Case Studies

Problem: The client reported an issue where Apache Cassandra nodes in their multi-datacenter cluster were logging frequent errors related to SSL certificate validation, with entries like: DEBUG [Native-Transport-Requests-1] 2025-01-23 08:54:27,794 ServerConnection.java:140 - Failed to get peer certificates for peer /10.110.151.78:36376 javax.net.ssl.SSLPeerUnverifiedException: peer not verified Despite these log entries, the cluster continued to function normally, but […]

Problem: The client reported high memory usage on a production Apache Cassandra node, accompanied by frequent errors related to the ThreadPoolExecutor shutting down. This led to instability in the Cassandra service, including errors like java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException, and resulted in a failure to execute repairs. Process: Step 1: Initial Identification The error logs provided by the client […]

Problem: The client reported continuous heartbeat issues in the Airflow scheduler, causing failure to generate controller DAGs in a production environment. This critical issue impacted job execution, especially when multiple jobs were triggered simultaneously, leading to timeouts and job failures. Process: Step 1: Initial Identification The error message displayed in the logs indicated that the […]

Problem: The client encountered an issue in their Elasticsearch setup where search results did not return exact matches when the search phrase included special characters, such as “:” (colon). This problem persisted despite using a custom indexing configuration with the `index_word_delimiter_graph_filter`. The client needed a solution to preserve special characters for exact matches while maintaining […]

Problem: The client’s production environment includes Rancher installed on two clusters: a Rancher cluster and an application cluster. During the cluster setup, the kubelet certificate was generated with a validity of one year, which recently expired. According to the Rancher RKE documentation, additional configuration is needed to manage certificate validity. The client observed inconsistencies: Some […]

Problem: The client needed to upgrade their production Apache Cassandra system from version 3.11.7 to 4.1.0 to take advantage of new features and improvements. They requested guidance on upgrade procedures and a reliable source for downloading the required RPM. Zero downtime was a critical requirement to ensure uninterrupted operations during the upgrade process. Process: Step […]

Problem: The client faced issues with frequent re-elections in a Docker Swarm cluster whenever there were brief server-level disruptions. They sought guidance on modifying the swarm election timeout to stabilize the cluster and prevent unnecessary re-elections. Additionally, they wanted to understand the relationship between election timeout, heartbeat, and dispatcher-heartbeat settings. Process: Step 1: Initial Investigation […]

Problem: The client, a company using FreeIPA for identity management, encountered issues when running the ipa-healthcheck command. The system was returning errors related to non-existent servers, which had been decommissioned as part of a recent infrastructure migration. These errors were causing the ipa-healthcheck command to fail and reported old servers that no longer existed in […]

Problem: The client was experiencing performance issues with a self-managed Cassandra database cluster hosted on Azure VMs. A recent surge in data traffic led to high CPU utilization, causing significant system slowness and increased latency. The environment utilized SSDs for storage, but earlier attempts at recommended SSD optimizations yielded no significant improvement. In light of […]