wsgi middleware
sub-components.
client<-->'integral web front-end'<-->middleware<-->'core swift'
To gain full advantage of Apache2, Swift can alternatively be configured to
work as a request processor of the Apache2 server. This alternative deployment
scenario uses mod_wsgi of Apache2 to forward requests to the swift wsgi
application and middleware.
client<-->'Apache2 with mod_wsgi'<-->middleware<-->'core swift'
The integral web front-end offers simplicity and requires minimal config.
It is also the web front-end most commonly used with Swift. Additionally, the
integral web front-end includes support for receiving chunked transfer
encoding from a client, presently not supported by Apache2 in the operation
mode described here.
### Steps
Installing Apache with mod_wsgi module:
yum install httpd mod_wsgi
Create a directory for Apache wsgi files:
mkdir /var/www/swift
Create a wsgi file for each service under /var/www/swift
#### /var/www/swift/proxy-server.wsgi
from swift.common.wsgi import init_request_processor
application, conf, logger, log_name = \
init_request_processor('/etc/swift/proxy-server.conf','proxy-server')
#### /var/www/swift/account-server.wsgi
from swift.common.wsgi import init_request_processor
application, conf, logger, log_name = \
init_request_processor('/etc/swift/account-server.conf','account-server')
#### /var/www/swift/container-server.wsgi
from swift.common.wsgi import init_request_processor
application, conf, logger, log_name = \
init_request_processor('/etc/swift/container-server.conf','container-server')
#### /var/www/swift/object-server.wsgi
from swift.common.wsgi import init_request_processor
application, conf, logger, log_name = \
init_request_processor('/etc/swift/object-server.conf','object-server')
Create */etc/httpd/conf.d/swift_wsgi.conf* configuration file that will define
port and Virtual Host per each local service.
WSGISocketPrefix /var/run/wsgi
#Proxy Service
Listen 8080
<VirtualHost *:8080>
ServerName proxy-server
LimitRequestBody 5368709122
WSGIDaemonProcess proxy-server processes=5 threads=1 user=swift
WSGIProcessGroup proxy-server
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/swift/proxy-server.wsgi
LimitRequestFields 200
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/proxy-server.log
LogLevel debug
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/proxy.log combined
</VirtualHost>
#Object Service
Listen 6010
<VirtualHost *:6010>
ServerName object-server
WSGIDaemonProcess object-server processes=5 threads=1 user=swift
WSGIProcessGroup object-server
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/swift/object-server.wsgi
LimitRequestFields 200
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/object-server.log
LogLevel debug
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
#Container Service
Listen 6011
<VirtualHost *:6011>
ServerName container-server
WSGIDaemonProcess container-server processes=5 threads=1 user=swift
WSGIProcessGroup container-server
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/swift/container-server.wsgi
LimitRequestFields 200
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/container-server.log
LogLevel debug
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
#Account Service
Listen 6012
<VirtualHost *:6012>
ServerName account-server
WSGIDaemonProcess account-server processes=5 threads=1 user=swift
WSGIProcessGroup account-server
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/swift/account-server.wsgi
LimitRequestFields 200
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/account-server.log
LogLevel debug
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
(Re)Start Apache server:
service httpd stop
service httpd start
### Troubleshooting
* Make sure you have set SElinux to Permissive or Disabled by editing
*/etc/sysconfig/selinux*. You will need to reboot your system for the
changed value to take effect. On restart, you can confirm this by running:
getenforce
* Make sure conf files in /etc/swift are accessible by swift user:
chown swift:swift /etc/swift/*
* Make sure the directory */var/lib/swift* exists should you see the following
error in /var/log/httpd/error_log
[Fri Oct 20 02:05:25.617290 2013] [:alert] [pid 3491] (2)No such file or
directory: mod_wsgi (pid=3491): Unable to change working directory to
'/var/lib/swift'
* Make sure the port numbers in */etc/httpd/conf.d/swift_wsgi.conf* and
*/etc/swift/*conf* files are same.
* For errors in logs like the following:
13)Permission denied: mod_wsgi (pid=26962): Unable to connect to WSGI
daemon process '<process-name>' on '/etc/httpd/logs/wsgi.26957.0.1.sock'
after multiple attempts.
Refer: https://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationIssues#Location_Of_UNIX_Sockets
* If your swift deployment uses some authentication mechanism that uses
HTTP_AUTHORIZATION variable, you need to turn on WSGIPassAuthorization as
described here:
https://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationDirectives#WSGIPassAuthorization
#### Issue with gluster-swift
Unlike vanilla swift that runs as *swift* user, gluster-swift runs all four
swift servers as *root* user.
But mod_wsgi does not allow invoking wsgi applications as root:
https://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/ConfigurationDirectives#WSGIDaemonProcess
A workaround is to mount gluster volume as root beforehand:
mount -t glusterfs localhost:myvolume /mnt/gluster-object/myvolume
### More information
* There is a Ubuntu specific guide to deploy Apache with Openstack Swift here:
http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/apache_deployment_guide.html
* Example apache configuration from swift source can be found here:
https://github.com/openstack/swift/tree/master/examples

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from swift.common.wsgi import init_request_processor
application, conf, logger, log_name = \
init_request_processor('/etc/swift/account-server.conf','account-server')

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from swift.common.wsgi import init_request_processor
application, conf, logger, log_name = \
init_request_processor('/etc/swift/container-server.conf','container-server')

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from swift.common.wsgi import init_request_processor
application, conf, logger, log_name = \
init_request_processor('/etc/swift/object-server.conf','object-server')

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from swift.common.wsgi import init_request_processor
application, conf, logger, log_name = \
init_request_processor('/etc/swift/proxy-server.conf','proxy-server')

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WSGISocketPrefix /var/run/wsgi
#Proxy Service
Listen 8080
<VirtualHost *:8080>
ServerName proxy-server
LimitRequestBody 5368709122
WSGIDaemonProcess proxy-server processes=5 threads=1 user=swift
WSGIProcessGroup proxy-server
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/swift/proxy-server.wsgi
LimitRequestFields 200
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/proxy-server.log
LogLevel debug
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/proxy.log combined
</VirtualHost>
#Object Service
Listen 6010
<VirtualHost *:6010>
ServerName object-server
WSGIDaemonProcess object-server processes=5 threads=1 user=swift
WSGIProcessGroup object-server
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/swift/object-server.wsgi
LimitRequestFields 200
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/object-server.log
LogLevel debug
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
#Container Service
Listen 6011
<VirtualHost *:6011>
ServerName container-server
WSGIDaemonProcess container-server processes=5 threads=1 user=swift
WSGIProcessGroup container-server
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/swift/container-server.wsgi
LimitRequestFields 200
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/container-server.log
LogLevel debug
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
#Account Service
Listen 6012
<VirtualHost *:6012>
ServerName account-server
WSGIDaemonProcess account-server processes=5 threads=1 user=swift
WSGIProcessGroup account-server
WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/swift/account-server.wsgi
LimitRequestFields 200
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/account-server.log
LogLevel debug
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

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#!/bin/sh -x
# For Fedora/RHEL ONLY
if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then
echo "This script must be run as root"
exit 1
fi
# Stop Apache and Swift services if running
swift-init main stop
service httpd stop
# Install Apache and mod_wsgi
yum install httpd mod_wsgi
# Create a directory for Apache wsgi files
mkdir -p /var/www/swift
# Create a directory for swift which it'll use as home
mkdir -p /var/lib/swift
# Copy wsgi files for each of the four swift services
cp ./conf/*wsgi /var/www/swift/
# Copy swift httpd config file
cp ./conf/swift_wsgi.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/
# Change owner of conf files to swift
chown swift:swift /etc/swift/*
# Check if SElinux is set to permissive/disabled
selinux_mode=$(getenforce)
if [ $selinux_mode == "Enforcing" ]; then
echo "SElinux is set to Enforcing. Change it to Permissive or Disabled \
by editing /etc/sysconfig/selinux"
echo "You will need to reboot your system for the changed value to take \
effect."
exit 1
fi
echo "Successfully configured Apache as frontend for Swift."
echo "Make sure GlusterFS volume is mounted at /mnt/gluster-object/<vol-name> \
before starting httpd"

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#!/bin/sh -x
# For Fedora/RHEL ONLY
if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then
echo "This script must be run as root"
exit 1
fi
# Stop Apache service
service httpd stop
# Remove swift wsgi files
rm -rf /var/www/swift
# Remove swift httpd config file
rm -f /etc/httpd/conf.d/swift_wsgi.conf
echo -e "DONE.\nYou can now restart Swift."