Hi Nicolò Boschi, The Pulsar Shell is really cool and I like it. And also I have a question:
> I'd like to target this feature for 2.11 Will it be possible to use Pulsar Shell in the legacy version of Pulsar, in other words, could we cherry-pick the PR to another branch easily? Thanks, Xiaoyu Hou Nicolò Boschi <boschi1...@gmail.com> 于2022年7月1日周五 20:40写道： > I updated the issue linking all the implementations pull requests. > If you open the issue you will be able to see 2 videos that better explain > how the tool works. > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues/16250 > > Let me know if you have any feedbacks > > I'd like to target this feature for 2.11 > > BR, > Nicolò Boschi > > > Il giorno mar 28 giu 2022 alle ore 10:06 Nicolò Boschi < > boschi1...@gmail.com> > ha scritto: > > > Hi all, > > > > I opened a new PIP about Pulsar CLI tools. > > Looking forward to seeing comments and suggestions. > > > > PIP: https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues/16250 > > > > I posted a short video that shows how the new tool will work: > > > > > https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/23314389/176125261-35e123a1-1826-4553-b912-28d00914c0e4.mp4 > > > > > > > > > > ## Motivation > > > > Currently Pulsar comes with a couple of utility scripts with the goal of > > managing an existing cluster, test behaviours and verify performances: > > these tools are available as SH script inside the `bin` directory. > > The `pulsar-admin` is the CLI tool supposed to help users and operators > to > > configure the system, operate over policies, install functions and much > > else. > > > > This proposal basically aims to solve two different problems: > > > > 1. `pulsar-admin` is terribly slow. Every time the script is triggered, a > > new JVM process is spawned. The JVM process creation is heavy and most of > > the time is spent by the JVM initialization process. A very common use > case > > for cluster operators is to create scripts with several commands with the > > goal of initialize the cluster, initialize a specific tenant (namespaces, > > topics, policies, functions..); in this case, one JVM is initialized for > > each scripts leads to waste of time and resources. > > > > 2. User experience. The current design of the Pulsar CLIs can be > improved. > > There are a couple of aspects that may be annoying for a user and can > > discourage a user to use Pulsar. > > 1. Poking around available commands and options in a CLI tool > > (`pulsar-admin` for instance, but it's the same for `pulsar-perf` and > > `pulsar-client`) is slow and hard. In order to discover commands and > > options you need to use `-h` option and, since the performance issue > > pointed at 1., it can be annoying and time-consuming. Autocomplete > feature > > could be a real game-changer in this context. > > 2. Different CLI tools. There are a couple of different shell > scripts. > > They have different goals and it's okay to keep them separated. However, > > they raise a barrier for a non Pulsar expert that doesn't have a > convenient > > entry-point. > > > > ## Goal > > > > Address all the issues in the previous section with a single solution. > > > > ## API Changes > > > > A new shell script `bin/pulsar-shell` will be introduced. `bin/pulsar > > shell` could be a valid alternative but it's not findable for a newbie > user > > since no direct file exists. > > > > ## Implementation > > > > ### Concepts > > The new script `pulsar-shell` will differ from the existing for the > > following reasons: > > > > 1. It's a shell. When you start it, it will wait for commands to be > > executed. After the command has been executed, despite its result, the > > shell session will not be destroyed and it will wait for another command. > > 2. Unifies all the CLI scripts. In `pulsar-shell` you'll be able to run > > all the existing CLI commands. This will be done in a way that when a new > > command/option is added, the pulsar-shell will be updated accordingly. > > 3. It comes with sophisticated autocompletion and command history to > > highly improve the UX. > > 4. Performance. Since JVM is initiated once, it will gain on performance > > thanks to the JVM warmup and internal libraries bootstraps. > > 5. It will accept a file or a list of commands (parameter and stdin) to > > start a shell, run the commands and close the shell. We'll call it the > > `non-interactive` mode and it will ease the cluster operations > automations. > > > > Note that existing tools will not be removed/changed. > > > > ### Implementation > > > > The shell implementation will be developed in Java, using a well-known > > library called [JLine 3](https://github.com/jline/jline3) for the shell > > support. > > There will be a new main class that will extends the existing class tools > > (e.g. `PulsarAdminTool`) > > > > #### Configuration > > The configuration file taken by default will be `client.conf`, like > > current CLI tools. The env setup will be exactly the same as for > > `pulsar-admin` and `pulsar-client`. > > > > #### Autocompletion > > JLine3 has great support for autocompletion. The shell java class will > > translate current `JCommander` tools to the JLine3 completion API. This > > will ensure that all APIs will be up-to-date and covered. > > > > #### History > > JLine3 has built-in support for history, both in-memory and persisted (on > > local FS). By default the history will be persisted in the user home > > directory. This feature can be turned off for security concerns with a > > configuration property. > > > > #### List of tools > > The proposal is to get the following tools: > > - bin/pulsar-admin > > - bin/pulsar-client > > - bin/pulsar-perf > > > > > > ## Rejected Alternatives > > > > - Create a shell mode for `pulsar-admin`. This won't be a flexible > > solution because then we may need the same for other tools. Also it > doesn't > > cover the CLI unification part. > > - Create a brand-new shell mode. Not compatible with current CLI and > > another tool to maintain. > > - Use another shell library. There are a couple of valid alternatives to > > JLine3 but it's wide-spread and the autocompletion API is much more > > flexible than others since it's not done with annotations (the shell > needs > > to translate current JCommander definitions from existing tools) > > > > > > > > > > Nicolò Boschi > > >
