MySQL manager refactor
There are a number of forks of MySQL that differ to varying degrees. We propose to create a class structure for MySQL-derived datastores to avoid duplication of code dealing with features and capabilities shared in common. It is expected that the lessons learned from this effort will be applicable to future efforts to provide differentiation for systems such as MongoDB and PostgreSQL. Change-Id: I56fe640a7f81f9a7a6906580e6484ddfbf84e677 Implements: blueprint mysql-manager-refactor
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======================
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MySQL Manager Refactor
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======================
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There are a number of forks of MySQL that differ to varying degrees. This
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blueprint proposes the creation of a class structure for MySQL-derived
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datastores to avoid duplication of code for features and capabilities shared
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in common.
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It is expected that the lessons learned from this effort will be applicable to
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future efforts to provide differentiation for systems such as MongoDB and
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PostgreSQL.
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https://blueprints.launchpad.net/trove/+spec/mysql-manager-refactor
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Problem Description
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In recent years, there have been a number forks of MySQL with varying levels of
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divergence from MySQL Community Edition (CE). Commonly used variants of MySQL
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include Percona and MariaDB. Specialized versions specific to a variant also
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exist, such as Galera for MariaDB or MySQL Cluster (NDB). Despite the
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differences, there is a great deal shared among these variants. As such,
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wholly separate datastore implementations of each would result in duplicated
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code, leading to maintainability difficulties and potential confusion for
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operators expecting common functionality to be treated the same across systems.
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Openstack Trove would benefit from the refactoring of the MySQL manager with
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more consistent support for MySQL-like systems, simplified code maintenance as
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the variants evolve and the ability to provide differentiating features. New
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variants could also be introduced with relative ease.
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Proposed Change
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===============
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The existing MySQL datastore code is found in
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``trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql``. This datastore already effectively
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serves as a sort of superclass, with both the Percona and MySQL datastores
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pointing to the same management code. MariaDB is supported if the underlying
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MariaDB instance is treated as if it were MySQL.
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The crux of this blueprint is to move the majority of the existing MySQL
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manager code into a new set of abstract classes, with stub subclasses for
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MySQL, Percona and MariaDB datastores inheriting from them.
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Due to the recent reorganization of datastores into a directory structure based
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on maturity, there are two alternatives that we have considered.
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**Maturity-Agnostic**
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The first alternative is for base, inherited code to be agnostic of maturity.
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This would result in
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* The creation of a ``trove/guestagent/datastore/base`` directory, that would
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contain a directory with abstract classes for each "base" system. For now,
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this would be only MySQL, but in the future could also include systems with
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a number of variants/forks such as PostgreSQL.
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* The majority of the current MySQL datastore code moving to
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``trove/guestagent/datastore/base/mysql`` , but the classes made abstract.
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* The existing MySQL datastore classes remaining where they are, but largely
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replaced with stub implementations that inherit from the new base classes.
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The resulting file and directory structure would change from::
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trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/manager.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py
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to::
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trove/guestagent/datastore/base/mysql/manager.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/base/mysql/service.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/manager.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mariadb/manager.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mariadb/service.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/percona/manager.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/percona/service.py
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The benefit of this approach is a clean separation of the abstract code common
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to variants of a datastore and the datastore implementations themselves. A
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drawback is that it fits somewhat awkwardly with our maturity-based
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reorganization, especially if a future base system has only experimental
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datastores as subclasses.
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**Maturity-Aware**
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The second alternative is for the base mysql code to reside in the current
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mysql datastore directory. This would result in
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* The creation of new base implementations for the manager and service
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modules in the ``trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql`` directory
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* The creation of explicit datastores for Percona and MariaDB with
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implementation classes that inherit from base MySQL.
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The resulting file and directory structure would change from::
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trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/manager.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py
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to::
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trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/manager_base.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service_base.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/manager.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mariadb/manager.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mariadb/service.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/percona/manager.py
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trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/percona/service.py
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This approach has the benefit of less potential confusion about the maturity
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level of the base code. However, it is not as not as clean an organization:
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MySQL CE is treated as both a base system and an implementing datastore.
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In both cases, a pass through the MySQL manager code would be done to identify
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methods that should be made abstract. These methods would then be brought
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"down" into the subclasses.
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This blueprint does *not* attempt to create optimized MariaDB or Percona
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datastores, but rather to lay the groundwork for their creation.
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**Strategy consolidation**
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Currently not included in the scope of this refactor, but an important future
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consideration, are the associated strategies that can also have differences
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across variants. For example, it may make sense to bring some or all of the
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logic from the replication strategy into the datastore subtree to provide
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differentiation.
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Configuration
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Guest agent configuration options that point to fully qualified classnames,
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e.g::
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datastore_registry_ext =
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mysql:trove.guestagent.datastore.mysql.manager.Manager,
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percona:trove.guestagent.datastore.mysql.manager.Manager
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will need to point to the new class names, e.g::
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datastore_registry_ext =
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mysql:trove.guestagent.datastore.mysql.manager.Manager,
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percona:trove.guestagent.datastore.percona.manager.Manager,
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mariadb:trove.guestagent.datastore.experimental.mariadb.manager.Manager
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Database
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Nothing expected, but confirm.
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Python API
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None.
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CLI (python-troveclient)
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None.
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Public API
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None.
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Public API Security
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None.
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Internal API
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None.
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Guest Agent
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Behaviour should remain the same, but location of the code would change.
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Alternatives
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Two alternatives are discussed in the main Proposed Change section.
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Implementation
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Assignee(s)
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Primary assignee:
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Launchpad/IRC: atomic77
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Email: atomic@tesora.com
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Milestones
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Target Milestone for completion:
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liberty-1
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Work Items
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* Reorganize code
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* Create stub implementations of Percona and MariaDB datastores that inherit
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from base MySQL classes.
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* Review MySQL datastore implementation for initial candidates for abstract
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methods. Bring down and reimplement in each of the three datastore
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implementations.
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* Write additional integration tests
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Upgrade Implications
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As with any change to the layout of the source tree, care must be taken by the
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operator to ensure that the updating of the code on the guest agent coincides
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with the updating of configuration files. This would only be an issue for
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operators that eventually want to leverage the new optimized managers for
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Percona, MariaDB, etc. as the location of the MySQL CE manager would remain
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backwards-compatible.
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Dependencies
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None.
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Testing
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Additional tests should be added to ensure that subclassing is working
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correctly e.g. ensure that some Percona-specific code is not running against
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MySQL datastores, etc.
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Documentation Impact
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The documentation should be updated to inform operators of the new locations of
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datastore implementations that could be added to the guestagent configuration
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file.
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References
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==========
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A related blueprint is experimental-datastores [1] as this impacts the
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organization of datastore implementations into directories based on maturity
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level.
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[1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/trove/+spec/experimental-datastores
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