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Line 39 lonsql - LON TCP-MySQL-Server Daemon for
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Line 39 lonsql - LON TCP-MySQL-Server Daemon for
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This script should be run as user=www. |
This script should be run as user=www. |
Note that a lonsql.pid file contains the pid of the parent process. |
Note that a lonsql.pid file contains the pid of the parent process. |
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=head1 DESCRIPTION |
=head1 OVERVIEW |
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lonsql is many things to many people. To me, it is a source file in need |
=head2 Purpose within LON-CAPA |
of documentation. |
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LON-CAPA is meant to distribute A LOT of educational content to A LOT |
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of people. It is ineffective to directly rely on contents within the |
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ext2 filesystem to be speedily scanned for on-the-fly searches of |
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content descriptions. (Simply put, it takes a cumbersome amount of |
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time to open, read, analyze, and close thousands of files.) |
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The solution is to index various data fields that are descriptive of |
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the educational resources on a LON-CAPA server machine in a |
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database. Descriptive data fields are referred to as "metadata". The |
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question then arises as to how this metadata is handled in terms of |
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the rest of the LON-CAPA network without burdening client and daemon |
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processes. |
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The obvious solution, using lonc to send a query to a lond process, |
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doesn't work so well in general as you can see in the following |
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example: |
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lonc= loncapa client process A-lonc= a lonc process on Server A |
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lond= loncapa daemon process |
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database command |
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A-lonc --------TCP/IP----------------> B-lond |
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The problem emerges that A-lonc and B-lond are kept waiting for the |
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MySQL server to "do its stuff", or in other words, perform the |
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conceivably sophisticated, data-intensive, time-sucking database |
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transaction. By tying up a lonc and lond process, this significantly |
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cripples the capabilities of LON-CAPA servers. |
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The solution is to offload the work onto another process, and use |
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lonc and lond just for requests and notifications of completed |
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processing: |
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database command |
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A-lonc ---------TCP/IP-----------------> B-lond =====> B-lonsql |
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<---------------------------------/ | |
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"ok, I'll get back to you..." | |
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/ |
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A-lond <------------------------------- B-lonc <====== |
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"Guess what? I have the result!" |
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Of course, depending on success or failure, the messages may vary, but |
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the principle remains the same where a separate pool of children |
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processes (lonsql's) handle the MySQL database manipulations. |
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Thus, lonc and lond spend effectively no time waiting on results from |
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the database. |
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=head1 Internals |
=head1 Internals |
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Line 54 use strict;
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Line 103 use strict;
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use lib '/home/httpd/lib/perl/'; |
use lib '/home/httpd/lib/perl/'; |
use LONCAPA::Configuration; |
use LONCAPA::Configuration; |
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use LONCAPA::lonmetadata(); |
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use IO::Socket; |
use IO::Socket; |
use Symbol; |
use Symbol; |
Line 152 my $run =0; # running count
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Line 202 my $run =0; # running count
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# Read loncapa_apache.conf and loncapa.conf |
# Read loncapa_apache.conf and loncapa.conf |
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my $perlvarref=LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('loncapa_apache.conf', |
my $perlvarref=LONCAPA::Configuration::read_conf('loncapa.conf'); |
'loncapa.conf'); |
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my %perlvar=%{$perlvarref}; |
my %perlvar=%{$perlvarref}; |
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# Make sure that database can be accessed |
# Make sure that database can be accessed |
Line 167 unless ($dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:l
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Line 216 unless ($dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:l
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my $subj="LON: $perlvar{'lonHostID'} Cannot connect to database!"; |
my $subj="LON: $perlvar{'lonHostID'} Cannot connect to database!"; |
system("echo 'Cannot connect to MySQL database!' |". |
system("echo 'Cannot connect to MySQL database!' |". |
" mailto $emailto -s '$subj' > /dev/null"); |
" mailto $emailto -s '$subj' > /dev/null"); |
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open(SMP,'>/home/httpd/html/lon-status/mysql.txt'); |
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print SMP 'time='.time.'&mysql=defunct'."\n"; |
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close(SMP); |
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exit 1; |
exit 1; |
} else { |
} else { |
$dbh->disconnect; |
$dbh->disconnect; |
Line 228 my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
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Line 282 my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'};
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open (PIDSAVE,">$execdir/logs/lonsql.pid"); |
open (PIDSAVE,">$execdir/logs/lonsql.pid"); |
print PIDSAVE "$$\n"; |
print PIDSAVE "$$\n"; |
close(PIDSAVE); |
close(PIDSAVE); |
&logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: ---------- Starting ----------</font>"); |
&logthis("<font color='red'>CRITICAL: ---------- Starting ----------</font>"); |
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# Ignore signals generated during initial startup |
# Ignore signals generated during initial startup |
Line 299 sub make_new_child {
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Line 353 sub make_new_child {
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$perlvar{'lonSqlAccess'}, |
$perlvar{'lonSqlAccess'}, |
{ RaiseError =>0,PrintError=>0})) { |
{ RaiseError =>0,PrintError=>0})) { |
sleep(10+int(rand(20))); |
sleep(10+int(rand(20))); |
&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: Couldn't connect to database". |
&logthis("<font color='blue'>WARNING: Couldn't connect to database". |
": $@</font>"); |
": $@</font>"); |
# "($st secs): $@</font>"); |
# "($st secs): $@</font>"); |
print "database handle error\n"; |
print "database handle error\n"; |
Line 367 sub make_new_child {
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Line 421 sub make_new_child {
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# close the database handle |
# close the database handle |
$dbh->disconnect |
$dbh->disconnect |
or &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: Couldn't disconnect". |
or &logthis("<font color='blue'>WARNING: Couldn't disconnect". |
" from database $DBI::errstr : $@</font>"); |
" from database $DBI::errstr : $@</font>"); |
# this exit is VERY important, otherwise the child will become |
# this exit is VERY important, otherwise the child will become |
# a producer of more and more children, forking yourself into |
# a producer of more and more children, forking yourself into |
Line 422 sub do_sql_query {
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Line 476 sub do_sql_query {
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#prepare and execute the query |
#prepare and execute the query |
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query); |
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query); |
unless ($sth->execute()) { |
unless ($sth->execute()) { |
&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: ". |
&logthis('<font color="blue">'. |
"Could not retrieve from database: $@</font>"); |
'WARNING: Could not retrieve from database:'. |
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$sth->errstr().'</font>'); |
} else { |
} else { |
my $aref=$sth->fetchall_arrayref; |
my $aref=$sth->fetchall_arrayref; |
foreach my $row (@$aref) { |
foreach my $row (@$aref) { |
Line 855 sub HUNTSMAN { # si
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Line 910 sub HUNTSMAN { # si
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kill 'INT' => keys %children; |
kill 'INT' => keys %children; |
my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}; |
my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}; |
unlink("$execdir/logs/lonsql.pid"); |
unlink("$execdir/logs/lonsql.pid"); |
&logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: Shutting down</font>"); |
&logthis("<font color='red'>CRITICAL: Shutting down</font>"); |
$unixsock = "mysqlsock"; |
$unixsock = "mysqlsock"; |
my $port="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$unixsock"; |
my $port="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$unixsock"; |
unlink($port); |
unlink($port); |
Line 866 sub HUPSMAN { # sig
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Line 921 sub HUPSMAN { # sig
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local($SIG{CHLD}) = 'IGNORE'; # we're going to kill our children |
local($SIG{CHLD}) = 'IGNORE'; # we're going to kill our children |
kill 'INT' => keys %children; |
kill 'INT' => keys %children; |
close($server); # free up socket |
close($server); # free up socket |
&logthis("<font color=red>CRITICAL: Restarting</font>"); |
&logthis("<font color='red'>CRITICAL: Restarting</font>"); |
my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}; |
my $execdir=$perlvar{'lonDaemons'}; |
$unixsock = "mysqlsock"; |
$unixsock = "mysqlsock"; |
my $port="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$unixsock"; |
my $port="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$unixsock"; |
Line 876 sub HUPSMAN { # sig
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Line 931 sub HUPSMAN { # sig
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sub DISCONNECT { |
sub DISCONNECT { |
$dbh->disconnect or |
$dbh->disconnect or |
&logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING: Couldn't disconnect from database ". |
&logthis("<font color='blue'>WARNING: Couldn't disconnect from database ". |
" $DBI::errstr : $@</font>"); |
" $DBI::errstr : $@</font>"); |
exit; |
exit; |
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} |
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# ----------------------------------- POD (plain old documentation, CPAN style) |
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=pod |
=pod |
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=back |
=back |