Rule Engine Plugins
June 5-7, 2018
iRODS User Group Meeting 2018
Durham, NC
Justin James
Applications Engineer, iRODS Consortium
Rule Engine Plugins





Anatomy of a Rule Engine Plugin
Represents the last of the core plugin interfaces
Each plugin must define seven operations:
- start
 - stop
 - rule_exists
 - list_rules
 - exec_rule
 - exec_rule_text
 - exec_rule_expression
 

Configuration of Rule Engine Plugins
"plugin_configuration": {
    "rule_engines": [
        {
            ...
        },
        ...
    ]
}
Within /etc/irods/server_config.json -
New JSON array holding rule engine configuration
Order Is Important
- multiple rule engines can be run concurrently, but this array defines which rule engine takes priority
 

Configuration of Rule Engine Plugins
Anatomy of a Rule Engine Plugin JSON object
{
    "instance_name": "<UNIQUE NAME>",
    "plugin_name": "<DERIVED FROM SHARED OBJECT>",
    "plugin_specific_configuration": {
        <ANYTHING GOES HERE>
    }
    "shared_memory_instance": "<UNIQUE SHM NAME>"
}

iRODS Rule Language Configuration
Similar to 4.1
- dvm, fnm, and rulebase were moved into the plugin_specific_configuration
 - regexes for supported PEPs were added
 - sets are now just arrays of filenames
 
{
    "instance_name": "irods_rule_engine_plugin-irods_rule_language-instance", 
    "plugin_name": "irods_rule_engine_plugin-irods_rule_language", 
    "plugin_specific_configuration": {
        "re_data_variable_mapping_set": [
            "core"
        ], 
        "re_function_name_mapping_set": [
            "core"
        ], 
        "re_rulebase_set": [
            "core"
        ], 
        "regexes_for_supported_peps": [
            "ac[^ ]*", 
            "msi[^ ]*", 
            "[^ ]*pep_[^ ]*_(pre|post)"
        ]
    }, 
    "shared_memory_instance": "upgraded_legacy_re"
}

Basic iRODS Rule Language Example
acPostProcForPut() {
    if("ufs_cache" == $KVPairs.rescName) {
        delay("<PLUSET>1s</PLUSET><EF>1h DOUBLE UNTIL SUCCESS OR 6 TIMES</EF>") {
            *CacheRescName = "comp_resc;ufs_cache";
            msisync_to_archive("*CacheRescName", $filePath, $objPath );
        }
    }
}
pep_resource_resolve_hierarchy_pre( *INST_NAME,*CTX,*OUT,*OP_TYPE,*HOST,*RESC_HIER,*VOTE){ if( "CREATE" == *OP_TYPE ) { if( "pt1" == *INST_NAME) { *OUT = "read=1.0;write=0.5" } else if ( "pt2" == *INST_NAME ) { *OUT = "read=1.0;write=1.0" } } }
Static (Legacy) Policy Enforcement Points
Dynamic Policy Enforcement Points

Questions?

Installing the Python Rule Engine Plugin
sudo apt-get -y install irods-rule-engine-plugin-python
ls /usr/lib/irods/plugins/rule_engines/
libirods_rule_engine_plugin-cpp_default_policy.so
libirods_rule_engine_plugin-irods_rule_language.so
libirods_rule_engine_plugin-python.so
Install the plugin
See the new shared objects

Python Rule Engine Configuration
Create /etc/irods/core.py from packaged template file
Edit /etc/irods/server_config.json
- insert the new python plugin configuration stanza before the iRODS Rule Language plugin
 - this allows it to service requests first
 
"rule_engines": [
    {
         "instance_name" : "irods_rule_engine_plugin-python-instance",
         "plugin_name" : "irods_rule_engine_plugin-python",
         "plugin_specific_configuration" : {}
    }, 
    {
         "instance_name": "irods_rule_engine_plugin-irods_rule_language-instance",
irods $ cp /etc/irods/core.py.template /etc/irods/core.py

Set up a Custom Rulebase (training.re)
"rule_engines": [
    ...
    ...
    {
        "instance_name": "irods_rule_engine_plugin-irods_rule_language-instance",
        "plugin_name": "irods_rule_engine_plugin-irods_rule_language",
        "plugin_specific_configuration": {
            "re_data_variable_mapping_set": [
                "core"
            ],
            "re_function_name_mapping_set": [
                "core"
            ],
            "re_rulebase_set": [
                "training",
                "core"
            ],
Add a custom rulebase to /etc/irods/server_config.json

A Combination Use of Both Python and iRODS Rules
add_metadata_to_objpath(*str, *objpath, *objtype) { msiString2KeyValPair(*str, *kvp); msiAssociateKeyValuePairsToObj(*kvp, *objpath, *objtype); } getSessionVar(*name,*output) { *output = eval("str($"++*name++")"); }
Create /etc/irods/training.re rulebase

A Python Static Policy Enforcement Point
Copy core.py and python_storage_balancing.py into /etc/irods
This will overwrite the default core.py
sudo cp ~/irods_training/advanced/python_storage_balancing.py /etc/irods/ sudo cp ~/irods_training/advanced/core.py /etc/irods/
def acPostProcForPut(rule_args, callback, rei):
    sv = session_vars.get_map(rei)
    phypath = sv['data_object']['file_path']
    objpath = sv['data_object']['object_path']
    exiflist = []
    with open(phypath, 'rb') as f:
        tags = EXIF.process_file(f, details=False)
        for (k, v) in tags.iteritems():
            if k not in ('JPEGThumbnail', 'TIFFThumbnail', 'Filename', 'EXIF MakerNote'):
                exifpair = '{0}={1}'.format(k, v)
                exiflist.append(exifpair)
    exifstring = '%'.join(exiflist)
    callback.add_metadata_to_objpath(exifstring, objpath, '-d')
    callback.writeLine('serverLog', 'PYTHON - acPostProcForPut() complete')
The python instantiation of the static PEP now in core.py:

Test our combination of rules
wget https://github.com/irods/irods_training/raw/master/stickers.jpg
iput stickers.jpg
Get some test data into iRODS
imeta ls -d stickers.jpg
Confirm the EXIF metadata was harvested
irm -f stickers.jpg
Make sure earlier stickers example is removed
AVUs defined for dataObj stickers.jpg:
attribute: Image Orientation
value: Horizontal (normal)
units:
----
attribute: EXIF ColorSpace
value: sRGB
units:
----

Storage Balancing

Create a resource hierarchy for our storage balancing example.
iadmin mkresc def_resc deferred iadmin mkresc ufs1 unixfilesystem `hostname`:/tmp/ufs1 iadmin mkresc ufs2 unixfilesystem `hostname`:/tmp/ufs2 iadmin mkresc pt1 passthru iadmin mkresc pt2 passthru iadmin addchildtoresc def_resc pt1 iadmin addchildtoresc def_resc pt2 iadmin addchildtoresc pt1 ufs1 iadmin addchildtoresc pt2 ufs2 iadmin modresc pt1 context "max_bytes=20000000" iadmin modresc pt2 context "max_bytes=20000000"
irods@example:~$ ilsresc
def_resc:deferred ├── pt1:passthru │ └── ufs1 └── pt2:passthru └── ufs2
demoResc: unixfilesystem

Implementing the Storage Balanced Plugin
findRescType(*INST_NAME, *OUT) {
    foreach ( *ROW in SELECT RESC_TYPE_NAME WHERE RESC_NAME = '*INST_NAME' ) {
        *OUT = *ROW.RESC_TYPE_NAME;
    }
}
findInstId(*INST_NAME, *OUT) {
    foreach ( *ROW in SELECT RESC_ID WHERE RESC_NAME = '*INST_NAME' ) {
        *OUT = *ROW.RESC_ID;
    }
}
findBytesUsed(*INST_ID, *OUT) {
    foreach ( *ROW1 in SELECT RESC_NAME WHERE RESC_PARENT = '*INST_ID' ) {
        *STORAGE_RESC = *ROW1.RESC_NAME;
        *TEMP = 0
        foreach ( *ROW2 in SELECT sum(DATA_SIZE) WHERE RESC_NAME = '*STORAGE_RESC' ) {
            *TEMP = *TEMP + int(*ROW2.DATA_SIZE)
        }
        *OUT = "*TEMP"
    }
}
findContextString(*INST_NAME, *OUT) {
    foreach ( *ROW in SELECT RESC_CONTEXT WHERE RESC_NAME = '*INST_NAME' ) {
        *OUT = *ROW.RESC_CONTEXT;
    }
}
A few helper functions to add to /etc/irods/training.re
Code can be found at ~/irods_training/advanced/python_storage_balancing.re

The Python Storage Balancing Rule
def pep_resource_resolve_hierarchy_pre(rule_args, callback, rei):
    if rule_args[3] == 'CREATE':
        ret = callback.findRescType(rule_args[0], '')
        resc_type = ret['arguments'][1]
        if (resc_type == 'passthru'):
            ret = callback.findInstId(rule_args[0], '')
            inst_id = ret['arguments'][1]
            ret = callback.findBytesUsed(inst_id, '')
            bytes_used = ret['arguments'][1]
            ret = callback.findContextString(rule_args[0], '')
            context_string = ret['arguments'][1]
            max_bytes = -1
            max_bytes_index = context_string.find('max_bytes')
            if max_bytes_index != -1:
                max_bytes_re = 'max_bytes=(\d+)'
                max_bytes_search = re.search(max_bytes_re, context_string)
                max_bytes_str = max_bytes_search.group(1)
                max_bytes = max_bytes_str
            percent_full = 0.0
            if max_bytes == -1:
                percent_full = 0.0
            elif max_bytes == 0:
                percent_full = 1.0
            else:
                percent_full = float(bytes_used)/float(max_bytes)
            write_weight = 1.0 - percent_full
            rule_args[2] = 'read=1.0;write=' + str(write_weight)
Uncomment definition for pep_resource_resolve_hierarchy_pre in /etc/irods/core.py
#def pep_resource_resolve_hierarchy_pre(rule_args, callback, rei): # return python_storage_balancing.pep_resource_resolve_hierarchy_pre(rule_args, callback, rei)
The definition in /etc/irods/python_storage_balancing.py:

Testing the Storage Balancing Rule
iput -R def_resc VERSION.json f1 iput -R def_resc VERSION.json f2 iput -R def_resc VERSION.json f3 iput -R def_resc VERSION.json f4 ils -l /tempZone/home/rods: rods 0 def_resc;pt2;ufs2 224 2017-06-05.16:47 & f1 rods 0 def_resc;pt1;ufs1 224 2017-06-05.16:47 & f2 rods 0 def_resc;pt2;ufs2 224 2017-06-05.16:47 & f3 rods 0 def_resc;pt1;ufs1 224 2017-06-05.16:47 & f4
Remove all data from def_resc
irmtrash - any data in the trashcan will count towards the total being used to determine the distribution of incoming files

Questions?

A Storage Balancing C++ Rule Engine Plugin
Code can be found at
~/irods_training/advanced/irods_rule_engine_plugin_storage_balancing/src/irods_rule_engine_plugin-cpp-storage_balancing.cpp

Start with the Factory
extern "C"
irods::pluggable_rule_engine<irods::default_re_ctx>* plugin_factory(const std::string& _instance_name,
                                 const std::string& _context) {
    auto re{new irods::pluggable_rule_engine<irods::default_re_ctx>(_instance_name , _context)};
    re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, const std::string&>(
            "start",
            std::function<irods::error(irods::default_re_ctx&, const std::string&)>(start));
    re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, const std::string&>(
            "stop",
            std::function<irods::error(irods::default_re_ctx&, const std::string&)>(stop));
    re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, bool&>(
            "rule_exists",
            std::function<irods::error(irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, bool&)>(rule_exists));
    re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, std::vector<std::string>&>(
            "list_rules",
            std::function<irods::error(irods::default_re_ctx&,std::vector<std::string>&)>( list_rules ) );
    re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback>(
            "exec_rule",
            std::function<irods::error(irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback)>(exec_rule));
    re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback>(
            "exec_rule_text",
            std::function<irods::error(irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback)>(exec_rule_text));
    re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback>(
            "exec_rule_expression",
            std::function<irods::error(irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback)>(exec_rule_expression));
    return re;
}

Anatomy of the Plugin Factory
extern "C"
irods::pluggable_rule_engine<irods::default_re_ctx>*
    plugin_factory(
        const std::string& _instance_name,
        const std::string& _context) {
....
}
Must have C linkage
Returns an irods::pluggable_rule_engine<>*
Accepts two const std::string& as instance name and context

Instantiate a new rule engine plugin
extern "C"
irods::pluggable_rule_engine<irods::default_re_ctx>*
    plugin_factory(
        const std::string& _instance_name,
        const std::string& _context) {
            auto re{new irods::pluggable_rule_engine<irods::default_re_ctx>( 
                        _instance_name,
                        _context)};
}
Allocate a raw pointer to an irods::pluggable_rule_engine
- 
Pass the instance name and context to the ctor
attributes of the irods::plugin_base class
 

Wire the plugin operations
...
re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, const std::string&>(
        "start",
        std::function<
            irods::error(
                irods::default_re_ctx&,
                const std::string&)>(start));
...
Template parameters are the parameters of the function operation
First parameter is the calling name of the operation - "start"
- 
Second parameter is a std::function wrapping the local function definition
Takes the full signature of the function as a template parameter
Takes the function pointer as an argument
 

Similar treatment for the other operations
stop
rule_exists
exec_rule
list_rules
exec_rule_text
exec_rule_expression
re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, const std::string&>( "stop", std::function<irods::error(irods::default_re_ctx&, const std::string&)>(stop)); re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, bool&>( "rule_exists", std::function< irods::error(irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, bool&)>(rule_exists)); re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback>( "exec_rule", std::function<irods::error( irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback)>( exec_rule)); re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, std::vector<std::string>&>( "list_rules", std::function<irods::error(irods::default_re_ctx&,std::vector<std::string>&)>( list_rules ) ); re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback>( "exec_rule_text", std::function<irods::error( irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback)>( exec_rule_text)); re->add_operation<irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback>( "exec_rule_expression", std::function<irods::error( irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string, std::list<boost::any>&, irods::callback)>( exec_rule_expression));

start, stop, rule_exists, and list_rules
irods::error start(irods::default_re_ctx&, const std::string&) {
    return SUCCESS();
}
irods::error stop(irods::default_re_ctx&, const std::string&) {
    return SUCCESS();
}
irods::error rule_exists(irods::default_re_ctx&, std::string _rule_name, bool& _ret) {
    _ret = _rule_name == "pep_resource_resolve_hierarchy_pre";
    return SUCCESS();
}
irods::error list_rules( irods::default_re_ctx&, std::vector<std::string>& rule_vec ) {
     rule_vec.push_back("pep_resource_resolve_hierarchy_pre");
     return SUCCESS();
}
start and stop are no-ops
rule_exists is simply matching on pep_resource_resolve_hierarchy_pre as that is the only operation supported by the rule engine plugin
list_rules simply responds with the single dynamic PEP

exec_rule
irods::error exec_rule(
    irods::default_re_ctx&,
    std::string            _rule_name,
    std::list<boost::any>& _rule_arguments,
    irods::callback        _effect_handler) {
    try {
        auto it_args{std::begin(_rule_arguments)};
        const auto& arg_resource_name{boost::any_cast<std::string&>(*it_args)};
        auto& arg_plugin_context{boost::any_cast<irods::plugin_context&>(*++it_args)};
        auto& arg_out{*boost::any_cast<std::string*>(*++it_args)};
        const auto& arg_operation_type{*boost::any_cast<const std::string*>(*++it_args)};
        const auto& arg_host{*boost::any_cast<const std::string*>(*++it_args)};
        auto& arg_hierarchy_parser{*boost::any_cast<irods::hierarchy_parser*>(*++it_args)};
        auto& arg_vote{*boost::any_cast<float*>(*++it_args)};
- 
Begin by extracting all of the arguments from the list
Rule arguments are packed into a std::list for every operation ( recall the api plugin call wrappers )
 

Target specific operations
        if (arg_operation_type != "CREATE") {
            return SUCCESS();
        }
        ruleExecInfo_t& rei{get_rei(_effect_handler)};
        const std::string resource_type{
                              get_resource_type(
                                  arg_resource_name, *rei.rsComm)};
        if (resource_type != "passthru") {
            return SUCCESS();
        }
        const boost::optional<uint64_t> max_bytes{
            get_max_bytes(arg_resource_name, *rei.rsComm)};
Skip non CREATE operations
Fetch the ruleExecInfo_t from the framework
Fetch other values via helper functions

Handle max_bytes edge cases
        if (!max_bytes) {
            arg_out = "read=1.0;write=1.0";
            return SUCCESS();
        } else if (*max_bytes == 0) {
            arg_out = "read=1.0;write=0.0";
            return SUCCESS();
        }
The context string may not be defined
Short circuit if max_bytes is set to 0 explicitly

Compute the write_weight
        const uint64_t bytes_used_by_children{
                           get_bytes_used_by_all_children(
                               arg_resource_name,
                               *rei.rsComm)};
        const uint64_t bytes_required_for_new_data_object{
                           get_bytes_of_incoming_data_object(
                               arg_plugin_context)};
        const uint64_t hypothetical_bytes_used{
                           bytes_used_by_children +
                           bytes_required_for_new_data_object};
        const double percent_used{
             std::max(0.0, std::min(1.0, static_cast<double>
                  (hypothetical_bytes_used) / *max_bytes))};
        const double write_weight{1.0 - percent_used};
Fetch bytes used by resource and new data object
Compute new total bytes used
Compute write_weight given max_bytes

Wrapping up exec_rule
        std::stringstream out_stream;
        out_stream << "read=1.0;write=" << write_weight_string;
        arg_out = out_stream.str();
        return SUCCESS();
    } catch (const irods::exception& e) {
        rodsLog(LOG_ERROR, e.what());
        return ERROR(e.code(), "irods exception in exec_rule");
    }
    return SUCCESS();
}
Build the weight string given the computed write weight
Set the out variable - arg_out
Return SUCCESS() if all goes well
Catch the exception, log and return an error otherwise

exec_rule_text and exec_rule_expression
irods::error exec_rule_text(
    irods::default_re_ctx&,
    std::string _rule_text,
    std::list<boost::any>& _rule_arguments,
    irods::callback _effect_handler) {
    return ERROR(SYS_NOT_SUPPORTED, "not supported");
}
irods::error exec_rule_expression(
    irods::default_re_ctx&,
    std::string _rule_text,
    std::list<boost::any>& _rule_arguments,
    irods::callback _effect_handler) {
    return ERROR(SYS_NOT_SUPPORTED, "not supported");
}
Both return SYS_NOT_SUPPORTED
Another Rule Engine Plugin could pick them up

Building and Installing the Package
sudo apt-get -y install irods-externals-* irods-dev
export PATH=/opt/irods-externals/cmake3.5.2-0/bin:$PATH
which cmake
mkdir ~/build_storage_cpp
cd ~/build_storage_cpp
cmake ../irods_training/advanced/irods_rule_engine_plugin_storage_balancing/
make package
sudo dpkg -i ./irods_rule_engine_plugin-cpp-storage-balancing_4.2.3~xenial_amd64.deb
As the ubuntu user

Configuring the Rule Engine Plugin
Edit /etc/irods/server_config.json
{ "instance_name" : "irods_rule_engine_plugin-cpp-storage-balancing-instance", "plugin_name" : "irods_rule_engine_plugin-cpp-storage-balancing", "plugin_specific_configuration" : {} }, { "instance_name" : "irods_rule_engine_plugin-python-instance", "plugin_name" : "irods_rule_engine_plugin-python", "plugin_specific_configuration" : {} },
Run ils to determine if syntax is correct

Testing the Rule Engine Plugin
iput -R def_resc VERSION.json f1 iput -R def_resc VERSION.json f2 iput -R def_resc VERSION.json f3 iput -R def_resc VERSION.json f4 ils -l /tempZone/home/rods: rods 0 def_resc;pt2;ufs2 224 2017-06-05.20:10 & f1 rods 0 def_resc;pt1;ufs1 224 2017-06-05.20:10 & f2 rods 0 def_resc;pt2;ufs2 224 2017-06-05.20:10 & f3 rods 0 def_resc;pt1;ufs1 224 2017-06-05.20:10 & f4
Remove all data from def_resc
irmtrash - any data in the trashcan will count towards the total being used to determine the distribution of incoming files

Questions?

UGM 2018 - Rule Engine Plugins
By iRODS Consortium
UGM 2018 - Rule Engine Plugins
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