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| $ java -jar ../start.jar --add-to-start=session-store-hazelcast-remote |
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| Module: session-store-hazelcast-remote |
| + Hazelcast is an open source project hosted on Github and released under the Apache 2.0 license. |
| + https://hazelcast.org/ |
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| INFO : server transitively enabled, ini template available with --add-to-start=server |
| INFO : sessions transitively enabled, ini template available with --add-to-start=sessions |
| INFO : session-store-hazelcast-remote initialized in ${jetty.base}/start.d/session-store-hazelcast-remote.ini |
| MKDIR : /Users/admin/mvn-repo/com/hazelcast/hazelcast/3.8.2 |
| DOWNLD: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/hazelcast/hazelcast/3.8.2/hazelcast-3.8.2.jar to /Users/admin/mvn-repo/com/hazelcast/hazelcast/3.8.2/hazelcast-3.8.2.jar |
| MKDIR : ${jetty.base}/lib/hazelcast |
| COPY : /Users/admin/mvn-repo/com/hazelcast/hazelcast/3.8.2/hazelcast-3.8.2.jar to ${jetty.base}/lib/hazelcast/hazelcast-3.8.2.jar |
| COPY : /Users/admin/mvn-repo/com/hazelcast/hazelcast-client/3.8.2/hazelcast-client-3.8.2.jar to ${jetty.base}/lib/hazelcast/hazelcast-client-3.8.2.jar |
| INFO : Base directory was modified</pre></div><p>Doing this enables the remote Hazelcast Session module and any dependent modules or files needed for it to run on the server. |
| The example above is using a fresh <code class="literal">${jetty.base}</code> with nothing else enabled. |
| Because Hazelcast is not a technology provided by the Eclipse Foundation, users are prompted to assent to the licenses of the external vendor (Apache in this case).</p><p>When the <code class="literal">--add-to-start</code> argument was added to the command line, it enabled the the <code class="literal">session-store-hazelcast-remote</code> module as well as the <code class="literal">sessions</code> and <code class="literal">server</code> modules, which are required for Hazelcast session management to operate. |
| It also downloaded the needed Hazelcast-specific jar files and created a directory named <code class="literal">${jetty.base}/lib/hazelcast/</code> to house them.</p><p>In addition to adding these modules to the classpath of the server it also added several ini configuration files to the <code class="literal">${jetty.base}/start.d</code> directory.</p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><div xmlns:jfetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.JavaSourceFetchExtension" xmlns:fetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.SourceFetchExtension" xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:l="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/xmlns/l10n/1.0" xmlns:xslthl="http://xslthl.sf.net" xmlns:gcse="http://www.google.com" xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times" class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title"><i class="fa fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i> Note</h3><p>If you have updated versions of the jar files automatically downloaded by Jetty, you can place them in the associated <code class="literal">${jetty.base}/lib/</code> directory and use the <code class="literal">--skip-file-validation=<module name></code> command line option to prevent errors when starting your server.</p></div></blockquote></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="_configuring_hazelcast_remote_properties"></a>Configuring Hazelcast Remote Properties</h3></div></div></div><p>Opening the <code class="literal">start.d/session-store-hazelcast-remote.ini</code> will show a list of all the configurable options for the Hazelcast module:</p><div class="screenexample"><pre class="screen"># --------------------------------------- |
| # Module: session-store-hazelcast-remote |
| # Enables session data store in a remote Hazelcast Map |
| # --------------------------------------- |
| --module=session-store-hazelcast-remote |
| |
| #jetty.session.hazelcast.mapName=jetty_sessions |
| #jetty.session.hazelcast.onlyClient=true |
| #jetty.session.hazelcast.configurationLocation= |
| jetty.session.hazelcast.scavengeZombies=false |
| #jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds=3600 |
| #jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds=0</pre></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.hazelcast.mapName</span></dt><dd>Name of the Map in Hazelcast where sessions will be stored.</dd><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.hazelcast.onlyClient</span></dt><dd>Hazelcast instance will be configured in client mode</dd><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.hazelcast.configurationLocation</span></dt><dd>Path to an an Hazelcast xml configuration file</dd><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.hazelcast.scavengeZombies</span></dt><dd>True/False. <code class="literal">False</code> by default. If <code class="literal">true</code>, jetty will use hazelcast queries to find sessions that are no longer being used on any jetty node and whose expiry time has passed. If you enable this option, and your session stores attributes that reference classes from inside your webapp, or jetty classes, you will need to ensure that these classes are available on each of your hazelcast instances.</dd><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds</span></dt><dd>Amount of time, in seconds, to wait for other nodes to be checked to verify an expired session is in fact expired throughout the cluster before closing it.</dd><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds=0</span></dt><dd><p class="simpara">By default whenever the last concurrent request leaves a session, that session is always persisted via the <code class="literal">SessionDataStore</code>, even if the only thing that changed on the session is its updated last access time. |
| A non-zero value means that the <code class="literal">SessionDataStore</code> will skip persisting the session if only the access time changed, and it has been less than <code class="literal">savePeriod</code> seconds since the last time the session was written.</p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><div xmlns:jfetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.JavaSourceFetchExtension" xmlns:fetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.SourceFetchExtension" xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:l="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/xmlns/l10n/1.0" xmlns:xslthl="http://xslthl.sf.net" xmlns:gcse="http://www.google.com" xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times" class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title"><i class="fa fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i> Note</h3><p>Configuring <code class="literal">savePeriod</code> is useful if your persistence technology is very slow/costly for writes. |
| In a clustered environment, there is a risk of the last access time of the session being out-of-date in the shared store for up to <code class="literal">savePeriod</code> seconds. |
| This allows the possibility that a node may prematurely expire the session, even though it is in use by another node. |
| Thorough consideration of the <code class="literal">maxIdleTime</code> of the session when setting the <code class="literal">savePeriod</code> is imperative - there is no point in setting a <code class="literal">savePeriod</code> that is larger than the <code class="literal">maxIdleTime</code>.</p></div><p>Be aware using the <code class="literal">scavengeZombies</code> option that if your session attributes contain classes from inside your webapp (or jetty classes) then you will need to put these classes onto the classpath of all of your hazelcast instances.</p></blockquote></div></dd></dl></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="_configuring_embedded_hazelcast_clustering"></a>Configuring Embedded Hazelcast Clustering</h3></div></div></div><p>During testing, it can be helpful to run an in-process instance of Hazelcast. |
| To enable this you will first need to enable the <code class="literal">session-store-hazelcast-embedded</code> <a class="link" href="startup-modules.html" title="Managing Startup Modules">module</a> for your <a class="link" href="startup-base-and-home.html" title="Managing Jetty Base and Jetty Home">Jetty base</a> using the <code class="literal">--add-to-start</code> argument on the command line.</p><div class="screenexample"><pre class="screen">$ java -jar ../start.jar --create-startd |
| MKDIR : ${jetty.base}/start.d |
| INFO : Base directory was modified |
| $ java -jar ../start.jar --add-to-start=session-store-hazelcast-embedded |
| |
| ALERT: There are enabled module(s) with licenses. |
| The following 1 module(s): |
| + contains software not provided by the Eclipse Foundation! |
| + contains software not covered by the Eclipse Public License! |
| + has not been audited for compliance with its license |
| |
| Module: session-store-hazelcast-embedded |
| + Hazelcast is an open source project hosted on Github and released under the Apache 2.0 license. |
| + https://hazelcast.org/ |
| + http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html |
| |
| Proceed (y/N)? y |
| INFO : server transitively enabled, ini template available with --add-to-start=server |
| INFO : sessions transitively enabled, ini template available with --add-to-start=sessions |
| INFO : session-store-hazelcast-embedded initialized in ${jetty.base}/start.d/session-store-hazelcast-embedded.ini |
| MKDIR : /Users/admin/mvn-repo/com/hazelcast/hazelcast/3.8.2 |
| DOWNLD: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/hazelcast/hazelcast/3.8.2/hazelcast-3.8.2.jar to /Users/admin/mvn-repo/com/hazelcast/hazelcast/3.8.2/hazelcast-3.8.2.jar |
| MKDIR : ${jetty.base}/lib/hazelcast |
| COPY : /Users/admin/mvn-repo/com/hazelcast/hazelcast/3.8.2/hazelcast-3.8.2.jar to ${jetty.base}/lib/hazelcast/hazelcast-3.8.2.jar |
| COPY : /Users/admin/mvn-repo/com/hazelcast/hazelcast-client/3.8.2/hazelcast-client-3.8.2.jar to ${jetty.base}/lib/hazelcast/hazelcast-client-3.8.2.jar</pre></div><p>Doing this enables the embedded Hazelcast Session module and any dependent modules or files needed for it to run on the server. |
| The example above is using a fresh <code class="literal">${jetty.base}</code> with nothing else enabled. |
| Because Hazelcast is not a technology provided by the Eclipse Foundation, users are prompted to assent to the licenses of the external vendor (Apache in this case).</p><p>When the <code class="literal">--add-to-start</code> argument was added to the command line, it enabled the the <code class="literal">session-store-hazelcast-embedded</code> module as well as the <code class="literal">sessions</code> and <code class="literal">server</code> modules, which are required for Hazelcast session management to operate. |
| It also downloaded the needed Hazelcast-specific jar files and created a directory named <code class="literal">${jetty.base}/lib/hazelcast/</code> to house them.</p><p>In addition to adding these modules to the classpath of the server it also added several ini configuration files to the <code class="literal">${jetty.base}/start.d</code> directory.</p></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="_configuring_hazelcast_embedded_properties"></a>Configuring Hazelcast Embedded Properties</h3></div></div></div><p>Opening the <code class="literal">start.d/start.d/session-store-hazelcast-embedded.ini</code> will show a list of all the configurable options for the Hazelcast module:</p><div class="screenexample"><pre class="screen"># --------------------------------------- |
| # Module: session-store-hazelcast-embedded |
| # Enables session data store in an embedded Hazelcast Map |
| # --------------------------------------- |
| --module=session-store-hazelcast-embedded |
| |
| #jetty.session.hazelcast.mapName=jetty_sessions |
| #jetty.session.hazelcast.configurationLocation= |
| jetty.session.hazelcast.scavengeZombies=false |
| #jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds=3600 |
| #jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds=0</pre></div><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.hazelcast.mapName</span></dt><dd>Name of the Map in Hazelcast where sessions will be stored.</dd><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.hazelcast.configurationLocation</span></dt><dd>Path to an an Hazelcast xml configuration file</dd><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.hazelcast.scavengeZombies</span></dt><dd>True/False. <code class="literal">False</code> by default. If <code class="literal">true</code>, jetty will use hazelcast queries to find sessions that are no longer being used on any jetty node and whose expiry time has passed. If you enable this option, and your sessions contain attributes that reference classes from inside your webapp (or jetty classes) you will need to ensure that these classes are available on each of your hazelcast instances.</dd><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.gracePeriod.seconds</span></dt><dd>Amount of time, in seconds, to wait for other nodes to be checked to verify an expired session is in fact expired throughout the cluster before closing it.</dd><dt><span class="term">jetty.session.savePeriod.seconds=0</span></dt><dd><p class="simpara">By default whenever the last concurrent request leaves a session, that session is always persisted via the <code class="literal">SessionDataStore</code>, even if the only thing that changed on the session is its updated last access time. |
| A non-zero value means that the <code class="literal">SessionDataStore</code> will skip persisting the session if only the access time changed, and it has been less than <code class="literal">savePeriod</code> seconds since the last time the session was written.</p><div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><div xmlns:jfetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.JavaSourceFetchExtension" xmlns:fetch="java:org.eclipse.jetty.xslt.tools.SourceFetchExtension" xmlns:d="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:l="http://docbook.sourceforge.net/xmlns/l10n/1.0" xmlns:xslthl="http://xslthl.sf.net" xmlns:gcse="http://www.google.com" xmlns:date="http://exslt.org/dates-and-times" class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title"><i class="fa fa-asterisk" aria-hidden="true"></i> Note</h3><p>Configuring <code class="literal">savePeriod</code> is useful if your persistence technology is very slow/costly for writes. |
| In a clustered environment, there is a risk of the last access time of the session being out-of-date in the shared store for up to <code class="literal">savePeriod</code> seconds. |
| This allows the possibility that a node may prematurely expire the session, even though it is in use by another node. |
| Thorough consideration of the <code class="literal">maxIdleTime</code> of the session when setting the <code class="literal">savePeriod</code> is imperative - there is no point in setting a <code class="literal">savePeriod</code> that is larger than the <code class="literal">maxIdleTime</code>.</p></div><p>Be aware using the <code class="literal">scavengeZombies</code> option that if your session attributes contain classes from inside your webapp (or jetty classes) then you will need to put these classes onto the classpath of all of your hazelcast instances. In the cast of embedded hazelcast, as it is started before your webapp, it will NOT have access to your webapp’s classes - you will need to extract these classes and put them onto the jetty server’s classpath.</p></blockquote></div></dd></dl></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> |
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