Hi Kit, Thanks for the advise, I will do some benchmark with redis and maybe write a small GO application to fill our end, I think the stats way probably not made for such thing
Thanks for the help Thanks, Di Li > On Dec 9, 2016, at 3:52 PM, Shu Kit Chan <chanshu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I honestly don't know if your model can support million lines. I guess > you just have to stress test to make sure. > > For the redis way, I find that to be fine for some modest work load > (e.g. 5K rps) . But beyond that, you just need to stress test that and > perhaps need to tune it or use other similar solutions. The takeaway > is that you need a scalable fast store for your lookups and that you > can occasionally update these lookups. > > Thanks. > > Kit > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 3:38 PM, Di Li <di...@apple.com> wrote: >> Hi Kit, >> >> Thanks for the suggestion, do you think it will be a problem to use the >> ts.stats way to maintain a key value pair, I don’t need that to be >> persistent, as long as it can be shared between requests. >> >> For example, if I just want to do a access control and use the src_ip + >> domain as key , and I don’t have to do the action for the values >> >> 1.1.1.1_youtube.com = 1 >> 2.2.2.2_google.com = 1 >> … >> … >> >> do you think this model will work for support millions lines like this ? I >> check the code a little bit, eventually it use the hash, I don’t think it >> will cause a issue as the rule grows. >> >> I like the idea for a local redis way, but if I have to call the local redis >> for every single request, it probably won’t scale ? >> >> Thanks, >> Di Li >> >> >> >> >> >> On Dec 9, 2016, at 3:20 PM, Shu Kit Chan <chanshu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Yeah. That's right. It won't work the way you intended. >> >> you probably need an external source of truth as your trigger. e.g. a >> local redis store. >> So you have some cron to keep checking some URL and update a key in >> the local redis store. >> And then you have lua script to check the key in the local redis store >> and make decision based on that. >> >> Thanks. >> >> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Di Li <di...@apple.com> wrote: >> >> looks like so far only thing that’s not request lifetime is that >> ts.stat_create and find >> >> >> Thanks, >> Di Li >> >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> + SHIELD :: Self-Service Load-Balancer (LB) and Web App Firewall (WAF) >> + http://shield.apple.com >> + >> + SHIELD classes: >> + >> http://shield.apple.com/FAQ/doku.php?id=start#shield_classes_trainings_tutorials >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >> >> On Dec 9, 2016, at 11:21 AM, Di Li <di...@apple.com> wrote: >> >> I just did a quick test with counter = counter + 1 , and seems that global >> lua table has the same lifetime as the request. >> >> is there any way I can store data beyond the request lifetime ? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Di Li >> >> >> >> >> On Dec 9, 2016, at 10:23 AM, Di Li <di...@apple.com> wrote: >> >> Hey Kit, >> >> >> Thanks for taking time to respond my emails, I still have some confusions, >> hopefully you can help me understand more about those pieces. >> >> The background here is we are trying to do a forward proxy, the reason I was >> thinking about using ts.schedule is that it can keep get the latest our >> control data from a external end point like whatever NOSQL family solution >> via ts.fetch, so that we don’t have to depends on the __init__ function with >> which we have to restart the traffic server to get latest data. The __init__ >> function can be used to serve the first fetch of data, this is what in my >> mind at beginning. >> >> Looks like the pieces I missed here is a shared_lua_dict part, that other >> lua script won’t be able to access whatever that scheduler fetched. >> >> Now I’m thinking a different path to make this happen, maybe not ideal, but >> maybe gonna work, what if I have a do_global_read_request (we are forward >> proxy, we don’t have remap rules) and checks where the a request being >> called, and where I can match our control fetch, and then that will fetch >> the data from a external point that has our control data and update the >> GLOBAL variable, which will be used in the same script. >> >> ============================ >> >> local control_data = {} >> >> function __init__() >> -- do whatever the logic to fetch a external endpoint, and update lua table >> control_data, >> -- maybe use luasocket to do that >> end >> >> >> >> function control_request() >> >> local url_host = ts.client_request.get_url_host() >> >> if url_host == '127.0.0.1' then >> -- for example this is our local cron call to update the control_data >> table, could match with IP or whatever make sense. >> -- ts.fetch our endpoint to get control_data >> >> local res = ts.fetch(url, {method = 'GET', header=hdr}) >> if res.status == 200 then >> -- parse result, and update the contorl_data >> end >> >> else >> -- this is client normal call, check if our control_data has logic on it, >> for example simple allow or not >> if control_data[url_host] == 'allow' then >> return 0 >> else >> -- this is not allow >> ts.http.set_resp(403) >> return 0 >> end >> return 0 >> end >> >> >> function do_global_read_request() >> ts.hook(TS_LUA_HOOK_READ_REQUEST_HDR, control_request) >> return 0 >> end >> =============================== >> >> If I understand this correctly, the init will only be called once at traffic >> server start up, and then all the rest request will go through >> do_global_read_request logic (we are forward proxy). >> >> two questions here: >> >> 1. with this work flow, after init, I will have a control_data table, and if >> I update it by local calls from 127.0.0.1 and update that control_data >> table, does the following requests check the control_data with new data or >> still the initialized data by init ? >> >> 2. ts.fetch’s context is after_do_remap, you mentioned that yesterday, I >> don’t have the do_remap(), but do_global_read_request(), I call the fetch >> inside a Hook, I should be OK ? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Di Li >> >> >> >> >> On Dec 8, 2016, at 4:27 PM, Shu Kit Chan <chanshu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 1) No. you don't need to do anything in txn close hook. >> >> 2) See the example in the documentation. I think we can definitely >> improve the text a bit. What it means is that you need to add a hook >> inside do_remap and ts.schedule() can only be called inside that hook >> function. >> It is similar to >> https://docs.trafficserver.apache.org/en/latest/developer-guide/api/functions/TSContSchedule.en.html >> However, inside ts_lua we only support net and task. >> >> 3) There is an example (the second one) close to the beginning of the >> doc - >> https://docs.trafficserver.apache.org/en/latest/admin-guide/plugins/ts_lua.en.html >> >> 4) we don't have this for now. Suggestions/patches are welcome. >> >> IMHO, you don't need to use ts.schedule() . You can directly use >> luasocket inside __init__ function since this is run inside >> TSPluginInit(). You can use global variable to store the results you >> want similar to the __init__ example in the document . >> However, pls be aware that we instantiate multiple lua state and thus >> we run __init__ for each of those state so it may result in a slow >> startup time for you. See jira - >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TS-4994 for a patch for this. >> >> Thanks. Let me know if i can provide any more help. >> >> Kit >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 3:52 PM, Di Li <di...@apple.com> wrote: >> >> Hey Guys, >> >> Several questions about the ts-lua , just start to use it, so some question >> may seem very simple >> >> 1. question about log part “[globalHookHandler] has txn hook -> adding txn >> close hook handler to release resources” >> >> for example I’m using the following code, and the debug log shows above log >> , do I need to do anything to handle a txt close hook to release the >> resource, or I should just ignore the log >> >> >> function do_some_work() >> - - do some logic >> return 0 >> end >> >> >> function do_global_read_request() >> ts.debug('this is do_global_read_request') >> ts.hook(TS_LUA_HOOK_READ_REQUEST_HDR, do_some_work) >> return 0 >> end >> >> >> 2. question for ts.schedule >> >> what does “after do_remap” means, is that after hook TS_HTTP_POST_REMAP_HOOK >> ? >> what are the types in “ THREAD_TYPE” other than the one in the example >> "TS_LUA_THREAD_POOL_NET”, and what’s the different between those types. >> >> >> ts.schedule >> syntax: ts.schedule(THREAD_TYPE, sec, FUNCTION, param1?, param2?, ...) >> context: after do_remap >> >> >> 3. init function being called when traffic_server starts >> >> is there a init function being called when traffic_server starts, like the >> following in nginx >> >> https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module#init_worker_by_lua >> >> >> 4. Global shared lua dict >> >> is there a global shared lua dict, that will not has the lift time as >> ts.ctx, something like lua_shared_dict in nginx ? >> >> >> What I’m trying to do here is that when traffic server starts up, it will >> try to call a init script, which will init a scheduler to fetch a url either >> internal or external and get that response store to a shared_lua_dict as >> key/value pairs, and later on each of the request comes to the ATS will try >> to check the key/values use that shared_lua_dict. With that in mind, I need >> to understand those 4 questions above. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> Di Li >> >> >> >> >> >>
