another thing - shouldn't things like setting quotas also be part of the
admin API ? how does that
work now ?

Alex

On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Alexander Shraer <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't think that getConfig should be an admin functionality. It is
> essential for client-side re-balancing
> that we implemented (all clients shoudl be able to detect configuration
> changes via getConfig). It could
> be hidden somewhat by defining higher-level re-balancing
> policies (ZOOKEEPER-2016)
> but there hasn't been enough progress on that. Perhaps instead getConfig
> should be controlled
> by a separate flag ?
>
> Alex
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 9:04 PM, Patrick Hunt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Alexander Shraer <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Patrick, Flavio,
>> >
>> > Since there seems to be consensus on this, I can add this flag, unless
>> > someone else wants to. I assume that getConfig should still work
>> regardless
>> > of the flag ? is there a security concern with clients knowing the list
>> of
>> > servers?
>> >
>>
>> We've always hidden that detail from users. We don't even expose which
>> server you're connected to today. I remember Ben (and perhaps Flavio?)
>> highlighting this as important to maintain although I'm not super
>> familiar with the specifics on why. It made sense to me though from
>> the perspective that we don't want clients to make assumptions that
>> probably shouldn't.
>>
>> My thinking is that we should 1) add a config option to enable
>> reconfig (off by default), 2) move reconfig specific functionality
>> from ZooKeeper.java (including getconfig) into an "admin" package,
>> within say a class ZooKeeperAdmin, 3) document/test use of ACLs for
>> when folks do want to enable reconfig and are also worried about auth.
>> (e.g. turn on kerb)
>>
>> Again, I don't see any of this as a quality issue personally. As such
>> I don't see why any of this (1-3) should hold up a 3.5.2-alpha if we
>> were interested in doing such a release. Adjusting the API should be
>> done before we move to "beta" though. Although that seems like a
>> pretty mechanical (eclipse/idea) type refactoring?
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>> > Cheers,
>> > Alex
>> > On Mar 21, 2016 8:34 PM, "Patrick Hunt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Flavio Junqueira <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> > I gotta say that I'm not super excited about this option, but for
>> some
>> >> reason I ended up carrying the flag. To recap, I just raised this
>> option
>> >> because it seems that there are folks interested in features in 3.5
>> like
>> >> SSL and not necessarily in reconfiguration. SSL is important and to
>> take
>> >> Kafka as an example, it sucks that we can't have a whole set up using
>> SSL.
>> >> For ZK, the real questions are:
>> >> >
>> >> > 1- how fast can we make 3.5 stable?
>> >> > 2- would it be faster if we have a way of disabling reconfiguration?
>> >> > 3- would enough users care about a stable 3.5 that has
>> reconfiguration
>> >> disabled?
>> >> >
>> >> > It is taking a long time to get 3.5 to beta. There has been some good
>> >> activity around 3.5.2 release, which is a great step, but it is unclear
>> >> when 3.5.3 is going to come and if we will be able to make 3.5 beta
>> then.
>> >> Frankly, disabling reconfiguration sounds undesirable because it is an
>> >> important feature, but I currently don't use it in production, so from
>> a
>> >> practical point of view, I can go both ways. Whether we go through the
>> >> trouble of doing 2 depends on users interested in that option and folks
>> >> willing to implement it.
>> >> >
>> >> > To answer your question, Powell, my pseudo-proposal is kind of a
>> funny
>> >> option because once the feature is stable, then we wouldn't need a
>> switch
>> >> any longer, so there is not need of a deprecation path, we just start
>> >> ignoring it from the first beta release. Until it is beta, I'd say that
>> >> default is disabled.
>> >>
>> >> I would argue that we need this even when it does become stable. To me
>> >> this is not a quality issue so much as it is an auth issue. We want to
>> >> make it simple for folks to run a vanilla/old ZK cluster and not worry
>> >> about the security implications of having reconfig enabled.
>> >>
>> >> Patrick
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > -Flavio
>> >> >
>> >> >> On 17 Mar 2016, at 17:44, powell molleti
>> <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi Flavio,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Generally do config options and command line args come under the
>> same
>> >> SLA as API?. I was assuming as such hence my question. Perhaps if the
>> >> expectation is that this config option is temporary from get go then
>> may be
>> >> it is ok. The default for re-config support will be enabled or
>> disabled?.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I am just thinking from provisioning point of view when people
>> generate
>> >> config options etc.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks
>> >> >> Powell.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Thursday, March 17, 2016 12:12 AM, Flavio Junqueira <
>> [email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >> Hi Powell,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I was thinking config file and system property server side. What's
>> your
>> >> concern with compatibility? The API itself wouldn't change, but the
>> config
>> >> option wouldn't exist in previous versions and would not exist either
>> in
>> >> later stable versions of 3.5.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -Flavio
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> On 16 Mar 2016, at 22:08, powell molleti
>> <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Will this option be supplied via config file/args/API?. Will this
>> >> option be a temporary thing i.e what about its compatibility?.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> thanks
>> >> >>> Powell.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:46 PM, Flavio Junqueira <
>> [email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >>> The main issue to sort out is stability of the API. There is a
>> >> security concern around the fact that clients can freely reconfigure
>> the
>> >> ensemble. If we follow the plan that Pat proposed some time ago:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >>
>> https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/zookeeper-dev/201407.mbox/%3CCANLc_9KG6-Dhm=wwfuwzniogk70pg+ihmhpigyfjdslf9-e...@mail.gmail.com%3E
>> >> <
>> >>
>> https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/zookeeper-dev/201407.mbox/%3CCANLc_9KG6-Dhm=wwfuwzniogk70pg+ihmhpigyfjdslf9-e...@mail.gmail.com%3E
>> >> >
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Locking the API is the main step to move it to beta. Sorting out
>> bugs
>> >> is definitely necessary, but it isn't the main thing that is keeping
>> 3.5 in
>> >> alpha.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> About making it experimental, I was raising the option of having a
>> >> switch that disables the API calls, not the code. The reason why that
>> could
>> >> work is that anyone using 3.5 who uses the "experimental" API must
>> explicit
>> >> turn on the switch and enable the calls. If they do it, they need to be
>> >> aware that the API can change.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I must say that I haven't really looked closely into doing it, and
>> I'm
>> >> not even entirely convinced that this is a good idea, but since Jason
>> >> raised the point, I'm exploring options.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> -Flavio
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>> On 16 Mar 2016, at 20:59, Alexander Shraer <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Looking at the list of ~50 blocker and critical bugs in ZooKeeper,
>> >> only 3-4
>> >> >>>> are related to reconfig. Given this, and the fact that it is run
>> in
>> >> >>>> production since 2012 in multiple companies, I don't think its
>> more
>> >> >>>> unstable than any other part of ZooKeeper.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> There are multiple reconfig-related bugs that turned out really
>> >> difficult
>> >> >>>> to debug without access to the actual system or at least to the
>> Hudson
>> >> >>>> machines where some tests are failing. In the past, Michi and I
>> >> physically
>> >> >>>> went to Hortonworks to debug one such issue, but this is of course
>> >> not a
>> >> >>>> good method, and we weren't able to arrange such a visit again.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Regarding making it optional - the reconfig logic has several
>> >> different
>> >> >>>> parts, some would be really difficult to disable using a
>> configuration
>> >> >>>> parameter. But the actual dynamic expansion of the cluster is
>> >> triggered by
>> >> >>>> the reconfig command, so it should not affect users who don't
>> invoke
>> >> it.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Flavio P JUNQUEIRA <
>> [email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>> I suppose we could give it a try. How do other folks feel about
>> it?
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> -Flavio
>> >> >>>>> On 16 Mar 2016 19:52, "Jason Rosenberg" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> So, you could enable the dynamic reconfiguration feature behind
>> a
>> >> config
>> >> >>>>>> option, and document that it should only be enabled
>> experimentally,
>> >> use
>> >> >>>>> at
>> >> >>>>>> your own risk.  Keep it off by default.  Allow only static
>> config by
>> >> >>>>>> default, until it's stable?
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> Jason
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Flavio Junqueira <
>> [email protected]>
>> >> >>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> Hi Jason,
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> The consumer in Kafka is pretty independent from the core
>> >> (brokers),
>> >> >>>>>>> that's how that project manages to make such a separation. We
>> don't
>> >> >>>>> have
>> >> >>>>>>> the same with ZooKeeper as the feature we are talking about is
>> >> part of
>> >> >>>>>> the
>> >> >>>>>>> server and the only way I see of doing what you say is to turn
>> off
>> >> >>>>>>> features. More specifically, we'd need to disable the reconfig
>> API
>> >> and
>> >> >>>>> do
>> >> >>>>>>> not allow any change to the configuration, even though the
>> code is
>> >> >>>>> there.
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> Reconfig here refers to the ability of changing the
>> configuration
>> >> of an
>> >> >>>>>>> ensemble (e.g., changing the set of servers).
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>> -Flavio
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> On 16 Mar 2016, at 19:14, Jason Rosenberg <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> So, it would seem sensible to me to have a release where all
>> >> features
>> >> >>>>>> are
>> >> >>>>>>>> stable, except where noted.  E.g. mark certain features as
>> only
>> >> >>>>> 'alpha
>> >> >>>>>>>> quality', e.g. the 're-config feature'.  (I assume it's
>> possible
>> >> to
>> >> >>>>>>> happily
>> >> >>>>>>>> use 3.5.X without exercising the unstable re-config bits?).
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> There's precedent for doing this sort of thing in other
>> projects,
>> >> >>>>> e.g.
>> >> >>>>>> in
>> >> >>>>>>>> Kafka, they've had several release where a new "Consumer API"
>> is
>> >> >>>>>> shipped
>> >> >>>>>>>> that is available for beta-testing, but you can still just
>> use the
>> >> >>>>>> older
>> >> >>>>>>>> stable consumer api, etc.
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> Jason
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 2:01 PM, powell molleti
>> >> >>>>>>> <[email protected]
>> >> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Hi Doug,
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Is 3.5 being an alpha release preventing you from using it?.
>> Or
>> >> have
>> >> >>>>>> you
>> >> >>>>>>>>> run into issues with it?. In general perhaps ZK 3.5 being
>> >> labeled as
>> >> >>>>>>> alpha
>> >> >>>>>>>>> might not be fair, since it is far more stable then what most
>> >> people
>> >> >>>>>>>>> associate an alpha release to be.
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Perhaps if you do not use re-config feature may be it will
>> just
>> >> work
>> >> >>>>>> for
>> >> >>>>>>>>> you?.
>> >> >>>>>>>>> There are many examples of 3.5.X being used in productions
>> from
>> >> my
>> >> >>>>>>> limited
>> >> >>>>>>>>> knowledge.
>> >> >>>>>>>>> ThanksPowell.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:44 AM, Flavio Junqueira <
>> >> >>>>>>> [email protected]>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> None of us expected the reconfig changes to take this long to
>> >> >>>>>> stabilize.
>> >> >>>>>>>>> Until we get there, I don't think we can do anything else
>> with
>> >> 3.5.
>> >> >>>>>> The
>> >> >>>>>>>>> best bet we have is to work harder to bring 3.5 into a stable
>> >> rather
>> >> >>>>>>> than
>> >> >>>>>>>>> trying to work around it.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> There are lots of people interested in seeing 3.5 stable,
>> and if
>> >> we
>> >> >>>>>> get
>> >> >>>>>>>>> everyone to contribute more patches and code reviews, we
>> should
>> >> be
>> >> >>>>>> able
>> >> >>>>>>> to
>> >> >>>>>>>>> do it sooner. After all, it is a community based effort, so
>> the
>> >> >>>>>>> community
>> >> >>>>>>>>> shouldn't rely on just 2-3 people doing the work.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> -Flavio
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> On 15 Mar 2016, at 17:28, Chris Nauroth <
>> >> [email protected]>
>> >> >>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Doug, I forgot to respond to your question about 3.4.  Since
>> >> 3.4 is
>> >> >>>>>> the
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> stable maintenance line, we are very conservative about
>> >> >>>>> back-porting
>> >> >>>>>> to
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> it.  Our policy is to limit back-ports to critical bug
>> fixes and
>> >> >>>>> not
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> introduce any new features in the 3.4 line.  This is a
>> matter of
>> >> >>>>>>> managing
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> risk.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> Jason, your question about release cadence is a fair one.
>> If
>> >> it's
>> >> >>>>>> any
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> consolation, we are now taking the approach of trying to
>> limit
>> >> the
>> >> >>>>>>> scope
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> of anything new introduced in 3.5 too.  That would allow us
>> to
>> >> >>>>> focus
>> >> >>>>>> on
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> stabilization: resolving blocker bugs and freezing public
>> >> APIs.  I
>> >> >>>>>>> think
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> this will help us accelerate the releases into beta and
>> eventual
>> >> >>>>> GA.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> I am new to ZooKeeper release management, so I'd like to
>> hear
>> >> >>>>>> thoughts
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> from more experienced committers and PMC members about your
>> >> >>>>> proposal
>> >> >>>>>> to
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> try to cut a stable release for a limited subset of what is
>> in
>> >> >>>>>>> branch-3.5
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> now.  My instinct is that it would be challenging to
>> cherry-pick
>> >> >>>>> out
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> pieces of branch-3.5 piecemeal at this point.  This would
>> become
>> >> >>>>>>> another
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> release line for an already resource-constrained volunteer
>> >> staff to
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> manage.  I'd prefer to dedicate those limited resources to
>> >> overall
>> >> >>>>>> 3.5
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> stabilization.  Also, a 3.5 release in which certain
>> features
>> >> >>>>>>> "vanished"
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> because of not meeting some stability criteria would be
>> >> >>>>> undesirable.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> --Chris Nauroth
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>> On 3/15/16, 10:12 AM, "Jason Rosenberg" <[email protected]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Chris,
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Can you say whether some parts of 3.5.X are more stable
>> than
>> >> >>>>> others
>> >> >>>>>>>>> (e.g.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> if we don't care about certain new features, is it
>> relatively
>> >> >>>>>> stable)?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Would it be possible to cut out a version that only has the
>> >> bits
>> >> >>>>> we
>> >> >>>>>>>>> think
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> are stable (and release that)?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> From that timeline, and the historic release cadence, it
>> would
>> >> >>>>> seem
>> >> >>>>>> to
>> >> >>>>>>>>> be
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> a
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> years away before we get to the stable release?
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> Jason
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:06 PM, Chris Nauroth <
>> >> >>>>>>>>> [email protected]>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Hello Doug,
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your interest in the SSL feature!
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> At this point, I think we're still pretty far away from
>> >> >>>>> declaring a
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> stable
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> release in the 3.5 line.  I don't think we're close enough
>> >> that
>> >> >>>>>>> anyone
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> can
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> offer a reliable ETA.  This is an earlier thread that
>> >> describes
>> >> >>>>> the
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> high-level strategy for release planning in the 3.5 line:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> https://s.apache.org/ADK1
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> The next step is a 3.5.2-alpha release.  We're working on
>> >> >>>>>> resolving a
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> few
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> more blockers before we produce a release candidate.
>> >> Hopefully
>> >> >>>>>> that
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> will
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> get done in the next few weeks.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> --Chris Nauroth
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> On 3/15/16, 9:39 AM, "Doug" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> I know it's only been a few months, but I was wondering
>> if
>> >> there
>> >> >>>>>>> was a
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> ballpark release date for a stable version of 3.5.1. Or
>> is
>> >> there
>> >> >>>>>> any
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> chance
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> the SSL feature would be added to 3.4.8? Just another
>> person
>> >> >>>>>> looking
>> >> >>>>>>>>> to
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> that feature in a stable version. Thanks for all you do!
>> :)
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> View this message in context:
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>
>> >>
>> http://zookeeper-user.578899.n2.nabble.com/Zookeeper-with-SSL-release-dat
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>> e
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> -tp7581744p7582136.html
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sent from the zookeeper-user mailing list archive at
>> >> Nabble.com.
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>>
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >
>> >>
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