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Regards Malith Pamuditha Fernando Director RevPort (Pvt.) Ltd. malith.ferna...@revport.net | +94 713 76 92 17 ________________________________ From: John Dale <jcdw...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 1:57:10 AM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Tomcat session management with Redisson Regarding clustering and state recovery, I opted some time ago to store session information in the database - I prefer full control over session state for security/obscurity reasons. Load balancing is straightforward this way. I'm not sure I would ever need more than 2 nodes for my purposes, though, since Java can address such a huge memory space. It's an amazing computing environment now compared to what we had 20 years ago. On 2/18/19, Christopher Schultz <ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Herb, > > On 2/18/19 13:59, Herb Burnswell wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 12:21 PM Christopher Schultz < >> ch...@christopherschultz.net> wrote: >> >> Herb, >> >> On 2/14/19 12:41, Herb Burnswell wrote: >>>>> Tomcat 8.5.23 RHEL 7.5 >>>>> >>>>> We are looking to set up session management via Redisson to >>>>> offload the CPU consumption of using Tomcat's built in >>>>> clustering session management. We have CPU licensing limits >>>>> and need to conserve as much CPU as possible. >> >> Dumb question: aren't you just going to move the CPU cycles to >> another system? >> >> >>> Thanks for the reply. Short answer, yes. But that is the idea. >>> We can only use 2 CPU's per application node (3 nodes) with our >>> licensing structure so we do not want to take cycles away from >>> the application to manage sessions. > > Okay, so if you move the session-management to another machine, you > don't have to pay app-license fees for the session-management server? > Fair enough. > > Just remember that you still need code "managing" sessions from your > Tomcat note to your Redisson server. I can't imagine that the > Tomcat->Resisson code would be any less complicated than the Tomcat -> > Tomcat code. You might want to validate that assumption before > committing any resources toward solving a problem by adding complexity > to your deployments. > >> Another dumb question: do you actually need clustering? >> >> >>> If I'm using the term correctly, yes. The idea would be for HA >>> functionality; If users were connected to node 3 and the node >>> failed for some reason, their session would be picked up by node >>> 1 or 2 uninterrupted. Sorry if I confused the intent. > > That's exactly what you will get. > > If you do NOT use clustering, a failed node will require the users who > were on the failed node to re-login to a surviving node. Only you can > determine whether that is an acceptable consequence of a failed node > for your users and application. I, as well as many others, have > decided that fail-over is such a rare event and logins such a > non-issue that introducing the complexity of clustering is not justified > . > >>>>> I have never set up a configuration this way, however I have >>>>> Redis set up and running as 1 Master, 1 Slave. I seemingly >>>>> just need to point our application to it. I have read this >>>>> doc on how to: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/redisson/redisson/tree/master/redisson-tomcat >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > It seems pretty straight forward except for the redisson.conf >>>>> configuration: >>>>> >>>>> Add RedissonSessionManager into tomcat/conf/context.xml >>>>> >>>>> <Manager >>>>> className="org.redisson.tomcat.RedissonSessionManager" >>>>> configPath="${catalina.base}/redisson.conf" readMode="REDIS" >>>>> updateMode="DEFAULT"/> >> >> I would do this in the application's context.xml file instead of >> the global/default one. That means modifying the application's >> META-INF/context.xml file, or, if you deploy via files from >> outside your WAR/dir application, then >> conf/[engine]/[hostname]/[appname].xml. >> >> >>> Yes, this is requiring the editing a application specific xml >>> file. > > Good. > >>>>> I am more familiar with YAML so plan on configuring the >>>>> redisson.conf as such. I have read the referenced >>>>> configuration wiki page: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/redisson/redisson/wiki/2.-Configuration >>>>> >>>>> However, it has a great deal of options and I'm not sure what >>>>> is and is not needed. >>>>> >>>>> I am reaching out here on the Tomcat user group to see if >>>>> anyone else is using Redisson for session management and if >>>>> maybe I can get some guidance on a basic redisson.conf >>>>> configuration. I'd also be interested in comments on if >>>>> there are better options or things to watch out for. >> >> I don't have any experience with either Redis or Redisson, but what >> is wrong with the default/sample configuration you have provided >> above? >> >> >>> I have through much trial and error been using this config: >> >>> { "masterSlaveServersConfig":{ "idleConnectionTimeout":10000, >>> "connectTimeout":10000, "timeout":3000, "retryAttempts":3, >>> "retryInterval":1500, "failedSlaveReconnectionInterval":3000, >>> "failedSlaveCheckInterval":60000, "password":"<master_pass>", >>> "subscriptionsPerConnection":5, "clientName":true, >>> "subscriptionConnectionMinimumIdleSize":1, >>> "subscriptionConnectionPoolSize":50, >>> "slaveConnectionMinimumIdleSize":32, >>> "slaveConnectionPoolSize":64, >>> "masterConnectionMinimumIdleSize":32, >>> "masterConnectionPoolSize":64, "readMode":"SLAVE", >>> "subscriptionMode":"SLAVE", "slaveAddresses":[ >>> "<slave.example.com:6379" ], >>> "masterAddress":"<master.example.com>:6379", "database":0 }, >>> "threads":0, "nettyThreads":0, "transportMode":"NIO" } >> >>> However, I am getting a couple exceptions and am not sure what >>> might be the issue: > > Okay, let's take a look: > >>> INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | Feb 18, >>> 2019 10:09:33 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext >>> startInternal INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 >>> 10:09:33.068 | SEVERE: The session manager failed to start > > Wow, this stack trace is tough to read. :( > >>> INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | >>> org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: Failed to start >>> component [org.redisson.tomcat.RedissonSessionManager[]] INFO | >>> jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:167) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContex > t.java:5224) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase. > java:1419) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase$StartChild.call(ContainerBase. > java:1409) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) INFO | >>> jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor. > java:1149) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor > .java:624) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) INFO | jvm 1 | main >>> | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | Caused by: >>> org.apache.catalina.LifecycleException: >>> java.lang.NullPointerException INFO | jvm 1 | main | >>> 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.tomcat.RedissonSessionManager.buildClient(RedissonSessio > nManager.java:279) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.tomcat.RedissonSessionManager.startInternal(RedissonSess > ionManager.java:209) > > It >>> > looks like your SessionManager (from Redisson) is failing to start > up. If you can look at the source, you might be able to see some kind > of missing configuration parameter and fix it. Or you could ask the > Redisson community what you might be missing. I've never even heard of > Redisson and I've been on this list for ... 15 years. Perhaps someone > else here can chime-in and help, but I wouldn't bet on it. > > Or there could be a bug in Redisson. For that, you'll have to approach > that community for help, of course. I would consider a SessionManager > throwing an NPE to be a bug. If there is some kind of required > configuration, the SessionManager should emit a helpful message like > "masterAddress is required" or somesuch. > >>> INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | >>> at >>> org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | ... 8 mo > re >>> INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | Caused >>> by: java.lang.NullPointerException > > Hmm, the plot thickens. The NPE is not in the SessionManager; it's in > the netty client? > >>> INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | >>> at io.netty.util.NetUtil.isValidIpV4Address(NetUtil.java:648) >>> INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | >>> at >>> io.netty.util.NetUtil.createByteArrayFromIpAddressString(NetUtil.java > :368) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.client.RedisClient.resolveAddr(RedisClient.java:172) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.connection.MasterSlaveEntry.addSlave(MasterSlaveEntry.ja > va:303) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.connection.MasterSlaveEntry.addSlave(MasterSlaveEntry.ja > va:345) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.connection.MasterSlaveEntry.initSlaveBalancer(MasterSlav > eEntry.java:102) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.connection.MasterSlaveConnectionManager.createMasterSlav > eEntry(MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java:372) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.connection.MasterSlaveConnectionManager.initSingleEntry( > MasterSlaveConnectionManager.java:346) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.connection.MasterSlaveConnectionManager.<init>(MasterSla > veConnectionManager.java:161) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.config.ConfigSupport.createConnectionManager(ConfigSuppo > rt.java:225) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.Redisson.<init>(Redisson.java:121) INFO | jvm 1 >>> | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.Redisson.create(Redisson.java:164) INFO | jvm 1 >>> | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | at >>> org.redisson.tomcat.RedissonSessionManager.buildClient(RedissonSessio > nManager.java:277) >>> >>> > INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | ... 10 m > ore >>> INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | INFO | >>> jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 10:09:33.068 | Feb 18, 2019 >>> 10:09:33 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext >>> startInternal INFO | jvm 1 | main | 2019/02/18 >>> 10:09:33.068 | SEVERE: Context [] startup failed due to previous >>> errors > > Yep, the issue is in the Netty client. It's failing while trying to > validate an IP address. Specifically for a slave's address (I gather > from reading the stack trace). Are you sure anything that looks like > it should be an IP address is correct? Can slaveAddresses have a port > number? Are there other "address" type configuration parameters that > must be set but that you haven't set to something? Maybe a port number? > > I still think an NPE is a very non-graceful handling, here, and I > would expect that the SessionManager would perform a sanity-check on > all values -- especially if they are required -- before using them to > e.g. make a network connection. > > Hope that helps, > - -chris > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - https://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEMmKgYcQvxMe7tcJcHPApP6U8pFgFAlxrBsIACgkQHPApP6U8 > pFg+Tg/+N3In8g4bowjSYL/qe+tPH/4S67FQQgK+Gh+JRtRB4SgJ0ie3N7OVr1OP > AculZNMIqDL2IkpFCRWOyctZSAh6dznzvy99CT1rLscEy1WYTwL93sPaEWrPGFsB > 1WuxdbPkONrG8D4PSDCe9714cj4yTmz6v7nXR1Oii3G6tu+0V+hg6bT5ton4Pw/K > uoDbsPKvg9f5nuGaVpG1ukHFxIANV3ShmJDmjDKcAypaNsOS7Fmsst6EeiZfmTjy > vZtLPBydzL+bgEhTdXdRXEcqmkA1QVA8HS8XtI9aXFhY5kdjs0U1ebiwoPz8k6Ln > NPd0js8FNO5GUhdJuCbOPEzkqRuLyR8hIdtyHQ1dJnJpOs0LtYoEEb5s+arIwuQX > rSvMfrIlOB9Za1fu03MGcHETDXqPR8ZHzHezqf8cxGUIrMKO0ZOQmkuC1SZA7O1v > HO2jQjiipXw2gQ00qM+9yruYyp5Dgf0qHS+5uy38ueBqcIw/cEgOGq8xgYB7qCNR > f4pkpTvvZvARpGTZFrCwvRvsovtdjpA6iNKElFZJXcN+F7kRa9/Kx4voOpbnLtJk > Pmu8ciFrZ1xtPCpYMOlY6+HcyIMfS3ip5qFm5ATPu4sqNtarzIRsWt7hfw8qTU64 > etq2KDiGW8O0SAiuuCpZda47Bfg8A0wN9uEjJxiVznHIT8K+89E= > =xIZ2 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
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