// Package servers provides a Manager interface for Manager managed // metadata.Server objects. The servers package manages servers from a Consul // client's perspective (i.e. a list of servers that a client talks with for // RPCs). The servers package does not provide any API guarantees and should // be called only by `hashicorp/consul`. package router import ( "math/rand" "net" "sync" "sync/atomic" "time" "github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/metadata" "github.com/hashicorp/consul/lib" "github.com/hashicorp/consul/logging" "github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog" ) const ( // clientRPCJitterFraction determines the amount of jitter added to // clientRPCMinReuseDuration before a connection is expired and a new // connection is established in order to rebalance load across consul // servers. The cluster-wide number of connections per second from // rebalancing is applied after this jitter to ensure the CPU impact // is always finite. See newRebalanceConnsPerSecPerServer's comment // for additional commentary. // // For example, in a 10K consul cluster with 5x servers, this default // averages out to ~13 new connections from rebalancing per server // per second (each connection is reused for 120s to 180s). clientRPCJitterFraction = 2 // clientRPCMinReuseDuration controls the minimum amount of time RPC // queries are sent over an established connection to a single server clientRPCMinReuseDuration = 120 * time.Second // Limit the number of new connections a server receives per second // for connection rebalancing. This limit caps the load caused by // continual rebalancing efforts when a cluster is in equilibrium. A // lower value comes at the cost of increased recovery time after a // partition. This parameter begins to take effect when there are // more than ~48K clients querying 5x servers or at lower server // values when there is a partition. // // For example, in a 100K consul cluster with 5x servers, it will // take ~5min for all servers to rebalance their connections. If // 99,995 agents are in the minority talking to only one server, it // will take ~26min for all servers to rebalance. A 10K cluster in // the same scenario will take ~2.6min to rebalance. newRebalanceConnsPerSecPerServer = 64 ) // ManagerSerfCluster is an interface wrapper around Serf in order to make this // easier to unit test. type ManagerSerfCluster interface { NumNodes() int } // Pinger is an interface wrapping client.ConnPool to prevent a cyclic import // dependency. type Pinger interface { Ping(dc string, addr net.Addr, version int, useTLS bool) (bool, error) } // serverList is a local copy of the struct used to maintain the list of // Consul servers used by Manager. // // NOTE(sean@): We are explicitly relying on the fact that serverList will // be copied onto the stack. Please keep this structure light. type serverList struct { // servers tracks the locally known servers. List membership is // maintained by Serf. servers []*metadata.Server } type Manager struct { // listValue manages the atomic load/store of a Manager's serverList listValue atomic.Value listLock sync.Mutex // rebalanceTimer controls the duration of the rebalance interval rebalanceTimer *time.Timer // shutdownCh is a copy of the channel in consul.Client shutdownCh chan struct{} logger hclog.Logger // clusterInfo is used to estimate the approximate number of nodes in // a cluster and limit the rate at which it rebalances server // connections. ManagerSerfCluster is an interface that wraps serf. clusterInfo ManagerSerfCluster // connPoolPinger is used to test the health of a server in the // connection pool. Pinger is an interface that wraps // client.ConnPool. connPoolPinger Pinger // notifyFailedBarrier is acts as a barrier to prevent queuing behind // serverListLog and acts as a TryLock(). notifyFailedBarrier int32 // offline is used to indicate that there are no servers, or that all // known servers have failed the ping test. offline int32 } // AddServer takes out an internal write lock and adds a new server. If the // server is not known, appends the server to the list. The new server will // begin seeing use after the rebalance timer fires or enough servers fail // organically. If the server is already known, merge the new server // details. func (m *Manager) AddServer(s *metadata.Server) { m.listLock.Lock() defer m.listLock.Unlock() l := m.getServerList() // Check if this server is known found := false for idx, existing := range l.servers { if existing.Name == s.Name { newServers := make([]*metadata.Server, len(l.servers)) copy(newServers, l.servers) // Overwrite the existing server details in order to // possibly update metadata (e.g. server version) newServers[idx] = s l.servers = newServers found = true break } } // Add to the list if not known if !found { newServers := make([]*metadata.Server, len(l.servers), len(l.servers)+1) copy(newServers, l.servers) newServers = append(newServers, s) l.servers = newServers } // Assume we are no longer offline since we've just seen a new server. atomic.StoreInt32(&m.offline, 0) // Start using this list of servers. m.saveServerList(l) } // UpdateTLS updates the TLS setting for the servers in this manager func (m *Manager) UpdateTLS(useTLS bool) { m.listLock.Lock() defer m.listLock.Unlock() list := m.getServerList() for _, server := range list.servers { server.UseTLS = useTLS } m.saveServerList(list) } // cycleServers returns a new list of servers that has dequeued the first // server and enqueued it at the end of the list. cycleServers assumes the // caller is holding the listLock. cycleServer does not test or ping // the next server inline. cycleServer may be called when the environment // has just entered an unhealthy situation and blocking on a server test is // less desirable than just returning the next server in the firing line. If // the next server fails, it will fail fast enough and cycleServer will be // called again. func (l *serverList) cycleServer() (servers []*metadata.Server) { numServers := len(l.servers) if numServers < 2 { return servers // No action required } newServers := make([]*metadata.Server, 0, numServers) newServers = append(newServers, l.servers[1:]...) newServers = append(newServers, l.servers[0]) return newServers } // removeServerByKey performs an inline removal of the first matching server func (l *serverList) removeServerByKey(targetKey *metadata.Key) { for i, s := range l.servers { if targetKey.Equal(s.Key()) { copy(l.servers[i:], l.servers[i+1:]) l.servers[len(l.servers)-1] = nil l.servers = l.servers[:len(l.servers)-1] return } } } // shuffleServers shuffles the server list in place func (l *serverList) shuffleServers() { for i := len(l.servers) - 1; i > 0; i-- { j := rand.Int31n(int32(i + 1)) l.servers[i], l.servers[j] = l.servers[j], l.servers[i] } } // IsOffline checks to see if all the known servers have failed their ping // test during the last rebalance. func (m *Manager) IsOffline() bool { offline := atomic.LoadInt32(&m.offline) return offline == 1 } // FindServer takes out an internal "read lock" and searches through the list // of servers to find a "healthy" server. If the server is actually // unhealthy, we rely on Serf to detect this and remove the node from the // server list. If the server at the front of the list has failed or fails // during an RPC call, it is rotated to the end of the list. If there are no // servers available, return nil. func (m *Manager) FindServer() *metadata.Server { l := m.getServerList() numServers := len(l.servers) if numServers == 0 { m.logger.Warn("No servers available") return nil } // Return whatever is at the front of the list because it is // assumed to be the oldest in the server list (unless - // hypothetically - the server list was rotated right after a // server was added). return l.servers[0] } func (m *Manager) checkServers(fn func(srv *metadata.Server) bool) bool { for _, srv := range m.getServerList().servers { if !fn(srv) { return false } } return true } func (m *Manager) CheckServers(fn func(srv *metadata.Server) bool) { _ = m.checkServers(fn) } // getServerList is a convenience method which hides the locking semantics // of atomic.Value from the caller. func (m *Manager) getServerList() serverList { return m.listValue.Load().(serverList) } // saveServerList is a convenience method which hides the locking semantics // of atomic.Value from the caller. func (m *Manager) saveServerList(l serverList) { m.listValue.Store(l) } // New is the only way to safely create a new Manager struct. func New(logger hclog.Logger, shutdownCh chan struct{}, clusterInfo ManagerSerfCluster, connPoolPinger Pinger) (m *Manager) { if logger == nil { logger = hclog.New(&hclog.LoggerOptions{}) } m = new(Manager) m.logger = logger.Named(logging.Manager) m.clusterInfo = clusterInfo // can't pass *consul.Client: import cycle m.connPoolPinger = connPoolPinger // can't pass *consul.ConnPool: import cycle m.rebalanceTimer = time.NewTimer(clientRPCMinReuseDuration) m.shutdownCh = shutdownCh atomic.StoreInt32(&m.offline, 1) l := serverList{} l.servers = make([]*metadata.Server, 0) m.saveServerList(l) return m } // NotifyFailedServer marks the passed in server as "failed" by rotating it // to the end of the server list. func (m *Manager) NotifyFailedServer(s *metadata.Server) { l := m.getServerList() // If the server being failed is not the first server on the list, // this is a noop. If, however, the server is failed and first on // the list, acquire the lock, retest, and take the penalty of moving // the server to the end of the list. // Only rotate the server list when there is more than one server if len(l.servers) > 1 && l.servers[0].Name == s.Name && // Use atomic.CAS to emulate a TryLock(). atomic.CompareAndSwapInt32(&m.notifyFailedBarrier, 0, 1) { defer atomic.StoreInt32(&m.notifyFailedBarrier, 0) // Grab a lock, retest, and take the hit of cycling the first // server to the end. m.listLock.Lock() defer m.listLock.Unlock() l = m.getServerList() if len(l.servers) > 1 && l.servers[0].Name == s.Name { l.servers = l.cycleServer() m.saveServerList(l) m.logger.Debug("cycled away from server", "server", s.String()) } } } // NumServers takes out an internal "read lock" and returns the number of // servers. numServers includes both healthy and unhealthy servers. func (m *Manager) NumServers() int { l := m.getServerList() return len(l.servers) } // RebalanceServers shuffles the list of servers on this metadata. The server // at the front of the list is selected for the next RPC. RPC calls that // fail for a particular server are rotated to the end of the list. This // method reshuffles the list periodically in order to redistribute work // across all known consul servers (i.e. guarantee that the order of servers // in the server list is not positively correlated with the age of a server // in the Consul cluster). Periodically shuffling the server list prevents // long-lived clients from fixating on long-lived servers. // // Unhealthy servers are removed when serf notices the server has been // deregistered. Before the newly shuffled server list is saved, the new // remote endpoint is tested to ensure its responsive. func (m *Manager) RebalanceServers() { // Obtain a copy of the current serverList l := m.getServerList() // Shuffle servers so we have a chance of picking a new one. l.shuffleServers() // Iterate through the shuffled server list to find an assumed // healthy server. NOTE: Do not iterate on the list directly because // this loop mutates the server list in-place. var foundHealthyServer bool for i := 0; i < len(l.servers); i++ { // Always test the first server. Failed servers are cycled // while Serf detects the node has failed. srv := l.servers[0] ok, err := m.connPoolPinger.Ping(srv.Datacenter, srv.Addr, srv.Version, srv.UseTLS) if ok { foundHealthyServer = true break } m.logger.Debug("pinging server failed", "server", srv.String(), "error", err, ) l.servers = l.cycleServer() } // If no healthy servers were found, sleep and wait for Serf to make // the world a happy place again. Update the offline status. if foundHealthyServer { atomic.StoreInt32(&m.offline, 0) } else { atomic.StoreInt32(&m.offline, 1) m.logger.Debug("No healthy servers during rebalance, aborting") return } // Verify that all servers are present if m.reconcileServerList(&l) { m.logger.Debug("Rebalanced servers, new active server", "number_of_servers", len(l.servers), "active_server", l.servers[0].String(), ) } else { // reconcileServerList failed because Serf removed the server // that was at the front of the list that had successfully // been Ping'ed. Between the Ping and reconcile, a Serf // event had shown up removing the node. // // Instead of doing any heroics, "freeze in place" and // continue to use the existing connection until the next // rebalance occurs. } } // reconcileServerList returns true when the first server in serverList // exists in the receiver's serverList. If true, the merged serverList is // stored as the receiver's serverList. Returns false if the first server // does not exist in the list (i.e. was removed by Serf during a // PingConsulServer() call. Newly added servers are appended to the list and // other missing servers are removed from the list. func (m *Manager) reconcileServerList(l *serverList) bool { m.listLock.Lock() defer m.listLock.Unlock() // newServerCfg is a serverList that has been kept up to date with // Serf node join and node leave events. newServerCfg := m.getServerList() // If Serf has removed all nodes, or there is no selected server // (zero nodes in serverList), abort early. if len(newServerCfg.servers) == 0 || len(l.servers) == 0 { return false } type targetServer struct { server *metadata.Server // 'b' == both // 'o' == original // 'n' == new state byte } mergedList := make(map[metadata.Key]*targetServer, len(l.servers)) for _, s := range l.servers { mergedList[*s.Key()] = &targetServer{server: s, state: 'o'} } for _, s := range newServerCfg.servers { k := s.Key() _, found := mergedList[*k] if found { mergedList[*k].state = 'b' } else { mergedList[*k] = &targetServer{server: s, state: 'n'} } } // Ensure the selected server has not been removed by Serf selectedServerKey := l.servers[0].Key() if v, found := mergedList[*selectedServerKey]; found && v.state == 'o' { return false } // Append any new servers and remove any old servers for k, v := range mergedList { switch v.state { case 'b': // Do nothing, server exists in both case 'o': // Server has been removed l.removeServerByKey(&k) case 'n': // Server added l.servers = append(l.servers, v.server) default: panic("unknown merge list state") } } m.saveServerList(*l) return true } // RemoveServer takes out an internal write lock and removes a server from // the server list. func (m *Manager) RemoveServer(s *metadata.Server) { m.listLock.Lock() defer m.listLock.Unlock() l := m.getServerList() // Remove the server if known for i := range l.servers { if l.servers[i].Name == s.Name { newServers := make([]*metadata.Server, 0, len(l.servers)-1) newServers = append(newServers, l.servers[:i]...) newServers = append(newServers, l.servers[i+1:]...) l.servers = newServers m.saveServerList(l) return } } } // refreshServerRebalanceTimer is only called once m.rebalanceTimer expires. func (m *Manager) refreshServerRebalanceTimer() time.Duration { l := m.getServerList() numServers := len(l.servers) // Limit this connection's life based on the size (and health) of the // cluster. Never rebalance a connection more frequently than // connReuseLowWatermarkDuration, and make sure we never exceed // clusterWideRebalanceConnsPerSec operations/s across numLANMembers. clusterWideRebalanceConnsPerSec := float64(numServers * newRebalanceConnsPerSecPerServer) connReuseLowWatermarkDuration := clientRPCMinReuseDuration + lib.RandomStagger(clientRPCMinReuseDuration/clientRPCJitterFraction) numLANMembers := m.clusterInfo.NumNodes() connRebalanceTimeout := lib.RateScaledInterval(clusterWideRebalanceConnsPerSec, connReuseLowWatermarkDuration, numLANMembers) m.rebalanceTimer.Reset(connRebalanceTimeout) return connRebalanceTimeout } // ResetRebalanceTimer resets the rebalance timer. This method exists for // testing and should not be used directly. func (m *Manager) ResetRebalanceTimer() { m.listLock.Lock() defer m.listLock.Unlock() m.rebalanceTimer.Reset(clientRPCMinReuseDuration) } // Start is used to start and manage the task of automatically shuffling and // rebalancing the list of Consul servers. This maintenance only happens // periodically based on the expiration of the timer. Failed servers are // automatically cycled to the end of the list. New servers are appended to // the list. The order of the server list must be shuffled periodically to // distribute load across all known and available Consul servers. func (m *Manager) Start() { for { select { case <-m.rebalanceTimer.C: m.RebalanceServers() m.refreshServerRebalanceTimer() case <-m.shutdownCh: m.logger.Info("shutting down") return } } }