[infinispan-dev] [wildfly-dev] WFLYTX0013 in the Infinispan Openshift Template

Brian Stansberry brian.stansberry at redhat.com
Tue May 8 18:05:31 EDT 2018


Ah, ok. I was thinking of scripting in the broad sense the various stuff
that goes into creating images.

In any case, I don't see any downside to having node-identifier="${jboss.tx.
node.id:1}" in the standard WF config files.



On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Tom Jenkinson <tom.jenkinson at redhat.com>
wrote:

> I think they want to avoid changing the standalone.xml file and just want
> to control it from their startup script.
>
> On 8 May 2018 at 18:45, Brian Stansberry <brian.stansberry at redhat.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I might have missed something along the way, but if they are going to do
>> scripting wouldn't they just set the attribute to ${jboss.node.name} and
>> count on the fact that this is unique per pod?
>>
>> On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 3:28 AM, Tom Jenkinson <tom.jenkinson at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for confirming Brian.
>>>
>>> Perhaps we could set it to:
>>> node-identifier="${jboss.tx.node.id:1}"
>>> (a bit like https://github.com/jboss-developer/jboss-eap-quickstart
>>> s/tree/7.1/jts)
>>>
>>> Sebastian could set -Djboss.tx.node.id during startup in a script?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7 May 2018 at 22:08, Brian Stansberry <brian.stansberry at redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If it's not already set, WildFly sets the system property
>>>> jboss.node.name at the very beginning of server boot, so ${
>>>> jboss.node.name*:1*} would not resolve to 1.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 6:10 PM, Sebastian Laskawiec <
>>>> slaskawi at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ok, so how about doing the same thing you suggested, but just more
>>>>> explicitly - adding node-identifier="${jboss.node.name*:1*}". This
>>>>> way the bare metal deployment should be happy (since the default is still
>>>>> 1) and we wouldn't need to override it in Infinispan.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 10:09 AM Tom Jenkinson <
>>>>> tom.jenkinson at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am not sure - the default should be "1" for the bare metal case so
>>>>>> the warning is reliably triggered but the default can be the pod name for
>>>>>> OpenShift templates that only allow a single instance of the application
>>>>>> server - does that help?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The file you looked to want to edit is shared by bare metal and other
>>>>>> deployment environments so it would be confusing to set the default to
>>>>>> jboss.node.name there IMO.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1 May 2018 at 03:39, Sebastian Laskawiec <slaskawi at redhat.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fair enough Tom. Thanks for explanation.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One more request - would you guys be OK with me adding
>>>>>>> a node-identifier="${jboss.node.name}" to the transaction subsystem
>>>>>>> template [1]? This way we wouldn't need to copy it into Infinispan (since
>>>>>>> we need to set it).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1] https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly/blob/master/transacti
>>>>>>> ons/src/main/resources/subsystem-templates/transactions.xml#L6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 3:37 PM Tom Jenkinson <
>>>>>>> tom.jenkinson at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 18 April 2018 at 14:07, Sebastian Laskawiec <slaskawi at redhat.com
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hey Tom,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Comments inlined.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>> Sebastian
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 4:37 PM Tom Jenkinson <
>>>>>>>>> tom.jenkinson at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 16 April 2018 at 09:31, <> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Adding +WildFly Dev <wildfly-dev at lists.jboss.org> to the loop
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the explanation Rado.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> TL;DR: A while ago Sanne pointed out that we do not set
>>>>>>>>>>> `node-identifier`
>>>>>>>>>>> in transaction subsystem by default. The default value for the
>>>>>>>>>>> `node-identifier` attribute it `1`. Not setting this attribute
>>>>>>>>>>> might cause
>>>>>>>>>>> problems in transaction recovery. Perhaps we could follow Rado's
>>>>>>>>>>> idea and
>>>>>>>>>>> set it to node name by default?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Indeed - it would cause serious data integrity problems if a
>>>>>>>>>> non-unique node-identifier is used.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Some more comments inlined.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Sebastian
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 7:07 PM Radoslav Husar <rhusar at
>>>>>>>>>>> redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> > Hi Sebastian,
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Sebastian Laskawiec
>>>>>>>>>>> > <slaskawi at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > > Hey Rado, Paul,
>>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > I started looking into this issue and it turned out that WF
>>>>>>>>>>> subsystem
>>>>>>>>>>> > > template doesn't provide `node-identifier` attribute [1].
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > I assume you mean that the default WildFly server profiles do
>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > explicitly define the attribute. Right ? thus the value
>>>>>>>>>>> defaults in
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> > the model to "1"
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly/blob/master/transactions/
>>>>>>>>>>> src/main/java/org/jboss/as/txn/subsystem/TransactionSubsyste
>>>>>>>>>>> mRootResourceDefinition.java#L97
>>>>>>>>>>> > which sole intention seems to be to log a warning on boot if
>>>>>>>>>>> the value
>>>>>>>>>>> > is unchanged.
>>>>>>>>>>> > Why they decided on a constant that will be inherently not
>>>>>>>>>>> unique as
>>>>>>>>>>> > opposed to defaulting to the node name (which we already
>>>>>>>>>>> require to be
>>>>>>>>>>> > unique) as clustering node name or undertow instance-id does,
>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>> > unclear to me.
>>>>>>>>>>> > Some context is on https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-1119.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In OpenShift environment we could set it to `hostname`. This is
>>>>>>>>>>> guaranteed
>>>>>>>>>>> to be unique in whole OpenShift cluster.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> We do this too in EAP images.
>>>>>>>>>> To Rado's point, the default is "1" so we can print the warning
>>>>>>>>>> to alert people they are misconfigured - it seems to be working :)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This is the point. From my understanding, if we set it to node
>>>>>>>>> name (instead of "1"), we could make it always work correctly. We could
>>>>>>>>> even remove the code that emits the warning (since the node name needs to
>>>>>>>>> be unique).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> To sum it up - if we decided to proceed this way, there would be
>>>>>>>>> no requirement of setting the node-identifier at all.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For OpenShift you are right there is no requirement for someone to
>>>>>>>> change the node-identifier from the podname and so that is why EAP images
>>>>>>>> do that.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For bare-metal it is different as there can be two servers on the
>>>>>>>> same machine so they were configured to use the hostname as they
>>>>>>>> node-identifier then if they were also connected to the same resource
>>>>>>>> managers or the same object store they would interfere with each other.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> > > I'm not sure if you guys are the right people to ask, but is
>>>>>>>>>>> it safe to
>>>>>>>>>>> > > leave it set to default? Or shall I override our Infinispan
>>>>>>>>>>> templates and
>>>>>>>>>>> > > add this parameter (as I mentioned before, in OpenShift this
>>>>>>>>>>> I wanted to
>>>>>>>>>>> > set
>>>>>>>>>>> > > it as Pod name trimmed to the last 23 chars since this is
>>>>>>>>>>> the limit).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Putting a response to this in line - I am not certain who
>>>>>>>>>> originally proposed this.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You must use a globally unique node-identifier. If you are
>>>>>>>>>> certain the last 23 characters guarantee that it would be valid - if there
>>>>>>>>>> is a chance they are not unique it is not valid to trim.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If that's not an issue, again, we could use the same limit as we
>>>>>>>>> have for node name.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> > It is not safe to leave it set to "1" as that results in
>>>>>>>>>>> inconsistent
>>>>>>>>>>> > processing of transaction recovery.
>>>>>>>>>>> > IIUC we already set it to the node name for both EAP and JDG
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > https://github.com/jboss-openshift/cct_module/blob/master/os
>>>>>>>>>>> -eap70-openshift/added/standalone-openshift.xml#L411
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > https://github.com/jboss-openshift/cct_module/blob/master/os
>>>>>>>>>>> -jdg7-conffiles/added/clustered-openshift.xml#L282
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > which in turn defaults to the pod name ? so which profiles are
>>>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> > talking about here?
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Granted, we set it by default in CCT Modules. However in
>>>>>>>>>>> Infinispan we just
>>>>>>>>>>> grab provided transaction subsystem when rendering full
>>>>>>>>>>> configuration from
>>>>>>>>>>> featurepacks:
>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/infinispan/infinispan/blob/master/server/
>>>>>>>>>>> integration/feature-pack/src/main/resources/configuration/st
>>>>>>>>>>> andalone/subsystems-cloud.xml#L19
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The default configuration XML doesn't contain the
>>>>>>>>>>> `node-identifier`
>>>>>>>>>>> attribute. I can add it manually in the cloud.xml but I believe
>>>>>>>>>>> the right
>>>>>>>>>>> approach is to modify the transaction subsystem.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> > Rado
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> > > Seb
>>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > > [1] usually set to node-identifier="${jboss.node.name}"
>>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>>> > >
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 10:39 AM Sanne Grinovero <sanne at
>>>>>>>>>>> infinispan.org>
>>>>>>>>>>> > > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> On 9 April 2018 at 09:26, Sebastian Laskawiec <slaskawi at
>>>>>>>>>>> redhat.com>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> > Thanks for looking into it Sanne. Of course, we should
>>>>>>>>>>> add it (it can
>>>>>>>>>>> > be
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> > set
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> > to the same name as hostname since those are unique in
>>>>>>>>>>> Kubernetes).
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> > Created https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-9051 for it.
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> > Thanks again!
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> > Seb
>>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> Thanks Sebastian!
>>>>>>>>>>> > >>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> > >> > On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 8:53 PM Sanne Grinovero <sanne at
>>>>>>>>>>> infinispan.org>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> I've started to use the Infinispan Openshift Template
>>>>>>>>>>> and was
>>>>>>>>>>> > browsing
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> through the errors and warnings this produces.
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> In particular I noticed "WFLYTX0013: Node identifier
>>>>>>>>>>> property is set
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> to the default value. Please make sure it is unique."
>>>>>>>>>>> being produced
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> by the transaction system.
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> The node id is usually not needed for developer's
>>>>>>>>>>> convenience and
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> assuming there's a single node in "dev mode", yet
>>>>>>>>>>> clearly the
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> Infinispan template is meant to work with multiple nodes
>>>>>>>>>>> running so
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> this warning seems concerning.
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> I'm not sure what the impact is on the transaction
>>>>>>>>>>> manager so I asked
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> on the Narayana forums; Tom pointed me to some thourough
>>>>>>>>>>> design
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> documents and also suggested the EAP image does set the
>>>>>>>>>>> node
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> identifier:
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >>  - https://developer.jboss.org/message/981702#981702
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> WDYT? we probably want the Infinispan template to set
>>>>>>>>>>> this as well,
>>>>>>>>>>> > or
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> silence the warning?
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> Sanne
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > >> >
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>>>> Red Hat
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