+1 Great work! Thanks, Hang
PengHui Li <codelipeng...@gmail.com> 于2022年7月4日周一 19:36写道： > > + 1 > > Penghui > On Jul 4, 2022, 18:22 +0800, Dezhi Liu <dezhi...@apache.org>, wrote: > > +1, Great Job. > > > > Thanks, > > Dezhi > > > > On 2022/06/28 08:06:01 Nicolò Boschi wrote: > > > 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 > > >
