To update priority and votes in rc.conf():
Important notes:
- Re-configuring priority can force the current primary to step down, which causes an election. The rs.reconfig() shell method can force the current primary to step down. When the primary steps down, the mongod closes all client connections and it takes 10-20 seconds to elect new primary. So make priority setting changes during scheduled maintenance periods only.
- Avoid re-configuring replica sets that contain members of different MongoDB versions as validation rules may differ across MongoDB versions.
Note: MongoDB version 4.0.9.
Steps:
Check the priority and votes of all replica members:
rs0:PRIMARY> rs.conf()
{
"_id" : "rs0",
"version" : 3,
"protocolVersion" : NumberLong(1),
"writeConcernMajorityJournalDefault" : true,
"members" : [
{
"_id" : 0,
"host" : "localhost:27000",
"arbiterOnly" : false,
"buildIndexes" : true,
"hidden" : false,
"priority" : 1,
"tags" : {
},
"slaveDelay" : NumberLong(0),
"votes" : 1
},
{
"_id" : 1,
"host" : "localhost:27001",
"arbiterOnly" : false,
"buildIndexes" : true,
"hidden" : false,
"priority" : 1,
"tags" : {
},
"slaveDelay" : NumberLong(0),
"votes" : 1
},
{
"_id" : 2,
"host" : "localhost:27002",
"arbiterOnly" : false,
"buildIndexes" : true,
"hidden" : false,
"priority" : 0,
"tags" : {
},
"slaveDelay" : NumberLong(0),
"votes" : 0
}
],
"settings" : {
"chainingAllowed" : true,
"heartbeatIntervalMillis" : 2000,
"heartbeatTimeoutSecs" : 10,
"electionTimeoutMillis" : 10000,
"catchUpTimeoutMillis" : -1,
"catchUpTakeoverDelayMillis" : 30000,
"getLastErrorModes" : {
},
"getLastErrorDefaults" : {
"w" : 1,
"wtimeout" : 0
},
"replicaSetId" : ObjectId("5d0e133f74cae82235a32ff7")
}
}
In the above output, member[2] has priority and votes as 0. So it can' not participate in election and it has no option to become as primary.
Use 'cfg' variable to assign replica set configuration (You can use any name as variable).
rs0:PRIMARY> cfg = rs.conf()
{
"_id" : "rs0",
"version" : 5,
"protocolVersion" : NumberLong(1),
"writeConcernMajorityJournalDefault" : true,
"members" : [
{
"_id" : 0,
"host" : "localhost:27000",
"arbiterOnly" : false,
"buildIndexes" : true,
"hidden" : false,
"priority" : 1,
"tags" : {
},
"slaveDelay" : NumberLong(0),
"votes" : 1
},
{
"_id" : 1,
"host" : "localhost:27001",
"arbiterOnly" : false,
"buildIndexes" : true,
"hidden" : false,
"priority" : 1,
"tags" : {
},
"slaveDelay" : NumberLong(0),
"votes" : 1
},
{
"_id" : 2,
"host" : "localhost:27002",
"arbiterOnly" : false,
"buildIndexes" : true,
"hidden" : false,
"priority" : 0,
"tags" : {
},
"slaveDelay" : NumberLong(0),
"votes" : 0
}
],
"settings" : {
"chainingAllowed" : true,
"heartbeatIntervalMillis" : 2000,
"heartbeatTimeoutSecs" : 10,
"electionTimeoutMillis" : 10000,
"catchUpTimeoutMillis" : -1,
"catchUpTakeoverDelayMillis" : 30000,
"getLastErrorModes" : {
},
"getLastErrorDefaults" : {
"w" : 1,
"wtimeout" : 0
},
"replicaSetId" : ObjectId("5d0e133f74cae82235a32ff7")
}
}
Now change the priority and votes using below commands:
rs0:PRIMARY> cfg.members[2].priority = 1;
1
rs0:PRIMARY> cfg.members[2].votes = 1;
1
Reconfig the configuration to apply changes:
rs0:PRIMARY> rs.reconfig(cfg)
{
"ok" : 1,
"operationTime" : Timestamp(1561205134, 1),
"$clusterTime" : {
"clusterTime" : Timestamp(1561205134, 1),
"signature" : {
"hash" : BinData(0,"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="),
"keyId" : NumberLong(0)
}
}
}
Now check updated configuration values:
rs0:PRIMARY> rs.conf()
{
"_id" : "rs0",
"version" : 3,
"protocolVersion" : NumberLong(1),
"writeConcernMajorityJournalDefault" : true,
"members" : [
{
"_id" : 0,
"host" : "localhost:27000",
"arbiterOnly" : false,
"buildIndexes" : true,
"hidden" : false,
"priority" : 1,
"tags" : {
},
"slaveDelay" : NumberLong(0),
"votes" : 1
},
{
"_id" : 1,
"host" : "localhost:27001",
"arbiterOnly" : false,
"buildIndexes" : true,
"hidden" : false,
"priority" : 1,
"tags" : {
},
"slaveDelay" : NumberLong(0),
"votes" : 1
},
{
"_id" : 2,
"host" : "localhost:27002",
"arbiterOnly" : false,
"buildIndexes" : true,
"hidden" : false,
"priority" : 1,
"tags" : {
},
"slaveDelay" : NumberLong(0),
"votes" : 1
}
],
"settings" : {
"chainingAllowed" : true,
"heartbeatIntervalMillis" : 2000,
"heartbeatTimeoutSecs" : 10,
"electionTimeoutMillis" : 10000,
"catchUpTimeoutMillis" : -1,
"catchUpTakeoverDelayMillis" : 30000,
"getLastErrorModes" : {
},
"getLastErrorDefaults" : {
"w" : 1,
"wtimeout" : 0
},
"replicaSetId" : ObjectId("5d0e133f74cae82235a32ff7")
}
}
Note:
Configuration changes should be done in Primary only, you can not do in secondaries.
rs0:SECONDARY> rs.reconfig(cfg)
{
"operationTime" : Timestamp(1561205414, 1),
"ok" : 0,
"errmsg" : "replSetReconfig should only be run on PRIMARY, but my state is SECONDARY; use the \"force\" argument to override",
"code" : 10107,
"codeName" : "NotMaster",
"$clusterTime" : {
"clusterTime" : Timestamp(1561205414, 1),
"signature" : {
"hash" : BinData(0,"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="),
"keyId" : NumberLong(0)
}
}
}
Note: Base information from MongoDB docs.
-- Thiru //
