The proposal sounds really useful, especially for automated testing. +1 Enrico
Il giorno sab 15 apr 2023 alle ore 12:07 Xiangying Meng <xiangy...@apache.org> ha scritto: > > Dear Girish, > > Thank you for your response and suggestion to extend the use of the > `boolean force` flag for namespaces and tenants. > I understand that the `force` flag is already implemented for deleting > topics, namespaces, and tenants, > and it provides a consistent way to perform these actions. > > However, the current goal is to keep the tenant and namespace intact while > cleaning up their contents. > In other words, I want to have a way to remove all topics within a > namespace or all namespaces and topics > within a tenant without actually deleting the namespace or tenant itself. > > To achieve this goal, I proposed adding a `clear` command for `namespaces` > and `tenants`. > > This approach would allow users to keep the tenant and namespace structures > in place > while cleaning up their contents. > I hope this clarifies my intention, and I would like to hear your thoughts > on this proposal. > > Best regards, > Xiangying > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 5:49 PM Girish Sharma <scrapmachi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello Xiangying, > > This indeed is a cumbersome task to delete a filled namespace or tenant. We > > face this challenge in our organization where we use the multi-tenancy > > feature of pulsar heavily. > > > > I would like to suggest a different command to do this though.. Similar to > > how you cannot delete a topic without deleting its > > subscribers/producers/consumers, unless we use the `boolean force` flag. > > Why not extend this to namespace and tenant as well and let the force param > > do the cleanup (which your suggested `clear` command would do). > > > > As of today, using force to delete a namespace just returns 405 saying > > broker doesn't allow force delete of namespace containing topics. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 3:07 PM Xiangying Meng <xiangy...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Dear Apache Pulsar Community, > > > > > > I hope this email finds you well.I am writing to suggest a potential > > > improvement to the Pulsar-admin tool, > > > which I believe could simplify the process of cleaning up tenants and > > > namespaces in Apache Pulsar. > > > > > > Currently, cleaning up all the namespaces and topics within a tenant or > > > cleaning up all the topics within a namespace requires several manual > > > steps, > > > such as listing the namespaces, listing the topics, and then deleting > > each > > > topic individually. > > > This process can be time-consuming and error-prone for users. > > > > > > To address this issue, I propose the addition of a "clear" parameter to > > the > > > Pulsar-admin tool, > > > which would automate the cleanup process for tenants and namespaces. > > Here's > > > a conceptual implementation: > > > > > > 1. To clean up all namespaces and topics within a tenant: > > > ``` bash > > > pulsar-admin tenants clear <tenant-name> > > > ``` > > > 2. To clean up all topics within a namespace: > > > ```bash > > > pulsar-admin namespaces clear <tenant-name>/<namespace-name> > > > ``` > > > > > > By implementing these new parameters, users would be able to perform > > > cleanup operations more efficiently and with fewer manual steps. > > > I believe this improvement would greatly enhance the user experience when > > > working with Apache Pulsar. > > > > > > I'd like to discuss the feasibility of this suggestion and gather > > feedback > > > from the community. > > > If everyone agrees, I can work on implementing this feature and submit a > > > pull request for review. > > > > > > Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > Xiangying > > > > > > > > > -- > > Girish Sharma > >
