[jira] [Created] (AMQ-5471) Configuration server for Network of Brokers

["Hadrian Zbarcea (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Hadrian Zbarcea created AMQ-5471:
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             Summary: Configuration server for Network of Brokers
                 Key: AMQ-5471
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-5471
             Project: ActiveMQ
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: Broker
            Reporter: Hadrian Zbarcea
            Assignee: Hadrian Zbarcea
             Fix For: 5.11.0


Brokers use the xbean configuration to start which is usually found in ./conf other other places on the local disk. In a NOB topology however it is hard to distribute the configuration files and maintain them across brokers especially with a growing or elasticly changing number of brokers.

ActiveMQ already supports reading the xbean configuration from an http;// URL, so it would be very helpful to have a rest service that manages the configuration for all the brokers. 

I started such a service on [github|https://github.com/hzbarcea/activemq-nob] but plan to contribute it to ASF once it's in a decent shape, in a couple of weeks or so.

The service uses the local file system and appropriate conventions to store all the relevant broker configuration resources (e.g. could be generated with ./bin/activemq create <instance> minus certificates probably). I plan to enhance it later to support a git repository for the configuration, so that it's versioned, so that an operator could roll out a new NOB topology, or roll back to the previous configuration.

Feedback appreciated.



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