optimiser-solver/MetricUpdater.cpp
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/*==============================================================================
Metric Updater
This file implements the methods of the Metric Updater class subscribing to
the relevant metric values of the application and publishes a data file with
the metric values when a new solution is requested.
Author and Copyright: Geir Horn, University of Oslo
Contact: Geir.Horn@mn.uio.no
License: MPL2.0 (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/)
==============================================================================*/
#include <ranges> // Better containers
#include <source_location> // Informative error messages
#include <sstream> // To format error messages
#include <stdexcept> // standard exceptions
#include <iterator> // Iterator support
#include <ranges> // Container ranges
#include <algorithm> // Algorithms
#include "Utility/ConsolePrint.hpp" // For logging
#include "Communication/AMQ/AMQEndpoint.hpp" // For Topic subscriptions
#include "MetricUpdater.hpp"
namespace NebulOuS
{
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Subscribing to metric prediction values
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// The received message must be a JSON object with metric names as
// attribute (keys) and the topic name as the value. Multiple metrics maby be
// included in the same message and and the andler will iterate and set up a
// subcription for each of the provided metrics. It should be noted that
// initially the metric has no value, and it is a prerequisite that all
// metric values must be updated before the complete set of metrics will be
// used for finding a better configuration for the application's execution
// context given by the metric values.
//
// The message is just considered if the version number of the message is larger
// than the version of the current set of metrics. The complicating factor is
// to deal with metrics that have changed in the case the metric version is
// increased. Then new metrics must be subscribed, deleted metrics must be
// unsubscribed, and values for kept metrics must be kept.
void MetricUpdater::AddMetricSubscription( const MetricTopic & TheMetrics,
const Address OptimiserController )
{
if( TheMetrics.is_object() &&
TheMetrics.at( NebulOuS::MetricList ).is_array() )
{
if( MetricsVersion < TheMetrics.at( MetricVersionCounter ).get<long int>() )
{
// The first step is to try inserting the metrics into the metric value
// map and if this is successful, a subscription is created for the
// publisherof this metric value. The metric names are recorded since
// some of them may correspond to known metrics, some of them may
// correspond to metrics that are new.
std::set< std::string > TheMetricNames;
for (auto & MetricRecord : TheMetrics.at( NebulOuS::MetricList ) )
{
auto [ MetricRecordPointer, MetricAdded ] = MetricValues.try_emplace(
MetricRecord.at( NebulOuS::MetricName ).get<std::string>(), JSON() );
TheMetricNames.insert( MetricRecordPointer->first );
if( MetricAdded )
Send( Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription(
Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription::Action::Subscription,
std::string( MetricValueRootString ) + MetricRecordPointer->first ),
GetSessionLayerAddress() );
}
// There could be some metric value records that were defined by the
// previous metrics defined, but missing from the new metric set. If
// this is the case, the metric value records for the missing metrics
// should be unsubcribed and their metric records removed.
for( const auto & TheMetric : std::views::keys( MetricValues ) )
if( !TheMetricNames.contains( TheMetric ) )
{
Send( Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription(
Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription::Action::CloseSubscription,
std::string( MetricValueRootString ) + TheMetric ),
GetSessionLayerAddress() );
MetricValues.erase( TheMetric );
}
}
}
else
{
std::source_location Location = std::source_location::current();
std::ostringstream ErrorMessage;
ErrorMessage << "[" << Location.file_name() << " at line " << Location.line()
<< " in function " << Location.function_name() <<"] "
<< "The message to define a new metric subscription is given as "
<< std::endl << TheMetrics.dump(2) << std::endl
<< "this is not as expected!";
throw std::invalid_argument( ErrorMessage.str() );
}
}
// The metric update value is received whenever any of subscribed forecasters
// has a new value for its metric. The format of the message is described in
// the project wiki page [1], with an example message given as
// {
// "metricValue": 12.34,
// "level": 1,
// "timestamp": 163532341,
// "probability": 0.98,
// "confidence_interval " : [8,15]
// "predictionTime": 163532342,
// }
//
// Currently only the metric value and the timestamp will be used from this
// record. It would be interesting in the future to explore ways to use the
// confidence interval in some Bayesian resoning about the true value.
//
// The sender address will contain the metric topic, but this will contain the
// generic metric prediction root string, and this string must be removed
// before the metric name can be updated.
//
// Note that the map's [] operator cannot be used to look up the topic in the
// current map because it assumes the implicit creation of non-existing keys,
// which means that an empty metric value record should be constructed first
// and then used. To modify the existing record, the 'at' function must be
// used.
void MetricUpdater::UpdateMetricValue(
const MetricValueUpdate & TheMetricValue, const Address TheMetricTopic)
{
Theron::AMQ::TopicName TheTopic
= TheMetricTopic.AsString().erase( 0,
NebulOuS::MetricValueRootString.size() );
if( MetricValues.contains( TheTopic ) )
{
MetricValues.at( TheTopic ) = TheMetricValue[ NebulOuS::ValueLabel ];
ValidityTime = std::max( ValidityTime,
TheMetricValue[ NebulOuS::TimePoint ].get< Solver::TimePointType >() );
}
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// SLO Violation Events
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// When an SLO Violation is predicted a message is received from the SLO
// violation detector and this will trigger the definition of a new
// application execution context and a request to the Solution Manager to
// generate a new solution for this context.
//
// Note that the identifier of the application execution context is defined
// based on the time point of the severity message. The Optimiser controller
// must look for this identifier type on the solutions in order to decide
// which solutions to deploy.
//
// The message will be ignored if not all metric values have been received,
// and no error message indication will be given.
void MetricUpdater::SLOViolationHandler(
const SLOViolation & SeverityMessage, const Address TheSLOTopic )
{
// The application execution context is constructed first
// as it represents the name and the current values of the recorded
// metrics.
Solver::MetricValueType TheApplicationExecutionContext;
for( const auto & [ MetricName, MetricValue ] : MetricValues )
if( !MetricValue.is_null() )
TheApplicationExecutionContext.emplace( MetricName, MetricValue );
// The application context can then be sent to the solution manager
// using the corresponding message, and the time stamp of the severity
// message provided that the size of the execution context equals the
// number of metric values. It will be different if any of the metric
// values has not been updated, and in this case the application execution
// context is invalid and cannot be used for optimisation and the
// SLO violation event will just be ignored. Finally, the flag indicating
// that the corresponding solution found for this application execution
// context should actually be enacted and deployed.
if( TheApplicationExecutionContext.size() == MetricValues.size() )
Send( Solver::ApplicationExecutionContext(
SeverityMessage.at( NebulOuS::TimePoint ).get< Solver::TimePointType >(),
TheApplicationExecutionContext, true
), TheSolverManager );
}
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Constructor and destructor
// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// The constructor initialises the base classes and sets the validity time
// to zero so that it will be initialised by the first metric values received.
// The message handlers are registered, and the the updater will then subscribe
// to the two topics published by the Optimisation Controller: One for the
// initial message defining the metrics and the associated topics to subscribe
// to for their values, and the second for receiving the SLO violation message.
MetricUpdater::MetricUpdater( const std::string UpdaterName,
const Address ManagerOfSolvers )
: Actor( UpdaterName ),
StandardFallbackHandler( Actor::GetAddress().AsString() ),
NetworkingActor( Actor::GetAddress().AsString() ),
MetricValues(), ValidityTime(0), TheSolverManager( ManagerOfSolvers ),
MetricsVersion(-1)
{
RegisterHandler( this, &MetricUpdater::AddMetricSubscription );
RegisterHandler( this, &MetricUpdater::UpdateMetricValue );
RegisterHandler( this, &MetricUpdater::SLOViolationHandler );
Send( Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription(
Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription::Action::Subscription,
std::string( NebulOuS::MetricSubscriptions ) ),
GetSessionLayerAddress() );
Send( Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription(
Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription::Action::Subscription,
std::string( NebulOuS::SLOViolationTopic ) ),
GetSessionLayerAddress() );
}
// The destructor is closing the established subscription if the network is
// still running. If this is called when the application is closing the network
// connection should be stopped, and in that case all subscriptions will be
// automatically cancelled.
MetricUpdater::~MetricUpdater()
{
if( HasNetwork() )
{
Send( Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription(
Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription::Action::CloseSubscription,
std::string( NebulOuS::MetricSubscriptions ) ),
GetSessionLayerAddress() );
Send( Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription(
Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription::Action::CloseSubscription,
std::string( NebulOuS::SLOViolationTopic ) ),
GetSessionLayerAddress() );
std::ranges::for_each( std::views::keys( MetricValues ),
[this]( const Theron::AMQ::TopicName & TheMetricTopic ){
Send( Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription(
Theron::AMQ::NetworkLayer::TopicSubscription::Action::CloseSubscription,
std::string( MetricValueRootString ) + TheMetricTopic ),
GetSessionLayerAddress() );
});
}
}
} // End name space NebulOuS