Chapter 2. Service Registry content rules
This chapter introduces the optional rules used to govern registry content and provides details on the available rule configuration:
2.1. Govern registry content using rules
To govern the evolution of registry content, you can configure optional rules for artifact content added to the registry. All configured global rules or artifact rules must pass before a new artifact version can be uploaded to the registry. Configured artifact rules override any configured global rules.
The goal of these rules is to prevent invalid content from being added to the registry. For example, content can be invalid for the following reasons:
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Invalid syntax for a given artifact type (for example,
AVROorPROTOBUF) - Valid syntax, but semantics violate a specification
- Incompatibility, when new content includes breaking changes relative to the current artifact version
You can add these optional content rules using the Service Registry web console, REST API commands, or a Java client application.
2.2. When rules are applied
Rules are applied only when content is added to the registry. This includes the following REST operations:
- Adding an artifact
- Updating an artifact
- Adding an artifact version
If a rule is violated, Service Registry returns an HTTP error. The response body includes the violated rule and a message showing what went wrong.
If no rules are configured for an artifact, the set of currently configured global rules are applied, if any.
2.3. How rules work
Each rule has a name and optional configuration information. The registry storage maintains the list of rules for each artifact and the list of global rules. Each rule in the list consists of a name and a set of configuration properties, which are specific to the rule implementation.
A rule is provided with the content of the current version of the artifact (if one exists) and the new version of the artifact being added. The rule implementation returns true or false depending on whether the artifact passes the rule. If not, the registry reports the reason why in an HTTP error response. Some rules might not use the previous version of the content. For example, compatibility rules use previous versions, but syntax or semantic validity rules do not.
Additional resources
For more details, see Chapter 14, Service Registry artifact reference.
2.4. Content rule configuration
You can configure rules individually for each artifact, as well as globally. Service Registry applies the rules configured for the specific artifact. If no rules are configured at that level, Service Registry applies the globally configured rules. If no global rules are configured, no rules are applied.
Configure artifact rules
You can configure artifact rules using the Service Registry web console or REST API. For details, see the following:
Configure global rules
You can configure global rules in several ways:
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Use the
/rulesoperations in the REST API - Use the Service Registry web console
- Set default global rules using Service Registry application properties
Configure default global rules
You can configure Service Registry at the application level to enable or disable global rules. You can configure default global rules at installation time without post-install configuration using the following application property format:
registry.rules.global.<ruleName>
The following rule names are currently supported:
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compatibility -
validity
The value of the application property must be a valid configuration option that is specific to the rule being configured. The following table shows the valid values for each rule:
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You can configure these application properties as Java system properties or include them in the Quarkus application.properties file. For more details, see the Quarkus documentation.
