# Ekka
Ekka - Autocluster and Autoheal for EMQ X Broker. Ekka helps build a new distribution layer for EMQ X R2.3+.
```
---------- ----------
| EMQX |<--- MQTT--->| EMQX |
|--------| |--------|
| Ekka |<----RPC---->| Ekka |
|--------| |--------|
| Mnesia |<--Cluster-->| Mnesia |
|--------| |--------|
| Kernel |<----TCP---->| Kernel |
---------- ----------
```
## Node discovery and Autocluster
Ekka supports erlang node discovery and autocluster using various strategies:
Strategy | Description
-----------|--------------------------------------
manual | Join cluster manually
static | Static node list
mcast | IP Multicast
dns | DNS A Records
etcd | etcd
k8s | Kubernetes
The configuration example files are under 'etc/' folder.
### Cluster using static node list
Cuttlefish style config:
```
cluster.discovery = static
cluster.static.seeds = ekka1@127.0.0.1,ekka2@127.0.0.1
```
Erlang config:
```
{cluster_discovery,
{static, [
{seeds, ['ekka1@127.0.0.1', 'ekka2@127.0.0.1']}
]}},
```
### Cluster using IP Multicast
Cuttlefish style config:
```
cluster.discovery = mcast
## IP Multicast Address.
##
## Value: IP Address
cluster.mcast.addr = 239.192.0.1
## Multicast Ports.
##
## Value: Port List
cluster.mcast.ports = 4369,4370
## Multicast Iface.
##
## Value: Iface Address
##
## Default: 0.0.0.0
cluster.mcast.iface = 0.0.0.0
## Multicast Ttl.
##
## Value: 0-255
cluster.mcast.ttl = 255
## Multicast loop.
##
## Value: on | off
cluster.mcast.loop = on
```
Erlang config:
```
{cluster_discovery,
{mcast, [
{addr, {239,192,0,1}},
{ports, [4369,4370]},
{iface, {0,0,0,0}},
{ttl, 255},
{loop, true}
]}},
```
### Cluster using DNS A records
Cuttlefish style config:
```
cluster.discovery = dns
## DNS name.
##
## Value: String
cluster.dns.name = localhost
## The App name is used to build 'node.name' with IP address.
##
## Value: String
cluster.dns.app = ekka
```
Erlang config:
```
{cluster_discovery,
{dns, [
{name, "localhost"},
{app, "ekka"}
]}},
```
### Cluster using etcd
Cuttlefish style config:
```
cluster.discovery = etcd
## Etcd server list, seperated by ','.
##
## Value: String
cluster.etcd.server = http://127.0.0.1:2379
## The prefix helps build nodes path in etcd. Each node in the cluster
## will create a path in etcd: v2/keys/<prefix>/<cluster.name>/<node.name>
##
## Value: String
cluster.etcd.prefix = ekkacl
## The TTL for node's path in etcd.
##
## Value: Duration
##
## Default: 1m, 1 minute
cluster.etcd.node_ttl = 1m
## Path to a file containing the client's private PEM-encoded key.
##
## Value: File
##
## cluster.etcd.keyfile = {{platform_etc_dir}}/certs/client-key.pem
## Path to the file containing the client's certificate
##
## Value: File
##
## cluster.etcd.certfile = {{platform_etc_dir}}/certs/client.pem
## Path to the file containing PEM-encoded CA certificates. The CA certificates
## are used during server authentication and when building the client certificate chain.
##
## Value: File
##
## cluster.etcd.cacertfile = {{platform_etc_dir}}/certs/ca.pem
```
Erlang config:
```
{cluster_discovery,
{etcd, [
{server, ["http://127.0.0.1:2379"]},
{prefix, "ekkacluster"},
%%{ssl_options, [
%% {keyfile, "path/to/client-key.pem"},
%% {certfile, "path/to/client.pem"},
%% {cacertfile, "path/to/ca.pem"}
%%]},
{node_ttl, 60000}
]}},
```
### Cluster using Kubernates
Cuttlefish style config:
```
cluster.discovery = k8s
## Kubernates API server list, seperated by ','.
##
## Value: String
## cluster.k8s.apiserver = http://10.110.111.204:8080
## The service name helps lookup EMQ nodes in the cluster.
##
## Value: String
## cluster.k8s.service_name = ekka
## The name space of k8s
##
## Value: String
## cluster.k8s.namespace = default
## The address type is used to extract host from k8s service.
##
## Value: ip | dns | hostname
## cluster.k8s.address_type = ip
## The app name helps build 'node.name'.
##
## Value: String
## cluster.k8s.app_name = ekka
## The suffix added to dns and hostname get from k8s service
##
## Value: String
## cluster.k8s.suffix = pod.cluster.local
```
Erlang config:
```
{cluster_discovery,
{k8s, [
{apiserver, "http://10.110.111.204:8080"},
{namespace, "default"},
{service_name, "ekka"},
{address_type, ip},
{app_name, "ekka"},
{suffix, "pod.cluster.local"}
]}}
```
## Network partition and Autoheal
### Autoheal Design
When network partition occurs, the following steps to heal the cluster if autoheal is enabled:
1. Node reports the partitions to a leader node which has the oldest guid.
2. Leader node create a global netsplit view and choose one node in the majority as coordinator.
3. Leader node requests the coordinator to autoheal the network partition.
4. Coordinator node reboots all the nodes in the minority side.
### Enable autoheal
Erlang config:
```
{cluster_autoheal, true},
```
Cuttlefish style config:
```
cluster.autoheal = on
```
## Node down and Autoclean
### Autoclean Design
A down node will be removed from the cluster if autoclean is enabled.
### Enable autoclean
Erlang config:
```
{cluster_autoclean, 60000},
```
Cuttlefish style config:
```
cluster.autoclean = 5m
```
## Lock Service
Ekka implements a simple distributed lock service in 0.3 release. The Lock APIs:
Acquire lock:
```
-spec(acquire(resource()) -> {boolean(), [node()]}).
ekka_locker:acquire(Resource).
-spec(acquire(atom(), resource(), lock_type()) -> lock_result()).
ekka_locker:acquire(ekka_locker, Resource, Type).
```
Release lock:
```
-spec(release(resource()) -> lock_result()).
ekka_locker:release(Resource).
-spec(release(atom(), resource()) -> lock_result()).
ekka_locker:release(Name, Resource).
```
The lock type:
```
-type(lock_type() :: local | leader | quorum | all).
```
## Cluster without epmd
The ekka 0.6.0 release implements erlang distribiton without epmd.
See: http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2015-December/087013.html
For example:
```
## Dist port: 4370
erl -pa ebin -pa _build/default/lib/*/ebin -proto_dist ekka -start_epmd false -epmd_module ekka_epmd -name node1@127.0.0.1 -s ekka
## Dist port: 4371
erl -pa ebin -pa _build/default/lib/*/ebin -proto_dist ekka -start_epmd false -epmd_module ekka_epmd -name node2@127.0.0.1 -s ekka
## Dist port: 4372
erl -pa ebin -pa _build/default/lib/*/ebin -proto_dist ekka -start_epmd false -epmd_module ekka_epmd -name node3@127.0.0.1 -s ekka
```
The erlang distribution port can be tuned by ekka `inet_dist_base_port` env. The default port is 4370.
## License
Apache License Version 2.0
## Author
EMQ X Team.