Cassandra writer
Cassandra writer provides message repository implementation for Cassandra.
Configuration
The service is configured using the environment variables presented in the
following table. Note that any unset variables will be replaced with their
default values.
Variable |
Description |
Default |
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_LOG_LEVEL |
Log level for Cassandra writer (debug, info, warn, error) |
info |
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_CONFIG_PATH |
Config file path with NATS subjects list, payload type and content-type |
/config.toml |
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_HTTP_HOST |
Cassandra service HTTP host |
|
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_HTTP_PORT |
Cassandra service HTTP port |
9004 |
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_HTTP_SERVER_CERT |
Cassandra service HTTP server certificate path |
|
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_HTTP_SERVER_KEY |
Cassandra service HTTP server key path |
|
MG_CASSANDRA_CLUSTER |
Cassandra cluster comma separated addresses |
127.0.0.1 |
MG_CASSANDRA_KEYSPACE |
Cassandra keyspace name |
magistrala |
MG_CASSANDRA_USER |
Cassandra DB username |
magistrala |
MG_CASSANDRA_PASS |
Cassandra DB password |
magistrala |
MG_CASSANDRA_PORT |
Cassandra DB port |
9042 |
MG_MESSAGE_BROKER_URL |
Message broker instance URL |
nats://localhost:4222 |
MG_JAEGER_URL |
Jaeger server URL |
http://jaeger:14268/api/traces |
MG_SEND_TELEMETRY |
Send telemetry to magistrala call home server |
true |
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_INSTANCE_ID |
Cassandra writer instance ID |
|
Deployment
The service itself is distributed as Docker container. Check the cassandra-writer
service section in docker-compose file to see how service is deployed.
To start the service, execute the following shell script:
# download the latest version of the service
git clone https://github.com/absmach/magistrala
cd magistrala
# compile the cassandra writer
make cassandra-writer
# copy binary to bin
make install
# Set the environment variables and run the service
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_LOG_LEVEL=[Cassandra writer log level] \
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_CONFIG_PATH=[Config file path with NATS subjects list, payload type and content-type] \
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_HTTP_HOST=[Cassandra service HTTP host] \
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_HTTP_PORT=[Cassandra service HTTP port] \
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_HTTP_SERVER_CERT=[Cassandra service HTTP server cert] \
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_HTTP_SERVER_KEY=[Cassandra service HTTP server key] \
MG_CASSANDRA_CLUSTER=[Cassandra cluster comma separated addresses] \
MG_CASSANDRA_KEYSPACE=[Cassandra keyspace name] \
MG_CASSANDRA_USER=[Cassandra DB username] \
MG_CASSANDRA_PASS=[Cassandra DB password] \
MG_CASSANDRA_PORT=[Cassandra DB port] \
MG_MESSAGE_BROKER_URL=[Message Broker instance URL] \
MG_JAEGER_URL=[Jaeger server URL] \
MG_SEND_TELEMETRY=[Send telemetry to magistrala call home server] \
MG_CASSANDRA_WRITER_INSTANCE_ID=[Cassandra writer instance ID] \
$GOBIN/magistrala-cassandra-writer
Using docker-compose
This service can be deployed using docker containers. Docker compose file is
available in <project_root>/docker/addons/cassandra-writer/docker-compose.yml
.
In order to run all Magistrala core services, as well as mentioned optional ones,
execute following command:
./docker/addons/cassandra-writer/init.sh
Usage
Starting service will start consuming normalized messages in SenML format.