I don't think the rpm upgrade will take care of this for you.  This will be
a one-time manual upgrade.

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Hongfei Zhang (hongfezh) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We noticed the new Go Monitor uses two config files and these files are
> incompatible with the Java implementation. Some config directive's name
> also changed.  Will/should the rpm upgrade be able to take care of the
> config file conversion/split?
>
> Thanks,
> -Hongfei
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nir Sopher [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2017 3:34 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Promote Golang Traffic Monitor to Default
>
> Hi,
>
> What would be the content of 2.2?
> If we want to have very limited content as suggested in the summit, I
> would suggest to leave Java TM, removing it only on TC 2.3.
>
> If the 2.2 version has substantial content, I would see leaving the old TM
> as part of the release as a liability. Old TM should be adjusted to the
> changes and tested regularly.
> So in this case, if there are no automated tests to cover its
> functionality, I would suggest to remove Java TM from the code base.
>
> Nir
>
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Jeff Elsloo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Apologies for the delay, and thanks to Rob for submitting PR 1427 to
> > take care of this. I just merged his PR and that means that
> > `traffic_monitor` has been renamed to `traffic_monitor_java` and
> > `traffic_monitor_golang` has been renamed to `traffic_monitor` (thanks
> > Rob!). This means that we are now one step closer to formally retiring
> > the Java version of Traffic Monitor.
> >
> > Before proposing a vote, I'd like to get a feel for how quickly we can
> > do the formal retirement. We're currently working on 2.1 so that means
> > that we could retire it as early as 2.2. If we want to be more
> > conservative, we could keep both with the renamed structure for 2.2,
> > and remove the Java version in 2.3. This is the direction I'm leaning,
> > though I'd like to hear from interested parties first.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:23 AM, Jeff Elsloo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > It sounds like we do not have any -1s on this, so I'm going to
> > > assume we're good to make this change. I have some other things to
> > > focus on at the moment, but will try to get this done as time
> > > permits. I'll send another email out with details when I go to make
> > > the change, and will allow some time before pushing anything in case
> > > someone has concerns.
> > > --
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Dave Neuman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >> +1 on the rename
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Jan van Doorn <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> +1
> > >>>
> > >>> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 9:47 AM Dewayne Richardson
> > >>> <[email protected]>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> > When:   Read · Mon, Jul 17.
> > >>> > <https://timyo.com/?utm_source=expectationheader&utm_medium=emai
> > >>> > l>
> > >>> > [image: Timyo expectation line]
> > >>> > +1
> > >>> >
> > >>> > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Jeff Elsloo <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >>> >
> > >>> > > For the most part, it's a drop in replacement for the Java
> > >>> > > version, and based on our own experience it seems to work
> > >>> > > exactly as the
> > Java
> > >>> > > version would, including co-existence. There is a TO API
> > >>> > > dependency for monitoring.json that the Java version does not
> > >>> > > have, and I'm
> > not
> > >>> > > sure what the history is with that endpoint and how far back
> > >>> > > we
> > could
> > >>> > > remain compatible. Traffic Router does not care what version
> > >>> > > of Traffic Monitor it talks to, as the format of
> > >>> > > cr-states.json has
> > not
> > >>> > > changed. Same goes for TM and ATS. I believe we had
> > >>> > > co-existence running in production going back to the 1.8.x
> releases.
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > Keep in mind that the intent is to drive users toward using
> > >>> > > the
> > Golang
> > >>> > > component by default starting with the 2.1.0 (or maybe 2.2.0?)
> > release
> > >>> > > while still allowing one to build, run, or contribute to the
> > >>> > > Java version until our next major release (3.0.0). The intent
> > >>> > > is not to give people a drop in replacement that works with
> > >>> > > prior versions;
> > we
> > >>> > > have not tested that thoroughly across all versions, and while
> > >>> > > it might work, we should think of the Golang Traffic Monitor
> > >>> > > as a
> > 2.0.x
> > >>> > > and onward component. I think that statement holds for most of
> > >>> > > our components; we wouldn't want to run a 1.7 Traffic Stats
> > >>> > > with a
> > 2.0.0
> > >>> > > Traffic Ops system. 1.7 is ancient, and have we ever really
> > >>> > > done backward compatibility testing with versions?
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > To this end, if we do decide to make the Golang version the
> > default in
> > >>> > > the future, at a minimum we will need to provide release notes
> > >>> > > that explain how to convert the Java configuration to the
> > >>> > > Golang
> > version's
> > >>> > > config. Ideally we would provide a simple script to convert
> > >>> > > the configuration for our users, potentially running it as a
> > postinstall
> > >>> > > scriptlet in the RPM if the Java version is already installed.
> > >>> > > Theoretically we could `yum upgrade traffic_monitor` and
> > >>> > > seamlessly move from Java to Golang.
> > >>> > > --
> > >>> > > Thanks,
> > >>> > > Jeff
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > >
> > >>> > > On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Eric Friedrich (efriedri)
> > >>> > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >>> > > > I think I remember Rob making this point in Miami, but all
> > >>> > > > of TMs
> > >>> APIs
> > >>> > > (REST, CRConfig, Health.json, etc…) are identical between the
> > >>> > > Java
> > and
> > >>> > > Golang version, right?
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > What about compatibility with earlier versions of TC?
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > For example:
> > >>> > > > - Can a TC1.7 traffic ops configure a Golang TM?
> > >>> > > > - Does the Golang TM have any dependencies on a certain
> > >>> > > > version
> > of
> > >>> > > TrafficServer or astats?
> > >>> > > > - Whats the minimum required version of Traffic Router to
> > >>> > > > use the
> > >>> > Golang
> > >>> > > TM?
> > >>> > > > - I know Golang TMs can gossip with Java TMs, but can we mix
> > versions
> > >>> > > here too? (i.e. TC1.7 Java TM with TC2.1 Golang TM)?
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > > —Eric
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > > >> On Jul 14, 2017, at 1:00 PM, Jeff Elsloo
> > >>> > > >> <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >> Hi all,
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >> We currently have two versions of Traffic Monitor: Java and
> > golang.
> > >>> > > >> When we build all components, as far as I know, it results
> > >>> > > >> in a
> > race
> > >>> > > >> condition between the two, as the resulting RPMs have the
> > >>> > > >> same filename. A PR[1] was opened to address the issue and
> > >>> > > >> the
> > approach
> > >>> was
> > >>> > > >> to add `_go` to the version string used for the golang
> > >>> > > >> version's
> > >>> RPM.
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >> Rob and I both think we (Comcast) have enough experience
> > running the
> > >>> > > >> golang version that we have identified and corrected any
> > >>> > > >> major
> > >>> issues
> > >>> > > >> and that it is stable enough to be the preferred Traffic
> > >>> > > >> Monitor
> > >>> hence
> > >>> > > >> forth.
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >> Therefore, I propose that within the project's directory
> > structure,
> > >>> > we:
> > >>> > > >>  1) rename traffic_monitor to traffic_monitor_legacy
> > >>> > > >>  2) rename traffic_monitor_golang to traffic_monitor
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >> ..then work with the person that submitted the PR to take
> > >>> > > >> the
> > same
> > >>> > > >> approach, except change the Java version's RPM name to
> > >>> > > >> contain `_legacy`.
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >> I realize that this is a fairly significant change, the
> > >>> > > >> type
> > that we
> > >>> > > >> typically reserve for major releases. The next major
> > >>> > > >> release,
> > 3.0.0,
> > >>> > > >> is likely to be some time out in the future, and I don't
> > >>> > > >> know
> > that
> > >>> we
> > >>> > > >> need to wait for it in order to make this change.
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >> How does the group feel about the above proposal, and
> > >>> > > >> executing
> > on
> > >>> it
> > >>> > > >> prior to the 3.0.0 release (i.e.: for 2.1.0)? Then, when we
> > >>> > > >> do actually prepare the 3.0.0 release, we can remove the
> > >>> > > >> Java
> > version
> > >>> > > >> from the codebase entirely. Obviously this could impact
> > >>> > > >> anyone
> > that
> > >>> > > >> has automated CI systems building components, in addition
> > >>> > > >> to the Apache CI we use ourselves.
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >> Thoughts?
> > >>> > > >>
> > >>> > > >> [1]
> > >>> > > >> https://github.com/apache/incubator-trafficcontrol/pull/731
> > >>> > > >> --
> > >>> > > >> Thanks,
> > >>> > > >> Jeff
> > >>> > > >
> > >>> > >
> > >>> >
> > >>>
> >
>

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