etcd/Documentation/dev-guide/grpc_naming.md
Piotr Tabor 5d7c1db3a9 Introduce grpc-1.30+ compatible client/v3/naming API.
This is not yet implementation, just API and tests to be filled
with implementation in next CLs,
tracked by: https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/issues/12652

We propose here 3 packages:
 - clientv3/naming/endpoints ->
    That is abstraction layer over etcd that allows to write, read &
    watch Endpoints information. It's independent from GRPC API. It hides
    the storage details.

 - clientv3/naming/endpoints/internal ->
    That contains the grpc's compatible Update class to preserve the
    internal JSON mashalling format.

 - clientv3/naming/resolver ->
   That implements the GRPC resolver API, such that etcd can be
   used for connection.Dial in grpc.

Please see the grpc_naming.md document changes & grpcproxy/cluster.go
new integration, to see how the new abstractions work.
2021-01-30 12:32:19 +01:00

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gRPC naming and discovery 3500 go-grpc: for resolving gRPC endpoints with an etcd backend

etcd provides a gRPC resolver to support an alternative name system that fetches endpoints from etcd for discovering gRPC services. The underlying mechanism is based on watching updates to keys prefixed with the service name.

Using etcd discovery with go-grpc

The etcd client provides a gRPC resolver for resolving gRPC endpoints with an etcd backend. The resolver is initialized with an etcd client:

import (
	"go.etcd.io/etcd/v3/clientv3"
	resolver "go.etcd.io/etcd/v3/clientv3/naming/resolver"

	"google.golang.org/grpc"
)

cli, cerr := clientv3.NewFromURL("http://localhost:2379")
etcdResolver, err := resolver.NewBuilder(clus.RandClient());
conn, gerr := grpc.Dial("etcd://foo/bar/my-service", grpc.WithResolvers(etcdResolver))

Managing service endpoints

The etcd resolver treats all keys under the prefix of the resolution target following a "/" (e.g., "foo/bar/my-service/") with JSON-encoded (historically go-grpc naming.Update) values as potential service endpoints. Endpoints are added to the service by creating new keys and removed from the service by deleting keys.

Adding an endpoint

New endpoints can be added to the service through etcdctl:

ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl put foo/bar/my-service/1.2.3.4 '{"Addr":"1.2.3.4","Metadata":"..."}'

The etcd client's endpoints.Manager method can also register new endpoints with a key matching the Addr:


em := endpoints.NewManager(client, "foo/bar/my-service")
err := em.AddEndpoint(context.TODO(),"foo/bar/my-service/e1", endpoints.Endpoint{Addr:"1.2.3.4"});

Deleting an endpoint

Hosts can be deleted from the service through etcdctl:

ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl del foo/bar/my-service/1.2.3.4

The etcd client's endpoints.Manager method also supports deleting endpoints:

em := endpoints.NewManager(client, "foo/bar/my-service")
err := em.DeleteEndpoint(context.TODO(), "foo/bar/my-service/e1");

Registering an endpoint with a lease

Registering an endpoint with a lease ensures that if the host can't maintain a keepalive heartbeat (e.g., its machine fails), it will be removed from the service:

lease=`ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl lease grant 5 | cut -f2 -d' '`
ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl put --lease=$lease my-service/1.2.3.4 '{"Addr":"1.2.3.4","Metadata":"..."}'
ETCDCTL_API=3 etcdctl lease keep-alive $lease

In the golang:

em := endpoints.NewManager(client, "foo/bar/my-service")
err := endpoints.AddEndpoint(context.TODO(), "foo/bar/my-service/e1", endpoints.Endpoint{Addr:"1.2.3.4"});

Atomically updating endpoints

If it's desired to modify multiple endpoints in a single transaction, endpoints.Manager can be used directly:

em := endpoints.NewManager(c, "foo")

err := em.Update(context.TODO(), []*endpoints.UpdateWithOpts{
    endpoints.NewDeleteUpdateOpts("foo/bar/my-service/e1", endpoints.Endpoint{Addr: "1.2.3.4"}),
	endpoints.NewAddUpdateOpts("foo/bar/my-service/e1", endpoints.Endpoint{Addr: "1.2.3.14"})})