| title | TiDB-Binlog user guide |
|---|---|
| category | tool |
TiDB-Binlog is a tool for enterprise users to collect binlog files for TiDB and provide real-time backup and synchronization.
TiDB-Binlog supports the following scenarios:
- Data synchronization: to synchronize TiDB cluster data to other databases
- Real-time backup and recovery: to back up TiDB cluster data, and recover in case of cluster outages
The TiDB-Binlog architecture is as follows:
The TiDB-Binlog cluster mainly consists of two components:
Pump is a daemon that runs on the background of each TiDB host. Its main function is to record the binlog files generated by TiDB in real time and write to the file in the disk sequentially.
Drainer collects binlog files from each Pump node, converts them into specified database-compatible SQL statements in the commit order of the transactions in TiDB, and synchronizes to the target database or writes to the file sequentially.
# Download the tool package.
wget http://download.pingcap.org/tidb-binlog-latest-linux-amd64.tar.gz
wget http://download.pingcap.org/tidb-binlog-latest-linux-amd64.sha256
# Check the file integrity. If the result is OK, the file is correct.
sha256sum -c tidb-binlog-latest-linux-amd64.sha256
# Extract the package.
tar -xzf tidb-binlog-latest-linux-amd64.tar.gz
cd tidb-binlog-latest-linux-amd64-
It is recommended to deploy Pump using Ansible.
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Build a new TiDB cluster with a startup order of pd-server -> tikv-server -> pump -> tidb-server -> drainer.
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Edit the
tidb-ansible inventory.inifile:enable_binlog = True -
Run
ansible-playbook deploy.yml -
Run
ansible-playbook start.yml
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Deploy Binlog for an existing TiDB cluster.
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Edit the
tidb-ansible inventory.inifile:enable_binlog = True -
Run
ansible-playbook rolling_update.yml
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You need to deploy a Pump for each TiDB server in a TiDB cluster. Currently, the TiDB server only supports the binlog in UNIX socket.
We set the startup parameter
binlog-socketas the specified unix socket file path of the corresponding parametersocketin Pump. The final deployment architecture is as follows: -
Currently, you need to deploy Drainer manually.
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Drainer does not support renaming DDL on the table of the ignored schemas (schemas in the filter list).
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To start Drainer in the existing TiDB cluster, usually you need to do a full backup, get the savepoint, import the full backup, and start Drainer and synchronize from the savepoint.
To guarantee the integrity of data, perform the following operations 10 minutes after Pump is started:
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Run Drainer at the
gen-savepointmodel and generate the Drainer savepoint file:bin/drainer -gen-savepoint --data-dir= ${drainer_savepoint_dir} --pd-urls=${pd_urls} -
Do a full backup. For example, back up TiDB using mydumper.
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Import the full backup to the target system.
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Set the file path of the savepoint and start Drainer:
bin/drainer --config=conf/drainer.toml --data-dir=${drainer_savepoint_dir}
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The drainer outputs
pband you need to set the following parameters in the configuration file.[syncer] db-type = "pb" disable-dispatch = true [syncer.to] dir = "/path/pb-dir"
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Pump
Example
./bin/pump -config pump.toml
Parameters Explanation
Usage of Pump: -L string log level: debug, info, warn, error, fatal (default "info") -V print Pump version info -addr string addr(i.e. 'host:port') to listen on for client traffic (default "127.0.0.1:8250"). -advertise-addr string addr(i.e. 'host:port') to advertise to the public -config string path to the Pump configuration file -data-dir string path to store binlog data -gc int recycle binlog files older than gc days, zero means never recycle (default 7) -heartbeat-interval int number of seconds between heartbeat ticks (default 2) -log-file string log file path -log-rotate string log file rotate type, hour/day -metrics-addr string Prometheus pushgataway address; leaving it empty will disable Prometheus push -metrics-interval int Prometheus client push interval in second, set "0" to disable Prometheus push (default 15) -pd-urls string a comma separated list of the PD endpoints (default "http://127.0.0.1:2379") -socket string unix socket addr to listen on for client trafficConfiguration file
# Pump Configuration. # addr(i.e. 'host:port') to listen on for client traffic addr = "127.0.0.1:8250" # addr(i.e. 'host:port') to advertise to the public advertise-addr = "" # a integer value to control expiry date of the binlog data, indicates for how long (in days) the binlog data would be stored. # (default value is 0, means binlog data would never be removed) gc = 7 # path to the data directory of Pump's data data-dir = "data.pump" # number of seconds between heartbeat ticks (in 2 seconds) heartbeat-interval = 2 # a comma separated list of PD endpoints pd-urls = "http://127.0.0.1:2379" # unix socket addr to listen on for client traffic socket = "unix:///tmp/pump.sock" -
Drainer
Example
./bin/drainer -config drainer.toml
Parameters Explanation
Usage of Drainer: -L string log level: debug, info, warn, error, fatal (default "info") -V print version info -addr string addr (i.e. 'host:port') to listen on for Drainer connections (default "127.0.0.1:8249") -c int parallel worker count (default 1) -config string path to the configuration file -data-dir string Drainer data directory path (default data.drainer) (default "data.drainer") -dest-db-type string target db type: mysql or pb; see syncer section in conf/drainer.toml (default "mysql") -detect-interval int the interval time (in seconds) of detecting Pumps' status (default 10) -disable-dispatch disable dispatching sqls that in one same binlog; if set true, work-count and txn-batch would be useless -gen-savepoint generate the savepoint from cluster -ignore-schemas string disable synchronizing those schemas (default "INFORMATION_SCHEMA,PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA,mysql") -log-file string log file path -log-rotate string log file rotate type, hour/day -metrics-addr string Prometheus pushgateway address; leaving it empty will disable Prometheus push -metrics-interval int Prometheus client push interval in second, set "0" to disable Prometheus push (default 15) -pd-urls string a comma separated list of PD endpoints (default "http://127.0.0.1:2379") -txn-batch int number of binlog events in a transaction batch (default 1)Configuration file
# Drainer Configuration # addr (i.e. 'host:port') to listen on for Drainer connections addr = "127.0.0.1:8249" # the interval time (in seconds) of detect Pumps' status detect-interval = 10 # Drainer meta data directory path data-dir = "data.drainer" # a comma separated list of PD endpoints pd-urls = "http://127.0.0.1:2379" # The file path of log log-file = "drainer.log" # syncer Configuration [syncer] # disable synchronizing these schemas ignore-schemas = "INFORMATION_SCHEMA,PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA,mysql" # number of binlog events in a transaction batc txn-batch = 1 # worker count to execute binlogs worker-count = 1 disable-dispatch = false # downstream storage, equal to --dest-db-type # valid values are "mysql", "pb" db-type = "mysql" # The replicate-do-db prioritizes over replicate-do-table if having the same db name. # Regular expressions are supported, and starting with '~' declares the use of regular expressions. # replicate-do-db = ["~^b.*","s1"] # [[syncer.replicate-do-table]] # db-name ="test" # tbl-name = "log" # [[syncer.replicate-do-table]] # db-name ="test" # tbl-name = "~^a.*" # the downstream mysql protocol database [syncer.to] host = "127.0.0.1" user = "root" password = "" port = 3306 # uncomment this if you want to use pb as db-type # [syncer.to] # dir = "data.drainer"
This section introduces how to monitor TiDB-Binlog's status and performance, and display the metrics using Prometheus and Grafana.
Use the Pump service deployed using Ansible. Set metrics in startup parameters.
When you start Drainer, set the two parameters of --metrics-addr and --metrics-interval. Set --metrics-addr as the address of Push Gateway. Set --metrics-interval as the frequency of push (default 15 seconds).
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Login the Grafana Web interface.
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The default address is: http://localhost:3000
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The default account name: admin
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The password for the default account: admin
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Click the Grafana logo to open the sidebar menu.
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Click "Data Sources" in the sidebar.
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Click "Add data source".
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Specify the data source information:
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Specify the name for the data source.
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For Type, select Prometheus.
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For Url, specify the Prometheus address.
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Specify other fields as needed.
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Click "Add" to save the new data source.
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Click the Grafana logo to open the sidebar menu.
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On the sidebar menu, click "Dashboards" -> "Import" to open the "Import Dashboard" window.
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Click "Upload .json File" to upload a JSON file (Download TiDB Grafana Config).
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Click "Save & Open".
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A Prometheus dashboard is created.

