I’d say let’s do it. But if we want to do it for 2.6.0 then it’s be great
to put up a PR asap so it doesn’t block the release. I’m hoping to get the
RC0 out this week

On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 4:41 AM Nick Dimiduk <ndimi...@apache.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 6:12 PM Andrew Purtell <apurt...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > I disagree. We can keep the current defaults AND deprecate
> > ZKConnectionRegistry as a warning to users that things will change in
> > future releases. That is the entire reason for deprecation, yes?
> >
>
> Indeed. For me, there is value in introducing the Deprecation warnings as
> early as possible, to give folks forewarning. So I suggest that we mark it
> deprecated in 2.6, it is no longer the default connection mechanism in 3.0,
> and it is removed in 4.0.
>
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 4:53 AM Nick Dimiduk <ndimi...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 1:39 PM Istvan Toth <st...@cloudera.com.invalid
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I checked our compatibility promise just now:
> > > > https://hbase.apache.org/book.html#hbase.versioning
> > > >
> > > > If we consider the way we use properties to define the cluster
> > > connection a
> > > > part of the client API
> > > > (and I personally do) then we cannot remove the ZK registry
> > > > functionality before 4.0, even
> > > > if it is deprecated in 2.6.
> > > >
> > >
> > > This makes sense -- thanks for keeping me honest, Istvan.
> > >
> > > So then, with no current plan to make HBase run without ZooKeeper,
> > there's
> > > really no need to deprecate the ZKConnectionRegistry. A ZooKeeper
> quorum
> > > connection string will continue to be a supported part of our supported
> > > client-facing interface until we have a reason to discard it? I'm fine
> > with
> > > this decision. If that's the consensus, we can close HBASE-23324 as
> Won't
> > > Fix.
> > >
> > > Let's see if any other voices join the thread.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM 张铎(Duo Zhang) <palomino...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > For 3.0.0, after moving the replication things out, there is no
> > > > > persistent data on zookeeper now. So it is possible to move off
> > > > > zookeeper now, of course, we still need at least something like
> etcd,
> > > > > as we need an external system to track the living region servers...
> > > > >
> > > > > And I think the registry interface is for connecting to a HBase
> > > > > cluster from outside, it does not need to know the internal
> > > > > implementation of HBase, i.e, whether to make use of zookeeper.
> > > > > For me, I think a possible problem is that we expose the meta
> > location
> > > > > in registry interface, since the splittable meta feature has been
> > > > > restarted, if later we support multiple meta regions in HBase, we
> > will
> > > > > need extra works if we still want to keep the zk based registry...
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks.
> > > > >
> > > > > Nick Dimiduk <ndimi...@apache.org> 于2024年3月1日周五 16:25写道:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 at 07:47, Istvan Toth
> > <st...@cloudera.com.invalid
> > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > That's a pretty fundamental change, and would break a lot of
> use
> > > > cases
> > > > > and
> > > > > > > applications that hard-code the assumption of the ZK registry.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > To the best of my knowledge, the znode structure in ZooKeeper has
> > > never
> > > > > > been a part of our public API. I have no sympathy for systems
> that
> > > > assume
> > > > > > its presence.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Making a breaking change like removing the previous default
> > > connection
> > > > > > > method in a minor version also feels wrong.
> > > > > > > (It may go against the compatibility policy, though I haven't
> > > > checked)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is a fair argument.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think it would be better to deprecate it in 3.0 and remove it
> in
> > > 4.0,
> > > > > or
> > > > > > > at least deprecate it in 2.6 and remove it in 4.0.
> > > > > > > This is how the HBase 2.x API changes were handled, where the
> > > removal
> > > > > of
> > > > > > > the old HBase 1.x APIs were targeted to 3.0.
> > > > > > > The ZK registry code is small, and doesn't cost much to keep in
> > the
> > > > > > > codebase.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And in fact, I now realize that something like it will continue
> to
> > > > exist
> > > > > > even after the class is removed from our public API because I
> > suspect
> > > > > that
> > > > > > the HMaster will need to use it in order to bootstrap itself.
> > Still,
> > > it
> > > > > > could be moved into hbase-server and kept as an internal concern.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > So then, should we not deprecate it at all? We let the RPC
> > > > implementation
> > > > > > flip over as default in 3.0, but the ZK implementation sticks
> > around
> > > > into
> > > > > > perpetuity? As far as I know, we have no plan to move off of
> > > ZooKeeper
> > > > > > entirely ; etcd and RAFT are still just talk, right? If there’s
> > > nothing
> > > > > to
> > > > > > motivate its complete removal, I guess there no reason to
> deprecate
> > > it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > Nick
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 12:15 AM Andrew Purtell <
> > apurt...@apache.org>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > +1 for deprecating ZKConnectionRegistry beginning with/in
> > 2.6.0.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 2:30 AM Nick Dimiduk <
> > > ndimi...@apache.org>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Heya,
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > We have long had the ambition to get away from ZooKeeper as
> > the
> > > > > means
> > > > > > > by
> > > > > > > > > which a client interfaces with an HBase cluster. The
> > > > > ConnectionRegistry
> > > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > introduced in 2.0 as part of the asynchronous client
> > > > implementation
> > > > > > > [0],
> > > > > > > > > then called the ClusterRegistry. The name changed and a new
> > > > > > > > implementation
> > > > > > > > > backed by an HMaster endpoint was introduced, called the
> > > > > > > > > MasterConnectionRegistry. That implementation was made more
> > > > > generic as
> > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > RpcConnectionRegistry, which can be backed by HMaster or
> > > > > RegionServer
> > > > > > > > > processes. Finally, many of the teething issues [1] with
> the
> > > > > > > > > RpcConnectionRegistry have been worked out. As of now,
> > > > > > > > > RpcConnectionRegistry is the default path for client
> cluster
> > > > > access on
> > > > > > > > > branch-3 [2].
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > With 2.6 upon us, we'd like to formalize the deprecation
> > cycle
> > > > for
> > > > > > > client
> > > > > > > > > implementations connecting to a cluster using the
> > > > > ZKConnectionRegistry.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I have been using the RpcConnectionRegistry in several
> > > > deployments
> > > > > > > since
> > > > > > > > > the 2.4 release line. In a deployment without using secured
> > > > > > > connections,
> > > > > > > > > it's a drop-in replacement. For secured deployments, it's
> > > > simpler,
> > > > > > > > because
> > > > > > > > > clients don't need to be granted ZooKeeper connection
> > > > credentials.
> > > > > > > > Movement
> > > > > > > > > of RPC burden from the ZooKeeper cluster to Region Servers
> is
> > > > > really
> > > > > > > nice
> > > > > > > > > for spreading out the load.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Maybe others have deployed the feature as well and have
> some
> > > > > experience
> > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > report back?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Based on my experience, I am in favor of marking
> > > > > ZKConnectionRegistry
> > > > > > > as
> > > > > > > > > Deprecated starting in 2.6 with a plan to remove it in 3.1
> > ...
> > > or
> > > > > 3.2
> > > > > > > if
> > > > > > > > > necessary.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > What do you say? Any objections?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > > > > > Nick
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > [0]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-15921
> > > > > > > > > [1]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-26149
> > > > > > > > > [2]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-26174
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > Best regards,
> > > > > > > > Andrew
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Unrest, ignorance distilled, nihilistic imbeciles -
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> > > > > > > > Bring us the fitting end that we’ve been counting on
> > > > > > > >    - A23, Welcome, Apocalypse
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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> > Andrew
> >
> > Unrest, ignorance distilled, nihilistic imbeciles -
> >     It's what we’ve earned
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