= Infinispan Cluster Manager

This is a cluster manager implementation for Vert.x that uses http://infinispan.org/[Infinispan].

This implementation is packaged inside:

[source,xml,subs="+attributes"]
----
<dependency>
  <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
  <artifactId>vertx-infinispan</artifactId>
  <version>3.4.2</version>
</dependency>
----

In Vert.x a cluster manager is used for various functions including:

* Discovery and group membership of Vert.x nodes in a cluster
* Maintaining cluster wide topic subscriber lists (so we know which nodes are interested in which event bus addresses)
* Distributed Map support
* Distributed Locks
* Distributed Counters

Cluster managers *do not* handle the event bus inter-node transport, this is done directly by Vert.x with TCP connections.

== Using this cluster manager

If you are using Vert.x from the command line, the jar corresponding to this cluster manager (it will be named `vertx-infinispan-3.4.2.jar`
should be in the `lib` directory of the Vert.x installation.

If you want clustering with this cluster manager in your Vert.x Maven or Gradle project then just add a dependency to
the artifact: `io.vertx:vertx-infinispan:3.4.2` in your project.

If the jar is on your classpath as above then Vert.x will automatically detect this and use it as the cluster manager.
Please make sure you don't have any other cluster managers on your classpath or Vert.x might
choose the wrong one.

You can also specify the cluster manager programmatically if you are embedding Vert.x by specifying it on the options
when you are creating your Vert.x instance, for example:

[source,java]
----
ClusterManager mgr = new InfinispanClusterManager();

VertxOptions options = new VertxOptions().setClusterManager(mgr);

Vertx.clusteredVertx(options, res -> {
  if (res.succeeded()) {
    Vertx vertx = res.result();
  } else {
    // failed!
  }
});
----

== Configuring this cluster manager

The default cluster manager configuration can be modified with `infinispan.xml` and/or `jgroups.xml` files.
The former configures the data grid, the latter group management and member discovery.

You can place one or both of them on your classpath.
If you want to embed your custom file in a fat jar, it must be located at the root of the fat jar.
If it's an external file, the **directory** containing the file must be added to the classpath. For
example, if you are using the _launcher_ class from Vert.x, the classpath enhancement can be done as follows:

[source,shell]
----
# If infinispan.xml and/or jgroups.xml files are in the current directory:
java -jar my-app.jar -cp . -cluster

# If infinispan.xml and/or jgroups.xml files are in the conf directory:
java -jar my-app.jar -cp conf -cluster
----

Another way to override the configuration is by providing the file locations via system properties:
`vertx.infinispan.config` and/or `vertx.jgroups.config`.

[source,shell]
----
# Use a cluster configuration located in an external file
java -Dvertx.infinispan.config=./config/my-infinispan.xml -jar ... -cluster

# Or use a custom configuration from the classpath
java -Dvertx.infinispan.config=my/package/config/my-infinispan.xml -jar ... -cluster
----

The cluster manager will search for the file in classpath first, and fallback to the filesystem.

The system properties, when present, override any `infinispan.xml` or `jgroups.xml` on the classpath.

The xml files are Infinispan and JGroups configuration files and are described in detail in the documentation on the Infinispan and JGroups web-sites.

IMPORTANT: if a `jgroups.xml` file is on the classpath or if you set the `vertx.jgroups.config` system property,
it will override any JGroups `stack-file` path defined in the Infinispan configuration file.

The default JGroups configuration uses multicast for discovery and TCP for group management.
Make sure multicast is enabled on your network for this to work.

For full documentation on how to configure the transport differently or use a different transport please consult the
Infinispan / JGroups documentations.

== Using an existing Infinispan Cache Manager

You can pass an existing `DefaultCacheManager` in the cluster manager to reuse an existing cache manager:

[source,java]
----
ClusterManager mgr = new InfinispanClusterManager(cacheManager);

VertxOptions options = new VertxOptions().setClusterManager(mgr);

Vertx.clusteredVertx(options, res -> {
  if (res.succeeded()) {
    Vertx vertx = res.result();
  } else {
    // failed!
  }
});
----

In this case, vert.x is not the cache manager owner and so do not shut it down on close.

Notice that the custom Infinispan instance need to be configured with:

[source,xml]
----
<cache-container default-cache="__vertx.distributed.cache">

  <replicated-cache name="__vertx.subs">
    <expiration interval="-1"/>
  </replicated-cache>

  <replicated-cache name="__vertx.haInfo">
    <expiration interval="-1"/>
  </replicated-cache>

  <distributed-cache name="__vertx.distributed.cache">
    <expiration interval="-1"/>
  </distributed-cache>

</cache-container>
----

== Configuring for Openshift 3

On Openshift 3, JGroups should be configured to use the `KUBE_PING` protocol.

First, add the `org.infinispan:infinispan-cloud:9.0.0.Final` dependency to your project.
With Maven it looks like:

[source,xml]
----
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
  <artifactId>infinispan-cloud</artifactId>
  <version>9.0.0.Final</version>
  <exclusions>
    <exclusion>
      <groupId>org.jgroups</groupId>                <1>
      <artifactId>jgroups</artifactId>
    </exclusion>
    <exclusion>
      <artifactId>undertow-core</artifactId>        <2>
      <groupId>io.undertow</groupId>
    </exclusion>
  </exclusions>
</dependency>
----
<1> make sure to use the `infinispan-core` JGroups version
<2> avoid extra dependencies, `KUBE_PING` works fine with the JDK's Http server

Then, set the `vertx.jgroups.config` system property to `default-configs/default-jgroups-kubernetes.xml`.

[source,shell]
----
-Dvertx.jgroups.config=default-configs/default-jgroups-kubernetes.xml
----

This JGroups stack file is located in the `infinispan-cloud` JAR and preconfigured for Kubernetes/Openshift3.

`KUBE_PING` listens to requests on port `8888` by default, so make sure to declare it when building the container image.

[source,Dockerfile]
----
EXPOSE 8888
----

Also, set the project namespace as the scope for discovery.

[source,Dockerfile]
----
ENV OPENSHIFT_KUBE_PING_NAMESPACE my-openshift3-project
----

Then, force usage of IPv4 in the JVM with a system property.

[source,shell]
----
-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
----

Eventually, the setup needs a service account.

[source,shell]
----
oc policy add-role-to-user view system:serviceaccount:$(oc project -q):default -n $(oc project -q)
----

Further configuration details are available in the
https://github.com/jgroups-extras/jgroups-kubernetes[Kubernetes discovery protocol for JGroups] README.

== Configuring for Docker Compose

Make sure to start the Java Virtual Machines with those system properties:

[source,shell]
----
-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Djgroups.tcp.address=NON_LOOPBACK
----

This will make JGroups pick the interface of the virtual private network created by Docker.

== Trouble shooting clustering

If the default multicast discovery configuration is not working here are some common causes:

=== Multicast not enabled on the machine.

It is quite common in particular on OSX machines for multicast to be disabled by default. Please google for
information on how to enable this.

=== Using wrong network interface

If you have more than one network interface on your machine (and this can also be the case if you are running
VPN software on your machine), then JGroups may be using the wrong one.

To tell JGroups to use a specific interface you can provide the IP address of the interface in the `bind_addr`
element of the configuration. For example:

[source,xml]
----
<TCP bind_addr="192.168.1.20"
     ...
     />
<MPING bind_addr="192.168.1.20"
     ...
     />
----

Alternatively, if you want to stick with the bundled `jgroups.xml` file, you can set the `jgroups.tcp.address` system property:

----
-Djgroups.tcp.address=192.168.1.20
----

When running Vert.x is in clustered mode, you should also make sure that Vert.x knows about the correct interface.
When running at the command line this is done by specifying the `cluster-host` option:

----
vertx run myverticle.js -cluster -cluster-host your-ip-address
----

Where `your-ip-address` is the same IP address you specified in the JGroups configuration.

If using Vert.x programmatically you can specify this using
`link:../../apidocs/io/vertx/core/VertxOptions.html#setClusterHost-java.lang.String-[setClusterHost]`.

=== Using a VPN

This is a variation of the above case. VPN software often works by creating a virtual network interface which often
doesn't support multicast. If you have a VPN running and you do not specify the correct interface to use in both the
JGroups configuration and to Vert.x then the VPN interface may be chosen instead of the correct interface.

So, if you have a VPN running you may have to configure both JGroups and Vert.x to use the correct interface as
described in the previous section.

=== When multicast is not available

In some cases you may not be able to use multicast discovery as it might not be available in your environment. In that case
you should configure another protocol, e.g. `TCPPING` to use TCP sockets, or `S3_PING` when running on Amazon EC2.

For more information on available JGroups discovery protocols and how to configure them
please consult the http://www.jgroups.org/manual/index.html#Discovery[JGroups documentation].

=== Problems with IPv6

If you have troubles configuring an IPv6 host, force the use of IPv4 with the `java.net.preferIPv4Stack` system property.

----
-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
----

=== Enabling logging

When trouble-shooting clustering issues with it's often useful to get some logging output from Infinispan and JGroups
to see if it's forming a cluster properly. You can do this (when using the default JUL logging) by adding a file
called `vertx-default-jul-logging.properties` on your classpath. This is a standard java.util.logging (JUL)
configuration file. Inside it set:

----
org.infinispan.level=INFO
org.jgroups.level=INFO
----

and also

----
java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level=INFO
java.util.logging.FileHandler.level=INFO
----

== Infinispan logging

Infinispan relies on JBoss logging. JBoss Logging is a logging bridge providing integration with numerous logging frameworks.

Add the logging JARs of you choice to the classpath and JBoss Logging will pick them up automatically.

If you have multiple logging backends on your classpath, you can force selection with the `org.jboss.logging.provider` system property.
For exeample:

----
-Dorg.jboss.logging.provider=log4j2
----

See this http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/4.3/topical/html/logging/Logging.html[JBoss Logging guide] for more details.

== JGroups logging

JGroups uses JDK logging by default. log4j and log4j2 are supported if the corresponding JARs are found on the classpath.

Please refer to the http://www.jgroups.org/manual/index.html#Logging[JGroups logging documentation] if you need
more details or want to implement your own logging backend implementation.