This document is intended for developers who want to contribute to the project. It contains information about the project structure, how to build the project, and how to run the tests.
Want to quickly get Armada running and test it? Install the Pre-requisites and then run:
mage localdev minimal testsuite
To get the UI running, run:
mage ui
There is limited information on issues that appear on Arm / Windows Machines when running this setup.
Feel free to create a ticket if you encounter any issues, and link them to the relavent issue:
- armadaproject#2493 (Arm)
- armadaproject#2492 (Windows)
Please see these documents for more information about Armadas Design:
- Armada Components Diagram
- Armada Architecture
- Armada Design
- How Priority Functions
- Armada Scheduler Design
- Armada API
- Running Armada in an EC2 Instance
- Armada UI
- Usage Metrics
- Using OIDC with Armada
- Building the Website
- Using Localdev Manually
- Inspecting and Debugging etcd in Localdev setup
- Go (version 1.21 or later)
- gcc (for Windows, see, e.g., tdm-gcc)
- mage
- docker
- kubectl
- protoc
- helm (version 3.10.0 or later)
Mage is a build tool that we use to build Armada. It is similar to Make, but written in Go. It is used to build Armada, run tests, and run other useful commands. To see a list of available commands, run mage -l
.
LocalDev provides a reliable and extendable way to install Armada as a developer. It runs the following steps:
- Bootstrap the required tools from tools.yaml
- Create a local Kubernetes cluster using kind
- Start the dependencies of Armada, including Pulsar, Redis, and Postgres.
Note: If you edit a proto file, you will also need to run mage proto
to regenerate the Go code.
It has the following options to customize further steps:
mage localdev full
- Runs all components of Armada, including the Lookout UI.mage localdev minimal
- Runs only the core components of Armada (such as the API server and an executor).mage localdev no-build
- Skips the build step; setARMADA_IMAGE
andARMADA_TAG
to choose the Docker image to use.
mage localdev minimal
is what is used to test the CI pipeline, and is the recommended way to test changes to the core components of Armada.
Before making any changes, it's essential to identify which port is causing the conflict. Port 6443 is a common source of conflicts. You can check for existing bindings to this port using commands like netstat
or lsof
.
- The
kind.yaml
file is where you define the configuration for your Kind clusters. To resolve port conflicts:
- Open your kind.yaml file.
-
Locate the relevant section where the
hostPort
is set. It may look something like this:- containerPort: 6443 # control plane hostPort: 6443 # exposes control plane on localhost:6443 protocol: TCP
- Modify the hostPort value to a port that is not in use on your system. For example:
- containerPort: 6443 # control plane hostPort: 6444 # exposes control plane on localhost:6444 protocol: TCP
You are not limited to using port 6444; you can choose any available port that doesn't conflict with other services on your system. Select a port that suits your system configuration.
Running mage testsuite
will run the full test suite against the localdev cluster. This is the recommended way to test changes to the core components of Armada.
You can also run the same commands yourself:
go run cmd/armadactl/main.go create queue e2e-test-queue
# To allow Ingress tests to pass
export ARMADA_EXECUTOR_INGRESS_URL="http://localhost"
export ARMADA_EXECUTOR_INGRESS_PORT=5001
go run cmd/testsuite/main.go test --tests "testsuite/testcases/basic/*" --junit junit.xml
In LocalDev, the UI is built seperately with mage ui
. To access it, open http://localhost:8089 in your browser.
For more information see the UI Developer Guide.
You can set the ARMADA_COMPONENTS
environment variable to choose which components to run. It is a comma separated list of components to run. For example, to run only the server and executor, you can run:
export ARMADA_COMPONENTS="server,executor"
Ensure your local environment is completely torn down with
mage LocalDevStop
And then run
mage LocalDev minimal
Ensure your local dev environment is completely torn down when switching between pulsar backed and legacy setups.
If the eventsingester or the scheduleringester don't come up then just manually spin them up with docker-compose up
.
The mage target mage debug
supports multiple methods for debugging, and runs the appropriate parts of localdev as required.
NOTE: We are actively accepting contributions for more debugging guides!
It supports the following commands:
mage debug vscode
- Runs the server and executor in debug mode, and provides a launch.json file for VSCode.mage debug delve
- Runs the server and executor in debug mode, and starts the Delve debugger.
After running mage debug vscode
, you can attach to the running processes using VSCode.
The launch.json file can be found Here
For using VSCode debugging, see the VSCode Debugging Guide.
The delve target creates a new docker-compose file: ./docker-compose.dev.yaml
with the correct volumes, commands and images for debugging.
If you would like to manually create the compose file and run it yourself, you can run the following commands:
mage createDelveCompose
# You can then start components manually
docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml up -d server executor
After running mage debug delve
, you can attach to the running processes using Delve.
$ docker compose exec -it server bash
root@3b5e4089edbb:/app# dlv connect :4000
Type 'help' for list of commands.
(dlv) b (*SubmitServer).CreateQueue
Breakpoint 3 set at 0x1fb3800 for github.com/armadaproject/armada/internal/armada/server.(*SubmitServer).CreateQueue() ./internal/armada/server/submit.go:137
(dlv) c
> github.com/armadaproject/armada/internal/armada/server.(*SubmitServer).CreateQueue() ./internal/armada/server/submit.go:140 (PC: 0x1fb38a0)
135: }
136:
=> 137: func (server *SubmitServer) CreateQueue(ctx context.Context, request *api.Queue) (*types.Empty, error) {
138: err := checkPermission(server.permissions, ctx, permissions.CreateQueue)
139: var ep *ErrUnauthorized
140: if errors.As(err, &ep) {
141: return nil, status.Errorf(codes.PermissionDenied, "[CreateQueue] error creating queue %s: %s", request.Name, ep)
142: } else if err != nil {
143: return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Unavailable, "[CreateQueue] error checking permissions: %s", err)
144: }
145:
(dlv)
All outputs of delve can be found in the ./delve
directory.
External Debug Port Mappings:
Armada service | Debug host |
---|---|
server | localhost:4000 |
executor | localhost:4001 |
binoculars | localhost:4002 |
eventingester | localhost:4003 |
lookout | localhost:4004 |
lookoutv2 | localhost:4005 |
lookoutingester | localhost:4006 |
lookoutingesterv2 | localhost:4007 |
We provide a number of run configurations within the .run
directory of this project. These will be accessible when opening the project in GoLand, allowing you to run Armada in both standard and debug mode.
The following high-level configurations are provided, each composed of sub-configurations:
Armada Infrastructure Services
- Runs Infrastructure Services required to run Armada, irrespective of scheduler type
Armada (Legacy Scheduler)
- Runs Armada with the Legacy Scheduler
Armada (Pulsar Scheduler)
- Runs Armada with the Pulsar Scheduler (recommended)
LookoutV2 UI
- Script which configures a local UI development setup
A minimal local Armada setup using these configurations would be Armada Infrastructure Services
and one of (Armada (Legacy Scheduler)
or Armada (Pulsar Scheduler)
). Running the LookoutV2 UI
script on top of this configuration would allow you to develop the Lookout UI live from GoLand, and see the changes visible in your browser. These configurations (executor specifically) require a kubernetes config in $PROJECT_DIR$/.kube/internal/config
GoLand does not allow us to specify an ordering for services within docker compose configurations. As a result, some database migration services may require rerunning.
Run mage debug local
to only spin up the dependencies of Armada, and then run the individual components yourself.
For required enviromental variables, please see The Enviromental Variables Guide.
If you would like to run the individual mage targets yourself, you can do so. See the Manually Running LocalDev guide for more information.