In a normal install, Druid obtains configuration from properties files:
<base>/_common/common.runtime.properties<base>/<service>/runtime.propertiesIn the container, Druid uses the same mechanism, though the common properties file is empty. The container could simply mount the runtime.properties file. However, doing so runs into the normal issues with Druid configuration: Druid provides no form of inheritance: we'd have to copy/paste the same properties over and over, which would be a maintenance headache.
Instead, the images use the same technique as the production Docker image: we pass in a large number of environment variables.
The test configuration extends the production set to include extra variables. Thus there are two kinds:
We use docker-compose to gather up the variables. From most specific (highest priority) to most general, configuration comes from:
environment section in the Docker Compose definition for each service.compose/environment-configs/<service>.env file.compose/environment-configs/common.env file.Make test-specific changes in the test-specific Docker compose file. Make changes to the *.env files only if you are certain that the change should apply to all tests. An example is when we change something in our product configs.
The set of defined environment variables starts with the druid/conf/single-server/micro-quickstart settings. It would be great to generate these files directly from the latest quickstart files. For now, it is a manual process to keep the definitions in sync.
These are defined in a hierarchy:
common.env - roughly equivalent to the _common configuration area in Druid: contains definitions common to all Druid services. Services can override any of the definitions.<service>.env - base definitions for each service, assume it runs stand-alone. Adjust if test cluster runs multiple instances. Rougly equivalent to the service-specific runtime.properties file.docker-compose.yaml - test-specific settings.The launch.sh script converts these variables to config files in /tmp/conf/druid. Those files are then added to the class path.
To set a Druid config variable, replace dots in the name with underscores.
In the usual properties file:
druid.auth.basic.common.maxSyncRetries=20
In an environment config file:
druid_auth_basic_common_maxSyncRetries=20
environment: - druid_auth_basic_common_maxSyncRetries=20
For everyone's sanity, please include a comment to explain the reason for the setting if it differs from the Quickstart defaults.
The test configuration goes beyond the production Druid image configuration to add several extensions specfically for tests. These are variables which handle some specific part of the configuration to avoid what would otherwise require redundant copy/paste. See the Docker section for the details.
Druid configuration includes not just the config files, but also items on the Druid class path. These are provided via a shared directory mounted into the container at /shared. The shared directory is built in the target/<category> folder for each test category.
The launch.sh script fills in a number of implicit configuration items:
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Heap dump path | Set to ${SHARED}/logs/<instance> |
| Log4J config | Optional at ${SHARED}/conf/log4j.xml |
| Hadoop config | Optional at ${SHARED}/hadoop-xml |
| Extra libraries | Optional at ${SHARED}/lib |
| Extra resources | Optional at ${SHARED}/resources |
${SHARED}/resources is the place to put things like a custom log4j2.xml file.
Tests can run with or without security enabled. (Security setup is a work in progress, the prior integration tests enabled security for all tests.)
auth.env - Additional definitions to create a secure cluster. Also requires that the client certificates be created. Add this to tests which test security.