Why are there 2 PIPs being discussed as PIP-181? There's another discussion on dev with
[DISCUSS] PIP-181: Provide new load balance placement strategy implementation for ModularLoadManagerStrategy On Sat, Jul 2, 2022 at 1:13 AM Haiting Jiang <jianghait...@apache.org> wrote: > +1, Great feature. > > Thanks, > Haiting > > On 2022/07/01 16:56:08 Nicolò Boschi wrote: > > Yes it's not a good idea to add such new features to active release > > branches. > > However, the shell will work with older cluster versions (as soon as the > > java client is compatible). Also you will be able to download the shell > > tarball (that just contains the minimal stuff needed to run the shell). > > > > Nicolò Boschi > > > > > > Il giorno ven 1 lug 2022 alle ore 18:44 tison <wander4...@gmail.com> ha > > scritto: > > > > > Hi Xiaoyu, > > > > > > IIUC patch release must not include new features but only bug fixes. > > > > > > Best, > > > tison. > > > > > > > > > Anon Hxy <anonhx...@gmail.com> 于2022年7月1日周五 23:59写道： > > > > > > > Hi Nicolò Boschi, > > > > > > > > The Pulsar Shell is really cool and I like it. And also I have a > > > question: > > > > > > > > > I'd like to target this feature for 2.11 > > > > > > > > Will it be possible to use Pulsar Shell in the legacy version of > Pulsar, > > > in > > > > other words, could we cherry-pick the PR to another branch easily? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Xiaoyu Hou > > > > > > > > Nicolò Boschi <boschi1...@gmail.com> 于2022年7月1日周五 20:40写道： > > > > > > > > > I updated the issue linking all the implementations pull requests. > > > > > If you open the issue you will be able to see 2 videos that better > > > > explain > > > > > how the tool works. > > > > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues/16250 > > > > > > > > > > Let me know if you have any feedbacks > > > > > > > > > > I'd like to target this feature for 2.11 > > > > > > > > > > BR, > > > > > Nicolò Boschi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Il giorno mar 28 giu 2022 alle ore 10:06 Nicolò Boschi < > > > > > boschi1...@gmail.com> > > > > > ha scritto: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > I opened a new PIP about Pulsar CLI tools. > > > > > > Looking forward to seeing comments and suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > > > PIP: https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues/16250 > > > > > > > > > > > > I posted a short video that shows how the new tool will work: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23314389/176125261-35e123a1-1826-4553-b912-28d00914c0e4.mp4 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ## Motivation > > > > > > > > > > > > Currently Pulsar comes with a couple of utility scripts with the > goal > > > > of > > > > > > managing an existing cluster, test behaviours and verify > > > performances: > > > > > > these tools are available as SH script inside the `bin` > directory. > > > > > > The `pulsar-admin` is the CLI tool supposed to help users and > > > operators > > > > > to > > > > > > configure the system, operate over policies, install functions > and > > > much > > > > > > else. > > > > > > > > > > > > This proposal basically aims to solve two different problems: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. `pulsar-admin` is terribly slow. Every time the script is > > > > triggered, a > > > > > > new JVM process is spawned. The JVM process creation is heavy and > > > most > > > > of > > > > > > the time is spent by the JVM initialization process. A very > common > > > use > > > > > case > > > > > > for cluster operators is to create scripts with several commands > with > > > > the > > > > > > goal of initialize the cluster, initialize a specific tenant > > > > (namespaces, > > > > > > topics, policies, functions..); in this case, one JVM is > initialized > > > > for > > > > > > each scripts leads to waste of time and resources. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. User experience. The current design of the Pulsar CLIs can be > > > > > improved. > > > > > > There are a couple of aspects that may be annoying for a user > and can > > > > > > discourage a user to use Pulsar. > > > > > > 1. Poking around available commands and options in a CLI tool > > > > > > (`pulsar-admin` for instance, but it's the same for > `pulsar-perf` and > > > > > > `pulsar-client`) is slow and hard. In order to discover commands > and > > > > > > options you need to use `-h` option and, since the performance > issue > > > > > > pointed at 1., it can be annoying and time-consuming. > Autocomplete > > > > > feature > > > > > > could be a real game-changer in this context. > > > > > > 2. Different CLI tools. There are a couple of different shell > > > > > scripts. > > > > > > They have different goals and it's okay to keep them separated. > > > > However, > > > > > > they raise a barrier for a non Pulsar expert that doesn't have a > > > > > convenient > > > > > > entry-point. > > > > > > > > > > > > ## Goal > > > > > > > > > > > > Address all the issues in the previous section with a single > > > solution. > > > > > > > > > > > > ## API Changes > > > > > > > > > > > > A new shell script `bin/pulsar-shell` will be introduced. > `bin/pulsar > > > > > > shell` could be a valid alternative but it's not findable for a > > > newbie > > > > > user > > > > > > since no direct file exists. > > > > > > > > > > > > ## Implementation > > > > > > > > > > > > ### Concepts > > > > > > The new script `pulsar-shell` will differ from the existing for > the > > > > > > following reasons: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. It's a shell. When you start it, it will wait for commands to > be > > > > > > executed. After the command has been executed, despite its > result, > > > the > > > > > > shell session will not be destroyed and it will wait for another > > > > command. > > > > > > 2. Unifies all the CLI scripts. In `pulsar-shell` you'll be able > to > > > run > > > > > > all the existing CLI commands. This will be done in a way that > when a > > > > new > > > > > > command/option is added, the pulsar-shell will be updated > > > accordingly. > > > > > > 3. It comes with sophisticated autocompletion and command > history to > > > > > > highly improve the UX. > > > > > > 4. Performance. Since JVM is initiated once, it will gain on > > > > performance > > > > > > thanks to the JVM warmup and internal libraries bootstraps. > > > > > > 5. It will accept a file or a list of commands (parameter and > stdin) > > > to > > > > > > start a shell, run the commands and close the shell. We'll call > it > > > the > > > > > > `non-interactive` mode and it will ease the cluster operations > > > > > automations. > > > > > > > > > > > > Note that existing tools will not be removed/changed. > > > > > > > > > > > > ### Implementation > > > > > > > > > > > > The shell implementation will be developed in Java, using a > > > well-known > > > > > > library called [JLine 3](https://github.com/jline/jline3) for > the > > > > shell > > > > > > support. > > > > > > There will be a new main class that will extends the existing > class > > > > tools > > > > > > (e.g. `PulsarAdminTool`) > > > > > > > > > > > > #### Configuration > > > > > > The configuration file taken by default will be `client.conf`, > like > > > > > > current CLI tools. The env setup will be exactly the same as for > > > > > > `pulsar-admin` and `pulsar-client`. > > > > > > > > > > > > #### Autocompletion > > > > > > JLine3 has great support for autocompletion. The shell java class > > > will > > > > > > translate current `JCommander` tools to the JLine3 completion > API. > > > This > > > > > > will ensure that all APIs will be up-to-date and covered. > > > > > > > > > > > > #### History > > > > > > JLine3 has built-in support for history, both in-memory and > persisted > > > > (on > > > > > > local FS). By default the history will be persisted in the user > home > > > > > > directory. This feature can be turned off for security concerns > with > > > a > > > > > > configuration property. > > > > > > > > > > > > #### List of tools > > > > > > The proposal is to get the following tools: > > > > > > - bin/pulsar-admin > > > > > > - bin/pulsar-client > > > > > > - bin/pulsar-perf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ## Rejected Alternatives > > > > > > > > > > > > - Create a shell mode for `pulsar-admin`. This won't be a > flexible > > > > > > solution because then we may need the same for other tools. Also > it > > > > > doesn't > > > > > > cover the CLI unification part. > > > > > > - Create a brand-new shell mode. Not compatible with current CLI > and > > > > > > another tool to maintain. > > > > > > - Use another shell library. There are a couple of valid > alternatives > > > > to > > > > > > JLine3 but it's wide-spread and the autocompletion API is much > more > > > > > > flexible than others since it's not done with annotations (the > shell > > > > > needs > > > > > > to translate current JCommander definitions from existing tools) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nicolò Boschi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
