Hi,
Thanks Isuru for the suggestion.
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Gayan Gunarathne <gay...@wso2.com> wrote:
> +1
> Yeah I think it should be a json array.
> IMO we can use mygroup1.mygroup1mysql1 sort of a naming for identify the
> dendencies as it improves the readability of the alias.WDYT?
>
> Thanks,
> Gayan
>
> On Friday, October 3, 2014, Isuru Haththotuwa <isu...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>> +1 for the general idea, can we come up with the better name for
>> 'metaInfoAlias'? Just my opinion, it seems misleading to me. How about
>> 'dependencyAliases' ? And note that it should actually be an array, since
>> there can be a one-to-many relationship.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Udara Liyanage <ud...@wso2.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> According to the new metadata services usage, some instances send its
>>> details to the metadata service so interested parties can retrive the
>>> details from the metadata service. Party which gets the details should know
>>> from which details it needs to retrive. For instance, PHP should get
>>> details published by MySQL. So there should be a mechanism PHP instances
>>> should know from which details it needed. Earlier plan was to CC or AS
>>> publish dependent details to the metadata service. PHP depends on MySQL. SO
>>> within PHP instance, it can get its dependencies from the metadata service
>>> and then get the relavent details.
>>> However it is simple AS or CC does not publish dependency or any other
>>> details to the metadata service, only service instances publish ang query
>>> data from the metadata service. AS an example, MySQL publish its
>>> details(host,ip, password) to metadata service with its alias and PHP
>>> retrive the details using the alias. Then the issue is how PHP instances
>>> know which details to retrive. There may be multiple MySQL cartridges in an
>>> application.
>>> This can be done by specifying the alias from which it needs to get data
>>> from. Consider the application definition mentioned below. There MySQL has
>>> the alias mygroup1mysql. In subscribale info of the PHP, I have introduced
>>> another variable(metaInfoAlias) to specify from where to get the details.
>>> Even in cases where there are multiple MySQL cartridges are mentioned in
>>> the application definition hirachy, PHP instance know from where to get its
>>> metadata.
>>>
>>> Ex:
>>> "metaInfoAlias":"mygroup1mysql"
>>>
>>>
>>> {
>>> "applicationId": "test_app_1",
>>> "alias": "mytestapp1",
>>> "components": {
>>> "groups": [
>>> {
>>> "name": "group2",
>>> "alias": "mygroup2",
>>> "deploymentPolicy": "dep_policy_group2",
>>> "autoscalingPolicy": "autoscale_policy_group2",
>>> "subscribables": [
>>> {
>>> "type": "php",
>>> "alias": "mygroup2php",
>>>
>>> }
>>> ],
>>> "subGroups": [
>>> {
>>> "name": "group1",
>>> "alias": "mygroup1",
>>> }
>>> ],
>>> },
>>> {
>>> "name": "group1",
>>> "alias": "mygroup1",
>>> "deploymentPolicy": "dep_policy_group1",
>>> "autoscalingPolicy": "autoscale_policy_group1",
>>> "subscribables": [
>>> {
>>> "type": "mysql",
>>> "alias": "mygroup1mysql",
>>> },
>>> ],
>>>
>>> },
>>> ]
>>> },
>>> "subscribableInfo": [
>>> {
>>> "alias": "mygroup1mysql",
>>> "deploymentPolicy": "dep_policy_mysql",
>>> "autoscalingPolicy": "autoscale_policy_mysql"
>>> },
>>> {
>>> "alias": "mygroup2php",
>>> *"metaInfoAlias":"mygroup1mysql"*
>>> "deploymentPolicy": "dep_policy_php",
>>> "autoscalingPolicy": "autoscale_policy_php",
>>> "repoURL": "www.mygit.com/php.git",
>>> "privateRepo": "true",
>>> "repoUsername": "admin",
>>> "repoPassword": "xxxx"
>>> }
>>> ]
>>> }
>>> --
>>>
>>> Udara Liyanage
>>> Software Engineer
>>> WSO2, Inc.: http://wso2.com
>>> lean. enterprise. middleware
>>>
>>> web: http://udaraliyanage.wordpress.com
>>> phone: +94 71 443 6897
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>
>>> Isuru H.
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>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
>
> Gayan Gunarathne
> Technical Lead
> WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com)
> email : gay...@wso2.com | mobile : +94 766819985
>
>
>
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lean. enterprise. middleware
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