knaufk commented on a change in pull request #9192: [FLINK-12749] [docs]
[examples] Initial Version of Flink Cluster Playground
URL: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/9192#discussion_r308528563
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File path: docs/getting-started/docker-playgrounds/flink_cluster_playground.md
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+There are many ways to deploy and operate Apache Flink in various
environments. Regardless of this
+variety, the fundamental building blocks of a Flink Cluster remain the same
and similar
+operational principles apply.
+
+This docker compose-based playground will get you started with Apache Flink
operations quickly and
+will briefly introduce you to the main components that make up a Flink Cluster.
+
* This will be replaced by the TOC
{:toc}
+
+## Anatomy of this Playground
+
+This playground consists of a long living
+[Flink Session Cluster]({{ site.baseurl
}}/concepts/glossary.html#flink-session-cluster) and a Kafka
+Cluster.
+
+A Flink Cluster always consists of a
+[Flink Master]({{ site.baseurl }}/concepts/glossary.html#flink-master) and one
or more
+[Flink TaskManagers]({{ site.baseurl
}}/concepts/glossary.html#flink-taskmanager). The Flink Master
+is responsible to handle Job submissions, the supervision of Jobs as well as
resource
+management. The Flink TaskManagers are the worker processes and are
responsible for the execution of
+the actual [Tasks]({{ site.baseurl }}/concepts/glossary.html#task) which make
up a Flink Job. In
+this playground you will start with a single TaskManager, but scale out to
more TaskManagers later.
+Additionally, this playground comes with a dedicated *client* container, which
we use to submit the
+Flink Job initially and to perform various operational tasks later on.
+
+The Kafka Cluster consists of a Zookeeper server and a Kafka Broker.
+
+<img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/fig/flink-docker-playground.svg" alt="Flink
Docker Playground"
+class="offset" width="80%" />
+
+When the playground is started a Flink Job called *Flink Event Count* will be
submitted to the
+Flink Master. Additionally, two Kafka Topics *input* and *output* are created.
+
+<img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/fig/click-event-count-example.svg" alt="Click
Event Count Example"
+class="offset" width="80%" />
+
+The Job consumes `ClickEvent`s from the *input* topic, each with a `timestamp`
and a `page`. The
+events are then keyed by `page` and counted in one minute
+[windows]({{ site.baseurl }}/dev/stream/operators/windows.html). The results
are written to the
+*output* topic.
+
+There are six different `page`s and the **events are generated so that each
window contains exactly
+one thousand records**.
+
+{% top %}
+
+## Setup
+
+{% if site.version contains "SNAPSHOT" %}
+<p style="border-radius: 5px; padding: 5px" class="bg-danger">
+ <b>Note</b>: The Apache Flink Docker images used for this playground are
only available for
+ released versions of Apache Flink. Since you are currently looking at the
latest SNAPSHOT
+ version of the documentation the branch referenced below will not exist. You
can either change it
+ manually or switch to the released version of the ocumentation via the
release picker.
+</p>
+{% endif %}
+
+In this section you will setup the playground locally on your machine and
verify that the Job is
+running successfully.
+
+This guide assumes that you have [docker](https://docs.docker.com/) (1.12+) and
+[docker-compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/) (2.1+) installed on your
machine.
+
+The required configuration files are available in the
+[flink-playgrounds](https://github.com/apache/flink-playgrounds) repository.
Check it out and spin
+up the environment:
+
+{% highlight bash %}
+git clone --branch release-{{ site.version }}
[email protected]:apache/flink-playgrounds.git
+cd flink-cluster-playground
+docker-compose up -d
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+Afterwards, `docker-compose ps` should give you the following output:
+
+{% highlight bash %}
+ Name Command
State Ports
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+flink-cluster-playground_clickevent-generator_1 /docker-entrypoint.sh java
... Up 6123/tcp, 8081/tcp
+flink-cluster-playground_client_1 /docker-entrypoint.sh flin
... Exit 0
+flink-cluster-playground_jobmanager_1 /docker-entrypoint.sh jobm
... Up 6123/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8081->8081/tcp
+flink-cluster-playground_kafka_1 start-kafka.sh
Up 0.0.0.0:9094->9094/tcp
+flink-cluster-playground_taskmanager_1 /docker-entrypoint.sh task
... Up 6123/tcp, 8081/tcp
+flink-cluster-playground_zookeeper_1 /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/sshd
... Up 2181/tcp, 22/tcp, 2888/tcp, 3888/tcp
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+This indicates that the client container has successfully submitted the Flink
Job ("Exit 0") and all
+cluster components as well as the data generator are running ("Up").
+
+## Interaction with the Playground
+
+There are many ways to interact with this playground and its components.
+
+### Flink WebUI
+
+The Flink WebUI is probably the most natural starting point to observe your
Flink Cluster. It is
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