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Disclaimer: We are still in the process of finalizing the indexing service and these configs are prone to change at any time. We will announce when we feel the indexing service and the configurations described are stable.

The indexing service is a distributed task/job queue. It accepts requests in the form of Tasks and executes those tasks across a set of worker nodes. Worker capacity can be automatically adjusted based on the number of tasks pending in the system. The indexing service is highly available, has built in retry logic, and can backup per task logs in deep storage.

The indexing service is composed of two main components, a coordinator node that manages task distribution and worker capacity, and worker nodes that execute tasks in separate JVMs.

Preamble

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Indexer Coordinator Node

The indexer coordinator node exposes HTTP endpoints where tasks can be submitted by posting a JSON blob to specific endpoints. It can be started by launching IndexerCoordinatorMain.java. The indexer coordinator node can operate in local mode or remote mode. In local mode, the coordinator and worker run on the same host and port. In remote mode, worker processes run on separate hosts and ports.

Tasks can be submitted via POST requests to:

http://<COORDINATOR_IP>:<port>/druid/indexer/v1/task

Tasks can cancelled via POST requests to:

http://<COORDINATOR_IP>:<port>/druid/indexer/v1/task/{taskId}/shutdown

Issuing the cancel request once sends a graceful shutdown request. Graceful shutdowns may not stop a task right away, but instead issue a safe stop command at a point deemed least impactful to the system. Issuing the cancel request twice in succession will kill –9 the task.

Task statuses can be retrieved via GET requests to:

http://<COORDINATOR_IP>:<port>/druid/indexer/v1/task/{taskId}/status

Task segments can be retrieved via GET requests to:

http://<COORDINATOR_IP>:<port>/druid/indexer/v1/task/{taskId}/segments

When a task is submitted, the coordinator creates a lock over the data source and interval of the task. The coordinator also stores the task in a MySQL database table. The database table is read at startup time to bootstrap any tasks that may have been submitted to the coordinator but may not yet have been executed.

The coordinator also exposes a simple UI to show what tasks are currently running on what nodes at

http://<COORDINATOR_IP>:<port>/static/console.html

Task Execution

The coordinator retrieves worker setup metadata from the Druid MySQL config table. This metadata contains information about the version of workers to create, the maximum and minimum number of workers in the cluster at one time, and additional information required to automatically create workers.

Tasks are assigned to workers by creating entries under specific /tasks paths associated with a worker, similar to how the Druid master node assigns segments to compute nodes. See Worker Configuration. Once a worker picks up a task, it deletes the task entry and announces a task status under a /status path associated with the worker. Tasks are submitted to a worker until the worker hits capacity. If all workers in a cluster are at capacity, the indexer coordinator node automatically creates new worker resources.

Autoscaling

The Autoscaling mechanisms currently in place are tightly coupled with our deployment infrastructure but the framework should be in place for other implementations. We are highly open to new implementations or extensions of the existing mechanisms. In our own deployments, worker nodes are Amazon AWS EC2 nodes and they are provisioned to register themselves in a galaxy environment.

The Coordinator node controls the number of workers in the cluster according to a worker setup spec that is submitted via a POST request to the indexer at:

http://<COORDINATOR_IP>:<port>/druid/indexer/v1/worker/setup

A sample worker setup spec is shown below:

{
  "minVersion":"some_version",
  "minNumWorkers":"0",
  "maxNumWorkers":"10",
  "nodeData": {
    "type":"ec2",
    "amiId":"ami-someId",
    "instanceType":"m1.xlarge",
    "minInstances":"1",
    "maxInstances":"1",
    "securityGroupIds":["securityGroupIds"],
    "keyName":"keyName"
  },
  "userData":{
    "classType":"galaxy",
    "env":"druid",
    "version":"druid_version",
    "type":"sample_cluster/worker"
  }
}

Issuing a GET request at the same URL will return the current worker setup spec that is currently in place. The worker setup spec list above is just a sample and it is possible to write worker setup specs for other deployment environments. A description of the worker setup spec is shown below.

Property	Description	Default
minVersion	The coordinator only assigns tasks to workers with a version greater than the minVersion. If this is not specified, the minVersion will be the same as the coordinator version.	none
minNumWorkers	The minimum number of workers that can be in the cluster at any given time.	0
maxNumWorkers	The maximum number of workers that can be in the cluster at any given time.	0
nodeData	A JSON object that contains metadata about new nodes to create.	none
userData	A JSON object that contains metadata about how the node should register itself on startup. This data is sent with node creation requests.	none

For more information about configuring Auto-scaling, see Auto-Scaling Configuration.

Running

Indexer Coordinator nodes can be run using the com.metamx.druid.indexing.coordinator.http.IndexerCoordinatorMain class.

Configuration

Indexer Coordinator nodes require basic service configuration. In addition, there are several extra configurations that are required.

-Ddruid.zk.paths.indexer.announcementsPath=/druid/indexer/announcements
-Ddruid.zk.paths.indexer.leaderLatchPath=/druid/indexer/leaderLatchPath
-Ddruid.zk.paths.indexer.statusPath=/druid/indexer/status
-Ddruid.zk.paths.indexer.tasksPath=/druid/demo/indexer/tasks

-Ddruid.indexer.runner=remote
-Ddruid.indexer.taskDir=/mnt/persistent/task/
-Ddruid.indexer.configTable=sample_config
-Ddruid.indexer.workerSetupConfigName=worker_setup
-Ddruid.indexer.strategy=ec2
-Ddruid.indexer.hadoopWorkingPath=/tmp/druid-indexing
-Ddruid.indexer.logs.s3bucket=some_bucket
-Ddruid.indexer.logs.s3prefix=some_prefix

The indexing service requires some additional Zookeeper configs.

Property	Description	Default
druid.zk.paths.indexer.announcementsPath	The base path where workers announce themselves.	none
druid.zk.paths.indexer.leaderLatchPath	The base that coordinator nodes use to determine a leader.	none
druid.zk.paths.indexer.statusPath	The base path where workers announce task statuses.	none
druid.zk.paths.indexer.tasksPath	The base path where the coordinator assigns new tasks.	none

There’s several additional configs that are required to run tasks.

Property	Description	Default
druid.indexer.runner	Indicates whether tasks should be run locally or in a distributed environment. "local" or "remote".	local
druid.indexer.taskDir	Intermediate temporary directory that tasks may use.	none
druid.indexer.configTable	The MySQL config table where misc configs live.	none
druid.indexer.strategy	The autoscaling strategy to use.	noop
druid.indexer.hadoopWorkingPath	Intermediate temporary hadoop working directory that certain index tasks may use.	none
druid.indexer.logs.s3bucket	S3 bucket to store logs.	none
druid.indexer.logs.s3prefix	S3 key prefix to store logs.	none

Console

The indexer console can be used to view pending tasks, running tasks, available workers, and recent worker creation and termination. The console can be accessed at:

http://<COORDINATOR_IP>:8080/static/console.html

Worker Node

The worker node executes submitted tasks. Workers run tasks in separate JVMs.

Running

Worker nodes can be run using the com.metamx.druid.indexing.worker.http.WorkerMain class. Worker nodes can automatically be created by the Indexer Coordinator as part of autoscaling.

Configuration

Worker nodes require basic service configuration. In addition, there are several extra configurations that are required.

-Ddruid.worker.version=0
-Ddruid.worker.capacity=3

-Ddruid.indexer.threads=3
-Ddruid.indexer.taskDir=/mnt/persistent/task/
-Ddruid.indexer.hadoopWorkingPath=/tmp/druid-indexing

-Ddruid.worker.masterService=druid:sample_cluster:indexer

-Ddruid.indexer.fork.hostpattern=<IP>:%d
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.startport=8080
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.main=com.metamx.druid.indexing.worker.executor.ExecutorMain
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.opts="-server -Xmx1g -Xms1g -XX:NewSize=256m -XX:MaxNewSize=256m"
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.property.druid.service=druid/sample_cluster/executor

# These configs are the same configs you would set for basic service configuration, just with a different prefix
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.property.druid.monitoring.monitorSystem=false
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.property.druid.computation.buffer.size=268435456
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.property.druid.indexer.taskDir=/mnt/persistent/task/
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.property.druid.processing.formatString=processing-%s
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.property.druid.processing.numThreads=1
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.property.druid.server.maxSize=0
-Ddruid.indexer.fork.property.druid.request.logging.dir=request_logs/

Many of the configurations for workers are similar to those for basic service configuration":https://github.com/metamx/druid/wiki/Configuration#basic-service-configuration, but with a different config prefix. Below we describe the unique worker configs.

Property	Description	Default
druid.worker.version	Version identifier for the worker.	0
druid.worker.capacity	Maximum number of tasks the worker can accept.	1
druid.indexer.threads	Number of processing threads per worker.	1
druid.worker.masterService	Name of the indexer coordinator used for service discovery.	none
druid.indexer.fork.hostpattern	The format of the host name.	none
druid.indexer.fork.startport	Port in which child JVM starts from.	none
druid.indexer.fork.opts	JVM options for child JVMs.	none