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[38/49] knox git commit: Merge branch 'master' into KNOX-998-Package_Restructuring

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/knox/blob/22a7304a/gateway-server/src/main/java/org/apache/knox/gateway/services/topology/impl/DefaultTopologyService.java
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 +
 +package org.apache.knox.gateway.services.topology.impl;
 +
 +
 +import org.apache.commons.digester3.Digester;
 +import org.apache.commons.digester3.binder.DigesterLoader;
 +import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 +import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 +import org.apache.commons.io.monitor.FileAlterationListener;
 +import org.apache.commons.io.monitor.FileAlterationListenerAdaptor;
 +import org.apache.commons.io.monitor.FileAlterationMonitor;
 +import org.apache.commons.io.monitor.FileAlterationObserver;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.GatewayMessages;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.GatewayServer;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.audit.api.Action;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.audit.api.ActionOutcome;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.audit.api.AuditServiceFactory;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.audit.api.Auditor;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.audit.api.ResourceType;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.audit.log4j.audit.AuditConstants;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.config.GatewayConfig;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.i18n.messages.MessagesFactory;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.service.definition.ServiceDefinition;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.GatewayServices;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.ServiceLifecycleException;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.security.AliasService;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.topology.TopologyService;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.ClusterConfigurationMonitorService;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.Topology;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.TopologyEvent;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.TopologyListener;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.TopologyMonitor;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.TopologyProvider;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.builder.TopologyBuilder;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.discovery.ClusterConfigurationMonitor;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.monitor.RemoteConfigurationMonitor;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.monitor.RemoteConfigurationMonitorFactory;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.simple.SimpleDescriptorHandler;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.validation.TopologyValidator;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.xml.AmbariFormatXmlTopologyRules;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.xml.KnoxFormatXmlTopologyRules;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.util.ServiceDefinitionsLoader;
- import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.security.AliasService;
- import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.simple.SimpleDescriptorHandler;
 +import org.eclipse.persistence.jaxb.JAXBContextProperties;
 +import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 +
 +import javax.xml.bind.JAXBContext;
 +import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
 +import javax.xml.bind.Marshaller;
 +import java.io.File;
 +import java.io.FileFilter;
 +import java.io.IOException;
 +import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 +import java.util.ArrayList;
 +import java.util.Arrays;
 +import java.util.Collection;
 +import java.util.Collections;
 +import java.util.HashMap;
 +import java.util.HashSet;
 +import java.util.List;
 +import java.util.Map;
 +import java.util.Set;
 +
 +import static org.apache.commons.digester3.binder.DigesterLoader.newLoader;
 +
 +
 +public class DefaultTopologyService
 +    extends FileAlterationListenerAdaptor
 +    implements TopologyService, TopologyMonitor, TopologyProvider, FileFilter, FileAlterationListener {
 +
 +  private static Auditor auditor = AuditServiceFactory.getAuditService().getAuditor(
 +    AuditConstants.DEFAULT_AUDITOR_NAME, AuditConstants.KNOX_SERVICE_NAME,
 +    AuditConstants.KNOX_COMPONENT_NAME);
 +
 +  private static final List<String> SUPPORTED_TOPOLOGY_FILE_EXTENSIONS = new ArrayList<String>();
 +  static {
 +    SUPPORTED_TOPOLOGY_FILE_EXTENSIONS.add("xml");
 +    SUPPORTED_TOPOLOGY_FILE_EXTENSIONS.add("conf");
 +  }
 +
 +  private static GatewayMessages log = MessagesFactory.get(GatewayMessages.class);
 +  private static DigesterLoader digesterLoader = newLoader(new KnoxFormatXmlTopologyRules(), new AmbariFormatXmlTopologyRules());
 +  private List<FileAlterationMonitor> monitors = new ArrayList<>();
 +  private File topologiesDirectory;
 +  private File sharedProvidersDirectory;
 +  private File descriptorsDirectory;
 +
 +  private DescriptorsMonitor descriptorsMonitor;
 +
 +  private Set<TopologyListener> listeners;
 +  private volatile Map<File, Topology> topologies;
 +  private AliasService aliasService;
 +
++  private RemoteConfigurationMonitor remoteMonitor = null;
 +
 +  private Topology loadTopology(File file) throws IOException, SAXException, URISyntaxException, InterruptedException {
 +    final long TIMEOUT = 250; //ms
 +    final long DELAY = 50; //ms
 +    log.loadingTopologyFile(file.getAbsolutePath());
 +    Topology topology;
 +    long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 +    while (true) {
 +      try {
 +        topology = loadTopologyAttempt(file);
 +        break;
 +      } catch (IOException e) {
 +        if (System.currentTimeMillis() - start < TIMEOUT) {
 +          log.failedToLoadTopologyRetrying(file.getAbsolutePath(), Long.toString(DELAY), e);
 +          Thread.sleep(DELAY);
 +        } else {
 +          throw e;
 +        }
 +      } catch (SAXException e) {
 +        if (System.currentTimeMillis() - start < TIMEOUT) {
 +          log.failedToLoadTopologyRetrying(file.getAbsolutePath(), Long.toString(DELAY), e);
 +          Thread.sleep(DELAY);
 +        } else {
 +          throw e;
 +        }
 +      }
 +    }
 +    return topology;
 +  }
 +
 +  private Topology loadTopologyAttempt(File file) throws IOException, SAXException, URISyntaxException {
 +    Topology topology;
 +    Digester digester = digesterLoader.newDigester();
 +    TopologyBuilder topologyBuilder = digester.parse(FileUtils.openInputStream(file));
 +    if (null == topologyBuilder) {
 +      return null;
 +    }
 +    topology = topologyBuilder.build();
 +    topology.setUri(file.toURI());
 +    topology.setName(FilenameUtils.removeExtension(file.getName()));
 +    topology.setTimestamp(file.lastModified());
 +    return topology;
 +  }
 +
 +  private void redeployTopology(Topology topology) {
 +    File topologyFile = new File(topology.getUri());
 +    try {
 +      TopologyValidator tv = new TopologyValidator(topology);
 +
 +      if(tv.validateTopology()) {
 +        throw new SAXException(tv.getErrorString());
 +      }
 +
 +      long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
 +      long limit = 1000L; // One second.
 +      long elapsed = 1;
 +      while (elapsed <= limit) {
 +        try {
 +          long origTimestamp = topologyFile.lastModified();
 +          long setTimestamp = Math.max(System.currentTimeMillis(), topologyFile.lastModified() + elapsed);
 +          if(topologyFile.setLastModified(setTimestamp)) {
 +            long newTimstamp = topologyFile.lastModified();
 +            if(newTimstamp > origTimestamp) {
 +              break;
 +            } else {
 +              Thread.sleep(10);
 +              elapsed = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
 +              continue;
 +            }
 +          } else {
 +            auditor.audit(Action.REDEPLOY, topology.getName(), ResourceType.TOPOLOGY,
 +                ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +            log.failedToRedeployTopology(topology.getName());
 +            break;
 +          }
 +        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
 +          auditor.audit(Action.REDEPLOY, topology.getName(), ResourceType.TOPOLOGY,
 +              ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +          log.failedToRedeployTopology(topology.getName(), e);
 +          e.printStackTrace();
 +        }
 +      }
 +    } catch (SAXException e) {
 +      auditor.audit(Action.REDEPLOY, topology.getName(), ResourceType.TOPOLOGY, ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +      log.failedToRedeployTopology(topology.getName(), e);
 +    }
 +  }
 +
 +  private List<TopologyEvent> createChangeEvents(
 +      Map<File, Topology> oldTopologies,
 +      Map<File, Topology> newTopologies) {
 +    ArrayList<TopologyEvent> events = new ArrayList<TopologyEvent>();
 +    // Go through the old topologies and find anything that was deleted.
 +    for (File file : oldTopologies.keySet()) {
 +      if (!newTopologies.containsKey(file)) {
 +        events.add(new TopologyEvent(TopologyEvent.Type.DELETED, oldTopologies.get(file)));
 +      }
 +    }
 +    // Go through the new topologies and figure out what was updated vs added.
 +    for (File file : newTopologies.keySet()) {
 +      if (oldTopologies.containsKey(file)) {
 +        Topology oldTopology = oldTopologies.get(file);
 +        Topology newTopology = newTopologies.get(file);
 +        if (newTopology.getTimestamp() > oldTopology.getTimestamp()) {
 +          events.add(new TopologyEvent(TopologyEvent.Type.UPDATED, newTopologies.get(file)));
 +        }
 +      } else {
 +        events.add(new TopologyEvent(TopologyEvent.Type.CREATED, newTopologies.get(file)));
 +      }
 +    }
 +    return events;
 +  }
 +
++  private File calculateAbsoluteProvidersConfigDir(GatewayConfig config) {
++    File pcDir = new File(config.getGatewayProvidersConfigDir());
++    return pcDir.getAbsoluteFile();
++  }
++
++  private File calculateAbsoluteDescriptorsDir(GatewayConfig config) {
++    File descDir = new File(config.getGatewayDescriptorsDir());
++    return descDir.getAbsoluteFile();
++  }
++
 +  private File calculateAbsoluteTopologiesDir(GatewayConfig config) {
 +    File topoDir = new File(config.getGatewayTopologyDir());
 +    topoDir = topoDir.getAbsoluteFile();
 +    return topoDir;
 +  }
 +
 +  private File calculateAbsoluteConfigDir(GatewayConfig config) {
-     File configDir = null;
++    File configDir;
 +
 +    String path = config.getGatewayConfDir();
 +    configDir = (path != null) ? new File(path) : (new File(config.getGatewayTopologyDir())).getParentFile();
 +
 +    return configDir.getAbsoluteFile();
 +  }
 +
 +  private void  initListener(FileAlterationMonitor  monitor,
 +                            File                   directory,
 +                            FileFilter             filter,
 +                            FileAlterationListener listener) {
 +    monitors.add(monitor);
 +    FileAlterationObserver observer = new FileAlterationObserver(directory, filter);
 +    observer.addListener(listener);
 +    monitor.addObserver(observer);
 +  }
 +
 +  private void initListener(File directory, FileFilter filter, FileAlterationListener listener) throws IOException, SAXException {
 +    // Increasing the monitoring interval to 5 seconds as profiling has shown
 +    // this is rather expensive in terms of generated garbage objects.
 +    initListener(new FileAlterationMonitor(5000L), directory, filter, listener);
 +  }
 +
 +  private Map<File, Topology> loadTopologies(File directory) {
 +    Map<File, Topology> map = new HashMap<>();
 +    if (directory.isDirectory() && directory.canRead()) {
 +      File[] existingTopologies = directory.listFiles(this);
 +      if (existingTopologies != null) {
 +        for (File file : existingTopologies) {
 +          try {
 +            Topology loadTopology = loadTopology(file);
 +            if (null != loadTopology) {
 +              map.put(file, loadTopology);
 +            } else {
 +              auditor.audit(Action.LOAD, file.getAbsolutePath(), ResourceType.TOPOLOGY,
 +                      ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +              log.failedToLoadTopology(file.getAbsolutePath());
 +            }
 +          } catch (IOException e) {
 +            // Maybe it makes sense to throw exception
 +            auditor.audit(Action.LOAD, file.getAbsolutePath(), ResourceType.TOPOLOGY,
 +                    ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +            log.failedToLoadTopology(file.getAbsolutePath(), e);
 +          } catch (SAXException e) {
 +            // Maybe it makes sense to throw exception
 +            auditor.audit(Action.LOAD, file.getAbsolutePath(), ResourceType.TOPOLOGY,
 +                    ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +            log.failedToLoadTopology(file.getAbsolutePath(), e);
 +          } catch (Exception e) {
 +            // Maybe it makes sense to throw exception
 +            auditor.audit(Action.LOAD, file.getAbsolutePath(), ResourceType.TOPOLOGY,
 +                    ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +            log.failedToLoadTopology(file.getAbsolutePath(), e);
 +          }
 +        }
 +      }
 +    }
 +    return map;
 +  }
 +
 +  public void setAliasService(AliasService as) {
 +    this.aliasService = as;
 +  }
 +
 +  public void deployTopology(Topology t){
 +
 +    try {
 +      File temp = new File(topologiesDirectory.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + t.getName() + ".xml.temp");
 +      Package topologyPkg = Topology.class.getPackage();
 +      String pkgName = topologyPkg.getName();
 +      String bindingFile = pkgName.replace(".", "/") + "/topology_binding-xml.xml";
 +
 +      Map<String, Object> properties = new HashMap<>(1);
 +      properties.put(JAXBContextProperties.OXM_METADATA_SOURCE, bindingFile);
 +      JAXBContext jc = JAXBContext.newInstance(pkgName, Topology.class.getClassLoader(), properties);
 +      Marshaller mr = jc.createMarshaller();
 +
 +      mr.setProperty(Marshaller.JAXB_FORMATTED_OUTPUT, true);
 +      mr.marshal(t, temp);
 +
 +      File topology = new File(topologiesDirectory.getAbsolutePath() + "/" + t.getName() + ".xml");
 +      if(!temp.renameTo(topology)) {
 +        FileUtils.forceDelete(temp);
 +        throw new IOException("Could not rename temp file");
 +      }
 +
 +      // This code will check if the topology is valid, and retrieve the errors if it is not.
 +      TopologyValidator validator = new TopologyValidator( topology.getAbsolutePath() );
 +      if( !validator.validateTopology() ){
 +        throw new SAXException( validator.getErrorString() );
 +      }
 +
 +
 +    } catch (JAXBException e) {
 +      auditor.audit(Action.DEPLOY, t.getName(), ResourceType.TOPOLOGY, ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +      log.failedToDeployTopology(t.getName(), e);
 +    } catch (IOException io) {
 +      auditor.audit(Action.DEPLOY, t.getName(), ResourceType.TOPOLOGY, ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +      log.failedToDeployTopology(t.getName(), io);
 +    } catch (SAXException sx){
 +      auditor.audit(Action.DEPLOY, t.getName(), ResourceType.TOPOLOGY, ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +      log.failedToDeployTopology(t.getName(), sx);
 +    }
 +    reloadTopologies();
 +  }
 +
 +  public void redeployTopologies(String topologyName) {
 +
 +    for (Topology topology : getTopologies()) {
 +      if (topologyName == null || topologyName.equals(topology.getName())) {
 +        redeployTopology(topology);
 +      }
 +    }
 +
 +  }
 +
 +  public void reloadTopologies() {
 +    try {
 +      synchronized (this) {
 +        Map<File, Topology> oldTopologies = topologies;
 +        Map<File, Topology> newTopologies = loadTopologies(topologiesDirectory);
 +        List<TopologyEvent> events = createChangeEvents(oldTopologies, newTopologies);
 +        topologies = newTopologies;
 +        notifyChangeListeners(events);
 +      }
 +    } catch (Exception e) {
 +      // Maybe it makes sense to throw exception
 +      log.failedToReloadTopologies(e);
 +    }
 +  }
 +
 +  public void deleteTopology(Topology t) {
 +    File topoDir = topologiesDirectory;
 +
 +    if(topoDir.isDirectory() && topoDir.canRead()) {
 +      for (File f : listFiles(topoDir)) {
 +        String fName = FilenameUtils.getBaseName(f.getName());
 +        if(fName.equals(t.getName())) {
 +          f.delete();
 +        }
 +      }
 +    }
 +    reloadTopologies();
 +  }
 +
 +  private void notifyChangeListeners(List<TopologyEvent> events) {
 +    for (TopologyListener listener : listeners) {
 +      try {
 +        listener.handleTopologyEvent(events);
 +      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
 +        auditor.audit(Action.LOAD, "Topology_Event", ResourceType.TOPOLOGY, ActionOutcome.FAILURE);
 +        log.failedToHandleTopologyEvents(e);
 +      }
 +    }
 +  }
 +
 +  public Map<String, List<String>> getServiceTestURLs(Topology t, GatewayConfig config) {
 +    File tFile = null;
 +    Map<String, List<String>> urls = new HashMap<>();
 +    if (topologiesDirectory.isDirectory() && topologiesDirectory.canRead()) {
 +      for (File f : listFiles(topologiesDirectory)) {
 +        if (FilenameUtils.removeExtension(f.getName()).equals(t.getName())) {
 +          tFile = f;
 +        }
 +      }
 +    }
 +    Set<ServiceDefinition> defs;
 +    if(tFile != null) {
 +      defs = ServiceDefinitionsLoader.getServiceDefinitions(new File(config.getGatewayServicesDir()));
 +
 +      for(ServiceDefinition def : defs) {
 +        urls.put(def.getRole(), def.getTestURLs());
 +      }
 +    }
 +    return urls;
 +  }
 +
 +  public Collection<Topology> getTopologies() {
 +    Map<File, Topology> map = topologies;
 +    return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(map.values());
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public boolean deployProviderConfiguration(String name, String content) {
 +    return writeConfig(sharedProvidersDirectory, name, content);
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public Collection<File> getProviderConfigurations() {
 +    List<File> providerConfigs = new ArrayList<>();
 +    for (File providerConfig : listFiles(sharedProvidersDirectory)) {
 +      if (SharedProviderConfigMonitor.SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS.contains(FilenameUtils.getExtension(providerConfig.getName()))) {
 +        providerConfigs.add(providerConfig);
 +      }
 +    }
 +    return providerConfigs;
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public boolean deleteProviderConfiguration(String name) {
 +    boolean result = false;
 +
 +    File providerConfig = getExistingFile(sharedProvidersDirectory, name);
 +    if (providerConfig != null) {
 +      List<String> references = descriptorsMonitor.getReferencingDescriptors(providerConfig.getAbsolutePath());
 +      if (references.isEmpty()) {
 +        result = providerConfig.delete();
 +      } else {
 +        log.preventedDeletionOfSharedProviderConfiguration(providerConfig.getAbsolutePath());
 +      }
 +    } else {
 +      result = true; // If it already does NOT exist, then the delete effectively succeeded
 +    }
 +
 +    return result;
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public boolean deployDescriptor(String name, String content) {
 +    return writeConfig(descriptorsDirectory, name, content);
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public Collection<File> getDescriptors() {
 +    List<File> descriptors = new ArrayList<>();
 +    for (File descriptor : listFiles(descriptorsDirectory)) {
 +      if (DescriptorsMonitor.SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS.contains(FilenameUtils.getExtension(descriptor.getName()))) {
 +        descriptors.add(descriptor);
 +      }
 +    }
 +    return descriptors;
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public boolean deleteDescriptor(String name) {
 +    File descriptor = getExistingFile(descriptorsDirectory, name);
 +    return (descriptor == null) || descriptor.delete();
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public void addTopologyChangeListener(TopologyListener listener) {
 +    listeners.add(listener);
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public void startMonitor() throws Exception {
++    // Start the local configuration monitors
 +    for (FileAlterationMonitor monitor : monitors) {
 +      monitor.start();
 +    }
++
++    // Start the remote configuration monitor, if it has been initialized
++    if (remoteMonitor != null) {
++      try {
++        remoteMonitor.start();
++      } catch (Exception e) {
++        log.remoteConfigurationMonitorStartFailure(remoteMonitor.getClass().getTypeName(), e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
++      }
++    }
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public void stopMonitor() throws Exception {
++    // Stop the local configuration monitors
 +    for (FileAlterationMonitor monitor : monitors) {
 +      monitor.stop();
 +    }
++
++    // Stop the remote configuration monitor, if it has been initialized
++    if (remoteMonitor != null) {
++      remoteMonitor.stop();
++    }
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public boolean accept(File file) {
 +    boolean accept = false;
 +    if (!file.isDirectory() && file.canRead()) {
 +      String extension = FilenameUtils.getExtension(file.getName());
 +      if (SUPPORTED_TOPOLOGY_FILE_EXTENSIONS.contains(extension)) {
 +        accept = true;
 +      }
 +    }
 +    return accept;
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public void onFileCreate(File file) {
 +    onFileChange(file);
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public void onFileDelete(java.io.File file) {
 +    // For full topology descriptors, we need to make sure to delete any corresponding simple descriptors to prevent
 +    // unintended subsequent generation of the topology descriptor
 +    for (String ext : DescriptorsMonitor.SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS) {
 +      File simpleDesc =
 +              new File(descriptorsDirectory, FilenameUtils.getBaseName(file.getName()) + "." + ext);
 +      if (simpleDesc.exists()) {
 +        log.deletingDescriptorForTopologyDeletion(simpleDesc.getName(), file.getName());
 +        simpleDesc.delete();
 +      }
 +    }
 +
 +    onFileChange(file);
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public void onFileChange(File file) {
 +    reloadTopologies();
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public void stop() {
 +
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public void start() {
- 
++    // Register a cluster configuration monitor listener for change notifications
++    ClusterConfigurationMonitorService ccms =
++                  GatewayServer.getGatewayServices().getService(GatewayServices.CLUSTER_CONFIGURATION_MONITOR_SERVICE);
++    ccms.addListener(new TopologyDiscoveryTrigger(this));
 +  }
 +
 +  @Override
 +  public void init(GatewayConfig config, Map<String, String> options) throws ServiceLifecycleException {
 +
 +    try {
-       listeners = new HashSet<>();
++      listeners  = new HashSet<>();
 +      topologies = new HashMap<>();
 +
 +      topologiesDirectory = calculateAbsoluteTopologiesDir(config);
 +
 +      File configDirectory = calculateAbsoluteConfigDir(config);
 +      descriptorsDirectory = new File(configDirectory, "descriptors");
 +      sharedProvidersDirectory = new File(configDirectory, "shared-providers");
 +
 +      // Add support for conf/topologies
 +      initListener(topologiesDirectory, this, this);
 +
 +      // Add support for conf/descriptors
 +      descriptorsMonitor = new DescriptorsMonitor(topologiesDirectory, aliasService);
 +      initListener(descriptorsDirectory,
 +                   descriptorsMonitor,
 +                   descriptorsMonitor);
 +      log.monitoringDescriptorChangesInDirectory(descriptorsDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
 +
 +      // Add support for conf/shared-providers
 +      SharedProviderConfigMonitor spm = new SharedProviderConfigMonitor(descriptorsMonitor, descriptorsDirectory);
 +      initListener(sharedProvidersDirectory, spm, spm);
 +      log.monitoringProviderConfigChangesInDirectory(sharedProvidersDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
 +
 +      // For all the descriptors currently in the descriptors dir at start-up time, trigger topology generation.
 +      // This happens prior to the start-up loading of the topologies.
 +      String[] descriptorFilenames =  descriptorsDirectory.list();
 +      if (descriptorFilenames != null) {
-           for (String descriptorFilename : descriptorFilenames) {
-               if (DescriptorsMonitor.isDescriptorFile(descriptorFilename)) {
-                   descriptorsMonitor.onFileChange(new File(descriptorsDirectory, descriptorFilename));
-               }
++        for (String descriptorFilename : descriptorFilenames) {
++          if (DescriptorsMonitor.isDescriptorFile(descriptorFilename)) {
++            // If there isn't a corresponding topology file, or if the descriptor has been modified since the
++            // corresponding topology file was generated, then trigger generation of one
++            File matchingTopologyFile = getExistingFile(topologiesDirectory, FilenameUtils.getBaseName(descriptorFilename));
++            if (matchingTopologyFile == null ||
++                    matchingTopologyFile.lastModified() < (new File(descriptorsDirectory, descriptorFilename)).lastModified()) {
++              descriptorsMonitor.onFileChange(new File(descriptorsDirectory, descriptorFilename));
++            }
 +          }
++        }
 +      }
 +
++      // Initialize the remote configuration monitor, if it has been configured
++      remoteMonitor = RemoteConfigurationMonitorFactory.get(config);
++
 +    } catch (IOException | SAXException io) {
 +      throw new ServiceLifecycleException(io.getMessage());
 +    }
 +  }
 +
- 
 +  /**
 +   * Utility method for listing the files in the specified directory.
 +   * This method is "nicer" than the File#listFiles() because it will not return null.
 +   *
 +   * @param directory The directory whose files should be returned.
 +   *
 +   * @return A List of the Files on the directory.
 +   */
 +  private static List<File> listFiles(File directory) {
-     List<File> result = null;
++    List<File> result;
 +    File[] files = directory.listFiles();
 +    if (files != null) {
 +      result = Arrays.asList(files);
 +    } else {
 +      result = Collections.emptyList();
 +    }
 +    return result;
 +  }
 +
 +  /**
 +   * Search for a file in the specified directory whose base name (filename without extension) matches the
 +   * specified basename.
 +   *
 +   * @param directory The directory in which to search.
 +   * @param basename  The basename of interest.
 +   *
 +   * @return The matching File
 +   */
 +  private static File getExistingFile(File directory, String basename) {
 +    File match = null;
 +    for (File file : listFiles(directory)) {
 +      if (FilenameUtils.getBaseName(file.getName()).equals(basename)) {
 +        match = file;
 +        break;
 +      }
 +    }
 +    return match;
 +  }
 +
 +  /**
 +   * Write the specified content to a file.
 +   *
 +   * @param dest    The destination directory.
 +   * @param name    The name of the file.
 +   * @param content The contents of the file.
 +   *
 +   * @return true, if the write succeeds; otherwise, false.
 +   */
 +  private static boolean writeConfig(File dest, String name, String content) {
 +    boolean result = false;
 +
 +    File destFile = new File(dest, name);
 +    try {
 +      FileUtils.writeStringToFile(destFile, content);
 +      log.wroteConfigurationFile(destFile.getAbsolutePath());
 +      result = true;
 +    } catch (IOException e) {
 +      log.failedToWriteConfigurationFile(destFile.getAbsolutePath(), e);
 +    }
 +
 +    return result;
 +  }
 +
 +
 +  /**
 +   * Change handler for simple descriptors
 +   */
 +  public static class DescriptorsMonitor extends FileAlterationListenerAdaptor
 +                                          implements FileFilter {
 +
 +    static final List<String> SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS = new ArrayList<String>();
 +    static {
 +      SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS.add("json");
 +      SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS.add("yml");
 +      SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS.add("yaml");
 +    }
 +
 +    private File topologiesDir;
 +
 +    private AliasService aliasService;
 +
 +    private Map<String, List<String>> providerConfigReferences = new HashMap<>();
 +
 +
 +    static boolean isDescriptorFile(String filename) {
 +      return SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS.contains(FilenameUtils.getExtension(filename));
 +    }
 +
 +    public DescriptorsMonitor(File topologiesDir, AliasService aliasService) {
 +      this.topologiesDir  = topologiesDir;
 +      this.aliasService   = aliasService;
 +    }
 +
 +    List<String> getReferencingDescriptors(String providerConfigPath) {
 +      List<String> result = providerConfigReferences.get(FilenameUtils.normalize(providerConfigPath));
 +      if (result == null) {
 +        result = Collections.emptyList();
 +      }
 +      return result;
 +    }
 +
 +    @Override
 +    public void onFileCreate(File file) {
 +      onFileChange(file);
 +    }
 +
 +    @Override
 +    public void onFileDelete(File file) {
 +      // For simple descriptors, we need to make sure to delete any corresponding full topology descriptors to trigger undeployment
 +      for (String ext : DefaultTopologyService.SUPPORTED_TOPOLOGY_FILE_EXTENSIONS) {
 +        File topologyFile =
 +                new File(topologiesDir, FilenameUtils.getBaseName(file.getName()) + "." + ext);
 +        if (topologyFile.exists()) {
 +          log.deletingTopologyForDescriptorDeletion(topologyFile.getName(), file.getName());
 +          topologyFile.delete();
 +        }
 +      }
 +
 +      String normalizedFilePath = FilenameUtils.normalize(file.getAbsolutePath());
 +      String reference = null;
 +      for (Map.Entry<String, List<String>> entry : providerConfigReferences.entrySet()) {
 +        if (entry.getValue().contains(normalizedFilePath)) {
 +          reference = entry.getKey();
 +          break;
 +        }
 +      }
 +
 +      if (reference != null) {
 +        providerConfigReferences.get(reference).remove(normalizedFilePath);
 +        log.removedProviderConfigurationReference(normalizedFilePath, reference);
 +      }
 +    }
 +
 +    @Override
 +    public void onFileChange(File file) {
 +      try {
 +        // When a simple descriptor has been created or modified, generate the new topology descriptor
 +        Map<String, File> result = SimpleDescriptorHandler.handle(file, topologiesDir, aliasService);
 +        log.generatedTopologyForDescriptorChange(result.get("topology").getName(), file.getName());
 +
 +        // Add the provider config reference relationship for handling updates to the provider config
 +        String providerConfig = FilenameUtils.normalize(result.get("reference").getAbsolutePath());
 +        if (!providerConfigReferences.containsKey(providerConfig)) {
 +          providerConfigReferences.put(providerConfig, new ArrayList<String>());
 +        }
 +        List<String> refs = providerConfigReferences.get(providerConfig);
 +        String descriptorName = FilenameUtils.normalize(file.getAbsolutePath());
 +        if (!refs.contains(descriptorName)) {
 +          // Need to check if descriptor had previously referenced another provider config, so it can be removed
 +          for (List<String> descs : providerConfigReferences.values()) {
 +            if (descs.contains(descriptorName)) {
 +              descs.remove(descriptorName);
 +            }
 +          }
 +
 +          // Add the current reference relationship
 +          refs.add(descriptorName);
 +          log.addedProviderConfigurationReference(descriptorName, providerConfig);
 +        }
 +      } catch (Exception e) {
 +        log.simpleDescriptorHandlingError(file.getName(), e);
 +      }
 +    }
 +
 +    @Override
 +    public boolean accept(File file) {
 +      boolean accept = false;
 +      if (!file.isDirectory() && file.canRead()) {
 +        String extension = FilenameUtils.getExtension(file.getName());
 +        if (SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS.contains(extension)) {
 +          accept = true;
 +        }
 +      }
 +      return accept;
 +    }
 +  }
 +
 +  /**
 +   * Change handler for shared provider configurations
 +   */
 +  public static class SharedProviderConfigMonitor extends FileAlterationListenerAdaptor
 +          implements FileFilter {
 +
 +    static final List<String> SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS = new ArrayList<>();
 +    static {
 +      SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS.add("xml");
 +    }
 +
 +    private DescriptorsMonitor descriptorsMonitor;
 +    private File descriptorsDir;
 +
 +
 +    SharedProviderConfigMonitor(DescriptorsMonitor descMonitor, File descriptorsDir) {
 +      this.descriptorsMonitor = descMonitor;
 +      this.descriptorsDir     = descriptorsDir;
 +    }
 +
 +    @Override
 +    public void onFileCreate(File file) {
 +      onFileChange(file);
 +    }
 +
 +    @Override
 +    public void onFileDelete(File file) {
 +      onFileChange(file);
 +    }
 +
 +    @Override
 +    public void onFileChange(File file) {
 +      // For shared provider configuration, we need to update any simple descriptors that reference it
 +      for (File descriptor : getReferencingDescriptors(file)) {
 +        descriptor.setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis());
 +      }
 +    }
 +
 +    private List<File> getReferencingDescriptors(File sharedProviderConfig) {
 +      List<File> references = new ArrayList<>();
 +
 +      for (File descriptor : listFiles(descriptorsDir)) {
 +        if (DescriptorsMonitor.SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS.contains(FilenameUtils.getExtension(descriptor.getName()))) {
 +          for (String reference : descriptorsMonitor.getReferencingDescriptors(FilenameUtils.normalize(sharedProviderConfig.getAbsolutePath()))) {
 +            references.add(new File(reference));
 +          }
 +        }
 +      }
 +
 +      return references;
 +    }
 +
 +    @Override
 +    public boolean accept(File file) {
 +      boolean accept = false;
 +      if (!file.isDirectory() && file.canRead()) {
 +        String extension = FilenameUtils.getExtension(file.getName());
 +        if (SUPPORTED_EXTENSIONS.contains(extension)) {
 +          accept = true;
 +        }
 +      }
 +      return accept;
 +    }
 +  }
 +
++  /**
++   * Listener for Ambari config change events, which will trigger re-generation (including re-discovery) of the
++   * affected topologies.
++   */
++  private static class TopologyDiscoveryTrigger implements ClusterConfigurationMonitor.ConfigurationChangeListener {
++
++    private TopologyService topologyService = null;
++
++    TopologyDiscoveryTrigger(TopologyService topologyService) {
++      this.topologyService = topologyService;
++    }
++
++    @Override
++    public void onConfigurationChange(String source, String clusterName) {
++      log.noticedClusterConfigurationChange(source, clusterName);
++      try {
++        // Identify any descriptors associated with the cluster configuration change
++        for (File descriptor : topologyService.getDescriptors()) {
++          String descriptorContent = FileUtils.readFileToString(descriptor);
++          if (descriptorContent.contains(source)) {
++            if (descriptorContent.contains(clusterName)) {
++              log.triggeringTopologyRegeneration(source, clusterName, descriptor.getAbsolutePath());
++              // 'Touch' the descriptor to trigger re-generation of the associated topology
++              descriptor.setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis());
++            }
++          }
++        }
++      } catch (Exception e) {
++        log.errorRespondingToConfigChange(source, clusterName, e);
++      }
++    }
++  }
++
 +}

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@@@ -1,71 -1,0 +1,71 @@@
 +/**
 + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this
 + * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF
 + * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 + * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 + *
 + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 + *
 + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 + * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 + * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 + * the License.
 + */
 +package org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.simple;
 +
 +import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 +import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory;
 +import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 +
 +import java.io.File;
 +import java.io.IOException;
 +
 +
 +public class SimpleDescriptorFactory {
 +
 +    /**
 +     * Create a SimpleDescriptor from the specified file.
 +     *
 +     * @param path The path to the file.
 +     * @return A SimpleDescriptor based on the contents of the file.
 +     *
 +     * @throws IOException
 +     */
 +    public static SimpleDescriptor parse(String path) throws IOException {
 +        SimpleDescriptor sd;
 +
 +        if (path.endsWith(".json")) {
 +            sd = parseJSON(path);
-         } else if (path.endsWith(".yml")) {
++        } else if (path.endsWith(".yml") || path.endsWith(".yaml")) {
 +            sd = parseYAML(path);
 +        } else {
 +           throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported simple descriptor format: " + path.substring(path.lastIndexOf('.')));
 +        }
 +
 +        return sd;
 +    }
 +
 +
 +    static SimpleDescriptor parseJSON(String path) throws IOException {
 +        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 +        SimpleDescriptorImpl sd = mapper.readValue(new File(path), SimpleDescriptorImpl.class);
 +        if (sd != null) {
 +            sd.setName(FilenameUtils.getBaseName(path));
 +        }
 +        return sd;
 +    }
 +
 +
 +    static SimpleDescriptor parseYAML(String path) throws IOException {
 +        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(new YAMLFactory());
 +        SimpleDescriptorImpl sd = mapper.readValue(new File(path), SimpleDescriptorImpl.class);
 +        if (sd != null) {
 +            sd.setName(FilenameUtils.getBaseName(path));
 +        }
 +        return sd;
 +    }
 +
 +}

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@@@ -1,316 -1,0 +1,382 @@@
 +/**
 + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this
 + * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF
 + * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 + * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 + *
 + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 + *
 + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 + * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 + * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 + * the License.
 + */
 +package org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.simple;
 +
- import org.apache.knox.gateway.i18n.messages.MessagesFactory;
- import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.Service;
- import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.discovery.DefaultServiceDiscoveryConfig;
- import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.discovery.ServiceDiscovery;
- import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.discovery.ServiceDiscoveryFactory;
 +import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 +import java.io.File;
 +import java.io.FileInputStream;
 +import java.io.FileWriter;
 +import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 +import java.io.IOException;
 +
 +import java.net.URI;
 +import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 +
 +import java.util.ArrayList;
 +import java.util.Collections;
 +import java.util.HashMap;
 +import java.util.List;
 +import java.util.Map;
 +
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.GatewayServer;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.i18n.messages.MessagesFactory;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.GatewayServices;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.Service;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.security.AliasService;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.security.KeystoreService;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.services.security.MasterService;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.discovery.DefaultServiceDiscoveryConfig;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.discovery.ServiceDiscovery;
++import org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.discovery.ServiceDiscoveryFactory;
 +
 +
 +/**
 + * Processes simple topology descriptors, producing full topology files, which can subsequently be deployed to the
 + * gateway.
 + */
 +public class SimpleDescriptorHandler {
 +
 +    private static final Service[] NO_GATEWAY_SERVICES = new Service[]{};
 +
 +    private static final SimpleDescriptorMessages log = MessagesFactory.get(SimpleDescriptorMessages.class);
 +
++    private static Map<String, ServiceDiscovery> discoveryInstances = new HashMap<>();
++
 +    public static Map<String, File> handle(File desc) throws IOException {
 +        return handle(desc, NO_GATEWAY_SERVICES);
 +    }
 +
 +    public static Map<String, File> handle(File desc, Service...gatewayServices) throws IOException {
 +        return handle(desc, desc.getParentFile(), gatewayServices);
 +    }
 +
 +    public static Map<String, File> handle(File desc, File destDirectory) throws IOException {
 +        return handle(desc, destDirectory, NO_GATEWAY_SERVICES);
 +    }
 +
 +    public static Map<String, File> handle(File desc, File destDirectory, Service...gatewayServices) throws IOException {
 +        return handle(SimpleDescriptorFactory.parse(desc.getAbsolutePath()), desc.getParentFile(), destDirectory, gatewayServices);
 +    }
 +
 +    public static Map<String, File> handle(SimpleDescriptor desc, File srcDirectory, File destDirectory) {
 +        return handle(desc, srcDirectory, destDirectory, NO_GATEWAY_SERVICES);
 +    }
 +
 +    public static Map<String, File> handle(SimpleDescriptor desc, File srcDirectory, File destDirectory, Service...gatewayServices) {
 +        Map<String, File> result = new HashMap<>();
 +
 +        File topologyDescriptor;
 +
 +        DefaultServiceDiscoveryConfig sdc = new DefaultServiceDiscoveryConfig(desc.getDiscoveryAddress());
 +        sdc.setUser(desc.getDiscoveryUser());
 +        sdc.setPasswordAlias(desc.getDiscoveryPasswordAlias());
 +
 +        // Use the discovery type from the descriptor. If it's unspecified, employ the default type.
 +        String discoveryType = desc.getDiscoveryType();
 +        if (discoveryType == null) {
 +            discoveryType = "AMBARI";
 +        }
 +
-         ServiceDiscovery sd = ServiceDiscoveryFactory.get(discoveryType, gatewayServices);
++        // Use the cached discovery object for the required type, if it has already been loaded
++        ServiceDiscovery sd = discoveryInstances.get(discoveryType);
++        if (sd == null) {
++            sd = ServiceDiscoveryFactory.get(discoveryType, gatewayServices);
++            discoveryInstances.put(discoveryType, sd);
++        }
 +        ServiceDiscovery.Cluster cluster = sd.discover(sdc, desc.getClusterName());
 +
 +        List<String> validServiceNames = new ArrayList<>();
 +
 +        Map<String, Map<String, String>> serviceParams = new HashMap<>();
 +        Map<String, List<String>>        serviceURLs   = new HashMap<>();
 +
 +        if (cluster != null) {
 +            for (SimpleDescriptor.Service descService : desc.getServices()) {
 +                String serviceName = descService.getName();
 +
 +                List<String> descServiceURLs = descService.getURLs();
 +                if (descServiceURLs == null || descServiceURLs.isEmpty()) {
 +                    descServiceURLs = cluster.getServiceURLs(serviceName);
 +                }
 +
 +                // Validate the discovered service URLs
 +                List<String> validURLs = new ArrayList<>();
 +                if (descServiceURLs != null && !descServiceURLs.isEmpty()) {
 +                    // Validate the URL(s)
 +                    for (String descServiceURL : descServiceURLs) {
 +                        if (validateURL(serviceName, descServiceURL)) {
 +                            validURLs.add(descServiceURL);
 +                        }
 +                    }
 +
 +                    if (!validURLs.isEmpty()) {
 +                        validServiceNames.add(serviceName);
 +                    }
 +                }
 +
 +                // If there is at least one valid URL associated with the service, then add it to the map
 +                if (!validURLs.isEmpty()) {
 +                    serviceURLs.put(serviceName, validURLs);
 +                } else {
 +                    log.failedToDiscoverClusterServiceURLs(serviceName, cluster.getName());
 +                }
 +
 +                // Service params
 +                if (descService.getParams() != null) {
 +                    serviceParams.put(serviceName, descService.getParams());
 +                    if (!validServiceNames.contains(serviceName)) {
 +                        validServiceNames.add(serviceName);
 +                    }
 +                }
 +            }
 +        } else {
 +            log.failedToDiscoverClusterServices(desc.getClusterName());
 +        }
 +
++        // Provision the query param encryption password here, rather than relying on the random password generated
++        // when the topology is deployed. This is to support Knox HA deployments, where multiple Knox instances are
++        // generating topologies based on a shared remote descriptor, and they must all be able to encrypt/decrypt
++        // query params with the same credentials. (KNOX-1136)
++        if (!provisionQueryParamEncryptionCredential(desc.getName())) {
++            log.unableCreatePasswordForEncryption(desc.getName());
++        }
++
 +        BufferedWriter fw = null;
 +        topologyDescriptor = null;
 +        File providerConfig;
 +        try {
 +            // Verify that the referenced provider configuration exists before attempting to reading it
 +            providerConfig = resolveProviderConfigurationReference(desc.getProviderConfig(), srcDirectory);
 +            if (providerConfig == null) {
 +                log.failedToResolveProviderConfigRef(desc.getProviderConfig());
 +                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unresolved provider configuration reference: " +
 +                                                   desc.getProviderConfig() + " ; Topology update aborted!");
 +            }
 +            result.put("reference", providerConfig);
 +
 +            // TODO: Should the contents of the provider config be validated before incorporating it into the topology?
 +
 +            String topologyFilename = desc.getName();
 +            if (topologyFilename == null) {
 +                topologyFilename = desc.getClusterName();
 +            }
 +            topologyDescriptor = new File(destDirectory, topologyFilename + ".xml");
 +
 +            fw = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(topologyDescriptor));
 +
 +            fw.write("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n");
 +
 +            fw.write("<!--==============================================-->\n");
 +            fw.write("<!-- DO NOT EDIT. This is an auto-generated file. -->\n");
 +            fw.write("<!--==============================================-->\n");
 +
 +            fw.write("<topology>\n");
 +
 +            // KNOX-1105 Indicate that this topology was auto-generated
 +            fw.write("    <generated>true</generated>\n");
 +
 +            // Copy the externalized provider configuration content into the topology descriptor in-line
 +            InputStreamReader policyReader = new InputStreamReader(new FileInputStream(providerConfig));
 +            char[] buffer = new char[1024];
 +            int count;
 +            while ((count = policyReader.read(buffer)) > 0) {
 +                fw.write(buffer, 0, count);
 +            }
 +            policyReader.close();
 +
 +            // Services
 +            // Sort the service names to write the services alphabetically
 +            List<String> serviceNames = new ArrayList<>(validServiceNames);
 +            Collections.sort(serviceNames);
 +
 +            // Write the service declarations
 +            for (String serviceName : serviceNames) {
++                fw.write("\n");
 +                fw.write("    <service>\n");
 +                fw.write("        <role>" + serviceName + "</role>\n");
 +
 +                // URLs
 +                List<String> urls = serviceURLs.get(serviceName);
 +                if (urls != null) {
 +                    for (String url : urls) {
 +                        fw.write("        <url>" + url + "</url>\n");
 +                    }
 +                }
 +
 +                // Params
 +                Map<String, String> svcParams = serviceParams.get(serviceName);
 +                if (svcParams != null) {
 +                    for (String paramName : svcParams.keySet()) {
 +                        fw.write("        <param>\n");
 +                        fw.write("            <name>" + paramName + "</name>\n");
 +                        fw.write("            <value>" + svcParams.get(paramName) + "</value>\n");
 +                        fw.write("        </param>\n");
 +                    }
 +                }
 +
 +                fw.write("    </service>\n");
 +            }
 +
 +            // Applications
 +            List<SimpleDescriptor.Application> apps = desc.getApplications();
 +            if (apps != null) {
 +                for (SimpleDescriptor.Application app : apps) {
 +                    fw.write("    <application>\n");
 +                    fw.write("        <name>" + app.getName() + "</name>\n");
 +
 +                    // URLs
 +                    List<String> urls = app.getURLs();
 +                    if (urls != null) {
 +                        for (String url : urls) {
 +                            fw.write("        <url>" + url + "</url>\n");
 +                        }
 +                    }
 +
 +                    // Params
 +                    Map<String, String> appParams = app.getParams();
 +                    if (appParams != null) {
 +                        for (String paramName : appParams.keySet()) {
 +                            fw.write("        <param>\n");
 +                            fw.write("            <name>" + paramName + "</name>\n");
 +                            fw.write("            <value>" + appParams.get(paramName) + "</value>\n");
 +                            fw.write("        </param>\n");
 +                        }
 +                    }
 +
 +                    fw.write("    </application>\n");
 +                }
 +            }
 +
 +            fw.write("</topology>\n");
 +
 +            fw.flush();
 +        } catch (IOException e) {
 +            log.failedToGenerateTopologyFromSimpleDescriptor(topologyDescriptor.getName(), e);
 +            topologyDescriptor.delete();
 +        } finally {
 +            if (fw != null) {
 +                try {
 +                    fw.close();
 +                } catch (IOException e) {
 +                    // ignore
 +                }
 +            }
 +        }
 +
 +        result.put("topology", topologyDescriptor);
 +        return result;
 +    }
 +
 +
++    /**
++     * KNOX-1136
++     *
++     * Provision the query string encryption password prior to it being randomly generated during the topology
++     * deployment.
++     *
++     * @param topologyName The name of the topology for which the credential will be provisioned.
++     *
++     * @return true if the credential was successfully provisioned; otherwise, false.
++     */
++    private static boolean provisionQueryParamEncryptionCredential(String topologyName) {
++        boolean result = false;
++
++        try {
++            GatewayServices services = GatewayServer.getGatewayServices();
++            if (services != null) {
++                MasterService ms = services.getService("MasterService");
++                if (ms != null) {
++                    KeystoreService ks = services.getService(GatewayServices.KEYSTORE_SERVICE);
++                    if (ks != null) {
++                        if (!ks.isCredentialStoreForClusterAvailable(topologyName)) {
++                            ks.createCredentialStoreForCluster(topologyName);
++                        }
++
++                        // If the credential store existed, or it was just successfully created
++                        if (ks.getCredentialStoreForCluster(topologyName) != null) {
++                            AliasService aliasService = services.getService(GatewayServices.ALIAS_SERVICE);
++                            if (aliasService != null) {
++                                // Derive and set the query param encryption password
++                                String queryEncryptionPass = new String(ms.getMasterSecret()) + topologyName;
++                                aliasService.addAliasForCluster(topologyName, "encryptQueryString", queryEncryptionPass);
++                                result = true;
++                            }
++                        }
++                    }
++                }
++            }
++        } catch (Exception e) {
++            log.exceptionCreatingPasswordForEncryption(topologyName, e);
++        }
++
++        return result;
++    }
++
++
 +    private static boolean validateURL(String serviceName, String url) {
 +        boolean result = false;
 +
 +        if (url != null && !url.isEmpty()) {
 +            try {
 +                new URI(url);
 +                result = true;
 +            } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
 +                log.serviceURLValidationFailed(serviceName, url, e);
 +            }
 +        }
 +
 +        return result;
 +    }
 +
 +
 +    private static File resolveProviderConfigurationReference(String reference, File srcDirectory) {
 +        File providerConfig;
 +
 +        // If the reference includes a path
 +        if (reference.contains(File.separator)) {
 +            // Check if it's an absolute path
 +            providerConfig = new File(reference);
 +            if (!providerConfig.exists()) {
 +                // If it's not an absolute path, try treating it as a relative path
 +                providerConfig = new File(srcDirectory, reference);
 +                if (!providerConfig.exists()) {
 +                    providerConfig = null;
 +                }
 +            }
 +        } else { // No file path, just a name
 +            // Check if it's co-located with the referencing descriptor
 +            providerConfig = new File(srcDirectory, reference);
 +            if (!providerConfig.exists()) {
 +                // Check the shared-providers config location
 +                File sharedProvidersDir = new File(srcDirectory, "../shared-providers");
 +                if (sharedProvidersDir.exists()) {
 +                    providerConfig = new File(sharedProvidersDir, reference);
 +                    if (!providerConfig.exists()) {
 +                        // Check if it's a valid name without the extension
 +                        providerConfig = new File(sharedProvidersDir, reference + ".xml");
 +                        if (!providerConfig.exists()) {
 +                            providerConfig = null;
 +                        }
 +                    }
 +                }
 +            }
 +        }
 +
 +        return providerConfig;
 +    }
 +
 +}

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@@@ -1,50 -1,0 +1,59 @@@
 +/**
 + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 + * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this
 + * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF
 + * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 + * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 + * <p>
 + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 + * <p>
 + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
 + * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 + * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
 + * the License.
 + */
 +package org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.simple;
 +
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.i18n.messages.Message;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.i18n.messages.MessageLevel;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.i18n.messages.Messages;
 +import org.apache.knox.gateway.i18n.messages.StackTrace;
 +
 +@Messages(logger="org.apache.gateway.topology.simple")
 +public interface SimpleDescriptorMessages {
 +
 +    @Message(level = MessageLevel.ERROR,
 +            text = "Service discovery for cluster {0} failed.")
 +    void failedToDiscoverClusterServices(final String cluster);
 +
 +    @Message(level = MessageLevel.ERROR,
 +            text = "No valid URLs were discovered for {0} in the {1} cluster.")
 +    void failedToDiscoverClusterServiceURLs(final String serviceName, final String clusterName);
 +
 +    @Message(level = MessageLevel.ERROR,
 +            text = "Failed to resolve the referenced provider configuration {0}.")
 +    void failedToResolveProviderConfigRef(final String providerConfigRef);
 +
 +    @Message(level = MessageLevel.ERROR,
 +            text = "URL validation failed for {0} URL {1} : {2}")
 +    void serviceURLValidationFailed(final String serviceName,
 +                                    final String url,
 +                                    @StackTrace( level = MessageLevel.DEBUG ) Exception e );
 +
 +    @Message(level = MessageLevel.ERROR,
 +            text = "Error generating topology {0} from simple descriptor: {1}")
 +    void failedToGenerateTopologyFromSimpleDescriptor(final String topologyFile,
 +                                                      @StackTrace( level = MessageLevel.DEBUG ) Exception e );
 +
++    @Message( level = MessageLevel.ERROR,
++              text = "Error creating a password for query string encryption for {0}: {1}" )
++    void exceptionCreatingPasswordForEncryption(String topologyName,
++                                                @StackTrace( level = MessageLevel.DEBUG) Exception e);
++
++    @Message( level = MessageLevel.ERROR,
++            text = "Failed to create a password for query string encryption for {0}." )
++    void unableCreatePasswordForEncryption(String topologyName);
++
 +}