On 29-12-15 13:21, Rafael Weingärtner wrote:
> I got your point Daan.
> 
> Well, and if we linked a version of ACS with a time stamp in the format of
> DD.MM.YYYY?
> 

In that case you could also say.

ACS 4.6.0 == db ver X

You don't have to say ver >= X, you can also say ver = X.

> We could then use the time stamp in the same format to name upgrade
> routines. This way the idea of running all of the routines in between
> version during upgrades could be applied.
> 

Same goes for giving all database changes a simple numeric int which
keeps incrementing each time a change is applied ;)

Wido

> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Rafael,
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Rafael Weingärtner <
>> rafaelweingart...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Daan and Wido for your contributions, I will discuss them as
>>> follows.
>>>
>>> Daan, about the idea of per commit upgrades. Do you mean that we separate
>>> each change in the database that is introduced by PRs/Commits in a
>>> different file (routine upgrade) per ACS version?
>>> So we would have, V_480_A.sql (for a PR),V_480_B.sql (for another PR) and
>>> so forth
>>>
>>> If that is the case, we can achieve that using a simple convention naming
>>> as I suggested. Each developer when she/he needs to change or add
>> something
>>> in the database creates an upgrade routine separately and gives it an
>>> execution order to be taken by Flywaydb. I think that could help RMs to
>>> track and isolate the problem, right?
>>>
>> ​Yes, with one little caveat. We do not know in what version a feature/PR
>> will end up at the time of implementing, so a name containing the version
>> would not be ideal.
>> ​
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Wido, now I understand your example.
>>> I understand your worry about upgrade paths, and that is the point I want
>>> to discuss and solve. In your example, if we release a 4.6.0 and later a
>>> 4.5.3. You said that there would be no upgrade path from 4.5.3 to 4.6.0.
>>> Well, today that is what happens. However, if we change the technology we
>>> use to upgrade the database (using a tool such as Flywaydb) and if we
>>> define a standard to create upgrade routines that would not be a problem.
>>>
>>> As I have written in my first email, to go from a version to another we
>>> should be able to run all of the upgrade routines in between them
>>> (including the upgrade routine of the goal version). Therefore, if we
>>> release a version 4.6.0, and then 4.5.3, if someone upgrades to 4.5.3
>> from
>>> any other version, and then wants to upgrade to 4.6.0, that would not be
>> a
>>> problem, it would be a metter of running only the routine upgrade of
>> 4.6.0
>>> version. We do not need to explicitly create upgrade paths. They should
>> be
>>> implicit by our upgrade conventions.
>>>
>>> About creating versions of the code that rely on some version of the
>>> database. I do not like much because of compatibility issues that might
>>> arise. For instance, let’s say version X of ACS depends on version >=Y of
>>> the database. If I upgrade the database to version Y + 1 or +2, the same
>>> ACS version has to keep running nice and shiny. My worry is that may
>> bring
>>> some complications, such as to remove columns that cease to be used or
>> data
>>> structure that we might want to improve.
>>>
>>> I normally see that the database version and the code base are tied in a
>>> mapping 1 to 1. Maybe I am having troubles identifying the benefits of
>> that
>>> change.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time ;)
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 28-12-15 21:34, Rafael Weingärtner wrote:
>>>>> Hi Wido, Rohit,
>>>>> I have just read the feature suggestion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wido, I am not trying to complicate things, quite the opposite, I
>> just
>>>>> illustrate a simple thing that can happen and is happening; I just
>>>> pointed
>>>>> how it can be easily solved.
>>>>>
>>>>> About the release of .Z, releases more constant and others, I do not
>>> want
>>>>> to mix topics. Let’s keep this thread strict to discuss database
>>>> upgrades.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I do not want to start the release discussion, but what I meant is that
>>>> we try to find a technical solution to something which might be solved
>>>> easier by just changing the way we release.
>>>>
>>>> 4.6.0 is released and afterwards 4.5.3 is released. How does somebody
>>>> upgrade from 4.5.3 to 4.6.0? He can't, since the 4.6.0 code doesn't
>>>> support that path.
>>>>
>>>> So my idea is to split the database version from the code version.
>>>>
>>>> The code requires database version >= X and during boot it simply
>> checks
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> The database migration tool can indeed do the DB migration, it doesn't
>>>> have to be the mgmt server who does the upgrade.
>>>>
>>>>> Now, about the FS. I agree with Rohit that we should have only one
>> way
>>> of
>>>>> managing database upgrades and creation. I just do not like the idea
>> of
>>>>> creating a tool that work as a wrapper on frameworks/tools such as
>>>>> flywaydb. I think that those frameworks already work pretty good as
>>> they
>>>>> are; and, I would rather maintain configurations than some wrapper
>>> code.
>>>>>
>>>>> I personally like the way ACS works during upgrades (I just do not
>> like
>>>> the
>>>>> code itself and how things are structured), as a system
>> administrator I
>>>>> like to change the version in the
>>>> “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudstack.list”
>>>>> and use the "apt-get" "update" and "install" from the command line. I
>>> do
>>>>> not see the need to add another tool that is just a wrapper to the
>> mix.
>>>> If
>>>>> I update ACS code to 4.7.0, why would I let the database schema in an
>>>> older
>>>>> version? And if we want version DB schemas and application code
>>>> separately
>>>>> maintaining somehow compatibility between them, which would bring a
>>> whole
>>>>> other level of complexity to the code; I think we should avoid that.
>>>>>
>>>>> The flywaydb can be easily integrated with everything we have now; we
>>>> could
>>>>> have a maven profile for developers and integrate it in ACS bootstrap
>>>> using
>>>>> its API as a Spring bean. Therefore, we could remove the current
>>>>> “DatabaseUpgradeChecker “, “DbUpgrade” and other classes that aim to
>> do
>>>>> that. We could even add the creation of the schema into the first
>> time
>>> it
>>>>> boots using flywaydb and retire the “cloudstack-setup-database”
>> script,
>>>> or
>>>>> at least make it less complicated, using it just to configure the
>>>> database
>>>>> URL and users.
>>>>>
>>>>> The point is that to use Flywaydb we would have to agree upon a
>>>> convention
>>>>> on creating routines (java and SQL) to execute upgrades. Moreover,
>>> using
>>>> a
>>>>> tool such as Flywaydb we do not need to worry about upgrade paths.
>> As I
>>>>> wrote in the email I used to start this thread, the upgrade has to be
>>>>> straightforward, to go to a version we have to run all of the upgrade
>>>>> routines between the current version until the desired one. Our job
>> is
>>> to
>>>>> create upgrade routines that work and name them properly, the job of
>>> the
>>>>> tool is to check the current version, the desired one, the upgrades
>>> that
>>>> it
>>>>> needs to run and execute everything properly.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, indeed. I just wanted to start the discussion if we shouldn't
>>>> version the database differently from the code.
>>>>
>>>>> Additionally, I do not see the need to break compatibility as Rohit
>>>>> suggested in the FS; in my opinion, everything we have up today can
>> be
>>>>> migrated to the new structure I proposed. If we use a tool such as
>>>>> Flywaydb, I even volunteered for that. The only thing we have to
>>> discuss
>>>>> and agree upon is the naming conventions for upgrades routines, where
>>> to
>>>>> put them and the configurations for flywaydb.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your contribution and time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Rohit Yadav <
>>> rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Rafael and Wido,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for starting a conversation in this regard, I could not
>> pursue
>>>> the
>>>>>> Chimp tool due to other $dayjob work though it’s good to see some
>>>>>> discussion has started again. Hope we’ll solve this in 2016.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In my opinion, we will need to first separate the database
>>>> init/migration
>>>>>> tooling away from mgmt server (right now the mgmt server does db
>>>> migrations
>>>>>> when it starts and there is a code/db version mismatch) and secondly
>>>> make
>>>>>> sure that we’re using the same code/tool to deploy database (right
>>> now,
>>>>>> users use the cloudstack-setup-database python tool while developer
>>> use
>>>> the
>>>>>> maven/java DatabaseCreator activated by the -Ddeploydb flag).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After we’ve addressed these two issues we can look into how we can
>>>> support
>>>>>> minor releases workflow (or decide to do something else, like not
>>>> support
>>>>>> .Z releases like Wido mentioned), and see if we can or want to use
>> any
>>>>>> existing migration tool or write a wrapper tool “chimp” that uses
>>>> existing
>>>>>> tools (some of those are mentioned in the Chimp FS like flywaydb
>> etc).
>>>> For
>>>>>> allowing users to go back and forth from a db schema/version, we’ll
>>> also
>>>>>> need some new DB migration
>>> conventions/versioning/rules/static-checking,
>>>>>> and how developer need to write such paths (forward and reverse)
>> etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The best approach I figured at the time was to decide that we’ll use
>>> the
>>>>>> previous db upgrade path mechanism till a certain CloudStack version
>>>> (say
>>>>>> 4.8.0) and after that we’ll use the new approach or tooling to
>>>>>> upgrade/downgrade DB schemas (thereby retiring away from the old DB
>>>> upgrade
>>>>>> path mess).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> On 28-Dec-2015, at 9:10 PM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 28-12-15 16:21, Rafael Weingärtner wrote:
>>>>>>>> Thanks for your contribution Wido,
>>>>>>>> I have not seen Rohit’s email; I will take a look at it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ok, he has a FS here:
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+Chimp
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> About database schema changes happening only in X.Y, I also agree
>>> with
>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> (that is a convention we all could agree on, and such as conding
>> and
>>>>>>>> release procedures we could have a wiki page for that). However, I
>>>>>> think we
>>>>>>>> still might have scripts in versions X.Y.Z to add data to a table
>>> such
>>>>>> as
>>>>>>>> “guest_os_hypervisor”.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, that is true. A bugfix could be a addition into the database,
>>> but
>>>>>>> we have to prevent it as much as possible.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The point to manage such scripts is that, if we are in version
>> such
>>> as
>>>>>>>> 4.7.0 and a new script emerges in version 4.5.3, we would have to
>>>>>> decide to
>>>>>>>> run or not to run it. I would rather not run them, since if they
>> add
>>>>>>>> something to the code base; those changes should also be applied
>>> into
>>>>>>>> master and as a consequence it will be available in a future
>> update.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I understand, but this is where our release cycle becomes the
>>> problem.
>>>>>>> It is because we release a X.Y.Z release we run into these kind of
>>>>>> problems.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If we as a project simple do not release the .Z releases we would
>> be
>>>>>>> fine as well ;)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can try to complicate things with technical things, or if we
>>>> release
>>>>>>> every two / three weeks we don't run into these kind of situations
>> :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We might even cut the database version loose from the code version.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Database version is simple 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105. And a code
>>>>>>> version requires a certain version of the database.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wido
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Wido den Hollander <
>>> w...@widodh.nl>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 28-12-15 14:16, Rafael Weingärtner wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hi all devs,
>>>>>>>>>> First of all, sorry the long text, but I hope we can start a
>>>>>> discussion
>>>>>>>>>> here and improve that part of ACS.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> A while ago I have faced the code that Apache CloudStack (ACS)
>>> uses
>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> upgrade from a version to newer one and that did not seem to be
>> a
>>>> good
>>>>>>>>> way
>>>>>>>>>> to execute our upgrades. Therefore, I decided to use some time
>> to
>>>>>> search
>>>>>>>>>> for alternatives.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think we all saw that happen once or more :)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I have read some material about versioning of scripts used to
>>>> upgrade
>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>> database (DB) of a system and went through some frameworks that
>>>> could
>>>>>>>>> help
>>>>>>>>>> us.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In the literature of software engineering, it is firmly stated
>>> that
>>>> we
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>> to version DB scripts as we do with the source code of the
>>>>>> application,
>>>>>>>>>> using the baseline approach. Gladly, we were not that bad at
>> this
>>>>>> point,
>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>> already versioned our routines for DB upgrade (.sql and .java).
>>>>>>>>> Therefore,
>>>>>>>>>> it seemed that we just did not have used a practical approach to
>>>> help
>>>>>> us
>>>>>>>>>> during DB upgrades.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> From my readings and looking at the ACS source code I raised the
>>>>>>>>> following
>>>>>>>>>> requirement:
>>>>>>>>>> • We should be able to write more than one routine to upgrade
>> to a
>>>>>>>>>> version; those routines can be written in Java and SQL. We might
>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>>>> than a routine to be executed for each version and we should be
>>> able
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> define an order of execution. Additionally, to go to an upper
>>>>>> version, we
>>>>>>>>>> have to run all of the routines from smaller versions first,
>> until
>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>> achieve the desired version.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We could also add another requirement that is the downgrade
>> from a
>>>>>>>>> version,
>>>>>>>>>> which we currently do not support. With that comes my first
>>> question
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>> discussion:
>>>>>>>>>> • Do we want/need a method to downgrade from a version to a
>>> previous
>>>>>>>>> one?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I personally do not care. Usually people should create a backup
>>> PRIOR
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> a upgrade. If that fails they can restore the backup.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I found an explanation for not supporting downgrades, and I
>> liked
>>>> it:
>>>>>>>>>> http://flywaydb.org/documentation/faq.html#downgrade
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So, what I devised for us:
>>>>>>>>>> First the bureaucracy part - our migrations occur basically in
>>> three
>>>>>> (3)
>>>>>>>>>> steps, first we have a "prepare script", then a cleanup script
>> and
>>>>>>>>> finally
>>>>>>>>>> the migration per se that is written in Java, at least, that is
>>> what
>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>>> expect when reading the interface
>>> “com.cloud.upgrade.dao.DbUpgrade”.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Additionally, our scripts have the following naming convention:
>>>>>>>>>> schema-<currentVersion>to<desiredVersion>, which in IMHO may
>> cause
>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>>> confusion because at first sight we may think that from the same
>>>>>> version
>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>> could have different paths to an upper version, which in
>> practice
>>> is
>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>> happening. Instead of a <currentVersion>to<version> we could
>>> simply
>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>>>> V_<numberOfVersion>_<sequencial>.<fileExtension>, giving that,
>> we
>>>>>> have to
>>>>>>>>>> execute all of the V_<version> scripts that are smaller than the
>>>>>> version
>>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>>>> want to upgrade.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> To clarify what I am saying, I will use an example. Let’s say we
>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>>> installed ACS and ran the cloudstack-setup-database. That
>> command
>>>> will
>>>>>>>>>> create a database schema in version 4.0.0. To upgrade that
>> schema
>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> version 4.3.0 (it is just an example, it could be any other
>>>> version),
>>>>>> ACS
>>>>>>>>>> will use the following mapping:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> _upgradeMap.put("4.0.0", new DbUpgrade[] {new Upgrade40to41(),
>> new
>>>>>>>>>> Upgrade410to420(), new Upgrade420to421(), new Upgrade421to430())
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> After loading the mapping, ACS will execute the scripts defined
>> in
>>>>>> each
>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>>> of the Upgrade path classes and the migration code per se.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Now, let’s say we change the “.sql” scripts name to the pattern
>> I
>>>>>>>>>> mentioned, we would have the following scripts; those are the
>>>> scripts
>>>>>>>>> found
>>>>>>>>>> that aim to upgrade to versions between the interval 4.0.0 –
>> 4.3.0
>>>>>>>>>> (considering 4.3.0, since that is the goal version):
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> - schema-40to410, can be named to: V_410_A.sql
>>>>>>>>>> - schema-40to410-cleanup, can be named to: V_410_B.sql
>>>>>>>>>> - schema-410to420, can be named to: V_420_A.sql
>>>>>>>>>> - schema-410to420-cleanup , can be named to: V_420_b.sql
>>>>>>>>>> - schema-420to421, can be named to: V_421_A.sql
>>>>>>>>>> - schema-421to430, can be named to: V_430_A.sql
>>>>>>>>>> - schema-421to430-cleanup, can be named to: V_430_B.sql
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Additionally, all of the java code would have to follow the same
>>>>>>>>>> convention. For instance, we have
>>>>>> “com.cloud.upgrade.dao.Upgrade40to41”,
>>>>>>>>>> which has some java code to migrate from 4.0.0 to 4.1.0. The
>> idea
>>> is
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> extract that migration code to a Java class named: V_410_C.java,
>>>>>> giving
>>>>>>>>>> that it has to execute the SQL scripts before the java code.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In order to go from a smaller version (4.0.0) to an upper one
>>>>>> (4.3.0), we
>>>>>>>>>> have to run all of the migration routines from intermediate
>>>> versions.
>>>>>>>>> That
>>>>>>>>>> is what we are already doing, but we do all of that manually.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Bottom line, I think we could simple use the convention
>>>>>>>>>> V_<numberOfVersion>_<sequencial>.<fileExtension> to name upgrade
>>>>>>>>> routines.
>>>>>>>>>> That would facilitate us to use a framework to help us with that
>>>>>> process.
>>>>>>>>>> Additionally, I believe that we should always assume that to go
>>>> from a
>>>>>>>>>> smaller version to a higher one, we should run all of the
>> scripts
>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> exist between them. What do you guys think of that?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That seems good to me. But we still have to prevent that we
>> perform
>>>>>>>>> database changes in a X.Y.Z release since that is branched off
>> to a
>>>>>>>>> different branch.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Imho database changes should only happen in X.Y releases.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> After the bureaucracy, we can discuss tools. If we use that
>>>>>> convention to
>>>>>>>>>> name migration (upgrade) routines, we can start thinking on
>> tools
>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> support our migration process. I found two (2) promising ones:
>>>>>> Liquibase
>>>>>>>>>> and Flywaydb (both seem to be under Apache license, but the
>> first
>>>> one
>>>>>> has
>>>>>>>>>> an enterprise version?!). After reading the documentation and
>> some
>>>>>> usage
>>>>>>>>>> examples I found the flywaydb easier and simpler to use.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> What are the options of tools that we can use to help us manage
>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> database upgrade, without needing to code the upgrade path that
>>> you
>>>>>> know?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> After that, I think we should decide if we should create another
>>>>>>>>>> project/component to take care of migrations, or we can just add
>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> dependency of the tool to a project such as “cloud-framework-db”
>>> and
>>>>>>>>> start
>>>>>>>>>> using it.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The “cloud-framework-db” project seems to have a focus on other
>>>> things
>>>>>>>>> such
>>>>>>>>>> as managing transactions and generating SQLs from annotations
>> (?!?
>>>>>> That
>>>>>>>>>> should be a topic for another discussion). Therefore, I would
>>> rather
>>>>>>>>> create
>>>>>>>>>> a new project that has the specific goal of managing ACS DB
>>>> upgrades.
>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>> would also move all of the routines (SQL and Java) to this new
>>>>>> project.
>>>>>>>>>> This project would be a module of the CloudStack project and it
>>>> would
>>>>>>>>>> execute the upgrade routines at the startup of ACS.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I believe that going from a homemade solution to one that is
>> more
>>>>>>>>>> consolidated and used by other communities would be the way to
>> go.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I can volunteer myself to create a PR with the aforementioned
>>>> changes
>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> using flywaydb to manage our upgrades. However, I prefer to
>> have a
>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>>>> discussion with other devs first, before starting coding.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do you have suggestions or points that should be raised before
>> we
>>>>>> start
>>>>>>>>>> working on that?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Rohit suggested Chimp earlier this year:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cloudstack-dev/201508.mbox/%3c677bd09f-fc75-4888-8dc8-2b7af7439...@shapeblue.com%3E
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The thread is called: "[DISCUSS] Let's fix CloudStack Upgrades
>> and
>>> DB
>>>>>>>>> migrations with CloudStack Chimp"
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Maybe there is something good in there.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Rafael Weingärtner
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards.
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>>
>>
>>
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