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GridGain 8.7.28 Release Notes

New Features

.NET Thin Client Transactions

GridGain.NET Thin Client can now perform multiple cache operations atomically with the Transaction API.

Explicit GridGain transaction
var cfg = new IgniteClientConfiguration { ... };
IIgniteClient client = Ignition.StartClient(config);
ICacheClient<int, int> cache = client.GetOrCreateCache<int, int>("foo");

using (var tx = client.GetTransactions().TxStart(
    TransactionConcurrency.Optimistic,
    TransactionIsolation.Serializable))
{
    if (cache.TryGet(1, out var val))
        cache[1] = val + 10;
    else
        cache[1] = 20;

    tx.Commit();
}
Ambient TransactionScope
var cfg = new IgniteClientConfiguration { ... };
IIgniteClient client = Ignition.StartClient(config);
ICacheClient<int, int> cache = client.GetOrCreateCache<int, int>("foo");

using (var tx = new TransactionScope(
    TransactionScopeOption.Required,
    new TransactionOptions {IsolationLevel = IsolationLevel.Serializable}))
{
    if (cache.TryGet(1, out var val))
        cache[1] = val + 10;
    else
        cache[1] = 20;

    tx.Complete();
}

See documentation for more details on GridGain transactions.

Java Thin Client Async API

GridGain Thin Client now provides async counterparts for most of the APIs. Async methods return IgniteClientFuture<T> interface, which extends Future<T> and CompletionStage<T>.

Chain multiple asynchronous operations with CompletionStage
IgniteClient client = Ignition.startClient(...);

client.<Integer, String>createCacheAsync("some-cache")
        .thenCompose(cache -> cache.getAsync(1))
        .thenAccept(cacheVal -> System.out.println("Cache value: " + cacheVal));
Blocking wait
IgniteClient client = Ignition.startClient(...);

IgniteClientFuture<Collection<String>> future = client.cacheNamesAsync();
Collection<String> cacheNames = future.get();
Use SFTP to store snapshots

Snapshots API has been expanded to support SFTP as remote centralized storage for snapshot drives. This is helpful when mounting the remote storage as a network drive is not possible.

Supported operations: copy, move, check, list, restore, recoveryTo.

Enabling access to SFTP server with SSL keys via XML configuration
<property name="pluginConfigurations">
  <bean class="org.gridgain.grid.configuration.GridGainConfiguration">
    <property name="snapshotConfiguration">
      <bean class="org.gridgain.grid.configuration.SnapshotConfiguration">
          <property name="sftpConfiguration">
              <!-- Enabling SFTP storage with SSL keys access. -->
              <bean class="org.gridgain.grid.persistentstore.snapshot.file.SftpConfiguration">
                  <!-- JKS path. -->
                  <property name="keyPath" value="path" />

                  <!-- JKS passphrase(optional). -->
                  <property name="passphrase" value="password" />
              </bean>
          </property>
      </bean>
    </property>
  </bean>
</property>
Enabling access to SFTP server with SSL keys via java configuration
new IgniteConfiguration()
    .setPluginConfigurations(
        new GridGainConfiguration()
            .setSnapshotConfiguration(
                new SnapshotConfiguration()
                    .setSftpConfiguration(
                        new SftpConfiguration()
                            .setKeyPath("storage/key.jks")
                            .setPassphrase("secret"))));
Unified java API for snapshot operations
SnapshotPath sftpDestWithKey = SnapshotPath.sftp()
    .uri(new URI("sftp://login@address:port/relativePath"))
    .keyAlias("keyAlias")// Alias to get sftp key from JKS
    .build();
SnapshotPath sftpDestWithLoginPassword = SnapshotPath.sftp()
    .uri(new URI("sftp://login:password@address:port/relativePath"))
    .build();
SnapshotPath fsDest = SnapshotPath.file()
    .path(new File(path))
    .build();

Ignite ignite;
GridGain gridgain = ignite.plugin(GridGain.PLUGIN_NAME);
GridSnapshot snapshotFacade = gridgain.snapshot();

// Copy example
snapshotFacade.copy(
    new CopySnapshotParams()
        .snapshotId(snapshotId)
        .destinationPath(sftpDestWithKey)
        .chainMode(SnapshotChainMode.SINGLE)
        .singleFileCopy(true)
    ).get();

// Move example
snapshotFacade.move(
    new MoveSnapshotParams()
        .snapshotId(snapshotId)
        .destinationPath(sftpDestWithKey)
        .chainMode(SnapshotChainMode.SINGLE)
        .singleFileCopy(true)
    ).get();

// Check example
snapshotFacade.check(
    new CheckSnapshotParams()
        .snapshotId(arg.getSnapshotId())
        .optionalSearchPaths(Arrays.asList(sftpDestWithKey, sftpDestWithLoginPassword, fsDest))
        .forceRestore(arg.isForce())
        .cacheNames(arg.getCacheNames())
        .skipCrc(arg.isSkipCrc())
        .message(arg.getMessage())
    ).get();

// Check example
snapshotFacade.check(
    new CheckSnapshotParams()
        .snapshotId(arg.getSnapshotId())
        .optionalSearchPaths(Arrays.asList(sftpDestWithKey, sftpDestWithLoginPassword, fsDest))
        .forceRestore(arg.isForce())
        .cacheNames(arg.getCacheNames())
        .skipCrc(arg.isSkipCrc())
        .message(arg.getMessage())
    ).get();

// List example
snapshotFacade.list(
    new ListSnapshotParams()
        .optionalSearchPaths(Arrays.asList(sftpDestWithKey, sftpDestWithLoginPassword, fsDest))
    ).get();

// Restore example
snapshotFacade.restore(
    new RestoreSnapshotParams()
        .snapshotId(snapshotId)
        .optionalSearchPaths(Arrays.asList(sftpDestWithKey, sftpDestWithLoginPassword, fsDest))
    ).get();

// Enterprise Edition
GridSnapshotEx pitrSnapshotFacade = (GridSnapshotEx)snapshotFacade;
// Recovery to example
pitrSnapshotFacade.recoveryTo(
    new RecoveryParams()
        .time(p.time)
        .message("recovery done")
        .optionalSearchPaths(Arrays.asList(sftpDestWithKey, sftpDestWithLoginPassword, fsDest))
    ).get();
Snapshot-util API
# Key alias may be provided in additional parameter.
# In this case all sftp destinations will try to use this key alias.
snapshot-utility.sh move -id=123456 -dest=sftp://login@address:port/relativePath -key_alias=keyAlias
snapshot-utility.sh copy -id=123456 -dest=sftp://login:password@address:port/relativePath
snapshot-utility.sh list -src=sftp://login@address:port/relativePath -key_alias=keyAlias
snapshot-utility.sh restore -src=sftp://login@address:port/relativePath -key_alias=keyAlias

Improvements and Fixed Issues

Community Edition Changes

GG-30933

GridGain Integrations

Upgraded Spring Core 4.3.25 to 4.3.29, Spring Core 5.0.17 to 5.0.19, Spring Data 1.13.14 to 1.13.23

GG-30929

GridGain Integrations

netty is upgraded from 4.1.42 in ignite-cassandra and 4.1.51 in ignite-zookeeper to 4.1.52

GG-30927

Cluster Storage Engine

Fixed memory leak introduced in 8.7.25 manifesting itself when caches with unique names are created and then destroyed

GG-30917

Cluster Continuous Queries

Fixed an issue where Continuous Query deployment, after client node reconnection with the new node id, could lead to remote nodes failure when peer class loading is enabled, and remote nodes don’t have a remote filter in the classpath.

GG-30878

Platforms & Thin Clients

Java Thin Client: Added asynchronous methods to Cache API, Compute API and IgniteClient interface

GG-30868

Platforms & Thin Clients

Added Transaction API to .NET thin client

GG-30851

Platforms & Thin Clients

Improved server performance for a case when there are a lot of thin client connections

GG-30818

Cluster Control Script

New command '--property' is added to manage distributed properties by command line interface

GG-30816

Control Center Agent

Fixed a bug in the Control Center Agent when it does not try to reconnect to the Control Center if there is no answer on heartbeat.

GG-30754

Platforms & Thin Clients

Fixed "Unsupported protocol version" exception when getting cache configuration from Java thin client.

Enterprise Edition Changes

GG-30817

Cluster Data Replication

Introduced a property DrReceiverConfiguration.lazyBinaryMetadataRegistration: if set to false (default), all binary types from the sender cluster will be registered on the receiver; if set to true, only the types of the values actually replicated will be registered; the latter is useful when some of the caches don’t take part in the replication.

Ultimate Edition Changes

GG-30841

Cluster Snapshot Utility

Improved error output of the snapshot command.

GG-30814

Cluster Data Snapshots and Recovery

Added ability to use remote SFTP server to store snapshots. Java API for snapshots was updated.

Installation and Upgrade Information

See the Rolling Upgrades page for information about how to perform automated upgrades and for details about version compatibility.

Below is a list of versions that are compatible with the current version. You can rolling-upgrade from any of those. Compatibility with other versions is not guaranteed. If you are on a version that is not listed, contact GridGain for the information on upgrade options.

8.5.3, 8.5.5, 8.5.6, 8.5.7, 8.5.8, 8.5.8-p6, 8.5.9, 8.5.10, 8.5.11, 8.5.12, 8.5.13, 8.5.14, 8.5.15, 8.5.16, 8.5.17, 8.5.18, 8.5.19, 8.5.20, 8.5.22, 8.5.23, 8.5.24, 8.7.2, 8.7.2-p12, 8.7.2-p13, 8.7.3, 8.7.4, 8.7.5, 8.7.6, 8.7.7, 8.7.8, 8.7.9, 8.7.10, 8.7.11, 8.7.12, 8.7.13, 8.7.14, 8.7.15, 8.7.16, 8.7.17, 8.7.18, 8.7.19, 8.7.19-p1, 8.7.20, 8.7.21, 8.7.22, 8.7.23, 8.7.24, 8.7.25, 8.7.26, 8.7.27

Known Limitations

Jetty configuration incompatibility in GridGain 8.7.21 and later

If you are upgrading from version 8.7.20 or earlier, you must take into account an incompatibility related to Jetty configuration, which was introduced in GridGain 8.7.21.

Your setup may be affected if:

  • You’re using the ignite-rest-http module (e.g. to connect to GridGain Web Console)

  • You have a custom Jetty configuration that enables SSL for REST

  • Your Jetty configuration uses the org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory class

  • The keystore specified in the Jetty configuration contains both the CA certificate and the private certificate

In this case, after starting the new version, you’ll see an error similar to:

java.lang.IllegalStateException: KeyStores with multiple certificates are not supported on the base class
org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory. (Use org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory$Server
or org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory$Client instead)

To workaround this issue, you need to alter the Jetty configuration to use org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory$Server or org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory$Client. For a configuration example, see Client Certificate Authentication.

Default rebalanceThreadPoolSize in GridGain 8.7.26 and later

In GridGain 8.7.26, the default value of the property IgniteConfiguration.rebalanceThreadPoolSize has changed from 1 to min(4, number of CPU / 4). It may cause a compatibility issue under the following conditions:

  • A Rolling Upgrade is being performed

  • The upgrade is performed from a version 8.5.7 or earlier for 8.5.x, or 8.7.3 or earlier for 8.7.x

  • The server nodes have at least 8 CPU cores

  • The nodes configuration don’t have the property IgniteConfiguration.rebalanceThreadPoolSize set (i.e. the default value is used)

In this case, you’ll see an error similar to

сlass org.apache.ignite.IgniteException: Rebalance configuration mismatch (fix configuration or set -DIGNITE_SKIP_CONFIGURATION_CONSISTENCY_CHECK=true system property).
Different values of such parameter may lead to rebalance process instability and hanging.  [rmtNodeId=5fc58fb7-209d-489a-8034-0127a81abed6, locRebalanceThreadPoolSize = 4, rmtRebalanceThreadPoolSize = 1]

To workaround this issue, you need to change the configuration of the server nodes to set rebalanceThreadPoolSize=1 so that it matches the old default. Example:

<bean class="org.apache.ignite.configuration.IgniteConfiguration">
    <property name="rebalanceThreadPoolSize" value="1"/>

    <!-- The rest of the configuration goes here -->
</bean>

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