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Red Hat Data Grid 8.4

Create Data Grid clusters on OpenShift

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Abstract

Data Grid Operator provides operational intelligence and reduces management complexity for deploying Data Grid on OpenShift.

Red Hat Data Grid

Data Grid is a high-performance, distributed in-memory data store.

Schemaless data structure
Flexibility to store different objects as key-value pairs.
Grid-based data storage
Designed to distribute and replicate data across clusters.
Elastic scaling
Dynamically adjust the number of nodes to meet demand without service disruption.
Data interoperability
Store, retrieve, and query data in the grid from different endpoints.

Data Grid documentation

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Note

You must have a Red Hat account to access and download Data Grid software.

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Chapter 1. Data Grid Operator

Data Grid Operator provides operational intelligence and reduces management complexity for deploying Data Grid on Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift.

1.1. Data Grid Operator deployments

When you install Data Grid Operator, it extends the Kubernetes API with Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for deploying and managing Data Grid clusters on Red Hat OpenShift.

To interact with Data Grid Operator, OpenShift users apply Custom Resources (CRs) through the OpenShift Web Console or oc client. Data Grid Operator listens for Infinispan CRs and automatically provisions native resources, such as StatefulSets and Secrets, that your Data Grid deployment requires. Data Grid Operator also configures Data Grid services according to the specifications in Infinispan CRs, including the number of pods for the cluster and backup locations for cross-site replication.

Figure 1.1. Custom resources

This illustration depicts how OpenShift users pass custom resources to Data Grid Operator.

1.2. Cluster management

A single Data Grid Operator installation can manage multiple clusters with different Data Grid versions in separate namespaces. Each time a user applies CRs to modify the deployment, Data Grid Operator applies the changes globally to all Data Grid clusters.

Figure 1.2. Operator-managed clusters

This illustration depicts how Data Grid Operator manages multiple clusters on OpenShift.

1.3. Resource reconciliation

Data Grid Operator reconciles custom resources such as the Cache CR with resources on your Data Grid cluster.

Bidirectional reconciliation synchronizes your CRs with changes that you make to Data Grid resources through the Data Grid Console, command line interface (CLI), or other client application and vice versa. For example if you create a cache through the Data Grid Console then Data Grid Operator adds a declarative Kubernetes representation.

To perform reconciliation Data Grid Operator creates a listener pod for each Data Grid cluster that detects modifications for Infinispan resources.

Notes about reconciliation

  • When you create a cache through the Data Grid Console, CLI, or other client application, Data Grid Operator creates a corresponding Cache CR with a unique name that conforms to the Kubernetes naming policy.
  • Declarative Kubernetes representations of Data Grid resources that Data Grid Operator creates with the listener pod are linked to Infinispan CRs.
    Deleting Infinispan CRs removes any associated resource declarations.

Chapter 2. Installing the native Data Grid CLI as a client plugin

Data Grid provides a command line interface (CLI) compiled to a native executable that you can install as a plugin for oc clients. You can then use your oc client to:

  • Create Data Grid Operator subscriptions and remove Data Grid Operator installations.
  • Set up Data Grid clusters and configure services.
  • Work with Data Grid resources via remote shells.

2.1. Installing the native Data Grid CLI plugin

Install the native Data Grid Command Line Interface (CLI) as a plugin for oc clients.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Extract the .zip archive for the native Data Grid CLI distribution.
  2. Copy the native executable, or create a hard link, to a file named "kubectl-infinispan", for example:

    cp redhat-datagrid-cli kubectl-infinispan
  3. Add kubectl-infinispan to your PATH.
  4. Verify that the CLI is installed.

    oc plugin list
    
    The following compatible plugins are available:
    /path/to/kubectl-infinispan
  5. Use the infinispan --help command to view available commands.

    oc infinispan --help

2.2. kubectl-infinispan command reference

This topic provides some details about the kubectl-infinispan plugin for clients.

Tip

Use the --help argument to view the complete list of available options and descriptions for each command.

For example, oc infinispan create cluster --help prints all command options for creating Data Grid clusters.

Command

Description

oc infinispan install

Creates Data Grid Operator subscriptions and installs into the global namespace by default.

oc infinispan create cluster

Creates Data Grid clusters.

oc infinispan get clusters

Displays running Data Grid clusters.

oc infinispan shell

Starts an interactive remote shell session on a Data Grid cluster.

oc infinispan delete cluster

Removes Data Grid clusters.

oc infinispan uninstall

Removes Data Grid Operator installations and all managed resources.

Chapter 3. Installing Data Grid Operator

Install Data Grid Operator into a OpenShift namespace to create and manage Data Grid clusters.

3.1. Installing Data Grid Operator on Red Hat OpenShift

Create subscriptions to Data Grid Operator on OpenShift so you can install different Data Grid versions and receive automatic updates.

Automatic updates apply to Data Grid Operator first and then for each Data Grid node. Data Grid Operator updates clusters one node at a time, gracefully shutting down each node and then bringing it back online with the updated version before going on to the next node.

Prerequisites

  • Access to OperatorHub running on OpenShift. Some OpenShift environments, such as OpenShift Container Platform, can require administrator credentials.
  • Have an OpenShift project for Data Grid Operator if you plan to install it into a specific namespace.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the OpenShift Web Console.
  2. Navigate to OperatorHub.
  3. Find and select Data Grid Operator.
  4. Select Install and continue to Create Operator Subscription.
  5. Specify options for your subscription.

    Installation Mode
    You can install Data Grid Operator into a Specific namespace or All namespaces.
    Update Channel
    Get updates for Data Grid Operator 8.4.x.
    Approval Strategies
    Automatically install updates from the 8.4.x channel or require approval before installation.
  6. Select Subscribe to install Data Grid Operator.
  7. Navigate to Installed Operators to verify the Data Grid Operator installation.

3.2. Installing Data Grid Operator with the native CLI plugin

Install Data Grid Operator with the native Data Grid CLI plugin, kubectl-infinispan.

Prerequisites

  • Have kubectl-infinispan on your PATH.

Procedure

  1. Run the oc infinispan install command to create Data Grid Operator subscriptions, for example:

    oc infinispan install --channel=8.4.x
                               --source=redhat-operators
                               --source-namespace=openshift-marketplace
  2. Verify the installation.

    oc get pods -n openshift-operators | grep infinispan-operator
    NAME                                   READY   STATUS
    infinispan-operator-<id>               1/1     Running
Tip

Use oc infinispan install --help for command options and descriptions.

3.3. Installing Data Grid Operator with an OpenShift client

You can use the oc client to create Data Grid Operator subscriptions as an alternative to installing through the OperatorHub or with the native Data Grid CLI.

Prerequisites

  • Have an oc client.

Procedure

  1. Set up projects.

    1. Create a project for Data Grid Operator.
    2. If you want Data Grid Operator to control a specific Data Grid cluster only, create a project for that cluster.

      oc new-project ${INSTALL_NAMESPACE} 1
      oc new-project ${WATCH_NAMESPACE} 2
      1
      Creates a project into which you install Data Grid Operator.
      2
      Optionally creates a project for a specific Data Grid cluster if you do not want Data Grid Operator to watch all projects.
  2. Create an OperatorGroup resource.

    Control all Data Grid clusters

    oc apply -f - << EOF
    apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
    kind: OperatorGroup
    metadata:
     name: datagrid
     namespace: ${INSTALL_NAMESPACE}
    EOF

    Control a specific Data Grid cluster

    oc apply -f - << EOF
    apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1
    kind: OperatorGroup
    metadata:
     name: datagrid
     namespace: ${INSTALL_NAMESPACE}
    spec:
     targetNamespaces:
     - ${WATCH_NAMESPACE}
    EOF

  3. Create a subscription for Data Grid Operator.

    oc apply -f - << EOF
    apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
    kind: Subscription
    metadata:
     name: datagrid-operator
     namespace: ${INSTALL_NAMESPACE}
    spec:
     channel: 8.4.x
     installPlanApproval: Automatic
     name: datagrid
     source: redhat-operators
     sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
    EOF
    Note

    If you want to manually approve updates from the 8.4.x channel, change the value of the spec.installPlanApproval field to Manual.

  4. Verify the installation.

    oc get pods -n ${INSTALL_NAMESPACE}
    NAME                                   READY   STATUS
    infinispan-operator-<id>               1/1     Running

Chapter 4. Creating Data Grid clusters

Create Data Grid clusters running on OpenShift with the Infinispan CR or with the native Data Grid CLI plugin for oc clients.

4.1. Infinispan custom resource (CR)

Data Grid Operator adds a new Custom Resource (CR) of type Infinispan that lets you handle Data Grid clusters as complex units on OpenShift.

Data Grid Operator listens for Infinispan Custom Resources (CR) that you use to instantiate and configure Data Grid clusters and manage OpenShift resources, such as StatefulSets and Services.

Infinispan CR

apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
kind: Infinispan
metadata:
  name: infinispan
spec:
  replicas: 2
  version: <Data Grid_version>
  service:
    type: DataGrid

FieldDescription

apiVersion

Declares the version of the Infinispan API.

kind

Declares the Infinispan CR.

metadata.name

Specifies a name for your Data Grid cluster.

spec.replicas

Specifies the number of pods in your Data Grid cluster.

spec.service.type

Specifies the type of Data Grid service to create.

spec.version

Specifies the Data Grid Server version of your cluster.

4.2. Creating Data Grid clusters

Create Data Grid clusters with the native CLI plugin, kubectl-infinispan.

Prerequisites

  • Install Data Grid Operator.
  • Have kubectl-infinispan on your PATH.

Procedure

  1. Run the infinispan create cluster command.

    For example, create a Data Grid cluster with two pods as follows:

    oc infinispan create cluster --replicas=3 -Pservice.type=DataGrid infinispan
    Tip

    Add the --version argument to control the Data Grid version of your cluster. For example, --version=8.4.6-1. If you don’t specify the version, Data Grid Operator creates cluster with the latest supported Data Grid version.

  2. Watch Data Grid Operator create the Data Grid pods.

    oc get pods -w

Next steps

After you create a Data Grid cluster, use the oc to apply changes to Infinispan CR and configure your Data Grid service.

You can also delete Data Grid clusters with kubectl-infinispan and re-create them as required.

oc infinispan delete cluster infinispan

4.3. Verifying Data Grid cluster views

Confirm that Data Grid pods have successfully formed clusters.

Prerequisites

  • Create at least one Data Grid cluster.

Procedure

  • Retrieve the Infinispan CR for Data Grid Operator.

    oc get infinispan -o yaml

    The response indicates that Data Grid pods have received clustered views, as in the following example:

    conditions:
      - message: 'View: [infinispan-0, infinispan-1]'
        status: "True"
        type: wellFormed
Tip

Do the following for automated scripts:

oc wait --for condition=wellFormed --timeout=240s infinispan/infinispan
Retrieving cluster view from logs

You can also get the cluster view from Data Grid logs as follows:

oc logs infinispan-0 | grep ISPN000094
INFO  [org.infinispan.CLUSTER] (MSC service thread 1-2) \
ISPN000094: Received new cluster view for channel infinispan: \
[infinispan-0|0] (1) [infinispan-0]

INFO  [org.infinispan.CLUSTER] (jgroups-3,infinispan-0) \
ISPN000094: Received new cluster view for channel infinispan: \
[infinispan-0|1] (2) [infinispan-0, infinispan-1]

4.4. Modifying Data Grid clusters

Configure Data Grid clusters by providing Data Grid Operator with a custom Infinispan CR.

Prerequisites

  • Install Data Grid Operator.
  • Create at least one Data Grid cluster.
  • Have an oc client.

Procedure

  1. Create a YAML file that defines your Infinispan CR.

    For example, create a my_infinispan.yaml file that changes the number of Data Grid pods to two:

    cat > cr_minimal.yaml<<EOF
    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
    spec:
      replicas: 2
      version: <Data Grid_version>
      service:
        type: DataGrid
    EOF
  2. Apply your Infinispan CR.

    oc apply -f my_infinispan.yaml
  3. Watch Data Grid Operator scale the Data Grid pods.

    oc get pods -w

4.5. Stopping and starting Data Grid clusters

Stop and start Data Grid pods in a graceful, ordered fashion to correctly preserve cluster state.

Clusters of Data Grid service pods must restart with the same number of pods that existed before shutdown. This allows Data Grid to restore the distribution of data across the cluster. After Data Grid Operator fully restarts the cluster you can safely add and remove pods.

Procedure

  1. Change the spec.replicas field to 0 to stop the Data Grid cluster.

    spec:
      replicas: 0
  2. Ensure you have the correct number of pods before you restart the cluster.

    oc get infinispan infinispan -o=jsonpath='{.status.replicasWantedAtRestart}'
  3. Change the spec.replicas field to the same number of pods to restart the Data Grid cluster.

    spec:
      replicas: 6

Chapter 5. Configuring Data Grid clusters

Apply custom Data Grid configuration to clusters that Data Grid Operator manages.

5.1. Applying custom configuration to Data Grid clusters

Add Data Grid configuration to a ConfigMap and make it available to Data Grid Operator. Data Grid Operator can then apply the custom configuration to your Data Grid cluster.

Important

Data Grid Operator applies default configuration on top of your custom configuration to ensure it can continue to manage your Data Grid clusters.

Be careful when applying custom configuration outside the cache-container element or field. You can apply custom configuration to underlying Data Grid Server mechanisms such as endpoints, security realms, and cluster transport. Changing this configuration can result in error and result in service downtime for your Data Grid deployment.

Tip

Use the Data Grid Helm chart to deploy clusters of fully configurable Data Grid Server instances on OpenShift.

Prerequisites

  • Have valid Data Grid configuration in XML, YAML, or JSON format.

Procedure

  1. Add Data Grid configuration to a infinispan-config.[xml|yaml|json] key in the data field of your ConfigMap.

    XML

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: ConfigMap
    metadata:
       name: cluster-config
       namespace: rhdg-namespace
    data:
       infinispan-config.xml: >
         <infinispan>
           <!-- Custom configuration goes here. -->
         </infinispan>

    YAML

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: ConfigMap
    metadata:
       name: cluster-config
       namespace: rhdg-namespace
    data:
       infinispan-config.yaml: >
         infinispan:
           # Custom configuration goes here.

    JSON

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: ConfigMap
    metadata:
       name: cluster-config
       namespace: rhdg-namespace
    data:
       infinispan-config.json: >
         {
           "infinispan": {
           }
         }

  2. Create the ConfigMap from your YAML file.

    oc apply -f cluster-config.yaml
  3. Specify the name of the ConfigMap with the spec.configMapName field in your Infinispan CR and then apply the changes.

    spec:
      configMapName: "cluster-config"

Next steps

If your cluster is already running Data Grid Operator restarts it to apply the configuration. Each time you modify the Data Grid configuration in the ConfigMap, Data Grid Operator detects the updates and restarts the cluster to apply the changes.

Additional resources

5.2. Custom Data Grid configuration

You can add Data Grid configuration to a ConfigMap in XML, YAML, or JSON format.

5.2.1. Cache template

XML

<infinispan>
  <cache-container>
    <distributed-cache-configuration name="base-template">
      <expiration lifespan="5000"/>
    </distributed-cache-configuration>
    <distributed-cache-configuration name="extended-template"
                                     configuration="base-template">
      <encoding media-type="application/x-protostream"/>
      <expiration lifespan="10000"
                  max-idle="1000"/>
    </distributed-cache-configuration>
  </cache-container>
</infinispan>

YAML

infinispan:
  cacheContainer:
    caches:
      base-template:
        distributedCacheConfiguration:
          expiration:
            lifespan: "5000"
      extended-template:
        distributedCacheConfiguration:
          configuration: "base-template"
          encoding:
            mediaType: "application/x-protostream"
          expiration:
            lifespan: "10000"
            maxIdle: "1000"

JSON

{
  "infinispan" : {
    "cache-container" : {
      "caches" : {
        "base-template" : {
          "distributed-cache-configuration" : {
            "expiration" : {
              "lifespan" : "5000"
            }
          }
        },
        "extended-template" : {
          "distributed-cache-configuration" : {
            "configuration" : "base-template",
            "encoding": {
              "media-type": "application/x-protostream"
              },
            "expiration" : {
              "lifespan" : "10000",
              "max-idle" : "1000"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

5.2.2. Logging configuration

You can also include Apache Log4j configuration in XML format as part of your ConfigMap.

Note

Use the spec.logging.categories field in your Infinispan CR to adjust logging levels for Data Grid clusters. Add Apache Log4j configuration only if you require advanced file-based logging capabilities.

apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
   name: logging-config
   namespace: rhdg-namespace
data:
   infinispan-config.xml: >
     <infinispan>
       <!-- Add custom Data Grid configuration if required. -->
       <!-- You can provide either Data Grid configuration, logging configuration, or both. -->
     </infinispan>

   log4j.xml: >
     <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <Configuration name="ServerConfig" monitorInterval="60" shutdownHook="disable">
         <Appenders>
             <!-- Colored output on the console -->
             <Console name="STDOUT">
                 <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p (%t) [%c] %m%throwable%n"/>
             </Console>
         </Appenders>

         <Loggers>
             <Root level="INFO">
                 <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT" level="TRACE"/>
             </Root>
             <Logger name="org.infinispan" level="TRACE"/>
         </Loggers>
     </Configuration>

Additional resources

5.3. Securing custom Data Grid configuration

Securely define and store custom Data Grid Server configuration. To protect sensitive text strings such as passwords, add the entries in a credential store rather than directly in the Data Grid Server configuration.

Prerequisites

  • Have a valid Data Grid configuration in XML, YAML, or JSON format.

Procedure

  1. Create a CredentialStore Secret file.
  2. Use the data field to specify the credentials and its aliases.

    user-secret.yaml

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Secret
    metadata:
      name: user-secret
    type: Opaque
    data:
      postgres_cred: sensitive-value
      mysql_cred: sensitive-value2

  3. Apply your Secret file.

    oc apply -f user-secret.yaml
  4. Open the Infinispan CR for editing.
  5. In the spec.security.credentialStoreSecretName field, specify the name of the credential store secret.

    Infinispan CR

    spec:
      security:
        credentialStoreSecretName: user-secret

  6. Apply the changes.
  7. Open your Data Grid Server configuration for editing.
  8. Add a credential-reference to your configuration.

    1. Specify the credentials as the name of the store.
    2. Specify the alias attribute as one of the keys defined in your credential secret.

      Data Grid.xml

      <credential-store>
          <credential-reference store="credentials"  alias="postgres_cred"/>
      </credential-store>

Additional resources

Chapter 6. Upgrading Data Grid clusters

Data Grid Operator lets you upgrade Data Grid clusters from one version to another without downtime or data loss.

Important

Hot Rod rolling upgrades are available as a technology preview feature.

6.1. Technology preview features

Technology preview features or capabilities are not supported with Red Hat production service-level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete.

Red Hat does not recommend using technology preview features or capabilities for production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, which enables you to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.

For more information, see Red Hat Technology Preview Features Support Scope.

6.2. Data Grid cluster upgrades

The spec.upgrades.type field controls how Data Grid Operator upgrades your Data Grid cluster when new versions become available. There are two types of cluster upgrade:

Shutdown
Upgrades Data Grid clusters with service downtime. This is the default upgrade type.
HotRodRolling
Upgrades Data Grid clusters without service downtime.
Shutdown upgrades

To perform a shutdown upgrade, Data Grid Operator does the following:

  1. Gracefully shuts down the existing cluster.
  2. Removes the existing cluster.
  3. Creates a new cluster with the target version.
Hot Rod rolling upgrades

To perform a Hot Rod rolling upgrade, Data Grid Operator does the following:

  1. Creates a new Data Grid cluster with the target version that runs alongside your existing cluster.
  2. Creates a remote cache store to transfer data from the existing cluster to the new cluster.
  3. Redirects all clients to the new cluster.
  4. Removes the existing cluster when all data and client connections are transferred to the new cluster.
Important

You should not perform Hot Rod rolling upgrades with caches that enable passivation with persistent cache stores. In the event that the upgrade does not complete successfully, passivation can result in data loss when Data Grid Operator rolls back the target cluster.

If your cache configuration enables passivation you should perform a shutdown upgrade.

6.3. Upgrading Data Grid clusters with downtime

Upgrading Data Grid clusters with downtime results in service disruption but does not require any additional capacity.

Prerequisites

  • The Data Grid Operator version you have installed supports the Data Grid target version.
  • If required, configure a persistent cache store to preserve your data during the upgrade.

    Important

    At the start of the upgrade process Data Grid Operator shuts down your existing cluster. This results in data loss if you do not configure a persistent cache store.

Procedure

  1. Specify the Data Grid version number in the spec.version field.
  2. Ensure that Shutdown is set as the value for the spec.upgrades.type field, which is the default.

    spec:
      version: 8.4.6-1
      upgrades:
        type: Shutdown
  3. Apply your changes, if necessary.

When new Data Grid version becomes available, you must manually change the value in the spec.version field to trigger the upgrade.

6.4. Performing Hot Rod rolling upgrades for Data Grid clusters

Performing Hot Rod rolling upgrades lets you move to a new Data Grid version without service disruption. However, this upgrade type requires additional capacity and temporarily results in two Data Grid clusters with different versions running concurrently.

Prerequisite

  • The Data Grid Operator version you have installed supports the Data Grid target version.

Procedure

  1. Specify the Data Grid version number in the spec.version field.
  2. Specify HotRodRolling as the value for the spec.upgrades.type field.

    spec:
      version: 8.4.6-1
      upgrades:
        type: HotRodRolling
  3. Apply your changes.

When new Data Grid version becomes available, you must manually change the value in the spec.version field to trigger the upgrade.

6.4.1. Recovering from a failed Hot Rod rolling upgrade

You can roll back a failed Hot Rod rolling upgrade to the previous version if the original cluster is still present.

Prerequisites

  • Hot Rod rolling upgrade is in progress and the initial Data Grid cluster is present.

Procedure

  1. Ensure the Hot Rod rolling upgrade is in progress.

    oc get infinispan <cr_name> -o yaml

    The status.hotRodRollingUpgradeStatus field must be present.

  2. Update spec.version field of your Infinispan CR to the original cluster version defined in the status.hotRodRollingUpgradeStatus.

    Data Grid Operator deletes the newly created cluster.

Chapter 7. Setting up Data Grid services

Use Data Grid Operator to create clusters of either Cache service or Data Grid service pods.

7.1. Service types

Services are stateful applications, based on the Data Grid Server image, that provide flexible and robust in-memory data storage. When you create Data Grid clusters you specify either DataGrid or Cache as the service type with the spec.service.type field.

DataGrid service type
Deploy Data Grid clusters with full configuration and capabilities.
Cache service type
Deploy Data Grid clusters with minimal configuration.

Red Hat recommends the DataGrid service type for clusters because it lets you:

  • Back up data across global clusters with cross-site replication.
  • Create caches with any valid configuration.
  • Add file-based cache stores to save data in a persistent volume.
  • Query values across caches using the Data Grid Query API.
  • Use advanced Data Grid features and capabilities.
Important

The Cache service type was designed to provide a convenient way to create a low-latency data store with minimal configuration. Additional development on the Infinispan CRD has shown that the DataGrid CR offers a better approach to achieving this goal, ultimately giving users more choice and less deployment overhead. For this reason, the Cache service type is planned for removal in the next version of the Infinispan CRD and is no longer under active development.

The DataGrid service type continues to benefit from new features and improved tooling to automate complex operations such as cluster upgrades and data migration.

7.2. Creating Data Grid service pods

To use custom cache definitions along with Data Grid capabilities such as cross-site replication, create clusters of Data Grid service pods.

Procedure

  1. Create an Infinispan CR that sets spec.service.type: DataGrid and configures any other Data Grid service resources.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
    spec:
      replicas: 2
      version: <Data Grid_version>
      service:
        type: DataGrid
    Important

    You cannot change the spec.service.type field after you create pods. To change the service type, you must delete the existing pods and create new ones.

  2. Apply your Infinispan CR to create the cluster.

7.2.1. Data Grid service CR

This topic describes the Infinispan CR for Data Grid service pods.

apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
kind: Infinispan
metadata:
  name: infinispan
  annotations:
    infinispan.org/monitoring: 'true'
spec:
  replicas: 6
  version: 8.4.6-1
  upgrades:
    type: Shutdown
  service:
    type: DataGrid
    container:
      storage: 2Gi
      # The ephemeralStorage and storageClassName fields are mutually exclusive.
      ephemeralStorage: false
      storageClassName: my-storage-class
    sites:
      local:
      name: azure
      expose:
        type: LoadBalancer
      locations:
      - name: azure
        url: openshift://api.azure.host:6443
        secretName: azure-token
      - name: aws
        clusterName: infinispan
        namespace: rhdg-namespace
        url: openshift://api.aws.host:6443
        secretName: aws-token
  security:
    endpointSecretName: endpoint-identities
    endpointEncryption:
        type: Secret
        certSecretName: tls-secret
  container:
    extraJvmOpts: "-XX:NativeMemoryTracking=summary"
    cpu: "2000m:1000m"
    memory: "2Gi:1Gi"
  logging:
    categories:
      org.infinispan: debug
      org.jgroups: debug
      org.jgroups.protocols.TCP: error
      org.jgroups.protocols.relay.RELAY2: error
  expose:
    type: LoadBalancer
  configMapName: "my-cluster-config"
  configListener:
    enabled: true
  affinity:
    podAntiAffinity:
      preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
      - weight: 100
        podAffinityTerm:
          labelSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: infinispan-pod
              clusterName: infinispan
              infinispan_cr: infinispan
          topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
FieldDescription

metadata.name

Names your Data Grid cluster.

metadata.annotations.infinispan.org/monitoring

Automatically creates a ServiceMonitor for your cluster.

spec.replicas

Specifies the number of pods in your cluster.

spec.version

Specifies the Data Grid Server version of your cluster.

spec.upgrades.type

Controls how Data Grid Operator upgrades your Data Grid cluster when new versions become available.

spec.service.type

Configures the type Data Grid service. A value of DataGrid creates a cluster with Data Grid service pods.

spec.service.container

Configures the storage resources for Data Grid service pods.

spec.service.sites

Configures cross-site replication.

spec.security.endpointSecretName

Specifies an authentication secret that contains Data Grid user credentials.

spec.security.endpointEncryption

Specifies TLS certificates and keystores to encrypt client connections.

spec.container

Specifies JVM, CPU, and memory resources for Data Grid pods.

spec.logging

Configures Data Grid logging categories.

spec.expose

Controls how Data Grid endpoints are exposed on the network.

spec.configMapName

Specifies a ConfigMap that contains Data Grid configuration.

spec.configListener.enabled

Creates a listener pod in each Data Grid cluster that allows Data Grid Operator to reconcile server-side modifications with Data Grid resources such as the Cache CR.

The listener pod consumes minimal resources and is enabled by default. Setting a value of false removes the listener pod and disables bi-directional reconciliation. You should do this only if you do not need declarative Kubernetes representations of Data Grid resources created through the Data Grid Console, CLI, or client applications.

spec.configListener.logging.level

Configures the logging level for the ConfigListener deployments. The default level is info. You can change it to debug or error.

spec.affinity

Configures anti-affinity strategies that guarantee Data Grid availability.

7.3. Allocating storage resources

You can allocate storage for Data Grid service pods but not Cache service pods.

By default, Data Grid Operator allocates 1Gi for the persistent volume claim. However you should adjust the amount of storage available to Data Grid service pods so that Data Grid can preserve cluster state during shutdown.

Important

If available container storage is less than the amount of available memory, data loss can occur.

Procedure

  1. Allocate storage resources with the spec.service.container.storage field.
  2. Configure either the ephemeralStorage field or the storageClassName field as required.

    Note

    These fields are mutually exclusive. Add only one of them to your Infinispan CR.

  3. Apply the changes.

Ephemeral storage

spec:
  service:
    type: DataGrid
    container:
      storage: 2Gi
      ephemeralStorage: true

Name of a StorageClass object

spec:
  service:
    type: DataGrid
    container:
      storage: 2Gi
      storageClassName: my-storage-class

FieldDescription

spec.service.container.storage

Specifies the amount of storage for Data Grid service pods.

spec.service.container.ephemeralStorage

Defines whether storage is ephemeral or permanent. Set the value to true to use ephemeral storage, which means all data in storage is deleted when clusters shut down or restart. The default value is false, which means storage is permanent.

spec.service.container.storageClassName

Specifies the name of a StorageClass object to use for the persistent volume claim (PVC). If you include this field, you must specify an existing storage class as the value. If you do not include this field, the persistent volume claim uses the storage class that has the storageclass.kubernetes.io/is-default-class annotation set to true.

7.3.1. Persistent volume claims

Data Grid Operator creates a persistent volume claim (PVC) and mounts container storage at:
/opt/infinispan/server/data

Caches

When you create caches, Data Grid permanently stores their configuration so your caches are available after cluster restarts. This applies to both Cache service and Data Grid service pods.

Data

Data is always volatile in clusters of Cache service pods. When you shutdown the cluster, you permanently lose the data.

Use a file-based cache store, by adding the <file-store/> element to your Data Grid cache configuration, if you want Data Grid service pods to persist data during cluster shutdown.

7.4. Allocating CPU and memory

Allocate CPU and memory resources to Data Grid pods with the Infinispan CR.

Note

Data Grid Operator requests 1Gi of memory from the OpenShift scheduler when creating Data Grid pods. CPU requests are unbounded by default.

Procedure

  1. Allocate the number of CPU units with the spec.container.cpu field.
  2. Allocate the amount of memory, in bytes, with the spec.container.memory field.

    The cpu and memory fields have values in the format of <limit>:<requests>. For example, cpu: "2000m:1000m" limits pods to a maximum of 2000m of CPU and requests 1000m of CPU for each pod at startup. Specifying a single value sets both the limit and request.

  3. Apply your Infinispan CR.

    If your cluster is running, Data Grid Operator restarts the Data Grid pods so changes take effect.

spec:
  container:
    cpu: "2000m:1000m"
    memory: "2Gi:1Gi"

7.5. Setting JVM options

Pass additional JVM options to Data Grid pods at startup.

Procedure

  1. Configure JVM options with the spec.container filed in your Infinispan CR.
  2. Apply your Infinispan CR.

    If your cluster is running, Data Grid Operator restarts the Data Grid pods so changes take effect.

JVM options

spec:
  container:
    extraJvmOpts: "-<option>=<value>"
    routerExtraJvmOpts: "-<option>=<value>"
    cliExtraJvmOpts: "-<option>=<value>"

FieldDescription

spec.container.extraJvmOpts

Specifies additional JVM options for the Data Grid Server.

spec.container.routerExtraJvmOpts

Specifies additional JVM options for the Gossip router.

spec.container.cliExtraJvmOpts

Specifies additional JVM options for the Data Grid CLI.

7.6. Configuring pod probes

Optionally configure the values of the Liveness, Readiness and Startup probes used by Data Grid pods.

The Data Grid Operator automatically configures the probe values to sensible defaults. We only recommend providing your own values once you have determined that the default values do not match your requirements.

Procedure

  1. Configure probe values using the spec.service.container.*Probe fields:

    spec:
      service:
        container:
          readinessProbe:
            failureThreshold: 1
            initialDelaySeconds: 1
            periodSeconds: 1
            successThreshold: 1
            timeoutSeconds: 1
          livenessProbe:
            failureThreshold: 1
            initialDelaySeconds: 1
            periodSeconds: 1
            successThreshold: 1
            timeoutSeconds: 1
          startupProbe:
            failureThreshold: 1
            initialDelaySeconds: 1
            periodSeconds: 1
            successThreshold: 1
            timeoutSeconds: 1
    Important

    If no value is specified for a given probe value, then the Data Grid Operator default is used.

  2. Apply your Infinispan CR.

    If your cluster is running, Data Grid Operator restarts the Data Grid pods in order for the changes to take effect.

7.7. Configuring pod priority

Create one or more priority classes to indicate the importance of a pod relative to other pods. Pods with higher priority are scheduled ahead of pods with lower priority, ensuring prioritization of pods running critical workloads, especially when resources become constrained.

Prerequisites

  • Have cluster-admin access to OpenShift.

Procedure

  1. Define a PriorityClass object by specifying its name and value.

    high-priority.yaml

    apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1
    kind: PriorityClass
    metadata:
      name: high-priority
    value: 1000000
    globalDefault: false
    description: "Use this priority class for high priority service pods only."

  2. Create the priority class.

    oc create -f high-priority.yaml
  3. Reference the priority class name in the pod configuration.

    Infinispan CR

    kind: Infinispan
    ...
    spec:
      scheduling:
        affinity:
          ...
        priorityClassName: "high-priority"
        ...

    You must reference an existing priority class name, otherwise the pod is rejected.

  4. Apply the changes.

7.8. FIPS mode for your Infinispan CR

The Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform can use certain Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) components that ensure OpenShift clusters meet the requirements of a FIPS compliance audit.

If you enabled FIPS mode on your OpenShift cluster then the Data Grid Operator automatically enables FIPS mode for your Infinispan custom resource (CR).

Important

Client certificate authentication is not currently supported with FIPS mode. Attempts to create Infinispan CR with spec.security.endpointEncryption.clientCert set to a value other than None will fail.

7.9. Adjusting log levels

Change levels for different Data Grid logging categories when you need to debug issues. You can also adjust log levels to reduce the number of messages for certain categories to minimize the use of container resources.

Procedure

  1. Configure Data Grid logging with the spec.logging.categories field in your Infinispan CR.

    spec:
      logging:
        categories:
          org.infinispan: debug
          org.jgroups: debug
  2. Apply the changes.
  3. Retrieve logs from Data Grid pods as required.

    oc logs -f $POD_NAME

7.9.1. Logging reference

Find information about log categories and levels.

Table 7.1. Log categories
Root categoryDescriptionDefault level

org.infinispan

Data Grid messages

info

org.jgroups

Cluster transport messages

info

Table 7.2. Log levels
Log levelDescription

trace

Provides detailed information about running state of applications. This is the most verbose log level.

debug

Indicates the progress of individual requests or activities.

info

Indicates overall progress of applications, including lifecycle events.

warn

Indicates circumstances that can lead to error or degrade performance.

error

Indicates error conditions that might prevent operations or activities from being successful but do not prevent applications from running.

Garbage collection (GC) messages

Data Grid Operator does not log GC messages by default. You can direct GC messages to stdout with the following JVM options:

extraJvmOpts: "-Xlog:gc*:stdout:time,level,tags"

7.10. Creating Cache service pods

Create Data Grid clusters with Cache service pods for a volatile, low-latency data store with minimal configuration.

Important

Cache service pods provide volatile storage only, which means you lose all data when you modify your Infinispan CR or update the version of your Data Grid cluster.

Procedure

  1. Create an Infinispan CR that sets spec.service.type: Cache and configures any other Cache service resources.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
    spec:
      replicas: 2
      version: <Data Grid_version>
      service:
        type: Cache
  2. Apply your Infinispan CR to create the cluster.

7.10.1. Cache service CR

This topic describes the Infinispan CR for Cache service pods.

apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
kind: Infinispan
metadata:
  name: infinispan
  annotations:
    infinispan.org/monitoring: 'true'
spec:
  replicas: 2
  version: 8.4.6-1
  upgrades:
    type: Shutdown
  service:
    type: Cache
    replicationFactor: 2
  autoscale:
    maxMemUsagePercent: 70
    maxReplicas: 5
    minMemUsagePercent: 30
    minReplicas: 2
  security:
    endpointSecretName: endpoint-identities
    endpointEncryption:
        type: Secret
        certSecretName: tls-secret
  container:
    extraJvmOpts: "-XX:NativeMemoryTracking=summary"
    cpu: "2000m:1000m"
    memory: "2Gi:1Gi"
  logging:
    categories:
      org.infinispan: trace
      org.jgroups: trace
  expose:
    type: LoadBalancer
  affinity:
    podAntiAffinity:
      preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
      - weight: 100
        podAffinityTerm:
          labelSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: infinispan-pod
              clusterName: infinispan
              infinispan_cr: infinispan
          topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
FieldDescription

metadata.name

Names your Data Grid cluster.

metadata.annotations.infinispan.org/monitoring

Automatically creates a ServiceMonitor for your cluster.

spec.replicas

Specifies the number of pods in your cluster. If you enable autoscaling capabilities, this field specifies the initial number of pods.

spec.version

Specifies the Data Grid Server version of your cluster.

spec.upgrades.type

Controls how Data Grid Operator upgrades your Data Grid cluster when new versions become available.

spec.service.type

Configures the type Data Grid service. A value of Cache creates a cluster with Cache service pods.

spec.service.replicationFactor

Sets the number of copies for each entry across the cluster. The default for Cache service pods is two, which replicates each cache entry to avoid data loss.

spec.autoscale

Enables and configures automatic scaling.

spec.security.endpointSecretName

Specifies an authentication secret that contains Data Grid user credentials.

spec.security.endpointEncryption

Specifies TLS certificates and keystores to encrypt client connections.

spec.container

Specifies JVM, CPU, and memory resources for Data Grid pods.

spec.logging

Configures Data Grid logging categories.

spec.expose

Controls how Data Grid endpoints are exposed on the network.

spec.affinity

Configures anti-affinity strategies that guarantee Data Grid availability.

7.11. Automatic scaling

Data Grid Operator can monitor the default cache on Cache service pods to automatically scale clusters up or down, by creating or deleting pods based on memory usage.

Important

Automatic scaling is available for clusters of Cache service pods only. Data Grid Operator does not perform automatic scaling for clusters of Data Grid service pods.

When you enable automatic scaling, you define memory usage thresholds that let Data Grid Operator determine when it needs to create or delete pods. Data Grid Operator monitors statistics for the default cache and, when memory usage reaches the configured thresholds, scales your clusters up or down.

Maximum threshold

This threshold sets an upper boundary for the amount of memory that pods in your cluster can use before scaling up or performing eviction. When Data Grid Operator detects that any node reaches the maximum amount of memory that you configure, it creates a new node if possible. If Data Grid Operator cannot create a new node then it performs eviction when memory usage reaches 100 percent.

Minimum threshold

This threshold sets a lower boundary for memory usage across your Data Grid cluster. When Data Grid Operator detects that memory usage falls below the minimum, it shuts down pods.

Default cache only

Autoscaling capabilities work with the default cache only. If you plan to add other caches to your cluster, you should not include the autoscale field in your Infinispan CR. In this case you should use eviction to control the size of the data container on each node.

7.11.1. Configuring automatic scaling

If you create clusters with Cache service pods, you can configure Data Grid Operator to automatically scale clusters.

Procedure

  1. Add the spec.autoscale resource to your Infinispan CR to enable automatic scaling.

    Note

    Set a value of true for the autoscale.disabled field to disable automatic scaling.

  2. Configure thresholds for automatic scaling with the following fields:

    FieldDescription

    spec.autoscale.maxMemUsagePercent

    Specifies a maximum threshold, as a percentage, for memory usage on each node.

    spec.autoscale.maxReplicas

    Specifies the maximum number of Cache service pods for the cluster.

    spec.autoscale.minMemUsagePercent

    Specifies a minimum threshold, as a percentage, for cluster memory usage.

    spec.autoscale.minReplicas

    Specifies the minimum number of Cache service pods for the cluster.

    For example, add the following to your Infinispan CR:

    spec:
      service:
        type: Cache
      autoscale:
        disabled: false
        maxMemUsagePercent: 70
        maxReplicas: 5
        minMemUsagePercent: 30
        minReplicas: 2
  3. Apply the changes.

7.12. Adding labels and annotations to Data Grid resources

Attach key/value labels and annotations to pods and services that Data Grid Operator creates and manages. Labels help you identify relationships between objects to better organize and monitor Data Grid resources. Annotations are arbitrary non-identifying metadata for client applications or deployment and management tooling.

Note

Red Hat subscription labels are automatically applied to Data Grid resources.

Procedure

  1. Open your Infinispan CR for editing.
  2. Attach labels and annotations to Data Grid resources in the metadata.annotations section.

    • Define values for annotations directly in the metadata.annotations section.
    • Define values for labels with the metadata.labels field.
  3. Apply your Infinispan CR.

Custom annotations

apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
kind: Infinispan
metadata:
  annotations:
    infinispan.org/targetAnnotations: service-annotation1, service-annotation2
    infinispan.org/podTargetAnnotations: pod-annotation1, pod-annotation2
    infinispan.org/routerAnnotations: router-annotation1, router-annotation2

    service-annotation1: value
    service-annotation2: value
    pod-annotation1: value
    pod-annotation2: value
    router-annotation1: value
    router-annotation2: value

Custom labels

apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
kind: Infinispan
metadata:
  annotations:
    infinispan.org/targetLabels: service-label1, service-label2
    infinispan.org/podTargetLabels: pod-label1, pod-label2
  labels:
    service-label1: value
    service-label2: value
    pod-label1: value
    pod-label2: value
    # The operator does not attach these labels to resources.
    my-label: my-value
    environment: development

7.13. Adding labels and annotations with environment variables

Set environment variables for Data Grid Operator to add labels and annotations that automatically propagate to all Data Grid pods and services.

Procedure

Add labels and annotations to your Data Grid Operator subscription with the spec.config.env field in one of the following ways:

  • Use the oc edit subscription command.

    oc edit subscription datagrid -n openshift-operators
  • Use the Red Hat OpenShift Console.

    1. Navigate to Operators > Installed Operators > Data Grid Operator.
    2. From the Actions menu, select Edit Subscription.

Labels and annotations with environment variables

spec:
  config:
    env:
      - name: INFINISPAN_OPERATOR_TARGET_LABELS
        value: |
         {"service-label1":"value",
         service-label1":"value"}
      - name: INFINISPAN_OPERATOR_POD_TARGET_LABELS
        value: |
         {"pod-label1":"value",
         "pod-label2":"value"}
      - name: INFINISPAN_OPERATOR_TARGET_ANNOTATIONS
        value: |
         {"service-annotation1":"value",
         "service-annotation2":"value"}
      - name: INFINISPAN_OPERATOR_POD_TARGET_ANNOTATIONS
        value: |
         {"pod-annotation1":"value",
         "pod-annotation2":"value"}

7.14. Defining environment variables in the Data Grid Operator subscription

You can define environment variables in your Data Grid Operator subscription either when you create or edit the subscription.

Note

If you are using the Red Hat OpenShift Console, you must first install the Data Grid Operator and then edit the existing subscription.

spec.config.env field
Includes the name and value fields to define environment variables.
ADDITIONAL_VARS variable
Includes the names of environment variables in a format of JSON array. Environment variables within the value of the ADDITIONAL_VARS variable automatically propagate to each Data Grid Server pod managed by the associated Operator.

Prerequisites

  • Ensure the Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) is installed.
  • Have an oc client.

Procedure

  1. Create a subscription definition YAML for your Data Grid Operator:

    1. Use the spec.config.env field to define environment variables.
    2. Within the ADDITIONAL_VARS variable, include environment variable names in a JSON array.

      subscription-datagrid.yaml

      apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
      kind: Subscription
      metadata:
        name: datagrid
        namespace: openshift-operators
      spec:
        channel: 8.4.x
        installPlanApproval: Automatic
        name: datagrid
        source: redhat-operators
        sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace
        config:
          env:
          - name: ADDITIONAL_VARS
            value: "[\"VAR_NAME\", \"ANOTHER_VAR\"]"
          - name: VAR_NAME
            value: $(VAR_NAME_VALUE)
          - name: ANOTHER_VAR
            value: $(ANOTHER_VAR_VALUE)

      For example, use the environment variables to set the local time zone:

      subscription-datagrid.yaml

      kind: Subscription
      spec:
        ...
        config:
          env:
          - name: ADDITIONAL_VARS
            value: "[\"TZ\"]"
          - name: TZ
            value: "JST-9"

  2. Create a subscription for Data Grid Operator:

    oc apply -f subscription-datagrid.yaml

Verification

  • Retrieve the environment variables from the subscription-datagrid.yaml:

    oc get subscription datagrid -n openshift-operators -o jsonpath='{.spec.config.env[*].name}'

Next steps

  1. Use the oc edit subscription command to modify the environment variable:

    oc edit subscription datagrid -n openshift-operators
  2. To ensure the changes take effect on your Data Grid clusters, you must recreate the existing clusters. Terminate the pods by deleting the StatefulSet associated with the existing Infinispan CRs.
  • In the Red Hat OpenShift Console, navigate to Operators > Installed Operators > Data Grid Operator. From the Actions menu, select Edit Subscription.

Chapter 8. Configuring authentication

Application users need credentials to access Data Grid clusters. You can use default, generated credentials or add your own.

8.1. Default credentials

Data Grid Operator generates base64-encoded credentials for the following users:

UserSecret nameDescription

developer

infinispan-generated-secret

Credentials for the default application user.

operator

infinispan-generated-operator-secret

Credentials that Data Grid Operator uses to interact with Data Grid resources.

8.2. Retrieving credentials

Get credentials from authentication secrets to access Data Grid clusters.

Procedure

  • Retrieve credentials from authentication secrets.

    oc get secret infinispan-generated-secret

    Base64-decode credentials.

    oc get secret infinispan-generated-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.identities\.yaml}" | base64 --decode

8.3. Adding custom user credentials

Configure access to Data Grid cluster endpoints with custom credentials.

Note

Modifying spec.security.endpointSecretName triggers a cluster restart.

Procedure

  1. Create an identities.yaml file with the credentials that you want to add.

    credentials:
    - username: myfirstusername
      password: changeme-one
    - username: mysecondusername
      password: changeme-two
  2. Create an authentication secret from identities.yaml.

    oc create secret generic --from-file=identities.yaml connect-secret
  3. Specify the authentication secret with spec.security.endpointSecretName in your Infinispan CR and then apply the changes.

    spec:
      security:
        endpointSecretName: connect-secret

8.4. Changing the operator password

You can change the password for the operator user if you do not want to use the automatically generated password.

Procedure

  • Update the password key in the infinispan-generated-operator-secret secret as follows:

    oc patch secret infinispan-generated-operator-secret -p='{"stringData":{"password": "supersecretoperatorpassword"}}'
    Note

    You should update only the password key in the generated-operator-secret secret. When you update the password, Data Grid Operator automatically refreshes other keys in that secret.

8.5. Disabling user authentication

Allow users to access Data Grid clusters and manipulate data without providing credentials.

Important

Do not disable authentication if endpoints are accessible from outside the OpenShift cluster via spec.expose.type. You should disable authentication for development environments only.

Procedure

  1. Set false as the value for the spec.security.endpointAuthentication field in your Infinispan CR.

    spec:
      security:
        endpointAuthentication: false
  2. Apply the changes.

Chapter 9. Configuring client certificate authentication

Add client trust stores to your project and configure Data Grid to allow connections only from clients that present valid certificates. This increases security of your deployment by ensuring that clients are trusted by a public certificate authority (CA).

9.1. Client certificate authentication

Client certificate authentication restricts in-bound connections based on the certificates that clients present.

You can configure Data Grid to use trust stores with either of the following strategies:

Validate

To validate client certificates, Data Grid requires a trust store that contains any part of the certificate chain for the signing authority, typically the root CA certificate. Any client that presents a certificate signed by the CA can connect to Data Grid.

If you use the Validate strategy for verifying client certificates, you must also configure clients to provide valid Data Grid credentials if you enable authentication.

Authenticate

Requires a trust store that contains all public client certificates in addition to the root CA certificate. Only clients that present a signed certificate can connect to Data Grid.

If you use the Authenticate strategy for verifying client certificates, you must ensure that certificates contain valid Data Grid credentials as part of the distinguished name (DN).

9.2. Enabling client certificate authentication

To enable client certificate authentication, you configure Data Grid to use trust stores with either the Validate or Authenticate strategy.

Procedure

  1. Set either Validate or Authenticate as the value for the spec.security.endpointEncryption.clientCert field in your Infinispan CR.

    Note

    The default value is None.

  2. Specify the secret that contains the client trust store with the spec.security.endpointEncryption.clientCertSecretName field.

    By default Data Grid Operator expects a trust store secret named <cluster-name>-client-cert-secret.

    Note

    The secret must be unique to each Infinispan CR instance in the OpenShift cluster. When you delete the Infinispan CR, OpenShift also automatically deletes the associated secret.

    spec:
      security:
        endpointEncryption:
            type: Secret
            certSecretName: tls-secret
            clientCert: Validate
            clientCertSecretName: infinispan-client-cert-secret
  3. Apply the changes.

Next steps

Provide Data Grid Operator with a trust store that contains all client certificates. Alternatively you can provide certificates in PEM format and let Data Grid generate a client trust store.

9.3. Providing client truststores

If you have a trust store that contains the required certificates you can make it available to Data Grid Operator.

Data Grid supports trust stores in PKCS12 format only.

Procedure

  1. Specify the name of the secret that contains the client trust store as the value of the metadata.name field.

    Note

    The name must match the value of the spec.security.endpointEncryption.clientCertSecretName field.

  2. Provide the password for the trust store with the stringData.truststore-password field.
  3. Specify the trust store with the data.truststore.p12 field.

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Secret
    metadata:
      name: infinispan-client-cert-secret
    type: Opaque
    stringData:
        truststore-password: changme
    data:
        truststore.p12:  "<base64_encoded_PKCS12_trust_store>"
  4. Apply the changes.

9.4. Providing client certificates

Data Grid Operator can generate a trust store from certificates in PEM format.

Procedure

  1. Specify the name of the secret that contains the client trust store as the value of the metadata.name field.

    Note

    The name must match the value of the spec.security.endpointEncryption.clientCertSecretName field.

  2. Specify the signing certificate, or CA certificate bundle, as the value of the data.trust.ca field.
  3. If you use the Authenticate strategy to verify client identities, add the certificate for each client that can connect to Data Grid endpoints with the data.trust.cert.<name> field.

    Note

    Data Grid Operator uses the <name> value as the alias for the certificate when it generates the trust store.

  4. Optionally provide a password for the trust store with the stringData.truststore-password field.

    If you do not provide one, Data Grid Operator sets "password" as the trust store password.

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Secret
    metadata:
      name: infinispan-client-cert-secret
    type: Opaque
    stringData:
        truststore-password: changme
    data:
        trust.ca: "<base64_encoded_CA_certificate>"
        trust.cert.client1: "<base64_encoded_client_certificate>"
        trust.cert.client2: "<base64_encoded_client_certificate>"
  5. Apply the changes.

Chapter 10. Configuring encryption

Encrypt connections between clients and Data Grid pods with Red Hat OpenShift service certificates or custom TLS certificates.

10.1. Encryption with Red Hat OpenShift service certificates

Data Grid Operator automatically generates TLS certificates that are signed by the Red Hat OpenShift service CA. Data Grid Operator then stores the certificates and keys in a secret so you can retrieve them and use with remote clients.

If the Red Hat OpenShift service CA is available, Data Grid Operator adds the following spec.security.endpointEncryption configuration to the Infinispan CR:

spec:
  security:
    endpointEncryption:
      type: Service
      certServiceName: service.beta.openshift.io
      certSecretName: infinispan-cert-secret
FieldDescription

spec.security.endpointEncryption.certServiceName

Specifies the service that provides TLS certificates.

spec.security.endpointEncryption.certSecretName

Specifies a secret with a service certificate and key in PEM format. Defaults to <cluster_name>-cert-secret.

Note

Service certificates use the internal DNS name of the Data Grid cluster as the common name (CN), for example:

Subject: CN = example-infinispan.mynamespace.svc

For this reason, service certificates can be fully trusted only inside OpenShift. If you want to encrypt connections with clients running outside OpenShift, you should use custom TLS certificates.

Service certificates are valid for one year and are automatically replaced before they expire.

10.2. Retrieving TLS certificates

Get TLS certificates from encryption secrets to create client trust stores.

Procedure

  • Retrieve tls.crt from encryption secrets as follows:

    oc get secret infinispan-cert-secret -o jsonpath='{.data.tls\.crt}' | base64 --decode > tls.crt

10.3. Disabling encryption

You can disable encryption so clients do not need TLS certificates to establish connections with Data Grid.

Important

Do not disable encryption if endpoints are accessible from outside the OpenShift cluster via spec.expose.type. You should disable encryption for development environments only.

Procedure

  1. Set None as the value for the spec.security.endpointEncryption.type field in your Infinispan CR.

    spec:
      security:
        endpointEncryption:
          type: None
  2. Apply the changes.

10.4. Using custom TLS certificates

Use custom PKCS12 keystore or TLS certificate/key pairs to encrypt connections between clients and Data Grid clusters.

Prerequisites

  • Create either a keystore or certificate secret.

    Note

    The secret must be unique to each Infinispan CR instance in the OpenShift cluster. When you delete the Infinispan CR, OpenShift also automatically deletes the associated secret.

Procedure

  1. Add the encryption secret to your OpenShift namespace, for example:

    oc apply -f tls_secret.yaml
  2. Specify the encryption secret with the spec.security.endpointEncryption.certSecretName field in your Infinispan CR.

    spec:
      security:
        endpointEncryption:
          type: Secret
          certSecretName: tls-secret
  3. Apply the changes.

10.4.1. Custom encryption secrets

Custom encryption secrets that add keystores or certificate/key pairs to secure Data Grid connections must contain specific fields.

Keystore secrets

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: tls-secret
type: Opaque
stringData:
  alias: server
  password: changeme
data:
  keystore.p12:  "MIIKDgIBAzCCCdQGCSqGSIb3DQEHA..."

FieldDescription

stringData.alias

Specifies an alias for the keystore.

stringData.password

Specifies the keystore password.

data.keystore.p12

Adds a base64-encoded keystore.

Certificate secrets

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: tls-secret
type: Opaque
data:
  tls.key:  "LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBQUk ..."
  tls.crt: "LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBDRVl ..."

FieldDescription

data.tls.key

Adds a base64-encoded TLS key.

data.tls.crt

Adds a base64-encoded TLS certificate.

Chapter 11. Configuring user roles and permissions

Secure access to Data Grid services by configuring role-based access control (RBAC) for users. This requires you to assign roles to users so that they have permission to access caches and Data Grid resources.

11.1. Enabling security authorization

By default authorization is disabled to ensure backwards compatibility with Infinispan CR instances. Complete the following procedure to enable authorization and use role-based access control (RBAC) for Data Grid users.

Procedure

  1. Set true as the value for the spec.security.authorization.enabled field in your Infinispan CR.

    spec:
      security:
        authorization:
          enabled: true
  2. Apply the changes.

11.2. User roles and permissions

Data Grid Operator provides a set of default roles that are associated with different permissions.

Table 11.1. Default roles and permissions
RolePermissionsDescription

admin

ALL

Superuser with all permissions including control of the Cache Manager lifecycle.

deployer

ALL_READ, ALL_WRITE, LISTEN, EXEC, MONITOR, CREATE

Can create and delete Data Grid resources in addition to application permissions.

application

ALL_READ, ALL_WRITE, LISTEN, EXEC, MONITOR

Has read and write access to Data Grid resources in addition to observer permissions. Can also listen to events and execute server tasks and scripts.

observer

ALL_READ, MONITOR

Has read access to Data Grid resources in addition to monitor permissions.

monitor

MONITOR

Can view statistics for Data Grid clusters.

Data Grid Operator credentials

Data Grid Operator generates credentials that it uses to authenticate with Data Grid clusters to perform internal operations. By default Data Grid Operator credentials are automatically assigned the admin role when you enable security authorization.

Additional resources

11.3. Assigning roles and permissions to users

Assign users with roles that control whether users are authorized to access Data Grid cluster resources. Roles can have different permission levels, from read-only to unrestricted access.

Note

Users gain authorization implicitly. For example, "admin" gets admin permissions automatically. A user named "deployer" has the deployer role automatically, and so on.

Procedure

  1. Create an identities.yaml file that assigns roles to users.

    credentials:
      - username: admin
        password: changeme
      - username: my-user-1
        password: changeme
        roles:
          - admin
      - username: my-user-2
        password: changeme
        roles:
          - monitor
  2. Create an authentication secret from identities.yaml.

    If necessary, delete the existing secret first.

    oc delete secret connect-secret --ignore-not-found
    oc create secret generic --from-file=identities.yaml connect-secret
  3. Specify the authentication secret with spec.security.endpointSecretName in your Infinispan CR and then apply the changes.

    spec:
      security:
        endpointSecretName: connect-secret

11.4. Adding custom roles and permissions

You can define custom roles with different combinations of permissions.

Procedure

  1. Open your Infinispan CR for editing.
  2. Specify custom roles and their associated permissions with the spec.security.authorization.roles field.

    spec:
      security:
        authorization:
          enabled: true
          roles:
            - name: my-role-1
              permissions:
                - ALL
            - name: my-role-2
              permissions:
                - READ
                - WRITE
  3. Apply the changes.

Chapter 12. Configuring network access to Data Grid

Expose Data Grid clusters so you can access Data Grid Console, the Data Grid command line interface (CLI), REST API, and Hot Rod endpoint.

12.1. Getting the service for internal connections

By default, Data Grid Operator creates a service that provides access to Data Grid clusters from clients running on OpenShift.

This internal service has the same name as your Data Grid cluster, for example:

metadata:
  name: infinispan

Procedure

  • Check that the internal service is available as follows:

    oc get services

12.2. Exposing Data Grid through a LoadBalancer service

Use a LoadBalancer service to make Data Grid clusters available to clients running outside OpenShift.

Note

To access Data Grid with unencrypted Hot Rod client connections you must use a LoadBalancer service.

Procedure

  1. Include spec.expose in your Infinispan CR.
  2. Specify LoadBalancer as the service type with the spec.expose.type field.
  3. Optionally specify the network port where the service is exposed with the spec.expose.port field.

    spec:
      expose:
        type: LoadBalancer
        port: 65535
  4. Apply the changes.
  5. Verify that the -external service is available.

    oc get services | grep external

12.3. Exposing Data Grid through a NodePort service

Use a NodePort service to expose Data Grid clusters on the network.

Procedure

  1. Include spec.expose in your Infinispan CR.
  2. Specify NodePort as the service type with the spec.expose.type field.
  3. Configure the port where Data Grid is exposed with the spec.expose.nodePort field.

    spec:
      expose:
        type: NodePort
        nodePort: 30000
  4. Apply the changes.
  5. Verify that the -external service is available.

    oc get services | grep external

12.4. Exposing Data Grid through a Route

Use an OpenShift Route with passthrough encryption to make Data Grid clusters available on the network.

Note

To access Data Grid with Hot Rod client, you must configure TLS with SNI.

Procedure

  1. Include spec.expose in your Infinispan CR.
  2. Specify Route as the service type with the spec.expose.type field.
  3. Optionally add a hostname with the spec.expose.host field.

    spec:
      expose:
        type: Route
        host: www.example.org
  4. Apply the changes.
  5. Verify that the route is available.

    oc get routes

Route ports

When you create a Route, it exposes a port on the network that accepts client connections and redirects traffic to Data Grid services that listen on port 11222.

The port where the Route is available depends on whether you use encryption or not.

PortDescription

80

Encryption is disabled.

443

Encryption is enabled.

12.5. Network services

Reference information for network services that Data Grid Operator creates and manages.

ServicePortProtocolDescription

<cluster_name>

11222

TCP

Access to Data Grid endpoints within the OpenShift cluster or from an OpenShift Route.

<cluster_name>-admin

11223

TCP

Access to Data Grid endpoints within the OpenShift cluster for internal Data Grid Operator use. This port utilises a different security-realm to port 11222 and should not be accessed by user applications.

<cluster_name>-ping

8888

TCP

Cluster discovery for Data Grid pods.

<cluster_name>-external

11222

TCP

Access to Data Grid endpoints from a LoadBalancer or NodePort service.

<cluster_name>-site

7900

TCP

JGroups RELAY2 channel for cross-site communication.

Note

The Data Grid Console should only be accessed via OpenShift services or an OpenShift Route exposing port 11222.

Chapter 13. Setting up cross-site replication

Ensure availability with Data Grid Operator by configuring geographically distributed clusters as a unified service.

You can configure clusters to perform cross-site replication with:

  • Connections that Data Grid Operator manages.
  • Connections that you configure and manage.
Note

You can use both managed and manual connections for Data Grid clusters in the same Infinispan CR. You must ensure that Data Grid clusters establish connections in the same way at each site.

13.1. Cross-site replication expose types

You can use a NodePort service, a LoadBalancer service, or an OpenShift Route to handle network traffic for backup operations between Data Grid clusters. Before you start setting up cross-site replication you should determine what expose type is available for your Red Hat OpenShift cluster. In some cases you may require an administrator to provision services before you can configure an expose type.

NodePort

A NodePort is a service that accepts network traffic at a static port, in the 30000 to 32767 range, on an IP address that is available externally to the OpenShift cluster.

To use a NodePort as the expose type for cross-site replication, an administrator must provision external IP addresses for each OpenShift node. In most cases, an administrator must also configure DNS routing for those external IP addresses.

LoadBalancer

A LoadBalancer is a service that directs network traffic to the correct node in the OpenShift cluster.

Whether you can use a LoadBalancer as the expose type for cross-site replication depends on the host platform. AWS supports network load balancers (NLB) while some other cloud platforms do not. To use a LoadBalancer service, an administrator must first create an ingress controller backed by an NLB.

Route

An OpenShift Route allows Data Grid clusters to connect with each other through a public secure URL.

Data Grid uses TLS with the SNI header to send backup requests between clusters through an OpenShift Route. To do this you must add a keystore with TLS certificates so that Data Grid can encrypt network traffic for cross-site replication.

When you specify Route as the expose type for cross-site replication, Data Grid Operator creates a route with TLS passthrough encryption for each Data Grid cluster that it manages. You can specify a hostname for the Route but you cannot specify a Route that you have already created.

13.2. Managed cross-site replication

Data Grid Operator can discover Data Grid clusters running in different data centers to form global clusters.

When you configure managed cross-site connections, Data Grid Operator creates router pods in each Data Grid cluster. Data Grid pods use the <cluster_name>-site service to connect to these router pods and send backup requests.

Router pods maintain a record of all pod IP addresses and parse RELAY message headers to forward backup requests to the correct Data Grid cluster. If a router pod crashes then all Data Grid pods start using any other available router pod until OpenShift restores it.

Important

To manage cross-site connections, Data Grid Operator uses the Kubernetes API. Each OpenShift cluster must have network access to the remote Kubernetes API and a service account token for each backup cluster.

Note

Data Grid clusters do not start running until Data Grid Operator discovers all backup locations that you configure.

13.2.1. Creating service account tokens for managed cross-site connections

Generate service account tokens on OpenShift clusters that allow Data Grid Operator to automatically discover Data Grid clusters and manage cross-site connections.

Prerequisites

  • Ensure all OpenShift clusters have access to the Kubernetes API.
    Data Grid Operator uses this API to manage cross-site connections.

    Note

    Data Grid Operator does not modify remote Data Grid clusters. The service account tokens provide read-only access through the Kubernetes API.

Procedure

  1. Log in to an OpenShift cluster.
  2. Create a service account.

    For example, create a service account at LON:

    oc create sa -n <namespace> lon
  3. Add the view role to the service account with the following command:

    oc policy add-role-to-user view -n <namespace> -z lon
  4. If you use a NodePort service to expose Data Grid clusters on the network, you must also add the cluster-reader role to the service account:

    oc adm policy add-cluster-role-to-user cluster-reader -z lon -n <namespace>
  5. Repeat the preceding steps on your other OpenShift clusters.
  6. Exchange service account tokens on each OpenShift cluster.

13.2.2. Exchanging service account tokens

Generate service account tokens on your OpenShift clusters and add them into secrets at each backup location. The tokens that you generate in this procedure do not expire. For bound service account tokens, see Exchanging bound service account tokens.

Prerequisites

  • You have created a service account.

Procedure

  1. Log in to your OpenShift cluster.
  2. Create a service account token secret file as follows:

    sa-token.yaml

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Secret
    metadata:
      name: ispn-xsite-sa-token 1
      annotations:
        kubernetes.io/service-account.name: "<service-account>" 2
    type: kubernetes.io/service-account-token

    1
    Specifies the name of the secret.
    2
    Specifies the service account name.
  3. Create the secret in your OpenShift cluster:

    oc -n <namespace> create -f sa-token.yaml
  4. Retrieve the service account token:

    oc -n <namespace> get secrets ispn-xsite-sa-token -o jsonpath="{.data.token}" | base64 -d

    The command prints the token in the terminal.

  5. Copy the token for deployment in the backup OpenShift cluster.
  6. Log in to the backup OpenShift cluster.
  7. Add the service account token for a backup location:

    oc -n <namespace> create secret generic <token-secret> --from-literal=token=<token>

    The <token-secret> is the name of the secret configured in the Infinispan CR.

Next steps

  • Repeat the preceding steps on your other OpenShift clusters.

13.2.3. Exchanging bound service account tokens

Create service account tokens with a limited lifespan and add them into secrets at each backup location. You must refresh the token periodically to prevent Data Grid Operator from losing access to the remote OpenShift cluster. For non-expiring tokens, see Exchanging service account tokens.

Prerequisites

  • You have created a service account.

Procedure

  1. Log in to your OpenShift cluster.
  2. Create a bound token for the service account:

    oc -n <namespace> create token <service-account>
    Note

    By default, service account tokens are valid for one hour. Use the command option --duration to specify the lifespan in seconds..

    The command prints the token in the terminal.

  3. Copy the token for deployment in the backup OpenShift cluster(s).
  4. Log in to the backup OpenShift cluster.
  5. Add the service account token for a backup location:

    oc -n <namespace> create secret generic <token-secret> --from-literal=token=<token>

    The <token-secret> is the name of the secret configured in the Infinispan CR.

  6. Repeat the steps on other OpenShift clusters.
Deleting expired tokens

When a token expires, delete the expired token secret, and then repeat the procedure to generate and exchange a new one.

  1. Log in to the backup OpenShift cluster.
  2. Delete the expired secret <token-secret>:

    oc -n <namespace> delete secrets <token-secret>
  3. Repeat the procedure to create a new token and generate a new <token-secret>.

13.2.4. Configuring managed cross-site connections

Configure Data Grid Operator to establish cross-site views with Data Grid clusters.

Prerequisites

  • Determine a suitable expose type for cross-site replication.
    If you use an OpenShift Route you must add a keystore with TLS certificates and secure cross-site connections.
  • Create and exchange Red Hat OpenShift service account tokens for each Data Grid cluster.

Procedure

  1. Create an Infinispan CR for each Data Grid cluster.
  2. Specify the name of the local site with spec.service.sites.local.name.
  3. Configure the expose type for cross-site replication.

    1. Set the value of the spec.service.sites.local.expose.type field to one of the following:

      • NodePort
      • LoadBalancer
      • Route
    2. Optionally specify a port or custom hostname with the following fields:

      • spec.service.sites.local.expose.nodePort if you use a NodePort service.
      • spec.service.sites.local.expose.port if you use a LoadBalancer service.
      • spec.service.sites.local.expose.routeHostName if you use an OpenShift Route.
  4. Specify the number of pods that can send RELAY messages with the service.sites.local.maxRelayNodes field.

    Tip

    Configure all pods in your cluster to send RELAY messages for better performance. If all pods send backup requests directly, then no pods need to forward backup requests.

  5. Provide the name, URL, and secret for each Data Grid cluster that acts as a backup location with spec.service.sites.locations.
  6. If Data Grid cluster names or namespaces at the remote site do not match the local site, specify those values with the clusterName and namespace fields.

    The following are example Infinispan CR definitions for LON and NYC:

    • LON

      apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
      kind: Infinispan
      metadata:
        name: infinispan
      spec:
        replicas: 3
        version: <Data Grid_version>
        service:
          type: DataGrid
          sites:
            local:
              name: LON
              expose:
                type: LoadBalancer
                port: 65535
              maxRelayNodes: 1
            locations:
              - name: NYC
                clusterName: <nyc_cluster_name>
                namespace: <nyc_cluster_namespace>
                url: openshift://api.rhdg-nyc.openshift-aws.myhost.com:6443
                secretName: nyc-token
        logging:
          categories:
            org.jgroups.protocols.TCP: error
            org.jgroups.protocols.relay.RELAY2: error
    • NYC

      apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
      kind: Infinispan
      metadata:
        name: nyc-cluster
      spec:
        replicas: 2
        version: <Data Grid_version>
        service:
          type: DataGrid
          sites:
            local:
              name: NYC
              expose:
                type: LoadBalancer
                port: 65535
              maxRelayNodes: 1
            locations:
              - name: LON
                clusterName: infinispan
                namespace: rhdg-namespace
                url: openshift://api.rhdg-lon.openshift-aws.myhost.com:6443
                secretName: lon-token
        logging:
          categories:
            org.jgroups.protocols.TCP: error
            org.jgroups.protocols.relay.RELAY2: error
      Important

      Be sure to adjust logging categories in your Infinispan CR to decrease log levels for JGroups TCP and RELAY2 protocols. This prevents a large number of log files from uses container storage.

      spec:
        logging:
          categories:
            org.jgroups.protocols.TCP: error
            org.jgroups.protocols.relay.RELAY2: error
  7. Configure your Infinispan CRs with any other Data Grid service resources and then apply the changes.
  8. Verify that Data Grid clusters form a cross-site view.

    1. Retrieve the Infinispan CR.

      oc get infinispan -o yaml
    2. Check for the type: CrossSiteViewFormed condition.

Next steps

If your clusters have formed a cross-site view, you can start adding backup locations to caches.

13.3. Manually configuring cross-site connections

You can specify static network connection details to perform cross-site replication with Data Grid clusters running outside OpenShift. Manual cross-site connections are necessary in any scenario where access to the Kubernetes API is not available outside the OpenShift cluster where Data Grid runs.

Prerequisites

  • Determine a suitable expose type for cross-site replication.
    If you use an OpenShift Route you must add a keystore with TLS certificates and secure cross-site connections.
  • Ensure you have the correct host names and ports for each Data Grid cluster and each <cluster-name>-site service.

    Manually connecting Data Grid clusters to form cross-site views requires predictable network locations for Data Grid services, which means you need to know the network locations before they are created.

Procedure

  1. Create an Infinispan CR for each Data Grid cluster.
  2. Specify the name of the local site with spec.service.sites.local.name.
  3. Configure the expose type for cross-site replication.

    1. Set the value of the spec.service.sites.local.expose.type field to one of the following:

      • NodePort
      • LoadBalancer
      • Route
    2. Optionally specify a port or custom hostname with the following fields:

      • spec.service.sites.local.expose.nodePort if you use a NodePort service.
      • spec.service.sites.local.expose.port if you use a LoadBalancer service.
      • spec.service.sites.local.expose.routeHostName if you use an OpenShift Route.
  4. Provide the name and static URL for each Data Grid cluster that acts as a backup location with spec.service.sites.locations, for example:

    • LON

      apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
      kind: Infinispan
      metadata:
        name: infinispan
      spec:
        replicas: 3
        version: <Data Grid_version>
        service:
          type: DataGrid
          sites:
            local:
              name: LON
              expose:
                type: LoadBalancer
                port: 65535
              maxRelayNodes: 1
            locations:
              - name: NYC
                url: infinispan+xsite://infinispan-nyc.myhost.com:7900
        logging:
          categories:
            org.jgroups.protocols.TCP: error
            org.jgroups.protocols.relay.RELAY2: error
    • NYC

      apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
      kind: Infinispan
      metadata:
        name: infinispan
      spec:
        replicas: 2
        version: <Data Grid_version>
        service:
          type: DataGrid
          sites:
            local:
              name: NYC
              expose:
                type: LoadBalancer
                port: 65535
              maxRelayNodes: 1
            locations:
              - name: LON
                url: infinispan+xsite://infinispan-lon.myhost.com
        logging:
          categories:
            org.jgroups.protocols.TCP: error
            org.jgroups.protocols.relay.RELAY2: error
      Important

      Be sure to adjust logging categories in your Infinispan CR to decrease log levels for JGroups TCP and RELAY2 protocols. This prevents a large number of log files from uses container storage.

      spec:
        logging:
          categories:
            org.jgroups.protocols.TCP: error
            org.jgroups.protocols.relay.RELAY2: error
  5. Configure your Infinispan CRs with any other Data Grid service resources and then apply the changes.
  6. Verify that Data Grid clusters form a cross-site view.

    1. Retrieve the Infinispan CR.

      oc get infinispan -o yaml
    2. Check for the type: CrossSiteViewFormed condition.

Next steps

If your clusters have formed a cross-site view, you can start adding backup locations to caches.

13.4. Allocating CPU and memory for Gossip router pod

Allocate CPU and memory resources to Data Grid Gossip router.

Prerequisite

  • Have Gossip router enabled. The service.sites.local.discovery.launchGossipRouter property must be set to true, which is the default value.

Procedure

  1. Allocate the number of CPU units using the service.sites.local.discovery.cpu field.
  2. Allocate the amount of memory, in bytes, using the service.sites.local.discovery.memory field.

    The cpu and memory fields have values in the format of <limit>:<requests>. For example, cpu: "2000m:1000m" limits pods to a maximum of 2000m of CPU and requests 1000m of CPU for each pod at startup. Specifying a single value sets both the limit and request.

  3. Apply your Infinispan CR.
spec:
  service:
    type: DataGrid
    sites:
      local:
        name: LON
        discovery:
          launchGossipRouter: true
          memory: "2Gi:1Gi"
          cpu: "2000m:1000m"

13.5. Disabling local Gossip router and service

The Data Grid Operator starts a Gossip router on each site, but you only need a single Gossip router to manage traffic between the Data Grid cluster members. You can disable the additional Gossip routers to save resources.

For example, you have Data Grid clusters in LON and NYC sites. The following procedure shows how you can disable Gossip router in LON site and connect to NYC that has the Gossip router enabled.

Procedure

  1. Create an Infinispan CR for each Data Grid cluster.
  2. Specify the name of the local site with the spec.service.sites.local.name field.
  3. For the LON cluster, set false as the value for the spec.service.sites.local.discovery.launchGossipRouter field.
  4. For the LON cluster, specify the url with the spec.service.sites.locations.url to connect to the NYC.
  5. In the NYC configuration, do not specify the spec.service.sites.locations.url.

    LON

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
    spec:
      replicas: 3
      service:
        type: DataGrid
        sites:
          local:
            name: LON
            discovery:
              launchGossipRouter: false
          locations:
            - name: NYC
              url: infinispan+xsite://infinispan-nyc.myhost.com:7900

    NYC

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
    spec:
      replicas: 3
      service:
        type: DataGrid
        sites:
          local:
            name: NYC
          locations:
            - name: LON

Important

If you have three or more sites, Data Grid recommends to keep the Gossip router enabled on all the remote sites. When you have multiple Gossip routers and one of them becomes unavailable, the remaining routers continue exchanging messages. If a single Gossip router is defined, and it becomes unavailable, the connection between the remote sites breaks.

Next steps

If your clusters have formed a cross-site view, you can start adding backup locations to caches.

Additional resources

13.6. Resources for configuring cross-site replication

The following tables provides fields and descriptions for cross-site resources.

Table 13.1. service.type
FieldDescription

service.type: DataGrid

Data Grid supports cross-site replication with Data Grid service clusters only.

Table 13.2. service.sites.local
FieldDescription

service.sites.local.name

Names the local site where a Data Grid cluster runs.

service.sites.local.maxRelayNodes

Specifies the maximum number of pods that can send RELAY messages for cross-site replication. The default value is 1.

service.sites.local.discovery.launchGossipRouter

If false, the cross-site services and the Gossip router pod are not created in the local site. The default value is true.

service.sites.local.discovery.memory

Allocates the amount of memory in bytes. It uses the following format <limit>:<requests> (example "2Gi:1Gi").

service.sites.local.discovery.cpu

Allocates the number of CPU units. It uses the following format <limit>:<requests> (example "2000m:1000m").

service.sites.local.expose.type

Specifies the network service for cross-site replication. Data Grid clusters use this service to communicate and perform backup operations. You can set the value to NodePort, LoadBalancer, or Route.

service.sites.local.expose.nodePort

Specifies a static port within the default range of 30000 to 32767 if you expose Data Grid through a NodePort service. If you do not specify a port, the platform selects an available one.

service.sites.local.expose.port

Specifies the network port for the service if you expose Data Grid through a LoadBalancer service. The default port is 7900.

service.sites.local.expose.routeHostName

Specifies a custom hostname if you expose Data Grid through an OpenShift Route. If you do not set a value then OpenShift generates a hostname.

Table 13.3. service.sites.locations
FieldDescription

service.sites.locations

Provides connection information for all backup locations.

service.sites.locations.name

Specifies a backup location that matches .spec.service.sites.local.name.

service.sites.locations.url

Specifies the URL of the Kubernetes API for managed connections or a static URL for manual connections.

Use openshift:// to specify the URL of the Kubernetes API for an OpenShift cluster.

Note that the openshift:// URL must present a valid, CA-signed certificate. You cannot use self-signed certificates.

Use the infinispan+xsite://<hostname>:<port> format for static hostnames and ports. The default port is 7900.

service.sites.locations.secretName

Specifies the secret that contains the service account token for the backup site.

service.sites.locations.clusterName

Specifies the cluster name at the backup location if it is different to the cluster name at the local site.

service.sites.locations.namespace

Specifies the namespace of the Data Grid cluster at the backup location if it does not match the namespace at the local site.

Managed cross-site connections
spec:
  service:
    type: DataGrid
    sites:
      local:
        name: LON
        expose:
          type: LoadBalancer
        maxRelayNodes: 1
      locations:
      - name: NYC
        clusterName: <nyc_cluster_name>
        namespace: <nyc_cluster_namespace>
        url: openshift://api.site-b.devcluster.openshift.com:6443
        secretName: nyc-token
Manual cross-site connections
spec:
  service:
    type: DataGrid
    sites:
      local:
        name: LON
        expose:
          type: LoadBalancer
          port: 65535
        maxRelayNodes: 1
      locations:
      - name: NYC
        url: infinispan+xsite://infinispan-nyc.myhost.com:7900

13.7. Securing cross-site connections

Add keystores and trust stores so that Data Grid clusters can secure cross-site replication traffic.

You must add a keystore to use an OpenShift Route as the expose type for cross-site replication. Securing cross-site connections is optional if you use a NodePort or LoadBalancer as the expose type.

Note

Cross-site replication does not support the OpenShift CA service. You must provide your own certificates.

Prerequisites

  • Have a PKCS12 keystore that Data Grid can use to encrypt and decrypt RELAY messages.

    You must provide a keystore for relay pods and router pods to secure cross-site connections.
    The keystore can be the same for relay pods and router pods or you can provide separate keystores for each.
    You can also use the same keystore for each Data Grid cluster or a unique keystore for each cluster.

  • Have a PKCS12 trust store that contains part of the certificate chain or root CA certificate that verifies public certificates for Data Grid relay pods and router pods.

Procedure

  1. Create cross-site encryption secrets.

    1. Create keystore secrets.
    2. Create trust store secrets.
  2. Modify the Infinispan CR for each Data Grid cluster to specify the secret name for the encryption.transportKeyStore.secretName and encryption.routerKeyStore.secretName fields.
  3. Configure any other fields to encrypt RELAY messages as required and then apply the changes.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
    spec:
      replicas: 2
      version: <Data Grid_version>
      expose:
        type: LoadBalancer
      service:
        type: DataGrid
        sites:
          local:
            name: SiteA
            # ...
            encryption:
              protocol: TLSv1.3
              transportKeyStore:
                secretName: transport-tls-secret
                alias: transport
                filename: keystore.p12
              routerKeyStore:
                secretName: router-tls-secret
                alias: router
                filename: keystore.p12
              trustStore:
                secretName: truststore-tls-secret
                filename: truststore.p12
          locations:
            # ...

13.7.1. Resources for configuring cross-site encryption

The following tables provides fields and descriptions for encrypting cross-site connections.

Table 13.4. service.type.sites.local.encryption
FieldDescription

service.type.sites.local.encryption.protocol

Specifies the TLS protocol to use for cross-site connections. The default value is TLSv1.2 but you can set TLSv1.3 if required.

service.type.sites.local.encryption.transportKeyStore

Configures a keystore secret for relay pods.

service.type.sites.local.encryption.routerKeyStore

Configures a keystore secret for router pods.

service.type.sites.local.encryption.trustStore

Configures a trust store secret for relay pods and router pods.

Table 13.5. service.type.sites.local.encryption.transportKeyStore
FieldDescription

secretName

Specifies the secret that contains a keystore that relay pods can use to encrypt and decrypt RELAY messages. This field is required.

alias

Optionally specifies the alias of the certificate in the keystore. The default value is transport.

filename

Optionally specifies the filename of the keystore. The default value is keystore.p12.

Table 13.6. service.type.sites.local.encryption.routerKeyStore
FieldDescription

secretName

Specifies the secret that contains a keystore that router pods can use to encrypt and decrypt RELAY messages. This field is required.

alias

Optionally specifies the alias of the certificate in the keystore. The default value is router.

filename

Optionally specifies the filename of the keystore. The default value is keystore.p12.

Table 13.7. service.type.sites.local.encryption.trustStore
FieldDescription

secretName

Specifies the secret that contains a trust store to verify public certificates for relay pods and router pods. This field is required.

filename

Optionally specifies the filename of the trust store. The default value is truststore.p12.

13.7.2. Cross-site encryption secrets

Cross-site replication encryption secrets add keystores and trust store for securing cross-site connections.

Cross-site encryption secrets

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: tls-secret
type: Opaque
stringData:
  password: changeme
  type: pkcs12
data:
  <file-name>: "MIIKDgIBAzCCCdQGCSqGSIb3DQEHA..."

FieldDescription

stringData.password

Specifies the password for the keystore or trust store.

stringData.type

Optionally specifies the keystore or trust store type. The default value is pkcs12.

data.<file-name>

Adds a base64-encoded keystore or trust store.

13.8. Configuring sites in the same OpenShift cluster

For evaluation and demonstration purposes, you can configure Data Grid to back up between pods in the same OpenShift cluster.

Important

Using ClusterIP as the expose type for cross-site replication is intended for demonstration purposes only. It would be appropriate to use this expose type only to perform a temporary proof-of-concept deployment on a laptop or something of that nature.

Procedure

  1. Create an Infinispan CR for each Data Grid cluster.
  2. Specify the name of the local site with spec.service.sites.local.name.
  3. Set ClusterIP as the value of the spec.service.sites.local.expose.type field.
  4. Provide the name of the Data Grid cluster that acts as a backup location with spec.service.sites.locations.clusterName.
  5. If both Data Grid clusters have the same name, specify the namespace of the backup location with spec.service.sites.locations.namespace.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: example-clustera
    spec:
      replicas: 1
      expose:
        type: LoadBalancer
      service:
        type: DataGrid
        sites:
          local:
            name: SiteA
            expose:
              type: ClusterIP
            maxRelayNodes: 1
          locations:
            - name: SiteB
              clusterName: example-clusterb
              namespace: cluster-namespace
  6. Configure your Infinispan CRs with any other Data Grid service resources and then apply the changes.
  7. Verify that Data Grid clusters form a cross-site view.

    1. Retrieve the Infinispan CR.

      oc get infinispan -o yaml
    2. Check for the type: CrossSiteViewFormed condition.

Chapter 14. Monitoring Data Grid services

Data Grid exposes metrics that can be used by Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring and visualizing the cluster state.

Note

This documentation explains how to set up monitoring on OpenShift Container Platform. If you’re working with community Prometheus deployments, you might find these instructions useful as a general guide. However you should refer to the Prometheus documentation for installation and usage instructions.

See the Prometheus Operator documentation.

14.1. Creating a Prometheus service monitor

Data Grid Operator automatically creates a Prometheus ServiceMonitor that scrapes metrics from your Data Grid cluster.

Procedure

Enable monitoring for user-defined projects on OpenShift Container Platform.

When the Operator detects an Infinispan CR with the monitoring annotation set to true, which is the default, Data Grid Operator does the following:

  • Creates a ServiceMonitor named <cluster_name>-monitor.
  • Adds the infinispan.org/monitoring: 'true' annotation to your Infinispan CR metadata, if the value is not already explicitly set:

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
      annotations:
        infinispan.org/monitoring: 'true'
Note

To authenticate with Data Grid, Prometheus uses the operator credentials.

Verification

You can check that Prometheus is scraping Data Grid metrics as follows:

  1. In the OpenShift Web Console, select the </> Developer perspective and then select Monitoring.
  2. Open the Dashboard tab for the namespace where your Data Grid cluster runs.
  3. Open the Metrics tab and confirm that you can query Data Grid metrics such as:

    vendor_cache_manager_default_cluster_size

14.1.1. Disabling the Prometheus service monitor

You can disable the ServiceMonitor if you do not want Prometheus to scrape metrics for your Data Grid cluster.

Procedure

  1. Set 'false' as the value for the infinispan.org/monitoring annotation in your Infinispan CR.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
      annotations:
        infinispan.org/monitoring: 'false'
  2. Apply the changes.

14.1.2. Configuring Service Monitor Target Labels

You can configure the generated ServiceMonitor to propagate Service labels to the underlying metrics using the ServiceMonitor spec.targetLabels field. Use the Service labels to filter and aggregate the metrics collected from the monitored endpoints.

Procedure

  1. Define labels to apply to your service by setting the infinispan.org/targetLabels annotation in your Infinispan CR.
  2. Specify a comma-separated list of the labels required in your metrics using the infinispan.org/serviceMonitorTargetLabels annotation on your Infinispan CR.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
      annotations:
        infinispan.org/targetLabels: "label1,label2,label3"
        infinispan.org/serviceMonitorTargetLabels: "label1,label2"
  3. Apply the changes.

14.2. Installing the Grafana Operator

To support various needs, Data Grid Operator integrates with the community version of the Grafana Operator to create dashboards for Data Grid services.

Until Grafana is integrated with OpenShift user workload monitoring, the only option is to rely on the community version. You can install the Grafana Operator on OpenShift from the OperatorHub and should create a subscription for the alpha channel.

However, as is the policy for all Community Operators, Red Hat does not certify the Grafana Operator and does not provide support for it in combination with Data Grid. When you install the Grafana Operator you are prompted to acknowledge a warning about the community version before you can continue.

14.3. Creating Grafana data sources

Create a GrafanaDatasource CR so you can visualize Data Grid metrics in Grafana dashboards.

Prerequisites

  • Have an oc client.
  • Have cluster-admin access to OpenShift Container Platform.
  • Enable monitoring for user-defined projects on OpenShift Container Platform.
  • Install the Grafana Operator from the alpha channel and create a Grafana CR.

Procedure

  1. Create a ServiceAccount that lets Grafana read Data Grid metrics from Prometheus.

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: ServiceAccount
    metadata:
      name: infinispan-monitoring
    1. Apply the ServiceAccount.

      oc apply -f service-account.yaml
    2. Grant cluster-monitoring-view permissions to the ServiceAccount.

      oc adm policy add-cluster-role-to-user cluster-monitoring-view -z infinispan-monitoring
  2. Create a Grafana data source.

    1. Retrieve the token for the ServiceAccount.

      oc serviceaccounts get-token infinispan-monitoring
    2. Define a GrafanaDataSource that includes the token in the spec.datasources.secureJsonData.httpHeaderValue1 field, as in the following example:

      apiVersion: integreatly.org/v1alpha1
      kind: GrafanaDataSource
      metadata:
        name: grafanadatasource
      spec:
        name: datasource.yaml
        datasources:
          - access: proxy
            editable: true
            isDefault: true
            jsonData:
              httpHeaderName1: Authorization
              timeInterval: 5s
              tlsSkipVerify: true
            name: Prometheus
            secureJsonData:
              httpHeaderValue1: >-
                Bearer
                eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Imc4O...
            type: prometheus
            url: 'https://thanos-querier.openshift-monitoring.svc.cluster.local:9091'
  3. Apply the GrafanaDataSource.

    oc apply -f grafana-datasource.yaml

Next steps

Enable Grafana dashboards with the Data Grid Operator configuration properties.

14.4. Configuring Data Grid dashboards

Data Grid Operator provides global configuration properties that let you configure Grafana dashboards for Data Grid clusters.

Note

You can modify global configuration properties while Data Grid Operator is running.

Prerequisites

  • Data Grid Operator must watch the namespace where the Grafana Operator is running.

Procedure

  1. Create a ConfigMap named infinispan-operator-config in the Data Grid Operator namespace.

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: ConfigMap
    metadata:
      name: infinispan-operator-config
    data:
      grafana.dashboard.namespace: infinispan
      grafana.dashboard.name: infinispan
      grafana.dashboard.monitoring.key: middleware
  2. Specify the namespace of your Data Grid cluster with the data.grafana.dashboard.namespace property.

    Note

    Deleting the value for this property removes the dashboard. Changing the value moves the dashboard to that namespace.

  3. Specify a name for the dashboard with the data.grafana.dashboard.name property.
  4. If necessary, specify a monitoring key with the data.grafana.dashboard.monitoring.key property.
  5. Create infinispan-operator-config or update the configuration.

    oc apply -f infinispan-operator-config.yaml
  6. Open the Grafana UI, which is available at:

    oc get routes grafana-route -o jsonpath=https://"{.spec.host}"

14.5. Enabling JMX remote ports for Data Grid clusters

Enable JMX remote ports to expose Data Grid MBeans and to integrate Data Grid with external monitoring systems such as Cryostat.

When you enable JMX for Data Grid cluster, the following occurs:

  1. Each Data Grid server pod exposes an authenticated JMX endpoint on port 9999 utilizing the "admin" security-realm, which includes the Operator user credentials.
  2. The <cluster-name>-admin Service exposes port 9999.
Note

You can enable or disable JMX only during the creation of the Infinispan CR. Once the CR instance is created, you cannot modify the JMX settings.

Procedure

  1. Enable JMX in your Infinispan CR.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
    spec:
      jmx:
        enabled: true
  2. Retrieve the Operator user credentials to authenticate client JMX connections.

    oc get secret infinispan-generated-operator-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.identities\.yaml}" | base64 --decode

Additional resources

14.6. Setting up JFR recordings with Cryostat

Enable JDK Flight Recorder (JFR) monitoring for your Data Grid clusters that run on OpenShift.

JFR recordings with Cryostat

JFR provides insights into various aspects of JVM performance to ease cluster inspection and debugging. Depending on your requirements, you can store and analyze your recordings using the integrated tools provided by Cryostat or export the recordings to an external monitoring application.

Prerequisites

  • Install the Cryostat Operator. You can install the Cryostat Operator in your OpenShift project by using Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM).
  • Have JMX enabled on your Data Grid cluster. You must enable JMX before deploying the cluster, as JMX settings cannot be modified after deployment.

Procedure

  1. Create a Cryostat CR in the same namespace as your Infinispan CR.

    apiVersion: operator.cryostat.io/v1beta1
    kind: Cryostat
    metadata:
      name: cryostat-sample
    spec:
      minimal: false
      enableCertManager: true
    Note

    The Cryostat Operator requires cert-manager for traffic encryption. If the cert-manager is enabled but not installed, the deployment fails. For details, see the Installing Cryostat guide.

  2. Wait for the Cryostat CR to be ready.

    oc wait -n <namespace> --for=condition=MainDeploymentAvailable cryostat/cryostat-sample
  3. Open the Cryostat status.applicationUrl.

    oc -n <namespace> get cryostat cryostat-sample
  4. Retrieve the Operator user credentials to authenticate client JMX connections in the Cryostat UI.

    oc get secret infinispan-generated-operator-secret -o jsonpath="{.data.identities\.yaml}" | base64 --decode
  5. In the Cryostat UI, navigate to the Security menu.
  6. In the Store Credentials window, click the Add button. The Store Credentials window opens.
  7. In the Match Expression filed, enter match expression details in the following format:

    target.labels['infinispan_cr'] == '<cluster_name>'

Chapter 15. Guaranteeing availability with anti-affinity

Kubernetes includes anti-affinity capabilities that protect workloads from single points of failure.

15.1. Anti-affinity strategies

Each Data Grid node in a cluster runs in a pod that runs on an OpenShift node in a cluster. Each Red Hat OpenShift node runs on a physical host system. Anti-affinity works by distributing Data Grid nodes across OpenShift nodes, ensuring that your Data Grid clusters remain available even if hardware failures occur.

Data Grid Operator offers two anti-affinity strategies:

kubernetes.io/hostname
Data Grid replica pods are scheduled on different OpenShift nodes.
topology.kubernetes.io/zone
Data Grid replica pods are scheduled across multiple zones.
Fault tolerance

Anti-affinity strategies guarantee cluster availability in different ways.

Note

The equations in the following section apply only if the number of OpenShift nodes or zones is greater than the number of Data Grid nodes.

Scheduling pods on different OpenShift nodes

Provides tolerance of x node failures for the following types of cache:

  • Replicated: x = spec.replicas - 1
  • Distributed: x = num_owners - 1

Scheduling pods across multiple zones

Provides tolerance of x zone failures when x zones exist for the following types of cache:

  • Replicated: x = spec.replicas - 1
  • Distributed: x = num_owners - 1
Note
spec.replicas
Defines the number of pods in each Data Grid cluster.
num_owners
Is the cache configuration attribute that defines the number of replicas for each entry in the cache.

15.2. Configuring anti-affinity

Specify where OpenShift schedules pods for your Data Grid clusters to ensure availability.

Procedure

  1. Add the spec.affinity block to your Infinispan CR.
  2. Configure anti-affinity strategies as necessary.
  3. Apply your Infinispan CR.

15.2.1. Anti-affinity strategy configurations

Configure anti-affinity strategies in your Infinispan CR to control where OpenShift schedules Data Grid replica pods.

Topology keysDescription

topologyKey: "topology.kubernetes.io/zone"

Schedules Data Grid replica pods across multiple zones.

topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"

Schedules Data Grid replica pods on different OpenShift nodes.

Schedule pods on different OpenShift nodes

The following is the anti-affinity strategy that Data Grid Operator uses if you do not configure the spec.affinity field in your Infinispan CR:

spec:
  affinity:
    podAntiAffinity:
      preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
      - weight: 100
        podAffinityTerm:
          labelSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: infinispan-pod
              clusterName: <cluster_name>
              infinispan_cr: <cluster_name>
          topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
Requiring different nodes

In the following example, OpenShift does not schedule Data Grid pods if different nodes are not available:

spec:
  affinity:
    podAntiAffinity:
      requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
      - labelSelector:
          matchLabels:
            app: infinispan-pod
            clusterName: <cluster_name>
            infinispan_cr: <cluster_name>
        topologyKey: "topology.kubernetes.io/hostname"
Note

To ensure that you can schedule Data Grid replica pods on different OpenShift nodes, the number of OpenShift nodes available must be greater than the value of spec.replicas.

Schedule pods across multiple OpenShift zones

The following example prefers multiple zones when scheduling pods but schedules Data Grid replica pods on different OpenShift nodes if it is not possible to schedule across zones:

spec:
  affinity:
    podAntiAffinity:
      preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
      - weight: 100
        podAffinityTerm:
          labelSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: infinispan-pod
              clusterName: <cluster_name>
              infinispan_cr: <cluster_name>
          topologyKey: "topology.kubernetes.io/zone"
      - weight: 90
        podAffinityTerm:
          labelSelector:
            matchLabels:
              app: infinispan-pod
              clusterName: <cluster_name>
              infinispan_cr: <cluster_name>
          topologyKey: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
Requiring multiple zones

The following example uses the zone strategy only when scheduling Data Grid replica pods:

spec:
  affinity:
    podAntiAffinity:
      requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
      - labelSelector:
          matchLabels:
            app: infinispan-pod
            clusterName: <cluster_name>
            infinispan_cr: <cluster_name>
        topologyKey: "topology.kubernetes.io/zone"

Chapter 16. Creating caches with Data Grid Operator

Use Cache CRs to add cache configuration with Data Grid Operator and control how Data Grid stores your data.

16.1. Data Grid caches

Cache configuration defines the characteristics and features of the data store and must be valid with the Data Grid schema. Data Grid recommends creating standalone files in XML or JSON format that define your cache configuration. You should separate Data Grid configuration from application code for easier validation and to avoid the situation where you need to maintain XML snippets in Java or some other client language.

To create caches with Data Grid clusters running on OpenShift, you should:

  • Use Cache CR as the mechanism for creating caches through the OpenShift front end.
  • Use Batch CR to create multiple caches at a time from standalone configuration files.
  • Access Data Grid Console and create caches in XML or JSON format.

You can use Hot Rod or HTTP clients but Data Grid recommends Cache CR or Batch CR unless your specific use case requires programmatic remote cache creation.

Cache CRs
  • Cache CRs apply to Data Grid service pods only.
  • Each Cache CR corresponds to a single cache on the Data Grid cluster.

16.2. Creating caches with the Cache CR

Complete the following steps to create caches on Data Grid service clusters using valid configuration in XML or YAML format.

Procedure

  1. Create a Cache CR with a unique value in the metadata.name field.
  2. Specify the target Data Grid cluster with the spec.clusterName field.
  3. Name your cache with the spec.name field.

    Note

    The name attribute in the cache configuration does not take effect. If you do not specify a name with the spec.name field then the cache uses the value of the metadata.name field.

  4. Add a cache configuration with the spec.template field.
  5. Apply the Cache CR, for example:

    oc apply -f mycache.yaml
    cache.infinispan.org/mycachedefinition created
Cache CR examples

XML

apiVersion: infinispan.org/v2alpha1
kind: Cache
metadata:
  name: mycachedefinition
spec:
  clusterName: infinispan
  name: myXMLcache
  template: <distributed-cache mode="SYNC" statistics="true"><encoding media-type="application/x-protostream"/><persistence><file-store/></persistence></distributed-cache>

YAML

apiVersion: infinispan.org/v2alpha1
kind: Cache
metadata:
  name: mycachedefinition
spec:
  clusterName: infinispan
  name: myYAMLcache
  template: |-
    distributedCache:
      mode: "SYNC"
      owners: "2"
      statistics: "true"
      encoding:
        mediaType: "application/x-protostream"
      persistence:
        fileStore: ~

16.3. Updating caches with the Cache CR

You can control how Data Grid Operator handles modifications to the cache configuration in the Cache CR.

Data Grid Operator attempts to update the cache configuration on the Data Grid Server at runtime. If the update fails, Data Grid Operator uses one of the following strategies:

retain strategy
The Operator updates the status of the Cache CR to Ready=False. You can manually delete the Cache CR and create a new cache configuration. This is the default strategy.
recreate strategy

The Operator deletes the cache from the Data Grid cluster and creates a new cache with the latest spec.template value from the Cache CR.

Important

Configure the recreate strategy only if your deployment can tolerate data loss.

Prerequisites

  • Have a valid Cache CR.

Procedure

  1. Use the spec.updates.strategy field to set the Cache CR strategy.

    mycache.yaml

    spec:
      updates:
        strategy: recreate

  2. Apply changes to the Cache CR, for example:

    oc apply -f mycache.yaml

16.4. Adding persistent cache stores

You can add persistent cache stores to Data Grid service pods to save data to the persistent volume.

Data Grid creates a Single File cache store, .dat file, in the /opt/infinispan/server/data directory.

Procedure

  • Add the <file-store/> element to the persistence configuration in your Data Grid cache, as in the following example:

    <distributed-cache name="persistent-cache" mode="SYNC">
      <encoding media-type="application/x-protostream"/>
      <persistence>
        <file-store/>
      </persistence>
    </distributed-cache>

16.5. Adding caches to Cache service pods

Cache service pods include a default cache configuration with recommended settings. This default cache lets you start using Data Grid without the need to create caches.

Note

Because the default cache provides recommended settings, you should create caches only as copies of the default. If you want multiple custom caches you should create Data Grid service pods instead of Cache service pods.

Procedure

  • Access the Data Grid Console and provide a copy of the default configuration in XML or JSON format.
  • Use the Data Grid CLI to create a copy from the default cache as follows:

    [//containers/default]> create cache --template=default mycache

16.5.1. Default cache configuration

This topic describes default cache configuration for Cache service pods.

<distributed-cache name="default"
                   mode="SYNC"
                   owners="2">
  <memory storage="OFF_HEAP"
          max-size="<maximum_size_in_bytes>"
          when-full="REMOVE" />
  <partition-handling when-split="ALLOW_READ_WRITES"
                      merge-policy="REMOVE_ALL"/>
</distributed-cache>

Default caches:

  • Use synchronous distribution to store data across the cluster.
  • Create two replicas of each entry on the cluster.
  • Store cache entries as bytes in native memory (off-heap).
  • Define the maximum size for the data container in bytes. Data Grid Operator calculates the maximum size when it creates pods.
  • Evict cache entries to control the size of the data container. You can enable automatic scaling so that Data Grid Operator adds pods when memory usage increases instead of removing entries.
  • Use a conflict resolution strategy that allows read and write operations for cache entries, even if segment owners are in different partitions.
  • Specify a merge policy that removes entries from the cache when Data Grid detects conflicts.

Chapter 17. Running batch operations

Data Grid Operator provides a Batch CR that lets you create Data Grid resources in bulk. Batch CR uses the Data Grid command line interface (CLI) in batch mode to carry out sequences of operations.

Note

Modifying a Batch CR instance has no effect. Batch operations are "one-time" events that modify Data Grid resources. To update .spec fields for the CR, or when a batch operation fails, you must create a new instance of the Batch CR.

17.1. Running inline batch operations

Include your batch operations directly in a Batch CR if they do not require separate configuration artifacts.

Procedure

  1. Create a Batch CR.

    1. Specify the name of the Data Grid cluster where you want the batch operations to run as the value of the spec.cluster field.
    2. Add each CLI command to run on a line in the spec.config field.

      apiVersion: infinispan.org/v2alpha1
      kind: Batch
      metadata:
        name: mybatch
      spec:
        cluster: infinispan
        config: |
          create cache --template=org.infinispan.DIST_SYNC mycache
          put --cache=mycache hello world
          put --cache=mycache hola mundo
  2. Apply your Batch CR.

    oc apply -f mybatch.yaml
  3. Wait for the Batch CR to succeed.

    oc wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Succeeded Batch/mybatch

17.2. Creating ConfigMaps for batch operations

Create a ConfigMap so that additional files, such as Data Grid cache configuration, are available for batch operations.

Prerequisites

For demonstration purposes, you should add some configuration artifacts to your host filesystem before you start the procedure:

  • Create a /tmp/mybatch directory where you can add some files.

    mkdir -p /tmp/mybatch
  • Create a Data Grid cache configuration.

    cat > /tmp/mybatch/mycache.xml<<EOF
    <distributed-cache name="mycache" mode="SYNC">
      <encoding media-type="application/x-protostream"/>
      <memory max-count="1000000" when-full="REMOVE"/>
    </distributed-cache>
    EOF

Procedure

  1. Create a batch file that contains all commands you want to run.

    For example, the following batch file creates a cache named "mycache" and adds two entries to it:

    create cache mycache --file=/etc/batch/mycache.xml
    put --cache=mycache hello world
    put --cache=mycache hola mundo
    Important

    The ConfigMap is mounted in Data Grid pods at /etc/batch. You must prepend all --file= directives in your batch operations with that path.

  2. Ensure all configuration artifacts that your batch operations require are in the same directory as the batch file.

    ls /tmp/mybatch
    
    batch
    mycache.xml
  3. Create a ConfigMap from the directory.

    oc create configmap mybatch-config-map --from-file=/tmp/mybatch

17.3. Running batch operations with ConfigMaps

Run batch operations that include configuration artifacts.

Prerequisites

  • Create a ConfigMap that contains any files your batch operations require.

Procedure

  1. Create a Batch CR that specifies the name of a Data Grid cluster as the value of the spec.cluster field.
  2. Set the name of the ConfigMap that contains your batch file and configuration artifacts with the spec.configMap field.

    cat > mybatch.yaml<<EOF
    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v2alpha1
    kind: Batch
    metadata:
      name: mybatch
    spec:
      cluster: infinispan
      configMap: mybatch-config-map
    EOF
  3. Apply your Batch CR.

    oc apply -f mybatch.yaml
  4. Wait for the Batch CR to succeed.

    oc wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Succeeded Batch/mybatch

17.4. Batch status messages

Verify and troubleshoot batch operations with the status.Phase field in the Batch CR.

PhaseDescription

Succeeded

All batch operations have completed successfully.

Initializing

Batch operations are queued and resources are initializing.

Initialized

Batch operations are ready to start.

Running

Batch operations are in progress.

Failed

One or more batch operations were not successful.

Failed operations

Batch operations are not atomic. If a command in a batch script fails, it does not affect the other operations or cause them to rollback.

Note

If your batch operations have any server or syntax errors, you can view log messages in the Batch CR in the status.Reason field.

17.5. Example batch operations

Use these example batch operations as starting points for creating and modifying Data Grid resources with the Batch CR.

Note

You can pass configuration files to Data Grid Operator only via a ConfigMap.

The ConfigMap is mounted in Data Grid pods at /etc/batch so you must prepend all --file= directives with that path.

17.5.1. Caches

  • Create multiple caches from configuration files.
echo "creating caches..."
create cache sessions --file=/etc/batch/infinispan-prod-sessions.xml
create cache tokens --file=/etc/batch/infinispan-prod-tokens.xml
create cache people --file=/etc/batch/infinispan-prod-people.xml
create cache books --file=/etc/batch/infinispan-prod-books.xml
create cache authors --file=/etc/batch/infinispan-prod-authors.xml
echo "list caches in the cluster"
ls caches
  • Create a template from a file and then create caches from the template.
echo "creating caches..."
create cache mytemplate --file=/etc/batch/mycache.xml
create cache sessions --template=mytemplate
create cache tokens --template=mytemplate
echo "list caches in the cluster"
ls caches

17.5.2. Counters

Use the Batch CR to create multiple counters that can increment and decrement to record the count of objects.

You can use counters to generate identifiers, act as rate limiters, or track the number of times a resource is accessed.

echo "creating counters..."
create counter --concurrency-level=1 --initial-value=5 --storage=PERSISTENT --type=weak mycounter1
create counter --initial-value=3 --storage=PERSISTENT --type=strong mycounter2
create counter --initial-value=13 --storage=PERSISTENT --type=strong --upper-bound=10 mycounter3
echo "list counters in the cluster"
ls counters

17.5.3. Protobuf schema

Register Protobuf schema to query values in caches. Protobuf schema (.proto files) provide metadata about custom entities and controls field indexing.

echo "creating schema..."
schema --upload=person.proto person.proto
schema --upload=book.proto book.proto
schema --upload=author.proto book.proto
echo "list Protobuf schema"
ls schemas

17.5.4. Tasks

Upload tasks that implement org.infinispan.tasks.ServerTask or scripts that are compatible with the javax.script scripting API.

echo "creating tasks..."
task upload --file=/etc/batch/myfirstscript.js myfirstscript
task upload --file=/etc/batch/mysecondscript.js mysecondscript
task upload --file=/etc/batch/mythirdscript.js mythirdscript
echo "list tasks"
ls tasks

Additional resources

Chapter 18. Backing up and restoring Data Grid clusters

Data Grid Operator lets you back up and restore Data Grid cluster state for disaster recovery and to migrate Data Grid resources between clusters.

18.1. Backup and Restore CRs

Backup and Restore CRs save in-memory data at runtime so you can easily recreate Data Grid clusters.

Applying a Backup or Restore CR creates a new pod that joins the Data Grid cluster as a zero-capacity member, which means it does not require cluster rebalancing or state transfer to join.

For backup operations, the pod iterates over cache entries and other resources and creates an archive, a .zip file, in the /opt/infinispan/backups directory on the persistent volume (PV).

Note

Performing backups does not significantly impact performance because the other pods in the Data Grid cluster only need to respond to the backup pod as it iterates over cache entries.

For restore operations, the pod retrieves Data Grid resources from the archive on the PV and applies them to the Data Grid cluster.

When either the backup or restore operation completes, the pod leaves the cluster and is terminated.

Reconciliation

Data Grid Operator does not reconcile Backup and Restore CRs which mean that backup and restore operations are "one-time" events.

Modifying an existing Backup or Restore CR instance does not perform an operation or have any effect. If you want to update .spec fields, you must create a new instance of the Backup or Restore CR.

18.2. Backing up Data Grid clusters

Create a backup file that stores Data Grid cluster state to a persistent volume.

Prerequisites

  • Create an Infinispan CR with spec.service.type: DataGrid.
  • Ensure there are no active client connections to the Data Grid cluster.

    Data Grid backups do not provide snapshot isolation and data modifications are not written to the archive after the cache is backed up.
    To archive the exact state of the cluster, you should always disconnect any clients before you back it up.

Procedure

  1. Name the Backup CR with the metadata.name field.
  2. Specify the Data Grid cluster to backup with the spec.cluster field.
  3. Configure the persistent volume claim (PVC) that adds the backup archive to the persistent volume (PV) with the spec.volume.storage and spec.volume.storage.storageClassName fields.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v2alpha1
    kind: Backup
    metadata:
      name: my-backup
    spec:
      cluster: source-cluster
      volume:
        storage: 1Gi
        storageClassName: my-storage-class
  4. Optionally include spec.resources fields to specify which Data Grid resources you want to back up.

    If you do not include any spec.resources fields, the Backup CR creates an archive that contains all Data Grid resources. If you do specify spec.resources fields, the Backup CR creates an archive that contains those resources only.

    spec:
      ...
      resources:
        templates:
          - distributed-sync-prod
          - distributed-sync-dev
        caches:
          - cache-one
          - cache-two
        counters:
          - counter-name
        protoSchemas:
          - authors.proto
          - books.proto
        tasks:
          - wordStream.js

    You can also use the * wildcard character as in the following example:

    spec:
      ...
      resources:
        caches:
          - "*"
        protoSchemas:
          - "*"
  5. Apply your Backup CR.

    oc apply -f my-backup.yaml

Verification

  1. Check that the status.phase field has a status of Succeeded in the Backup CR and that Data Grid logs have the following message:

    ISPN005044: Backup file created 'my-backup.zip'
  2. Run the following command to check that the backup is successfully created:

    oc describe Backup my-backup

18.3. Restoring Data Grid clusters

Restore Data Grid cluster state from a backup archive.

Prerequisites

  • Create a Backup CR on a source cluster.
  • Create a target Data Grid cluster of Data Grid service pods.

    Note

    If you restore an existing cache, the operation overwrites the data in the cache but not the cache configuration.

    For example, you back up a distributed cache named mycache on the source cluster. You then restore mycache on a target cluster where it already exists as a replicated cache. In this case, the data from the source cluster is restored and mycache continues to have a replicated configuration on the target cluster.

  • Ensure there are no active client connections to the target Data Grid cluster you want to restore.

    Cache entries that you restore from a backup can overwrite more recent cache entries.
    For example, a client performs a cache.put(k=2) operation and you then restore a backup that contains k=1.

Procedure

  1. Name the Restore CR with the metadata.name field.
  2. Specify a Backup CR to use with the spec.backup field.
  3. Specify the Data Grid cluster to restore with the spec.cluster field.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v2alpha1
    kind: Restore
    metadata:
      name: my-restore
    spec:
      backup: my-backup
      cluster: target-cluster
  4. Optionally add the spec.resources field to restore specific resources only.

    spec:
      ...
      resources:
        templates:
          - distributed-sync-prod
          - distributed-sync-dev
        caches:
          - cache-one
          - cache-two
        counters:
          - counter-name
        protoSchemas:
          - authors.proto
          - books.proto
        tasks:
          - wordStream.js
  5. Apply your Restore CR.

    oc apply -f my-restore.yaml

Verification

  • Check that the status.phase field has a status of Succeeded in the Restore CR and that Data Grid logs have the following message:

    ISPN005045: Restore 'my-backup' complete

You should then open the Data Grid Console or establish a CLI connection to verify data and Data Grid resources are restored as expected.

18.4. Backup and restore status

Backup and Restore CRs include a status.phase field that provides the status for each phase of the operation.

StatusDescription

Initializing

The system has accepted the request and the controller is preparing the underlying resources to create the pod.

Initialized

The controller has prepared all underlying resources successfully.

Running

The pod is created and the operation is in progress on the Data Grid cluster.

Succeeded

The operation has completed successfully on the Data Grid cluster and the pod is terminated.

Failed

The operation did not successfully complete and the pod is terminated.

Unknown

The controller cannot obtain the status of the pod or determine the state of the operation. This condition typically indicates a temporary communication error with the pod.

18.4.1. Handling failed backup and restore operations

If the status.phase field of the Backup or Restore CR is Failed, you should examine pod logs to determine the root cause before you attempt the operation again.

Procedure

  1. Examine the logs for the pod that performed the failed operation.

    Pods are terminated but remain available until you delete the Backup or Restore CR.

    oc logs <backup|restore_pod_name>
  2. Resolve any error conditions or other causes of failure as indicated by the pod logs.
  3. Create a new instance of the Backup or Restore CR and attempt the operation again.

Chapter 19. Deploying custom code to Data Grid

Add custom code, such as scripts and event listeners, to your Data Grid clusters.

Before you can deploy custom code to Data Grid clusters, you need to make it available. To do this you can copy artifacts from a persistent volume (PV), download artifacts from an HTTP or FTP server, or use both methods.

19.1. Copying code artifacts to Data Grid clusters

Adding your artifacts to a persistent volume (PV) and then copy them to Data Grid pods.

This procedure explains how to use a temporary pod that mounts a persistent volume claim (PVC) that:

  • Lets you add code artifacts to the PV (perform a write operation).
  • Allows Data Grid pods to load code artifacts from the PV (perform a read operation).

To perform these read and write operations, you need certain PV access modes. However, support for different PVC access modes is platform dependent.

It is beyond the scope of this document to provide instructions for creating PVCs with different platforms. For simplicity, the following procedure shows a PVC with the ReadWriteMany access mode.

In some cases only the ReadOnlyMany or ReadWriteOnce access modes are available. You can use a combination of those access modes by reclaiming and reusing PVCs with the same spec.volumeName.

Note

Using ReadWriteOnce access mode results in all Data Grid pods in a cluster being scheduled on the same OpenShift node.

Procedure

  1. Change to the namespace for your Data Grid cluster.

    oc project rhdg-namespace
  2. Create a PVC for your custom code artifacts, for example:

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
    metadata:
      name: datagrid-libs
    spec:
      accessModes:
        - ReadWriteMany
      resources:
        requests:
          storage: 100Mi
  3. Apply your PVC.

    oc apply -f datagrid-libs.yaml
  4. Create a pod that mounts the PVC, for example:

    apiVersion: v1
    kind: Pod
    metadata:
      name: datagrid-libs-pod
    spec:
      securityContext:
        fsGroup: 2000
      volumes:
        - name: lib-pv-storage
          persistentVolumeClaim:
            claimName: datagrid-libs
      containers:
        - name: lib-pv-container
          image: registry.redhat.io/datagrid/datagrid-8-rhel8:8.4
          volumeMounts:
            - mountPath: /tmp/libs
              name: lib-pv-storage
  5. Add the pod to the Data Grid namespace and wait for it to be ready.

    oc apply -f datagrid-libs-pod.yaml
    oc wait --for=condition=ready --timeout=2m pod/datagrid-libs-pod
  6. Copy your code artifacts to the pod so that they are loaded into the PVC.

    For example to copy code artifacts from a local libs directory, do the following:

    oc cp --no-preserve=true libs datagrid-libs-pod:/tmp/
  7. Delete the pod.

    oc delete pod datagrid-libs-pod

    Specify the persistent volume with spec.dependencies.volumeClaimName in your Infinispan CR and then apply the changes.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
    spec:
      replicas: 2
      dependencies:
        volumeClaimName: datagrid-libs
      service:
        type: DataGrid
Note

If you update your custom code on the persistent volume, you must restart the Data Grid cluster so it can load the changes.

19.2. Downloading code artifacts

Add your artifacts to an HTTP or FTP server so that Data Grid Operator downloads them to the {lib_path} directory on each Data Grid node.

When downloading files, Data Grid Operator can automatically detect the file type. Data Grid Operator also extracts archived files, such as zip or tgz, to the filesystem after the download completes.

You can also download Maven artifacts using the groupId:artifactId:version format, for example org.postgresql:postgresql:42.3.1.

Note

Each time Data Grid Operator creates a Data Grid node it downloads the artifacts to the node.

Prerequisites

  • Host your code artifacts on an HTTP or FTP server or publish them to a maven repository.

Procedure

  1. Add the spec.dependencies.artifacts field to your Infinispan CR.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • Specify the location of the file to download via HTTP or FTP as the value of the spec.dependencies.artifacts.url field.
    • Provide the Maven artifact to download with the groupId:artifactId:version format as the value of the spec.dependencies.artifacts.maven field.
  3. Optionally specify a checksum to verify the integrity of the download with the spec.dependencies.artifacts.hash field.

    The hash field requires a value is in the format of <algorithm>:<checksum> where <algorithm> is sha1|sha224|sha256|sha384|sha512|md5.

    apiVersion: infinispan.org/v1
    kind: Infinispan
    metadata:
      name: infinispan
    spec:
      replicas: 2
      dependencies:
        artifacts:
          - url: http://example.com:8080/path
            hash: sha256:596408848b56b5a23096baa110cd8b633c9a9aef2edd6b38943ade5b4edcd686
      service:
        type: DataGrid
  4. Apply the changes.

Chapter 20. Sending cloud events from Data Grid clusters

Configure Data Grid as a Knative source by sending CloudEvents to Apache Kafka topics.

Important

Sending cloud events with Red Hat OpenShift Serverless is available as a technology preview feature.

20.1. Technology preview features

Technology preview features or capabilities are not supported with Red Hat production service-level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete.

Red Hat does not recommend using technology preview features or capabilities for production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, which enables you to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.

For more information, see Red Hat Technology Preview Features Support Scope.

Important

This feature is deprecated and will have no effect on Data Grid releases after RHDG 8.4.x.

20.2. Cloud events

You can send CloudEvents from Data Grid clusters when entries in caches are created, updated, removed, or expired.

Data Grid sends structured events to Kafka in JSON format, as in the following example:

{
    "specversion": "1.0",
    "source": "/infinispan/<cluster_name>/<cache_name>",
    "type": "org.infinispan.entry.created",
    "time": "<timestamp>",
    "subject": "<key-name>",
    "id": "key-name:CommandInvocation:node-name:0",
    "data": {
       "property": "value"
    }
}
FieldDescription

type

Prefixes events for Data Grid cache entries with org.infinispan.entry.

data

Entry value.

subject

Entry key, converted to string.

id

Generated identifier for the event.

20.3. Enabling cloud events

Configure Data Grid to send CloudEvents.

Prerequisites

  • Set up an Kafka cluster that listens for Data Grid topics.

Procedure

  1. Add spec.cloudEvents to your Infinispan CR.

    1. Configure the number of acknowledgements with the spec.cloudEvents.acks field. Values are "0", "1", or "all".
    2. List Kafka servers to which Data Grid sends events with the spec.cloudEvents.bootstrapServers field.
    3. Specify the Kafka topic for Data Grid events with the spec.cloudEvents.cacheEntriesTopic field.

      spec:
        cloudEvents:
          acks: "1"
          bootstrapServers: my-cluster-kafka-bootstrap_1.<namespace_1>.svc:9092,my-cluster-kafka-bootstrap_2.<namespace_2>.svc:9092
          cacheEntriesTopic: target-topic
  2. Apply your changes.

Chapter 21. Establishing remote client connections

Connect to Data Grid clusters from the Data Grid Console, Command Line Interface (CLI), and remote clients.

21.1. Client connection details

Client connections to Data Grid require the following information:

  • Hostname
  • Port
  • Authentication credentials, if required
  • TLS certificate, if you use encryption

Hostnames

The hostname you use depends on whether clients are running on the same OpenShift cluster as Data Grid.

Client applications running on the same OpenShift cluster use the internal service name for the Data Grid cluster.

metadata:
  name: infinispan

Client applications running on a different OpenShift, or outside OpenShift, use a hostname that depends on how Data Grid is exposed on the network.

A LoadBalancer service uses the URL for the load balancer. A NodePort service uses the node hostname. An Red Hat OpenShift Route uses either a custom hostname that you define or a hostname that the system generates.

Ports

Client connections on OpenShift and a through LoadBalancer service use port 11222.

NodePort services use a port in the range of 30000 to 60000. Routes use either port 80 (unencrypted) or 443 (encrypted).

21.2. Connecting to Data Grid clusters with remote shells

Start a remote shell session to Data Grid clusters and use the command line interface (CLI) to work with Data Grid resources and perform administrative operations.

Prerequisites

  • Have kubectl-infinispan on your PATH.
  • Have valid Data Grid credentials.

Procedure

  1. Run the infinispan shell command to connect to your Data Grid cluster.

    oc infinispan shell <cluster_name>
    Note

    If you have access to authentication secrets and there is only one Data Grid user the kubectl-infinispan plugin automatically detects your credentials and authenticates to Data Grid. If your deployment has multiple Data Grid credentials, specify a user with the --username argument and enter the corresponding password when prompted.

  2. Perform CLI operations as required.

    Tip

    Press the tab key or use the --help argument to view available options and help text.

  3. Use the quit command to end the remote shell session.

21.3. Accessing Data Grid Console

Access the console to create caches, perform adminstrative operations, and monitor your Data Grid clusters.

Prerequisites

  • Expose Data Grid on the network so you can access the console through a browser.
    For example, configure a LoadBalancer service or create a Route.

Procedure

  • Access the console from any browser at $HOSTNAME:$PORT.

    Replace $HOSTNAME:$PORT with the network location where Data Grid is available.

Note

The Data Grid Console should only be accessed via OpenShift services or an OpenShift Route exposing port 11222.

21.4. Hot Rod clients

Hot Rod is a binary TCP protocol that Data Grid provides for high-performance data transfer capabilities with remote clients.

Client intelligence

The Hot Rod protocol includes a mechanism that provides clients with an up-to-date view of the cache topology. Client intelligence improves performance by reducing the number of network hops for read and write operations.

Clients running in the same OpenShift cluster can access internal IP addresses for Data Grid pods so you can use any client intelligence.

HASH_DISTRIBUTION_AWARE is the default intelligence mechanism and enables clients to route requests to primary owners, which provides the best performance for Hot Rod clients.

Clients running on a different OpenShift, or outside OpenShift, can access Data Grid by using a LoadBalancer, NodePort, or OpenShift Route.

Important

Hot Rod client connections via OpenShift Route require encryption. You must configure TLS with SNI otherwise the Hot Rod connection fails.

For unencrypted Hot Rod client connections, you must use a LoadBalancer service or a NodePort service.

Hot Rod clients must use BASIC intelligence in the following situations:

  • Connecting to Data Grid through a LoadBalancer service, a NodePort service, or an OpenShift Route.
  • Failing over to a different OpenShift cluster when using cross-site replication.

OpenShift cluster administrators can define network policies that restrict traffic to Data Grid. In some cases network isolation policies can require you to use BASIC intelligence even when clients are running in the same OpenShift cluster but a different namespace.

21.4.1. Hot Rod client configuration API

You can programmatically configure Hot Rod client connections with the ConfigurationBuilder interface.

Note

Replace $SERVICE_HOSTNAME in the following examples with the internal service name of your Data Grid cluster.

metadata:
  name: infinispan
On OpenShift

ConfigurationBuilder

import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.configuration.ConfigurationBuilder;
import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.configuration.SaslQop;
import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.impl.ConfigurationProperties;
...

ConfigurationBuilder builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
      builder.addServer()
               .host("$HOSTNAME")
               .port(ConfigurationProperties.DEFAULT_HOTROD_PORT)
             .security().authentication()
               .username("username")
               .password("changeme")
               .realm("default")
               .saslQop(SaslQop.AUTH)
               .saslMechanism("SCRAM-SHA-512")
             .ssl()
               .sniHostName("$SERVICE_HOSTNAME")
               .trustStoreFileName("/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/service-ca.crt")
               .trustStoreType("pem");

hotrod-client.properties

# Connection
infinispan.client.hotrod.server_list=$HOSTNAME:$PORT

# Authentication
infinispan.client.hotrod.use_auth=true
infinispan.client.hotrod.auth_username=developer
infinispan.client.hotrod.auth_password=$PASSWORD
infinispan.client.hotrod.auth_server_name=$CLUSTER_NAME
infinispan.client.hotrod.sasl_properties.javax.security.sasl.qop=auth
infinispan.client.hotrod.sasl_mechanism=SCRAM-SHA-512

# Encryption
infinispan.client.hotrod.sni_host_name=$SERVICE_HOSTNAME
infinispan.client.hotrod.trust_store_file_name=/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/service-ca.crt
infinispan.client.hotrod.trust_store_type=pem

Outside OpenShift

ConfigurationBuilder

import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.configuration.ClientIntelligence;
import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.configuration.ConfigurationBuilder;
import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.configuration.SaslQop;
...

ConfigurationBuilder builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
      builder.addServer()
               .host("$HOSTNAME")
               .port("$PORT")
             .security().authentication()
               .username("username")
               .password("changeme")
               .realm("default")
               .saslQop(SaslQop.AUTH)
               .saslMechanism("SCRAM-SHA-512")
             .ssl()
               .sniHostName("$SERVICE_HOSTNAME")
               //Create a client trust store with tls.crt from your project.
               .trustStoreFileName("/path/to/truststore.pkcs12")
               .trustStorePassword("trust_store_password")
               .trustStoreType("PCKS12");
      builder.clientIntelligence(ClientIntelligence.BASIC);

hotrod-client.properties

# Connection
infinispan.client.hotrod.server_list=$HOSTNAME:$PORT

# Client intelligence
infinispan.client.hotrod.client_intelligence=BASIC

# Authentication
infinispan.client.hotrod.use_auth=true
infinispan.client.hotrod.auth_username=developer
infinispan.client.hotrod.auth_password=$PASSWORD
infinispan.client.hotrod.auth_server_name=$CLUSTER_NAME
infinispan.client.hotrod.sasl_properties.javax.security.sasl.qop=auth
infinispan.client.hotrod.sasl_mechanism=SCRAM-SHA-512

# Encryption
infinispan.client.hotrod.sni_host_name=$SERVICE_HOSTNAME
# Create a client trust store with tls.crt from your project.
infinispan.client.hotrod.trust_store_file_name=/path/to/truststore.pkcs12
infinispan.client.hotrod.trust_store_password=trust_store_password
infinispan.client.hotrod.trust_store_type=PCKS12

21.4.2. Configuring Hot Rod clients for certificate authentication

If you enable client certificate authentication, clients must present valid certificates when negotiating connections with Data Grid.

Validate strategy

If you use the Validate strategy, you must configure clients with a keystore so they can present signed certificates. You must also configure clients with Data Grid credentials and any suitable authentication mechanism.

Authenticate strategy

If you use the Authenticate strategy, you must configure clients with a keystore that contains signed certificates and valid Data Grid credentials as part of the distinguished name (DN). Hot Rod clients must also use the EXTERNAL authentication mechanism.

Note

If you enable security authorization, you should assign the Common Name (CN) from the client certificate a role with the appropriate permissions.

The following example shows a Hot Rod client configuration for client certificate authentication with the Authenticate strategy:

import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.configuration.ConfigurationBuilder;
...

ConfigurationBuilder builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
      builder.security()
             .authentication()
               .saslMechanism("EXTERNAL")
             .ssl()
               .keyStoreFileName("/path/to/keystore")
               .keyStorePassword("keystorepassword".toCharArray())
               .keyStoreType("PCKS12");

21.4.3. Creating caches from Hot Rod clients

You can remotely create caches on Data Grid clusters running on OpenShift with Hot Rod clients. However, Data Grid recommends that you create caches using Data Grid Console, the CLI, or with Cache CRs instead of with Hot Rod clients.

Programmatically creating caches

The following example shows how to add cache configurations to the ConfigurationBuilder and then create them with the RemoteCacheManager:

import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.DefaultTemplate;
import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.RemoteCache;
import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.RemoteCacheManager;
...

      builder.remoteCache("my-cache")
             .templateName(DefaultTemplate.DIST_SYNC);
      builder.remoteCache("another-cache")
             .configuration("<infinispan><cache-container><distributed-cache name=\"another-cache\"><encoding media-type=\"application/x-protostream\"/></distributed-cache></cache-container></infinispan>");
      try (RemoteCacheManager cacheManager = new RemoteCacheManager(builder.build())) {
      // Get a remote cache that does not exist.
      // Rather than return null, create the cache from a template.
      RemoteCache<String, String> cache = cacheManager.getCache("my-cache");
      // Store a value.
      cache.put("hello", "world");
      // Retrieve the value and print it.
      System.out.printf("key = %s\n", cache.get("hello"));

This example shows how to create a cache named CacheWithXMLConfiguration using the XMLStringConfiguration() method to pass the cache configuration as XML:

import org.infinispan.client.hotrod.RemoteCacheManager;
import org.infinispan.commons.configuration.XMLStringConfiguration;
...

private void createCacheWithXMLConfiguration() {
    String cacheName = "CacheWithXMLConfiguration";
    String xml = String.format("<distributed-cache name=\"%s\">" +
                                  "<encoding media-type=\"application/x-protostream\"/>" +
                                  "<locking isolation=\"READ_COMMITTED\"/>" +
                                  "<transaction mode=\"NON_XA\"/>" +
                                  "<expiration lifespan=\"60000\" interval=\"20000\"/>" +
                                "</distributed-cache>"
                                , cacheName);
    manager.administration().getOrCreateCache(cacheName, new XMLStringConfiguration(xml));
    System.out.println("Cache with configuration exists or is created.");
}
Using Hot Rod client properties

When you invoke cacheManager.getCache() calls for named caches that do not exist, Data Grid creates them from the Hot Rod client properties instead of returning null.

Add cache configuration to hotrod-client.properties as in the following example:

# Add cache configuration
infinispan.client.hotrod.cache.my-cache.template_name=org.infinispan.DIST_SYNC
infinispan.client.hotrod.cache.another-cache.configuration=<infinispan><cache-container><distributed-cache name=\"another-cache\"/></cache-container></infinispan>
infinispan.client.hotrod.cache.my-other-cache.configuration_uri=file:/path/to/configuration.xml

21.5. Accessing the REST API

Data Grid provides a RESTful interface that you can interact with using HTTP clients.

Prerequisites

  • Expose Data Grid on the network so you can access the REST API.
    For example, configure a LoadBalancer service or create a Route.

Procedure

  • Access the REST API with any HTTP client at $HOSTNAME:$PORT/rest/v2.

    Replace $HOSTNAME:$PORT with the network location where Data Grid listens for client connections.

Additional resources

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