improve Patroni config sync

e2e/tests/test_e2e.py

@@ -1098,19 +1098,19 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
             def compare_config():
                 effective_config = k8s.patroni_rest(masterPod.metadata.name, "config")
-                desired_patroni = pg_patch_config["spec"]["patroni"]
+                desired_config = pg_patch_config["spec"]["patroni"]
                 desired_parameters = pg_patch_config["spec"]["postgresql"]["parameters"]
                 effective_parameters = effective_config["postgresql"]["parameters"]
                 self.assertEqual(desired_parameters["max_connections"], effective_parameters["max_connections"],
                             "max_connections not updated")
                 self.assertTrue(effective_config["slots"] is not None, "physical replication slot not added")
-                self.assertEqual(desired_patroni["ttl"], effective_config["ttl"],
+                self.assertEqual(desired_config["ttl"], effective_config["ttl"],
                             "ttl not updated")
-                self.assertEqual(desired_patroni["loop_wait"], effective_config["loop_wait"],
+                self.assertEqual(desired_config["loop_wait"], effective_config["loop_wait"],
                             "loop_wait not updated")
-                self.assertEqual(desired_patroni["retry_timeout"], effective_config["retry_timeout"],
+                self.assertEqual(desired_config["retry_timeout"], effective_config["retry_timeout"],
                             "retry_timeout not updated")
-                self.assertEqual(desired_patroni["synchronous_mode"], effective_config["synchronous_mode"],
+                self.assertEqual(desired_config["synchronous_mode"], effective_config["synchronous_mode"],
                             "synchronous_mode not updated")
                 return True
 

pkg/cluster/k8sres.go

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ import (
 const (
 	pgBinariesLocationTemplate     = "/usr/lib/postgresql/%v/bin"
 	patroniPGBinariesParameterName = "bin_dir"
-	patroniPGParametersParameterName = "parameters"
 	patroniPGHBAConfParameterName  = "pg_hba"
 	localHost                      = "127.0.0.1/32"
 	connectionPoolerContainer      = "connection-pooler"
@@ -277,11 +276,11 @@ PatroniInitDBParams:
 		local, bootstrap := getLocalAndBoostrapPostgreSQLParameters(pg.Parameters)
 
 		if len(local) > 0 {
-			config.PgLocalConfiguration[patroniPGParametersParameterName] = local
+			config.PgLocalConfiguration[constants.PatroniPGParametersParameterName] = local
 		}
 		if len(bootstrap) > 0 {
 			config.Bootstrap.DCS.PGBootstrapConfiguration = make(map[string]interface{})
-			config.Bootstrap.DCS.PGBootstrapConfiguration[patroniPGParametersParameterName] = bootstrap
+			config.Bootstrap.DCS.PGBootstrapConfiguration[constants.PatroniPGParametersParameterName] = bootstrap
 		}
 	}
 	// Patroni gives us a choice of writing pg_hba.conf to either the bootstrap section or to the local postgresql one.

pkg/cluster/sync.go

@@ -395,19 +395,25 @@ func (c *Cluster) syncStatefulSet() error {
 	// get Postgres config, compare with manifest and update via Patroni PATCH endpoint if it differs
 	// Patroni's config endpoint is just a "proxy" to DCS. It is enough to patch it only once and it doesn't matter which pod is used.
 	for i, pod := range pods {
+		emptyPatroniConfig := acidv1.Patroni{}
 		podName := util.NameFromMeta(pods[i].ObjectMeta)
-		config, err := c.patroni.GetConfig(&pod)
+		patroniConfig, pgParameters, err := c.patroni.GetConfig(&pod)
 		if err != nil {
-			c.logger.Warningf("could not get Postgres config from pod %s: %v", podName, err)
+			c.logger.Warningf("could not get Postgres config from pod %s: %#v, %v", podName, patroniConfig, err)
 			continue
 		}
-		instanceRestartRequired, err = c.checkAndSetGlobalPostgreSQLConfiguration(&pod, config)
+
+		// empty config probably means cluster is not fully initialized yet, e.g. restoring from backup
+		// to not attempt a restart in such situation
+		if reflect.DeepEqual(patroniConfig, emptyPatroniConfig) || len(pgParameters) > 0 {
+			instanceRestartRequired, err = c.checkAndSetGlobalPostgreSQLConfiguration(&pod, patroniConfig, pgParameters)
 			if err != nil {
 				c.logger.Warningf("could not set PostgreSQL configuration options for pod %s: %v", podName, err)
 				continue
 			}
 			break
 		}
+	}
 
 	// if the config update requires a restart, call Patroni restart for replicas first, then master
 	if instanceRestartRequired {
@@ -493,16 +499,9 @@ func (c *Cluster) AnnotationsToPropagate(annotations map[string]string) map[stri
 
 // checkAndSetGlobalPostgreSQLConfiguration checks whether cluster-wide API parameters
 // (like max_connections) have changed and if necessary sets it via the Patroni API
-func (c *Cluster) checkAndSetGlobalPostgreSQLConfiguration(pod *v1.Pod, patroniConfig map[string]interface{}) (bool, error) {
+func (c *Cluster) checkAndSetGlobalPostgreSQLConfiguration(pod *v1.Pod, patroniConfig acidv1.Patroni, effectivePgParameters map[string]string) (bool, error) {
 	configToSet := make(map[string]interface{})
 	parametersToSet := make(map[string]string)
-	effectivePgParameters := make(map[string]interface{})
-
-	// read effective Patroni config if set
-	if patroniConfig != nil {
-		effectivePostgresql := patroniConfig["postgresql"].(map[string]interface{})
-		effectivePgParameters = effectivePostgresql[patroniPGParametersParameterName].(map[string]interface{})
-	}
 
 	// compare parameters under postgresql section with c.Spec.Postgresql.Parameters from manifest
 	desiredPgParameters := c.Spec.Parameters
@@ -514,36 +513,43 @@ func (c *Cluster) checkAndSetGlobalPostgreSQLConfiguration(pod *v1.Pod, patroniC
 	}
 
 	if len(parametersToSet) > 0 {
-		configToSet["postgresql"] = map[string]interface{}{patroniPGParametersParameterName: parametersToSet}
+		configToSet["postgresql"] = map[string]interface{}{constants.PatroniPGParametersParameterName: parametersToSet}
 	}
 
 	// compare other options from config with c.Spec.Patroni from manifest
 	desiredPatroniConfig := c.Spec.Patroni
-	if desiredPatroniConfig.LoopWait > 0 && desiredPatroniConfig.LoopWait != uint32(patroniConfig["loop_wait"].(float64)) {
+	if desiredPatroniConfig.LoopWait > 0 && desiredPatroniConfig.LoopWait != patroniConfig.LoopWait {
 		configToSet["loop_wait"] = desiredPatroniConfig.LoopWait
 	}
-	if desiredPatroniConfig.MaximumLagOnFailover > 0 && desiredPatroniConfig.MaximumLagOnFailover != float32(patroniConfig["maximum_lag_on_failover"].(float64)) {
+	if desiredPatroniConfig.MaximumLagOnFailover > 0 && desiredPatroniConfig.MaximumLagOnFailover != patroniConfig.MaximumLagOnFailover {
 		configToSet["maximum_lag_on_failover"] = desiredPatroniConfig.MaximumLagOnFailover
 	}
-	if desiredPatroniConfig.PgHba != nil && !reflect.DeepEqual(desiredPatroniConfig.PgHba, (patroniConfig["pg_hba"])) {
+	if desiredPatroniConfig.PgHba != nil && !reflect.DeepEqual(desiredPatroniConfig.PgHba, patroniConfig.PgHba) {
 		configToSet["pg_hba"] = desiredPatroniConfig.PgHba
 	}
-	if desiredPatroniConfig.RetryTimeout > 0 && desiredPatroniConfig.RetryTimeout != uint32(patroniConfig["retry_timeout"].(float64)) {
+	if desiredPatroniConfig.RetryTimeout > 0 && desiredPatroniConfig.RetryTimeout != patroniConfig.RetryTimeout {
 		configToSet["retry_timeout"] = desiredPatroniConfig.RetryTimeout
 	}
-	if desiredPatroniConfig.Slots != nil && !reflect.DeepEqual(desiredPatroniConfig.Slots, patroniConfig["slots"]) {
+	if desiredPatroniConfig.SynchronousMode != patroniConfig.SynchronousMode {
-		configToSet["slots"] = desiredPatroniConfig.Slots
-	}
-	if desiredPatroniConfig.SynchronousMode != patroniConfig["synchronous_mode"] {
 		configToSet["synchronous_mode"] = desiredPatroniConfig.SynchronousMode
 	}
-	if desiredPatroniConfig.SynchronousModeStrict != patroniConfig["synchronous_mode_strict"] {
+	if desiredPatroniConfig.SynchronousModeStrict != patroniConfig.SynchronousModeStrict {
 		configToSet["synchronous_mode_strict"] = desiredPatroniConfig.SynchronousModeStrict
 	}
-	if desiredPatroniConfig.TTL > 0 && desiredPatroniConfig.TTL != uint32(patroniConfig["ttl"].(float64)) {
+	if desiredPatroniConfig.TTL > 0 && desiredPatroniConfig.TTL != patroniConfig.TTL {
 		configToSet["ttl"] = desiredPatroniConfig.TTL
 	}
 
+	// only check if specified slots exist in config and if they differ
+	for slotName, desiredSlot := range desiredPatroniConfig.Slots {
+		if effectiveSlot, exists := patroniConfig.Slots[slotName]; exists {
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(desiredSlot, effectiveSlot) {
+				configToSet["slots"] = desiredPatroniConfig.Slots
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if len(configToSet) == 0 {
 		return false, nil
 	}

pkg/util/constants/postgresql.go

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const (
 	PostgresDataMount = "/home/postgres/pgdata"
 	PostgresDataPath  = PostgresDataMount + "/pgroot"
 
+	PatroniPGParametersParameterName = "parameters"
+
 	PostgresConnectRetryTimeout = 2 * time.Minute
 	PostgresConnectTimeout      = 15 * time.Second
 

pkg/util/patroni/patroni.go

@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util/constants"
 	httpclient "github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/util/httpclient"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	acidv1 "github.com/zalando/postgres-operator/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 )
 
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ type Interface interface {
 	SetPostgresParameters(server *v1.Pod, options map[string]string) error
 	GetMemberData(server *v1.Pod) (MemberData, error)
 	Restart(server *v1.Pod) error
-	GetConfig(server *v1.Pod) (map[string]interface{}, error)
+	GetConfig(server *v1.Pod) (acidv1.Patroni, map[string]string, error)
 	SetConfig(server *v1.Pod, config map[string]interface{}) error
 }
 
@@ -194,13 +196,18 @@ type MemberData struct {
 	Patroni         MemberDataPatroni `json:"patroni"`
 }
 
-func (p *Patroni) GetConfigOrStatus(server *v1.Pod, path string) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+func (p *Patroni) GetStatus(server *v1.Pod) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	result := make(map[string]interface{})
 	apiURLString, err := apiURL(server)
 	if err != nil {
 		return result, err
 	}
-	body, err := p.httpGet(apiURLString + path)
+
+	body, err := p.httpGet(apiURLString + statusPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return result, err
+	}
+
 	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &result)
 	if err != nil {
 		return result, err
@@ -209,12 +216,42 @@ func (p *Patroni) GetConfigOrStatus(server *v1.Pod, path string) (map[string]int
 	return result, err
 }
 
-func (p *Patroni) GetStatus(server *v1.Pod) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+func (p *Patroni) GetConfig(server *v1.Pod) (acidv1.Patroni, map[string]string, error) {
-	return p.GetConfigOrStatus(server, statusPath)
+	var (
-}
+		patroniConfig acidv1.Patroni
+		pgConfig      map[string]interface{}
+	)
 
-func (p *Patroni) GetConfig(server *v1.Pod) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	apiURLString, err := apiURL(server)
-	return p.GetConfigOrStatus(server, configPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return patroniConfig, nil, err
+	}
+	body, err := p.httpGet(apiURLString + configPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return patroniConfig, nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &patroniConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return patroniConfig, nil, err
+	}
+
+	// unmarshalling postgresql parameters needs a detour
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &pgConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return patroniConfig, nil, err
+	}
+	pgParameters := make(map[string]string)
+	if _, exists := pgConfig["postgresql"]; exists {
+		effectivePostgresql := pgConfig["postgresql"].(map[string]interface{})
+		effectivePgParameters := effectivePostgresql[constants.PatroniPGParametersParameterName].(map[string]interface{})
+		for parameter, value := range effectivePgParameters {
+			strValue := fmt.Sprintf("%v", value)
+			pgParameters[parameter] = strValue
+		}
+	}
+
+	return patroniConfig, pgParameters, err
 }
 
 //Restart method restarts instance via Patroni POST API call.
@@ -229,6 +266,9 @@ func (p *Patroni) Restart(server *v1.Pod) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	status, err := p.GetStatus(server)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	pending_restart, ok := status["pending_restart"]
 	if !ok || !pending_restart.(bool) {
 		return nil