KubeMQ Bridges

KubeMQ Bridges bridge, replicate, aggregate, and transform messages between KubeMQ clusters no matter where they are, allowing to build a true cloud-native messaging single network running globally.

Key Features:

• Runs anywhere - Kubernetes, Cloud, on-prem , anywhere
• Stand-alone - small docker container / binary
• Build Any Topology - connects KubeMQ clusters in 1:1, 1:n , n:1, n:n
• Middleware Supports - Logs, Metrics, Retries and Rate Limiters
• Easy Configuration - simple yaml file builds your topology

An example of a use case:

Concept

KubeMQ Bridges' concept is bridging between sources and targets, thus Bindings.

Binding can be any source kinds to any target kinds, as shown below:

KubeMQ Bridges can support any binding topology :

Topology	Description	Sources-Targets
Bridge	a 1:1 connectivity mainly for sync type of messages	one source to 1 target
Replicate	a 1:n connectivity allowing replicating messages between clusters	one source to n targets
Aggregate	an n:1 connectivity allowing aggregating streams fo messages from clusters to a single target	n source to 1 target
Transform	an n:n mix and match sources and targets in many to many topology	n sources to n targets

Bridge

See an example

Replicate

See an example

Aggregate

See an example

Transform

See an example

Installation

Kubernetes

An example of kubernetes deployment can be find below:

apiVersion: core.k8s.kubemq.io/v1alpha1
kind: KubemqConnector
metadata:
  name: kubemq-bridges
spec:
  type: bridges
  replicas: 1
  config: |-
    bindings:
      - name: bridges-example-binding
        properties:
          log_level: "info"
        sources:
          kind: source.events
          name: cluster-sources
          connections:
            - address: "kubemq-cluster-grpc:50000"
              client_id: "cluster-events-source"
              channel: "events.source"
              group:   ""
              concurrency: "1"
              auto_reconnect: "true"
              reconnect_interval_seconds: "1"
              max_reconnects: "0"
        targets:
          kind: target.events
          name: cluster-targets
          connections:
            - address: "kubemq-cluster-grpc:50000"
              client_id: "cluster-events-target"
              channels: "events.target"

Binary (Cross-platform)

Download the appropriate version for your platform from KubeMQ Bridges Releases. Once downloaded, the binary can be run from anywhere.

Ideally, you should install it somewhere in your PATH for easy use. /usr/local/bin is the most probable location.

Running KubeMQ Bridges

kubemq-bridges --config config.yaml

Windows Service

1. Download the Windows version from KubeMQ Bridges Releases. Once downloaded, the binary can be installed from anywhere.
2. Create config.yaml configuration file and save it to the same location of the Windows binary.

Service Installation

Run:

kubemq-bridges.exe --service install

Service Installation With Username and Password

Run:

kubemq-bridges.exe --service install --username {your-username} --password {your-password}

Service UnInstall

Run:

kubemq-bridges.exe --service uninstall

Service Start

Run:

kubemq-bridges.exe --service start

Service Stop

Run:

kubemq-bridges.exe --service stop

Service Restart

Run:

kubemq-bridges.exe --service restart

NOTE: When running under Windows service, all logs will be emitted to Windows Events Logs.

Configuration

KubeMQ Bridges loads configuration file on startup. The configuration file is a yaml file that contains definitions for bindings of Sources and Targets.

The default config file name is config.yaml, and KubeMQ bridges search for this file on loading.

Structure

Config file structure:

apiPort: 8080 # kubemq bridges api and health end-point port
bindings:
  - name: clusters-sources # unique binding name
    properties: # Bindings properties such middleware configurations
      log_level: error
      retry_attempts: 3
      retry_delay_milliseconds: 1000
      retry_max_jitter_milliseconds: 100
      retry_delay_type: "back-off"
      rate_per_second: 100
    sources:
      kind: source.query # Sources kind
      name: name-of-sources # sources name 
      connections: # Array of connections settings per each source kind
        - .....
    targets:
      kind: target.query # Targets kind
      name: name-of-targets # targets name
      connections: # Array of connections settings per each target kind
        - .....

Build Wizard

KubeMQ Bridges configuration can be build with --build flag

./kubemq-bridges --build

Properties

In bindings configuration, KubeMQ Bridges supports properties setting for each pair of source and target bindings.

These properties contain middleware information settings as follows:

Logs Middleware

KubeMQ Bridges supports level based logging to console according to as follows:

Property	Description	Possible Values
log_level	log level setting	"debug","info","error"
		"" - indicate no logging on this bindings

An example for only error level log to console:

bindings:
  - name: sample-binding 
    properties: 
      log_level: error
    sources:
    ......  

Retry Middleware

KubeMQ Bridges supports Retries' target execution before reporting of error back to the source on failed execution.

Retry middleware settings values:

Property	Description	Possible Values
retry_attempts	how many retries before giving up on target execution	default - 1, or any int number
retry_delay_milliseconds	how long to wait between retries in milliseconds	default - 100ms or any int number
retry_max_jitter_milliseconds	max delay jitter between retries	default - 100ms or any int number
retry_delay_type	type of retry delay	"back-off" - delay increase on each attempt
		"fixed" - fixed time delay
		"random" - random time delay

An example for 3 retries with back-off strategy:

bindings:
  - name: sample-binding 
    properties: 
      retry_attempts: 3
      retry_delay_milliseconds: 1000
      retry_max_jitter_milliseconds: 100
      retry_delay_type: "back-off"
    sources:
    ......  

Rate Limiter Middleware

KubeMQ Bridges supports Rate Limiting of target executions.

Rate Limiter middleware settings values:

Property	Description	Possible Values
rate_per_second	how many executions per second will be allowed	0 - no limitation
		1 - n integer times per second

An example for 100 executions per second:

bindings:
  - name: sample-binding 
    properties: 
      rate_per_second: 100
    sources:
    ......  

Sources

Sources section contains sources configuration for binding as follows:

Property	Description	Possible Values
name	sources name (will show up in logs)	string without white spaces
kind	source kind type	source.queue
		source.queue-stream
		source.query
		source.command
		source.events
		source.events-store
connections	an array of connection properties for each source	queue configuration
		query configuration
		command configuration
		events configuration
		events-store configuration

Targets

Targets section contains target configuration for binding as follows:

Property	Description	Possible Values
name	targets name (will show up in logs)	string without white spaces
kind	source kind type	target.queue
		target.query
		target.command
		target.events
		target.events-store
connections	an array of connection properties for each target	queue configuration
		query configuration
		command configuration
		events configuration
		events-store configuration