Agree, it is more like a service discovery problem.

For performance, the official hbase java client is a rich client,
which has a built-in service discovery method, which may not work well
under some cloud environments.

Bryan Beaudreault <bbeaudrea...@apache.org> 于2024年6月13日周四 21:19写道:
>
> We deploy kube-proxy on all of our non-kube ec2 nodes. So any client can
> still use the Services we've defined to talk to the pods. Our HMaster(s) is
> a Deployment with a Service; our NameNode(s) is a StatefulSet, and we have
> a dedicated service per namenode identifier; etc.
>
> In our hbase-site.xml, we set the bootstrap nodes to the HMaster Service.
> In our hdfs-site.xml we configure each namenode to point at the specific
> namenode service.
>
> This all works well for us, even with a mixed topology. But yea, that seems
> less about what protocol (http vs protobuf) and more about discovery.
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 9:08 AM 张铎(Duo Zhang) <palomino...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I guess the problem is that, in some k8s setup, inside the deployment,
> > you can use the pod ips to connect to each other, that's the case for
> > communicating insde HBase cluster, like regionServerReport, etc.
> >
> > But outside the deployment, you can only access these services/pods
> > through ingress, no matter L7 or L4, you need to use a different
> > identifier.
> >
> > In our current design, there is no something like 'advertised address'
> > for all the masters and region servers in the cluster, so there is no
> > way for clients to use different identifiers when connecting the HBase
> > cluster.
> >
> > But I think for java based client, we'd better try another way to
> > support the native protocol, for better performance.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bryan Beaudreault <bbeaudrea...@apache.org> 于2024年6月13日周四 19:38写道:
> > >
> > > Can you speak more to why HTTP would help users?
> > >
> > > We’ve been running hbase in 100% cloud environment for more than a
> > decade.
> > > We’ve never really desired an http version of the protocol.
> > >
> > > We also run more recently in a mixed kubernetes environment (master nodes
> > > in kubernetes, regionserver on dedicated ec2 nodes). In this model we’ve
> > > similarly had no real desire for http when working with services, etc.
> > >
> > > One case where it’s been useful to have http endpoint is readiness
> > checks.
> > > We’ve built a /health endpoint into the hmaster and regionserver to that
> > > end, which I plan to upstream at some point.
> > >
> > > To me creating a totally compatible http based protocol seems like a huge
> > > lift. So I’m curious what it’d really help for these cloud users.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 1:07 AM Ankit Singhal <ankitsingha...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > *Context for discussion*:
> > > >
> > > > These classes were recently relocated from "src/main" to "src/test"
> > under
> > > > HBASE-24115, aligning with the original contributor's initial
> > intention of
> > > > using them only for testing. Therefore, I'm raising this in an email to
> > > > initiate discussion with the updated information.
> > > >
> > > > At Cloudera, we've noticed a growing adoption of HBase in cloud
> > > > environments. This shift has highlighted concerns regarding network
> > > > connectivity requirements between clients and HBase regionservers,
> > > > particularly for remote clients. To address these concerns, we are
> > looking
> > > > to utilize standard web protocols such as HTTP. These protocols enable
> > > > easier integration with various cloud services by providing a single
> > > > endpoint for access and simplifying networking needs. As a result, more
> > > > users are interested in using REST servers to meet their requirements.
> > > > Istvan has put considerable effort into testing and improving the
> > > > performance of REST servers, as seen in JIRAs like HBASE-28646,
> > > > HBASE-28613, HBASE-28626, and HBASE-28556 to achieve this target.
> > > >
> > > > *Issue*:
> > > >
> > > > However, Users with applications currently using the Java client are
> > > > encountering challenges in transitioning to REST due to the significant
> > > > code rewriting required. By implementing the Admin and Table
> > interfaces, we
> > > > can enable these users to migrate to REST with minimal adjustments.
> > > >
> > > > *Other Protocol Implementations with Java Public APIs: *
> > > > Similar interfaces have recently been developed for Thrift under
> > > > HBASE-21661.
> > > >
> > > > *Proposed Changes:* Currently, Istvan focuses on addressing the
> > performance
> > > > and security aspects of these implementations, with efforts like
> > > > HBASE-28540 and rewriting Rest Client to support different
> > authentication
> > > > options, etc. via HBASE-28501,HBASE-28649, and HBASE-28500, which
> > > > significantly strengthened the implementation. Hence, we want to go
> > ahead
> > > > and move this implementation back to "src/main".
> > > >
> > > > Please inform us of any concerns you may have, otherwise, we would
> > like to
> > > > proceed with the PR.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Ankit Singhal
> > > >
> >

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