Documentation ¶
Overview ¶
Package feature provides feature flagging capabilities for InfluxDB servers. This document describes this package and how it is used to control experimental features in `influxd`.
Flags are configured in `flags.yml` at the top of this repository. Running `make flags` generates Go code based on this configuration to programmatically test flag values in a given request context. Boolean flags are the most common case, but integers, floats and strings are supported for more complicated experiments.
The `Flagger` interface is the crux of this package. It computes a map of feature flag values for a given request context. The default implementation always returns the flag default configured in `flags.yml`. The override implementation allows an operator to override feature flag defaults at startup. Changing these overrides requires a restart.
In `influxd`, a `Flagger` instance is provided to a `Handler` middleware configured to intercept all API requests and annotate their request context with a map of feature flags.
A flag can opt in to be exposed externally in `flags.yml`. If exposed, this flag will be included in the response from the `/api/v2/flags` endpoint. This allows the UI and other API clients to control their behavior according to the flag in addition to the server itself.
A concrete example to illustrate the above:
I have a feature called "My Feature" that will involve turning on new code in both the UI and the server.
First, I add an entry to `flags.yml`.
```yaml
- name: My Feature description: My feature is awesome key: myFeature default: false expose: true contact: My Name
```
My flag type is inferred to be boolean by my default of `false` when I run `make flags` and the `feature` package now includes `func MyFeature() BoolFlag`.
I use this to control my backend code with ¶
```go
if feature.MyFeature.Enabled(ctx) { // new code... } else {
// new code... }
```
and the `/api/v2/flags` response provides the same information to the frontend.
```json
{ "myFeature": false }
```
While `false` by default, I can turn on my experimental feature by starting my server with a flag override.
``` env INFLUXD_FEATURE_FLAGS="{\"flag1\":\value1\",\"key2\":\"value2\"}" influxd ```
``` influxd --feature-flags flag1=value1,flag2=value2 ```
Index ¶
- func Annotate(ctx context.Context, f Flagger, flags ...Flag) (context.Context, error)
- func ExposedFlagsFromContext(ctx context.Context, byKey ByKeyFn) map[string]interface{}
- func FlagsFromContext(ctx context.Context) map[string]interface{}
- func NewFlagsHandler(errorHandler influxdb.HTTPErrorHandler, byKey ByKeyFn) http.Handler
- func NewHandler(log *zap.Logger, flagger Flagger, flags []Flag, next http.Handler) http.Handler
- type Base
- type BoolFlag
- func AppMetrics() BoolFlag
- func BackendExample() BoolFlag
- func CommunityTemplates() BoolFlag
- func GroupWindowAggregateTranspose() BoolFlag
- func MakeBoolFlag(name, key, owner string, defaultValue bool, lifetime Lifetime, expose bool) BoolFlag
- func MemoryOptimizedFill() BoolFlag
- func MemoryOptimizedSchemaMutation() BoolFlag
- func NewAuthPackage() BoolFlag
- func NewHydrateVarsFunctionality() BoolFlag
- func NewLabelPackage() BoolFlag
- func PushDownWindowAggregateCount() BoolFlag
- func PushDownWindowAggregateMax() BoolFlag
- func PushDownWindowAggregateMean() BoolFlag
- func PushDownWindowAggregateMin() BoolFlag
- func PushDownWindowAggregateSum() BoolFlag
- func SimpleTaskOptionsExtraction() BoolFlag
- func UrmFreeTasks() BoolFlag
- type ByKeyFn
- type Flag
- type Flagger
- type FloatFlag
- type HTTPProxy
- type Handler
- type IntFlag
- type Lifetime
- type ProxyEnabler
- type StringFlag
Constants ¶
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Variables ¶
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Functions ¶
func ExposedFlagsFromContext ¶
ExposedFlagsFromContext returns the filtered map of exposed flags attached to the context by Annotate, or nil if none is found.
func FlagsFromContext ¶
FlagsFromContext returns the map of flags attached to the context by Annotate, or nil if none is found.
func NewFlagsHandler ¶
NewFlagsHandler returns a handler that returns the map of computed feature flags on the request context.
Types ¶
type Base ¶
type Base struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
flag base type.
func MakeBase ¶
func MakeBase(name, key, owner string, defaultValue interface{}, lifetime Lifetime, expose bool) Base
MakeBase constructs a flag flag.
type BoolFlag ¶
type BoolFlag struct { Base // contains filtered or unexported fields }
BoolFlag implements Flag for boolean values.
func AppMetrics ¶
func AppMetrics() BoolFlag
AppMetrics - Send UI Telementry to Tools cluster - should always be false in OSS
func BackendExample ¶
func BackendExample() BoolFlag
BackendExample - A permanent backend example boolean flag
func CommunityTemplates ¶
func CommunityTemplates() BoolFlag
CommunityTemplates - Replace current template uploading functionality with community driven templates
func GroupWindowAggregateTranspose ¶
func GroupWindowAggregateTranspose() BoolFlag
GroupWindowAggregateTranspose - Enables the GroupWindowAggregateTransposeRule for all enabled window aggregates
func MakeBoolFlag ¶
func MakeBoolFlag(name, key, owner string, defaultValue bool, lifetime Lifetime, expose bool) BoolFlag
MakeBoolFlag returns a string flag with the given Base and default.
func MemoryOptimizedFill ¶
func MemoryOptimizedFill() BoolFlag
MemoryOptimizedFill - Enable the memory optimized fill()
func MemoryOptimizedSchemaMutation ¶
func MemoryOptimizedSchemaMutation() BoolFlag
MemoryOptimizedSchemaMutation - Enable the memory optimized schema mutation functions
func NewAuthPackage ¶
func NewAuthPackage() BoolFlag
NewAuthPackage - Enables the refactored authorization api
func NewHydrateVarsFunctionality ¶
func NewHydrateVarsFunctionality() BoolFlag
NewHydrateVarsFunctionality - Enables a minimalistic variable hydration
func NewLabelPackage ¶
func NewLabelPackage() BoolFlag
NewLabelPackage - Enables the refactored labels api
func PushDownWindowAggregateCount ¶
func PushDownWindowAggregateCount() BoolFlag
PushDownWindowAggregateCount - Enable Count variant of PushDownWindowAggregateRule and PushDownBareAggregateRule
func PushDownWindowAggregateMax ¶
func PushDownWindowAggregateMax() BoolFlag
PushDownWindowAggregateMax - Enable Max variant of PushDownWindowAggregateRule and PushDownBareAggregateRule
func PushDownWindowAggregateMean ¶
func PushDownWindowAggregateMean() BoolFlag
PushDownWindowAggregateMean - Enable Mean variant of PushDownWindowAggregateRule and PushDownBareAggregateRule
func PushDownWindowAggregateMin ¶
func PushDownWindowAggregateMin() BoolFlag
PushDownWindowAggregateMin - Enable Min variant of PushDownWindowAggregateRule and PushDownBareAggregateRule
func PushDownWindowAggregateSum ¶
func PushDownWindowAggregateSum() BoolFlag
PushDownWindowAggregateSum - Enable Sum variant of PushDownWindowAggregateRule and PushDownBareAggregateRule
func SimpleTaskOptionsExtraction ¶
func SimpleTaskOptionsExtraction() BoolFlag
SimpleTaskOptionsExtraction - Simplified task options extraction to avoid undefined functions when saving tasks
func UrmFreeTasks ¶
func UrmFreeTasks() BoolFlag
UrmFreeTasks - allow task system to operate without creating additional urms
type Flag ¶
type Flag interface { // Key returns the programmatic backend identifier for the flag. Key() string // Default returns the type-agnostic zero value for the flag. // Type-specific flag implementations may expose a typed default // (e.g. BoolFlag includes a boolean Default field). Default() interface{} // Expose the flag. Expose() bool }
Flag represents a generic feature flag with a key and a default.
type Flagger ¶
type Flagger interface { // Flags returns a map of flag keys to flag values. // // If an authorization is present on the context, it may be used to compute flag // values according to the affiliated user ID and its organization and other mappings. // Otherwise, they should be computed generally or return a default. // // One or more flags may be provided to restrict the results. // Otherwise, all flags should be computed. Flags(context.Context, ...Flag) (map[string]interface{}, error) }
Flagger returns flag values.
func DefaultFlagger ¶
func DefaultFlagger() Flagger
DefaultFlagger returns a flagger that always returns default values.
type FloatFlag ¶
type FloatFlag struct { Base // contains filtered or unexported fields }
FloatFlag implements Flag for float values.
type HTTPProxy ¶
type HTTPProxy struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
HTTPProxy is an HTTP proxy that's guided by a feature flag. If the feature flag presented to it is enabled, it will perform the proxying behavior. Otherwise it will be a no-op.
func NewHTTPProxy ¶
NewHTTPProxy returns a new Proxy.
type Handler ¶
type Handler struct {
// contains filtered or unexported fields
}
Handler is a middleware that annotates the context with a map of computed feature flags. To accurately compute identity-scoped flags, this middleware should be executed after any authorization middleware has annotated the request context with an authorizer.
type IntFlag ¶
type IntFlag struct { Base // contains filtered or unexported fields }
IntFlag implements Flag for integer values.
func FrontendExample ¶
func FrontendExample() IntFlag
FrontendExample - A temporary frontend example integer flag
type Lifetime ¶
type Lifetime int
Lifetime represents the intended lifetime of the feature flag.
The zero value is Temporary, the most common case, but Permanent is included to mark special cases where a flag is not intended to be removed, e.g. enabling debug tracing for an organization.
TODO(gavincabbage): This may become a stale date, which can then
be used to trigger a notification to the contact when the flag has become stale, to encourage flag cleanup.
func (*Lifetime) UnmarshalYAML ¶
UnmarshalYAML implements yaml.Unmarshaler and interprets a case-insensitive text representation as a lifetime constant.
type ProxyEnabler ¶
ProxyEnabler is a boolean feature flag.
type StringFlag ¶
type StringFlag struct { Base // contains filtered or unexported fields }
StringFlag implements Flag for string values.
func MakeStringFlag ¶
func MakeStringFlag(name, key, owner string, defaultValue string, lifetime Lifetime, expose bool) StringFlag
MakeStringFlag returns a string flag with the given Base and default.