Just curious if HTrace is aimed only for Hadoop infrastructure/Hadoop based applications or it can be used in any Java based systems?
Thanks Naresh On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 1:34 AM, Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> wrote: > Really great to see an incubation proposal for HTrace. If you need another > mentor, please consider me. > > I don't think you need to list "HTrace is not the primary focus of any of > the current list of contributors" as a risk. One can say that about many > (perhaps the majority) of contributors to Apache projects. We would hope > the incubation process develops a healthy community that sustains a level > of contribution that keeps the project moving forward, as we would hope for > all incubation candidates. > > > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I would like to propose HTrace to be consider for > > Apache Incubator. The proposal is attached and > > is also available on the wiki: > > https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/HTraceProposal > > > > Please let me know what do you guys think and also > > don't hesitate to massage the proposal on the wiki > > based on the feedback from this thread. > > > > Thanks, > > Roman. > > > > == Abstract == > > HTrace is a tracing framework intended for use with distributed > > systems written in java. > > > > == Proposal == > > HTrace is an aid for understanding system behavior and for reasoning > > about performance > > issues in distributed systems. HTrace is primarily a low impedance > > library that a java > > distributed system can incorporate to generate ‘breadcrumbs’ or > > ‘traces’ along the path > > of execution, even as it crosses processes and machines. HTrace also > > includes various > > tools and glue for collecting, processing and ‘visualizing’ captured > > execution traces > > for analysis ex post facto of where time was spent and what resources > > were consumed. > > > > == Background == > > Distributed systems are made up of multiple software components > > running on multiple > > computers connected by networks. Debugging or profiling operations run > > over non-trivial > > distributed systems -- figuring execution paths and what services, > > machines, and > > libraries participated in the processing of a request -- can be involved. > > > > == Rationale == > > Rather than have each distributed system build its own custom > > ‘tracing’ libraries, > > ideally all would use a single project that provides necessary > > primitives and saves > > each project building its own visualizations and processing tools anew. > > > > Google described “...[a] large-scale distributed systems tracing > > infrastructure” > > in Dapper, a Large-Scale Distributed Systems Tracing Infrastructure. The > > paper > > tells a compelling story of what is possible when disparate systems > > standardize > > on a single tracing library and cooperate, ‘passing the baton’, filling > out > > trace context as executions cross systems. > > > > HTrace aims to provide a rough equivalent in open source of the described > > core > > Dapper tools and library. As it is adopted by more projects, there will > > be a > > ‘network effect’ as HTrace will provide a more comprehensive view of > > activity > > on the cluster. For example, as HDFS gets HTrace support, we can connect > > this > > with the HTrace support in HBase to follow HBase requests as they enter > > HDFS. > > > > Given the success of HTrace depends on its being integrated by many > > projects, > > HTrace should be perceived as unhampered, free of any commercial, > > political, > > or legal ‘taint’. Being an Apache project would help in this regard. > > > > == Initial Goals == > > HTrace is a small project of narrow scope but with a grand vision: > > * Move the HTrace source and repository to Apache, a vendor-neutral > > location. Currently HTrace resides at a Cloudera-hosted repository. > > * Add past contributors as committers and institute Apache governance. > > * Evangelize and encourage HTrace diffusion. Initially we will > > continue a focus on the Hadoop space since that is where most of the > > initial contributors work and it is where HTrace has been initially > > deployed. > > * Building out the standalone visualization tool that ships with > HTrace. > > * Build more community and add more committers > > > > == Current Status == > > Currently HTrace has a viable Java trace library that can be interpolated > > to create ‘traces’. The work that needs to be done on this library is > > mostly > > bug fixes, ease-of-use improvements, and performance tweaks. In the > > future, > > we may add libraries for other languages besides Java. > > > > HTrace has means of dumping traces to the filesystem, Twitters’ Zipkin > > (a tracing > > sink and visualization system developed by Twitter > > https://github.com/twitter/zipkin), > > or Apache HBase. Executions can be viewed either in Zipkin or in pygraph > > (https://code.google.com/p/python-graph/). > > > > Since the initial sprint in the summer of 2012 which saw HTrace patches > > proposed > > for Apache HDFS and committed to Apache HBase, development has been > > sporadic; > > mostly a single developer or two adding a feature or bug fixing. HTrace > is > > currently undergoing a new “spurt” of development with the effort to get > > HTrace > > added to Apache HDFS revived and a new standalone viewing facility being > > added > > in to HTrace itself. > > > > HTrace has been integrated by Apache Phoenix. > > > > > > === Meritocracy === > > HTrace, up to this, has been run by Apache committers and PMC members. > > We want to > > build out a diverse developer and user community and run the HTrace > > project in > > the Apache way. Users and new contributors will be treated with respect > > and > > welcomed; they will earn merit in the project by tendering quality > patches > > and support that move the project forward. Those with a proven support > and > > quality patch track record will be encouraged to become committers. > > > > === Community === > > There are just a few developers involved at the moment. If our project > > is accepted > > by incubator, building community would be a primary initial goal. > > > > === Core Developers === > > > > Core developers include Apache members and members of the Hadoop and > > HBase PMCs. > > Of those listed, all have contributed to HTrace. Half are from Cloudera. > > The remainder are Hortonworks, NTTData, Google, and Facebook employees. > > > > === Alignment === > > HTrace has been integrated into Apache HBase and Apache Phoenix. > > Integration > > into Apache HDFS is currently being worked on. Approaching the Apache > YARN > > project would be a likely next integration. > > > > > > == Known Risks == > > As noted above, development has been sporadic up to this. It may > continue > > so. > > > > HTrace is not the primary focus of any of the current list of > contributors. > > It is for all a side effort. HTrace may lack sufficient impetus with > such > > a state of affairs. > > > > For HTrace to tell a compelling story, it needs to be taken up by > > significant > > projects that make up a traced distributed system. For example, say YARN > > and > > HBase take on HTrace but HDFS does not, then the HDFS portions of an > > end-to-end > > operation will render opaque compromising our being able to tell a good > > story > > around an execution. Because the picture painted has gaps, HTrace may be > > left > > aside as ineffective. > > > > === Orphaned products === > > The proposers have a vested interest in making HTrace succeed, driving > its > > development and its insertion into projects we all work on. Its > dispersion > > will shine light on difficult to understand interactions amongst the > > various > > systems we all work on. A working, integrated HTrace will add a useful > > debugging mechanism to the Apache projects we all work on. > > > > > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > > The majority of the proposers here have day jobs that has them working > near > > full-time on (Apache) open source projects. A few of us have helped carry > > other projects through incubator. HTrace to date has been developed as > > an open source project. > > > > === Homogenous Developers === > > The initial group of committers is small but already we have a healthy > > diversity of participating companies. We are bay-area challenged but > > a Japanese contributor makes for a good counter balance. > > > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > Most of the contributors are paid to work in the Hadoop ecosystem. > > While we might wander from our current employers, we probably won’t > > go far from the Hadoop tree. Whoever the Hadoop employer, it is > > plain a successful HTrace project is in everyone’s interest. > > At least one of the developers has already changed employers but > > his interest in seeing HTrace succeed prevails. > > > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > For HTrace to succeed, it is critical we build good relations with > > other distributed systems projects. We intend to initially build > > on relations we already have in place, mostly in the Hadoop space. > > > > The HTrace project has been incorporated by Apache HBase and > > Apache Phoenix. It is currently being actively integrated into > > Apache HDFS. > > > > We do not know of any equivalent or near-equivalent project > > in the Apache space. > > > > The Dapper paper notes precedent, in particular, the Berkeley > > Rad Lab X-Trace project. > > > > ==== How HTrace relates to Zipkin ==== > > Zipkin is an Apache Licensed project from Twitter. It is a complete > > tracing tool with trace collectors, trace viewers and tools to help > > you generate traces. It is written in Scala. If your project is > > not Scala or if it is Java and you cannot afford a Scala dependency, > > at a minimum, you need an alternate means of generating traces. > > HTrace provides this facility for Java as well as bridging tools > > to feed traces to Zipkin for query and display. > > > > The projects complement each other. > > > > === A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > > While we intend to leverage the Apache ‘branding’ when talking to other > > projects as testament of our project’s ‘neutrality’, we have no plans > > for making use of Apache brand in press releases nor posting billboards > > advertising acceptance of HTrace into Apache Incubator. > > > > > > == Documentation == > > See [[http://htrace.org|htrace.org]] for the current state of the HTrace > > project and documentation. > > > > How to enable tracing in > > [[http://hbase.apache.org/book/tracing.html|HBase using HTrace]] > > Elliott Clark on > > [[ > http://files.meetup.com/1350427/HBase%20Meetup%20-%20Zipkin.pptx|tracing > > in HBase]] > > > > == Initial Source == > > Jonathan Leavitt and Todd Lipcon built the first versions of HTrace in > the > > summer of 2012. Jonathan was Todd’s summer intern at Cloudera. > > > > > > == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > > We know of no legal encumberments in the way of transfer of source to > > Apache. > > > > == External Dependencies == > > HTrace includes third party libs. These include guava, jetty, junit, > > protobuf, > > hbase, and thrift. All dependencies are Apache licensed or licenses that > > are > > palatable: e.g. junit is EPL (Eclipse Public License v1.0) and > > ProtoBufs are BSD licensed. > > > > Cryptography > > N/A > > > > == Required Resources == > > > > === Mailing lists === > > * priv...@htrace.incubator.apache.org (moderated subscriptions) > > * comm...@htrace.incubator.apache.org > > * d...@htrace.incubator.apache.org > > * iss...@htrace.incubator.apache.org > > * u...@htrace.incubator.apache.org > > > > === Git Repository === > > https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-htrace.git > > > > === Issue Tracking === > > JIRA HTrace (HTRACE) > > > > === Other Resources === > > Means of setting up regular builds for htrace on builds.apache.org > > > > == Initial Committers == > > * Colin McCabe (cmcc...@apache.org) > > * Elliott Clark (ecl...@apache.org) > > * Jonathan Leavitt (jon.s.leav...@gmail.com) -- CLA being submitted > > * Masatake Iwasaki (iwasak...@gmail.com) -- CLA being submitted > > * Michael Stack (st...@apache.org) > > * Nick Dimiduk (ndimi...@apache.org) > > * Todd Lipcon (t...@apache.org) > > > > > > == Affiliations == > > * Colin McCabe - Cloudera > > * Elliott Clark - Facebook > > * Jonathan Leavitt - Google > > * Masatake Iwasaki - NTTData > > * Michael Stack - Cloudera > > * Nick Dimiduk - Hortonworks > > * Todd Lipcon - Cloudera > > > > == Sponsors == > > > > === Champion === > > Roman Shaposhnik > > > > === Nominated Mentors === > > * Michael Stack - Apache Member > > * Todd Lipcon - Apache Member > > > > We will be soliciting more mentors as part of the proposal process. > > > > === Sponsoring Entity === > > We would like to propose Apache incubator to sponsor this project. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > > - Andy > > Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein > (via Tom White) > -- _____________________________________________________________ The information contained in this communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. 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