Thanks guys! Created an Epic (MESOS-3918 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-3918>) to track.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 2:31 AM, Bernd Mathiske <be...@mesosphere.io> wrote: > +1 - go for it! > > > On Nov 11, 2015, at 12:45 AM, Jie Yu <yujie....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Fetcher was originally designed to fetch CommandInfo::URIs (e.g., > executor > > binary) for executors/tasks. A recent refactor (MESOS-336 > > <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-336>) added caching > support to > > the fetcher. The recent work on filesystem isolation/unified > containerizer ( > > MESOS-2840 <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-2840>) requires > > Mesos to fetch filesystem images (e.g., APPC/DOCKER images) as well. The > > natural question is: can we leverage the fetcher to fetch those > filesystem > > images (and cache them accordingly)? Unfortunately, the existing fetcher > > interface is tightly coupled with CommandInfo::URIs for executors/tasks, > > making it very hard to be re-used to fetch/cache filesystem images. > > > > Another motivation for the refactor is that we want to extend the fetcher > > to support more types of schemes. For instance, we want to support magnet > > URI to enable p2p fetching. This is in fact quite important for > operating a > > large cluster (MESOS-3596 < > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-3596>). > > The goal here is to allow fetcher to be extended (e.g., using modules) so > > that operators can add custom fetching support. > > > > I proposed a solution in this doc > > < > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p8tmQrGtxG6keZVo19gvHPr9WHxeny6PHTVofcLWqco/edit?usp=sharing > >. > > The main idea is to decouple artifacts fetching from artifacts cache > > management. We can make artifacts fetching extensible (e.g. to support > p2p > > fetching), and solve the cache management part later. > > > > Let me know your thoughts! Thanks! > > > > - Jie > >
