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[2/2] git commit: [HELIX-319] Plug Riemann server into Helix, config management, first take

[HELIX-319] Plug Riemann server into Helix, config management, first take


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/commit/77f14b4a
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/tree/77f14b4a
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/diff/77f14b4a

Branch: refs/heads/helix-monitoring
Commit: 77f14b4a40d6613de294824f6ae74f4fe9be1a2e
Parents: 2904c83
Author: Kanak Biscuitwala <ka...@apache.org>
Authored: Wed Nov 27 16:20:36 2013 -0800
Committer: Kanak Biscuitwala <ka...@apache.org>
Committed: Mon Dec 2 14:55:42 2013 -0800

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 .../helix/webapp/resources/ClusterResource.java |   3 +-
 .../webapp/resources/ControllerResource.java    |   3 +-
 .../resources/SchedulerTasksResource.java       |   3 +-
 .../tools/TestHelixAdminScenariosRest.java      |   5 +-
 .../org/apache/helix/HelixAutoController.java   |   5 +-
 .../java/org/apache/helix/HelixController.java  |   4 +-
 .../java/org/apache/helix/HelixManager.java     |   3 +-
 .../main/java/org/apache/helix/PropertyKey.java |  26 +-
 .../helix/api/accessor/ClusterAccessor.java     |   5 +-
 .../helix/api/accessor/ControllerAccessor.java  |   4 +-
 .../controller/GenericHelixController.java      |   3 +-
 .../manager/zk/DistributedLeaderElection.java   |  44 +--
 .../manager/zk/HelixConnectionAdaptor.java      |  51 +++-
 .../helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixDataAccessor.java   |   4 +-
 .../apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixManager.java |  38 ++-
 .../helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixAutoController.java |  11 +
 .../helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixController.java     |  40 ++-
 .../helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixLeaderElection.java |  50 ++--
 .../apache/helix/model/HelixConfigScope.java    |  26 +-
 .../java/org/apache/helix/model/Leader.java     |  98 +++++++
 .../org/apache/helix/model/LiveInstance.java    |  19 +-
 .../apache/helix/model/MonitoringConfig.java    |  87 ++++++
 .../model/builder/HelixConfigScopeBuilder.java  |  18 ++
 .../helix/monitoring/MonitoringServer.java      |  61 +++++
 .../helix/monitoring/MonitoringServerOwner.java |  37 +++
 .../DistClusterControllerElection.java          |  49 +---
 .../src/test/java/org/apache/helix/Mocks.java   |  13 +
 .../controller/stages/DummyClusterManager.java  |  13 +
 .../integration/TestDistributedCMMain.java      |   5 +-
 .../TestDistributedClusterController.java       |   5 +-
 .../helix/integration/TestStandAloneCMMain.java |   7 +-
 .../integration/ZkIntegrationTestBase.java      |   4 +-
 .../manager/TestConsecutiveZkSessionExpiry.java |   4 +-
 .../TestDistributedControllerManager.java       |   6 +-
 .../apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkFlapping.java |   3 +-
 .../manager/zk/TestZkHelixAutoController.java   |   3 +-
 .../helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixController.java |   5 +-
 .../helix/participant/MockZKHelixManager.java   |  13 +
 .../participant/TestDistControllerElection.java |  18 +-
 .../apache/helix/tools/TestHelixAdminCli.java   |   9 +-
 helix-monitor-server/.gitignore                 |  11 +
 helix-monitor-server/DISCLAIMER                 |  15 +
 helix-monitor-server/LICENSE                    | 273 +++++++++++++++++++
 helix-monitor-server/NOTICE                     |  30 ++
 helix-monitor-server/pom.xml                    | 113 ++++++++
 helix-monitor-server/src/assemble/assembly.xml  |  60 ++++
 .../src/main/config/log4j.properties            |  31 +++
 .../monitoring/RiemannMonitoringServer.java     | 182 +++++++++++++
 .../src/main/resources/riemann.config           |  36 +++
 helix-monitor-server/src/test/conf/testng.xml   |  27 ++
 .../helix/monitoring/BasicMonitoringTest.java   |  93 +++++++
 pom.xml                                         |   5 +
 52 files changed, 1479 insertions(+), 202 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/ClusterResource.java
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diff --git a/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/ClusterResource.java b/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/ClusterResource.java
index b22d801..86459eb 100644
--- a/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/ClusterResource.java
+++ b/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/ClusterResource.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.HelixException;
 import org.apache.helix.PropertyKey.Builder;
 import org.apache.helix.ZNRecord;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkClient;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterSetup;
 import org.apache.helix.webapp.RestAdminApplication;
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ public class ClusterResource extends ServerResource {
         ClusterRepresentationUtil.getClusterDataAccessor(zkClient, clusterName);
     Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
 
-    LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     if (leader != null) {
       clusterSummayRecord.setSimpleField("LEADER", leader.getInstanceName());
     } else {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/ControllerResource.java
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diff --git a/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/ControllerResource.java b/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/ControllerResource.java
index ea7be42..8e81a08 100644
--- a/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/ControllerResource.java
+++ b/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/ControllerResource.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.ZNRecord;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZKHelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkBaseDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkClient;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterSetup;
 import org.apache.helix.util.StatusUpdateUtil.Level;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ public class ControllerResource extends ServerResource {
         new ZKHelixDataAccessor(clusterName, new ZkBaseDataAccessor<ZNRecord>(zkClient));
 
     ZNRecord record = null;
-    LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     if (leader != null) {
       record = leader.getRecord();
     } else {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/SchedulerTasksResource.java
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diff --git a/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/SchedulerTasksResource.java b/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/SchedulerTasksResource.java
index 5803e98..b48d0cb 100644
--- a/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/SchedulerTasksResource.java
+++ b/helix-admin-webapp/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/webapp/resources/SchedulerTasksResource.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.api.id.MessageId;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.SessionId;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.DefaultSchedulerMessageHandlerFactory;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkClient;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.apache.helix.model.Message;
 import org.apache.helix.model.Message.MessageType;
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public class SchedulerTasksResource extends ServerResource {
       }
       HelixDataAccessor accessor =
           ClusterRepresentationUtil.getClusterDataAccessor(zkClient, clusterName);
-      LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(accessor.keyBuilder().controllerLeader());
+      Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(accessor.keyBuilder().controllerLeader());
       if (leader == null) {
         throw new HelixException("There is no leader for the cluster " + clusterName);
       }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-admin-webapp/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/tools/TestHelixAdminScenariosRest.java
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diff --git a/helix-admin-webapp/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/tools/TestHelixAdminScenariosRest.java b/helix-admin-webapp/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/tools/TestHelixAdminScenariosRest.java
index 6a0e331..e4307d3 100644
--- a/helix-admin-webapp/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/tools/TestHelixAdminScenariosRest.java
+++ b/helix-admin-webapp/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/tools/TestHelixAdminScenariosRest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.integration.manager.MockParticipantManager;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZKUtil;
 import org.apache.helix.model.ExternalView;
 import org.apache.helix.model.IdealState.IdealStateProperty;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier.BestPossAndExtViewZkVerifier;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier.MasterNbInExtViewVerifier;
@@ -778,11 +779,11 @@ public class TestHelixAdminScenariosRest extends AdminTestBase {
 
     // verify leader node
     HelixDataAccessor accessor = distControllers.get("controller_9001").getHelixDataAccessor();
-    LiveInstance controllerLeader = accessor.getProperty(accessor.keyBuilder().controllerLeader());
+    Leader controllerLeader = accessor.getProperty(accessor.keyBuilder().controllerLeader());
     Assert.assertTrue(controllerLeader.getInstanceName().startsWith("controller_900"));
 
     accessor = participants.get("localhost_1232").getHelixDataAccessor();
-    LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(accessor.keyBuilder().controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(accessor.keyBuilder().controllerLeader());
     for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
       if (leader != null) {
         break;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixAutoController.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixAutoController.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixAutoController.java
index 91ec809..fdab2a6 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixAutoController.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixAutoController.java
@@ -20,12 +20,14 @@ package org.apache.helix;
  */
 
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.ControllerId;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServerOwner;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.StateMachineEngine;
 
 /**
  * Autonomous controller
  */
-public interface HelixAutoController extends HelixRole, HelixService, HelixConnectionStateListener {
+public interface HelixAutoController extends HelixRole, HelixService, HelixConnectionStateListener,
+    MonitoringServerOwner {
   /**
    * get controller id
    * @return controller id
@@ -58,5 +60,4 @@ public interface HelixAutoController extends HelixRole, HelixService, HelixConne
    * @return
    */
   boolean isLeader();
-
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixController.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixController.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixController.java
index 9565cfb..098fd96 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixController.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixController.java
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ package org.apache.helix;
  */
 
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.ControllerId;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServerOwner;
 
-public interface HelixController extends HelixRole, HelixService, HelixConnectionStateListener {
+public interface HelixController extends HelixRole, HelixService, HelixConnectionStateListener,
+    MonitoringServerOwner {
 
   /**
    * get controller id

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixManager.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixManager.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixManager.java
index 54e9943..17c94e5 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixManager.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/HelixManager.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.controller.GenericHelixController;
 import org.apache.helix.healthcheck.ParticipantHealthReportCollector;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZKHelixManager;
 import org.apache.helix.model.HelixConfigScope.ConfigScopeProperty;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServerOwner;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.HelixStateMachineEngine;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.StateMachineEngine;
 import org.apache.helix.spectator.RoutingTableProvider;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.store.zk.ZkHelixPropertyStore;
  * @see RoutingTableProvider RoutingTableProvider for spectator
  * @see GenericHelixController RoutingTableProvider for controller
  */
-public interface HelixManager {
+public interface HelixManager extends MonitoringServerOwner {
 
   public static final String ALLOW_PARTICIPANT_AUTO_JOIN =
       ZKHelixManager.ALLOW_PARTICIPANT_AUTO_JOIN;

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/PropertyKey.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/PropertyKey.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/PropertyKey.java
index ebd7a35..4ee3f83 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/PropertyKey.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/PropertyKey.java
@@ -58,9 +58,11 @@ import org.apache.helix.model.HealthStat;
 import org.apache.helix.model.HelixConfigScope.ConfigScopeProperty;
 import org.apache.helix.model.IdealState;
 import org.apache.helix.model.InstanceConfig;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LeaderHistory;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.apache.helix.model.Message;
+import org.apache.helix.model.MonitoringConfig;
 import org.apache.helix.model.PartitionConfiguration;
 import org.apache.helix.model.PauseSignal;
 import org.apache.helix.model.PersistentStats;
@@ -317,13 +319,31 @@ public class PropertyKey {
      * @param constraintType
      * @return {@link PropertyKey}
      */
-
     public PropertyKey constraint(String constraintType) {
       return new PropertyKey(CONFIGS, ClusterConstraints.class, _clusterName,
           ConfigScopeProperty.CONSTRAINT.toString(), constraintType);
     }
 
     /**
+     * Get a property key associated with all {@link MonitoringConfig}
+     * @return {@link PropertyKey}
+     */
+    public PropertyKey monitoringConfigs() {
+      return new PropertyKey(CONFIGS, ConfigScopeProperty.MONITORING, MonitoringConfig.class,
+          _clusterName, ConfigScopeProperty.MONITORING.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a property key associated with a single {@link MonitoringConfig}
+     * @param monitoringConfigName name of the configuration
+     * @return {@link PropertyKey}
+     */
+    public PropertyKey monitoringConfig(String monitoringConfigName) {
+      return new PropertyKey(CONFIGS, ConfigScopeProperty.MONITORING, MonitoringConfig.class,
+          _clusterName, ConfigScopeProperty.MONITORING.toString(), monitoringConfigName);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Get a property key associated with {@link LiveInstance}
      * @return {@link PropertyKey}
      */
@@ -648,11 +668,11 @@ public class PropertyKey {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get a property key associated with a {@link LiveInstance} leader
+     * Get a property key associated with a {@link Leader} leader
      * @return {@link PropertyKey}
      */
     public PropertyKey controllerLeader() {
-      return new PropertyKey(LEADER, LiveInstance.class, _clusterName);
+      return new PropertyKey(LEADER, Leader.class, _clusterName);
     }
 
     /**

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/api/accessor/ClusterAccessor.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/api/accessor/ClusterAccessor.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/api/accessor/ClusterAccessor.java
index b01a3ec..1195ce2 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/api/accessor/ClusterAccessor.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/api/accessor/ClusterAccessor.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.model.CurrentState;
 import org.apache.helix.model.ExternalView;
 import org.apache.helix.model.IdealState;
 import org.apache.helix.model.InstanceConfig;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.apache.helix.model.Message;
 import org.apache.helix.model.PauseSignal;
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ public class ClusterAccessor {
       return false;
     }
 
-    LiveInstance leader = _accessor.getProperty(_keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = _accessor.getProperty(_keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     if (leader != null) {
       LOG.error("Can't drop cluster: " + _clusterId + ", because leader: " + leader.getId()
           + " are running, shutdown leader first.");
@@ -213,7 +214,7 @@ public class ClusterAccessor {
       LOG.error("Cluster is not fully set up");
       return null;
     }
-    LiveInstance leader = _accessor.getProperty(_keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = _accessor.getProperty(_keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
 
     /**
      * map of constraint-type to constraints

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/api/accessor/ControllerAccessor.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/api/accessor/ControllerAccessor.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/api/accessor/ControllerAccessor.java
index 609e458..74328d7 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/api/accessor/ControllerAccessor.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/api/accessor/ControllerAccessor.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.HelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.PropertyKey;
 import org.apache.helix.api.Controller;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.ControllerId;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 
 public class ControllerAccessor {
   private final HelixDataAccessor _accessor;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class ControllerAccessor {
    * @return Controller snapshot, or null
    */
   public Controller readLeader() {
-    LiveInstance leader = _accessor.getProperty(_keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = _accessor.getProperty(_keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     if (leader != null) {
       ControllerId leaderId = ControllerId.from(leader.getId());
       return new Controller(leaderId, leader, true);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/controller/GenericHelixController.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/controller/GenericHelixController.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/controller/GenericHelixController.java
index eec745e..ab51670 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/controller/GenericHelixController.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/controller/GenericHelixController.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.model.ExternalView;
 import org.apache.helix.model.HealthStat;
 import org.apache.helix.model.IdealState;
 import org.apache.helix.model.InstanceConfig;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.apache.helix.model.Message;
 import org.apache.helix.model.PauseSignal;
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ public class GenericHelixController implements ConfigChangeListener, IdealStateC
 
     // double check if this controller is the leader
     Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
-    LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     if (leader == null) {
       logger
           .warn("No controller exists for cluster:" + changeContext.getManager().getClusterName());

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/DistributedLeaderElection.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/DistributedLeaderElection.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/DistributedLeaderElection.java
index 9836020..d4ffd80 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/DistributedLeaderElection.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/DistributedLeaderElection.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.helix.manager.zk;
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.helix.ControllerChangeListener;
@@ -31,9 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.NotificationContext;
 import org.apache.helix.PropertyKey.Builder;
 import org.apache.helix.PropertyType;
 import org.apache.helix.controller.GenericHelixController;
-import org.apache.helix.controller.restlet.ZKPropertyTransferServer;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LeaderHistory;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
@@ -113,46 +110,7 @@ public class DistributedLeaderElection implements ControllerChangeListener {
   }
 
   private boolean tryUpdateController(HelixManager manager) {
-    HelixDataAccessor accessor = manager.getHelixDataAccessor();
-    Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
-
-    LiveInstance leader = new LiveInstance(manager.getInstanceName());
-    try {
-      leader.setLiveInstance(ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getName());
-      leader.setSessionId(manager.getSessionId());
-      leader.setHelixVersion(manager.getVersion());
-      if (ZKPropertyTransferServer.getInstance() != null) {
-        String zkPropertyTransferServiceUrl =
-            ZKPropertyTransferServer.getInstance().getWebserviceUrl();
-        if (zkPropertyTransferServiceUrl != null) {
-          leader.setWebserviceUrl(zkPropertyTransferServiceUrl);
-        }
-      } else {
-        LOG.warn("ZKPropertyTransferServer instnace is null");
-      }
-      boolean success = accessor.createProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader(), leader);
-      if (success) {
-        return true;
-      } else {
-        LOG.info("Unable to become leader probably because some other controller becames the leader");
-      }
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      LOG.error(
-          "Exception when trying to updating leader record in cluster:" + manager.getClusterName()
-              + ". Need to check again whether leader node has been created or not", e);
-    }
-
-    leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
-    if (leader != null) {
-      String leaderSessionId = leader.getTypedSessionId().stringify();
-      LOG.info("Leader exists for cluster: " + manager.getClusterName() + ", currentLeader: "
-          + leader.getInstanceName() + ", leaderSessionId: " + leaderSessionId);
-
-      if (leaderSessionId != null && leaderSessionId.equals(manager.getSessionId())) {
-        return true;
-      }
-    }
-    return false;
+    return ZkHelixLeaderElection.tryBecomingLeader(manager);
   }
 
   private void updateHistory(HelixManager manager) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/HelixConnectionAdaptor.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/HelixConnectionAdaptor.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/HelixConnectionAdaptor.java
index e52427c..65a192a 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/HelixConnectionAdaptor.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/HelixConnectionAdaptor.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.api.id.ParticipantId;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.SessionId;
 import org.apache.helix.healthcheck.ParticipantHealthReportCollector;
 import org.apache.helix.model.HelixConfigScope.ConfigScopeProperty;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServer;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.StateMachineEngine;
 import org.apache.helix.store.zk.ZkHelixPropertyStore;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
@@ -235,8 +236,7 @@ public class HelixConnectionAdaptor implements HelixManager {
       engine = autoController.getStateMachineEngine();
       break;
     default:
-      LOG.info("helix manager type: " + _role.getType()
-          + " does NOT have state-machine-engine");
+      LOG.error("Helix role: " + _role.getType() + " does NOT have state-machine engine");
       break;
     }
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public class HelixConnectionAdaptor implements HelixManager {
       isLeader = autoController.isLeader();
       break;
     default:
-      LOG.info("helix manager type: " + _role.getType() + " does NOT support leadership");
+      LOG.error("Helix role: " + _role.getType() + " does NOT support leadership");
       break;
     }
     return isLeader;
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ public class HelixConnectionAdaptor implements HelixManager {
       autoController.addPreConnectCallback(callback);
       break;
     default:
-      LOG.info("helix manager type: " + _role.getType()
-          + " does NOT support add pre-connect callback");
+      LOG.error("Helix role: " + _role.getType()
+          + " does NOT support adding a pre-connect callback");
       break;
     }
   }
@@ -304,16 +304,51 @@ public class HelixConnectionAdaptor implements HelixManager {
       autoController.setLiveInstanceInfoProvider(liveInstanceInfoProvider);
       break;
     default:
-      LOG.info("helix manager type: " + _role.getType()
-          + " does NOT support set additional live instance information");
+      LOG.error("Helix role: " + _role.getType()
+          + " does NOT support setting additional live instance information");
       break;
     }
   }
 
   @Override
   public void addControllerMessageListener(MessageListener listener) {
-    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+    _connection.addControllerMessageListener(_role, listener, _clusterId);
+  }
 
+  @Override
+  public void registerMonitoringServer(MonitoringServer monitoringServer) {
+    switch (_role.getType()) {
+    case CONTROLLER:
+      HelixController controller = (HelixController) _role;
+      controller.registerMonitoringServer(monitoringServer);
+      break;
+    case CONTROLLER_PARTICIPANT:
+      HelixAutoController autoController = (HelixAutoController) _role;
+      autoController.registerMonitoringServer(monitoringServer);
+      break;
+    default:
+      LOG.error("A non-controller cannot own a monitoring server!");
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public MonitoringServer getMonitoringServer() {
+    MonitoringServer server = null;
+    switch (_role.getType()) {
+    case CONTROLLER:
+      HelixController controller = (HelixController) _role;
+      server = controller.getMonitoringServer();
+      break;
+    case CONTROLLER_PARTICIPANT:
+      HelixAutoController autoController = (HelixAutoController) _role;
+      server = autoController.getMonitoringServer();
+      break;
+    default:
+      LOG.error("Cannot get a monitoring server for a non-controller (" + _role.getType() + ")!");
+      break;
+    }
+    return server;
   }
 
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixDataAccessor.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixDataAccessor.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixDataAccessor.java
index 471530c..f93d7c4 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixDataAccessor.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixDataAccessor.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.ZNRecordUpdater;
 import org.apache.helix.controller.restlet.ZNRecordUpdate;
 import org.apache.helix.controller.restlet.ZNRecordUpdate.OpCode;
 import org.apache.helix.controller.restlet.ZkPropertyTransferClient;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.data.Stat;
 
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ public class ZKHelixDataAccessor implements HelixDataAccessor, ControllerChangeL
 
   void refreshZkPropertyTransferUrl() {
     try {
-      LiveInstance leader = getProperty(keyBuilder().controllerLeader());
+      Leader leader = getProperty(keyBuilder().controllerLeader());
       if (leader != null) {
         _zkPropertyTransferSvcUrl = leader.getWebserviceUrl();
         LOG.info("_zkPropertyTransferSvcUrl : " + _zkPropertyTransferSvcUrl + " Controller "

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixManager.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixManager.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixManager.java
index b71304a..83eba53 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixManager.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZKHelixManager.java
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ import org.apache.helix.CurrentStateChangeListener;
 import org.apache.helix.ExternalViewChangeListener;
 import org.apache.helix.HealthStateChangeListener;
 import org.apache.helix.HelixAdmin;
+import org.apache.helix.HelixConstants.ChangeType;
 import org.apache.helix.HelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.HelixException;
 import org.apache.helix.HelixManager;
 import org.apache.helix.HelixManagerProperties;
 import org.apache.helix.HelixTimerTask;
-import org.apache.helix.HelixConstants.ChangeType;
 import org.apache.helix.IdealStateChangeListener;
 import org.apache.helix.InstanceConfigChangeListener;
 import org.apache.helix.InstanceType;
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ import org.apache.helix.healthcheck.ParticipantHealthReportCollector;
 import org.apache.helix.healthcheck.ParticipantHealthReportCollectorImpl;
 import org.apache.helix.healthcheck.ParticipantHealthReportTask;
 import org.apache.helix.messaging.DefaultMessagingService;
-import org.apache.helix.model.ConfigScope;
 import org.apache.helix.model.HelixConfigScope.ConfigScopeProperty;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
-import org.apache.helix.model.builder.ConfigScopeBuilder;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServer;
 import org.apache.helix.monitoring.ZKPathDataDumpTask;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.HelixStateMachineEngine;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.StateMachineEngine;
 import org.apache.helix.store.zk.ZkHelixPropertyStore;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.apache.zookeeper.Watcher.Event.KeeperState;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.Watcher.Event.EventType;
+import org.apache.zookeeper.Watcher.Event.KeeperState;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeper.States;
 
 public class ZKHelixManager implements HelixManager, IZkStateListener {
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public class ZKHelixManager implements HelixManager, IZkStateListener {
   private ConfigAccessor _configAccessor;
   private ZkHelixPropertyStore<ZNRecord> _helixPropertyStore;
   protected LiveInstanceInfoProvider _liveInstanceInfoProvider = null;
+  private MonitoringServer _monitoringServer;
 
   private volatile String _sessionId;
 
@@ -213,6 +214,8 @@ public class ZKHelixManager implements HelixManager, IZkStateListener {
     _sessionTimeout =
         getSystemPropertyAsInt("zk.session.timeout", ZkClient.DEFAULT_SESSION_TIMEOUT);
 
+    _monitoringServer = null;
+
     /**
      * instance type specific init
      */
@@ -545,6 +548,11 @@ public class ZKHelixManager implements HelixManager, IZkStateListener {
        */
       _messagingService.getExecutor().shutdown();
 
+      // stop monitoring
+      if (_monitoringServer != null && _monitoringServer.isStarted()) {
+        _monitoringServer.stop();
+      }
+
       // TODO reset user defined handlers only
       resetHandlers();
 
@@ -603,7 +611,7 @@ public class ZKHelixManager implements HelixManager, IZkStateListener {
     }
 
     try {
-      LiveInstance leader = _dataAccessor.getProperty(_keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+      Leader leader = _dataAccessor.getProperty(_keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
       if (leader != null) {
         String leaderName = leader.getInstanceName();
         String sessionId = leader.getSessionId();
@@ -859,6 +867,16 @@ public class ZKHelixManager implements HelixManager, IZkStateListener {
     initHandlers(_handlers);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void registerMonitoringServer(MonitoringServer monitoringServer) {
+    _monitoringServer = monitoringServer;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public MonitoringServer getMonitoringServer() {
+    return _monitoringServer;
+  }
+
   void handleNewSessionAsParticipant() throws Exception {
     /**
      * auto-join
@@ -889,6 +907,16 @@ public class ZKHelixManager implements HelixManager, IZkStateListener {
   }
 
   void handleNewSessionAsController() {
+    // get the monitoring service up
+    if (_monitoringServer != null) {
+      if (_monitoringServer.isStarted()) {
+        _monitoringServer.stop();
+      }
+      _monitoringServer.addConfigs(_dataAccessor);
+      _monitoringServer.start();
+    }
+
+    // get the leader election process going
     if (_leaderElectionHandler != null) {
       _leaderElectionHandler.init();
     } else {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixAutoController.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixAutoController.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixAutoController.java
index 136d47e..3967ed9 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixAutoController.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixAutoController.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.api.id.ClusterId;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.ControllerId;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.Id;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.ParticipantId;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServer;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.StateMachineEngine;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -130,4 +131,14 @@ public class ZkHelixAutoController implements HelixAutoController {
     return _controller.isLeader();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void registerMonitoringServer(MonitoringServer server) {
+    _controller.registerMonitoringServer(server);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public MonitoringServer getMonitoringServer() {
+    return _controller.getMonitoringServer();
+  }
+
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixController.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixController.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixController.java
index f116c76..9da59b9 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixController.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixController.java
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ import org.apache.helix.healthcheck.HealthStatsAggregationTask;
 import org.apache.helix.healthcheck.HealthStatsAggregator;
 import org.apache.helix.messaging.DefaultMessagingService;
 import org.apache.helix.messaging.handling.MessageHandlerFactory;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServer;
 import org.apache.helix.monitoring.StatusDumpTask;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -58,8 +59,10 @@ public class ZkHelixController implements HelixController {
   final HelixDataAccessor _accessor;
   final HelixManager _manager;
   final ZkHelixLeaderElection _leaderElection;
+  MonitoringServer _monitoringServer;
 
-  public ZkHelixController(ZkHelixConnection connection, ClusterId clusterId, ControllerId controllerId) {
+  public ZkHelixController(ZkHelixConnection connection, ClusterId clusterId,
+      ControllerId controllerId) {
     _connection = connection;
     _clusterId = clusterId;
     _controllerId = controllerId;
@@ -75,6 +78,8 @@ public class ZkHelixController implements HelixController {
 
     _timerTasks.add(new HealthStatsAggregationTask(new HealthStatsAggregator(_manager)));
     _timerTasks.add(new StatusDumpTask(clusterId, _manager.getHelixDataAccessor()));
+
+    _monitoringServer = null;
   }
 
   void startTimerTasks() {
@@ -113,6 +118,11 @@ public class ZkHelixController implements HelixController {
      */
     _connection.resetHandlers(this);
 
+    // stop the monitoring service if it's running
+    if (_monitoringServer != null && _monitoringServer.isStarted()) {
+      _monitoringServer.stop();
+    }
+
   }
 
   void init() {
@@ -125,6 +135,14 @@ public class ZkHelixController implements HelixController {
     }
 
     /**
+     * start the monitoring service if it exists; this must happen before leader election
+     */
+    if (_monitoringServer != null) {
+      _monitoringServer.addConfigs(_accessor);
+      _monitoringServer.start();
+    }
+
+    /**
      * leader-election listener should be reset/init before all other controller listeners;
      * it's ok to add a listener multiple times, since we check existence in
      * ZkHelixConnection#addXXXListner()
@@ -180,7 +198,7 @@ public class ZkHelixController implements HelixController {
   public boolean isLeader() {
     PropertyKey.Builder keyBuilder = _accessor.keyBuilder();
     try {
-      LiveInstance leader = _accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+      Leader leader = _accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
       if (leader != null) {
         String leaderName = leader.getInstanceName();
         String sessionId = leader.getSessionId();
@@ -195,13 +213,22 @@ public class ZkHelixController implements HelixController {
     return false;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void registerMonitoringServer(MonitoringServer server) {
+    _monitoringServer = server;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public MonitoringServer getMonitoringServer() {
+    return _monitoringServer;
+  }
+
   void addListenersToController(GenericHelixController pipeline) {
     try {
       /**
        * setup controller message listener and register message handlers
        */
-      _connection.addControllerMessageListener(this, _messagingService.getExecutor(),
-          _clusterId);
+      _connection.addControllerMessageListener(this, _messagingService.getExecutor(), _clusterId);
       MessageHandlerFactory defaultControllerMsgHandlerFactory =
           new DefaultControllerMessageHandlerFactory();
       _messagingService.getExecutor().registerMessageHandlerFactory(
@@ -224,8 +251,7 @@ public class ZkHelixController implements HelixController {
       _connection.addIdealStateChangeListener(this, pipeline, _clusterId);
       _connection.addControllerListener(this, pipeline, _clusterId);
     } catch (ZkInterruptedException e) {
-      LOG.warn("zk connection is interrupted during addListenersToController()"
-          + e);
+      LOG.warn("zk connection is interrupted during addListenersToController()", e);
     } catch (Exception e) {
       LOG.error("Error addListenersToController", e);
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixLeaderElection.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixLeaderElection.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixLeaderElection.java
index 77da158..3c5b3db 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixLeaderElection.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/ZkHelixLeaderElection.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ package org.apache.helix.manager.zk;
 import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
 
 import org.apache.helix.ControllerChangeListener;
-import org.apache.helix.HelixConnection;
-import org.apache.helix.HelixController;
 import org.apache.helix.HelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.HelixManager;
 import org.apache.helix.InstanceType;
@@ -34,8 +32,9 @@ import org.apache.helix.api.id.ClusterId;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.ControllerId;
 import org.apache.helix.controller.GenericHelixController;
 import org.apache.helix.controller.restlet.ZKPropertyTransferServer;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LeaderHistory;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServer;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 // TODO GenericHelixController has a controller-listener, we can invoke leader-election from there
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ public class ZkHelixLeaderElection implements ControllerChangeListener {
           || changeContext.getType().equals(NotificationContext.Type.CALLBACK)) {
         LOG.info(_controllerId + " is trying to acquire leadership for cluster: " + _clusterId);
 
-
         while (accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader()) == null) {
           boolean success = tryUpdateController(_manager);
           if (success) {
@@ -123,10 +121,31 @@ public class ZkHelixLeaderElection implements ControllerChangeListener {
   }
 
   private boolean tryUpdateController(HelixManager manager) {
+    return tryBecomingLeader(manager);
+  }
+
+  private void updateHistory(HelixManager manager) {
+    HelixDataAccessor accessor = manager.getHelixDataAccessor();
+    PropertyKey.Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
+
+    LeaderHistory history = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeaderHistory());
+    if (history == null) {
+      history = new LeaderHistory(PropertyType.HISTORY.toString());
+    }
+    history.updateHistory(manager.getClusterName(), manager.getInstanceName());
+    accessor.setProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeaderHistory(), history);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Try to make this controller the leader
+   * @param manager HelixManager connection for the controller
+   * @return true if the controller is the leader, false otherwise
+   */
+  public static boolean tryBecomingLeader(HelixManager manager) {
     HelixDataAccessor accessor = manager.getHelixDataAccessor();
     PropertyKey.Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
 
-    LiveInstance leader = new LiveInstance(manager.getInstanceName());
+    Leader leader = new Leader(ControllerId.from(manager.getInstanceName()));
     try {
       leader.setLiveInstance(ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getName());
       leader.setSessionId(manager.getSessionId());
@@ -138,13 +157,18 @@ public class ZkHelixLeaderElection implements ControllerChangeListener {
           leader.setWebserviceUrl(zkPropertyTransferServiceUrl);
         }
       } else {
-        LOG.warn("ZKPropertyTransferServer instnace is null");
+        LOG.warn("ZKPropertyTransferServer instance is null");
+      }
+      MonitoringServer server = manager.getMonitoringServer();
+      if (server != null) {
+        leader.setMonitoringHost(server.getHost());
+        leader.setMonitoringPort(server.getPort());
       }
       boolean success = accessor.createProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader(), leader);
       if (success) {
         return true;
       } else {
-        LOG.info("Unable to become leader probably because some other controller becames the leader");
+        LOG.info("Unable to become leader probably because some other controller became the leader");
       }
     } catch (Exception e) {
       LOG.error(
@@ -164,16 +188,4 @@ public class ZkHelixLeaderElection implements ControllerChangeListener {
     }
     return false;
   }
-
-  private void updateHistory(HelixManager manager) {
-    HelixDataAccessor accessor = manager.getHelixDataAccessor();
-    PropertyKey.Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
-
-    LeaderHistory history = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeaderHistory());
-    if (history == null) {
-      history = new LeaderHistory(PropertyType.HISTORY.toString());
-    }
-    history.updateHistory(manager.getClusterName(), manager.getInstanceName());
-    accessor.setProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeaderHistory(), history);
-  }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/HelixConfigScope.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/HelixConfigScope.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/HelixConfigScope.java
index 95c9848..40d5671 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/HelixConfigScope.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/HelixConfigScope.java
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ public class HelixConfigScope {
     PARTICIPANT(2, 0),
     RESOURCE(2, 0),
     PARTITION(2, 1),
-    CONSTRAINT(2, 0);
+    CONSTRAINT(2, 0),
+    MONITORING(2, 0);
 
     final int _zkPathArgNum;
     final int _mapKeyArgNum;
@@ -77,11 +78,14 @@ public class HelixConfigScope {
         "/{clusterName}/CONFIGS/RESOURCE/{resourceName}");
     template.addEntry(ConfigScopeProperty.PARTITION, 2,
         "/{clusterName}/CONFIGS/RESOURCE/{resourceName}");
+    template.addEntry(ConfigScopeProperty.MONITORING, 2,
+        "/{clusterName}/CONFIGS/MONITORING/{configName}");
 
     // get children
     template.addEntry(ConfigScopeProperty.CLUSTER, 1, "/{clusterName}/CONFIGS/CLUSTER");
     template.addEntry(ConfigScopeProperty.PARTICIPANT, 1, "/{clusterName}/CONFIGS/PARTICIPANT");
     template.addEntry(ConfigScopeProperty.RESOURCE, 1, "/{clusterName}/CONFIGS/RESOURCE");
+    template.addEntry(ConfigScopeProperty.MONITORING, 1, "/{clusterName}/CONFIGS/MONITORING");
   }
 
   final ConfigScopeProperty _type;
@@ -92,6 +96,11 @@ public class HelixConfigScope {
    */
   final String _participantName;
 
+  /**
+   * this is the monitoring config name if type is MONITORING, or null otherwise
+   */
+  final String _monitoringConfigName;
+
   final String _resourceName;
 
   final String _zkPath;
@@ -140,6 +149,13 @@ public class HelixConfigScope {
       _resourceName = null;
     }
 
+    // init monitoring config name
+    if (type == ConfigScopeProperty.MONITORING && _isFullKey) {
+      _monitoringConfigName = zkPathKeys.get(1);
+    } else {
+      _monitoringConfigName = null;
+    }
+
     _zkPath = template.instantiate(type, zkPathKeys.toArray(new String[0]));
     _mapKey = mapKey;
   }
@@ -177,6 +193,14 @@ public class HelixConfigScope {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Get the monitoring config name if it exists
+   * @return the monitoring config name if the type is MONITORING, or null
+   */
+  public String getMonitoringConfigName() {
+    return _monitoringConfigName;
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Get the path to the corresponding ZNode
    * @return a Zookeeper path
    */

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/Leader.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/Leader.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/Leader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1aaf465
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/Leader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package org.apache.helix.model;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.helix.ZNRecord;
+import org.apache.helix.api.id.ControllerId;
+
+/**
+ * A special live instance that represents the leader controller
+ */
+public class Leader extends LiveInstance {
+  public enum LeaderProperty {
+    ZKPROPERTYTRANSFERURL,
+    MONITORING_HOST,
+    MONITORING_PORT
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Instantiate with a controller identifier
+   * @param controllerId typed controller identifier
+   */
+  public Leader(ControllerId controllerId) {
+    super(controllerId.toString());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Instantiate with a pre-populated record
+   * @param record ZNRecord corresponding to a live instance
+   */
+  public Leader(ZNRecord record) {
+    super(record);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a web service URL where ZK properties can be transferred to
+   * @return a fully-qualified URL
+   */
+  public String getWebserviceUrl() {
+    return _record.getSimpleField(LeaderProperty.ZKPROPERTYTRANSFERURL.toString());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set a web service URL where ZK properties can be transferred to
+   * @param url a fully-qualified URL
+   */
+  public void setWebserviceUrl(String url) {
+    _record.setSimpleField(LeaderProperty.ZKPROPERTYTRANSFERURL.toString(), url);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the monitoring port attached to this instance
+   * @return port, or -1
+   */
+  public int getMonitoringPort() {
+    return _record.getIntField(LeaderProperty.MONITORING_PORT.toString(), -1);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the monitoring port attached to this instance
+   * @param port the port to contact for monitoring
+   */
+  public void setMonitoringPort(int port) {
+    _record.setIntField(LeaderProperty.MONITORING_PORT.toString(), port);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the monitoring host attached to this instance
+   * @return host, or null
+   */
+  public String getMonitoringHost() {
+    return _record.getSimpleField(LeaderProperty.MONITORING_HOST.toString());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the monitoring host attached to this instance
+   * @param host the host to contact for monitoring
+   */
+  public void setMonitoringHost(String host) {
+    _record.setSimpleField(LeaderProperty.MONITORING_HOST.toString(), host);
+  }
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/LiveInstance.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/LiveInstance.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/LiveInstance.java
index e9348ec..8f919fb 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/LiveInstance.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/LiveInstance.java
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ public class LiveInstance extends HelixProperty {
   public enum LiveInstanceProperty {
     SESSION_ID,
     HELIX_VERSION,
-    LIVE_INSTANCE,
-    ZKPROPERTYTRANSFERURL
+    LIVE_INSTANCE
   }
 
   private static final Logger _logger = Logger.getLogger(LiveInstance.class.getName());
@@ -163,22 +162,6 @@ public class LiveInstance extends HelixProperty {
     return _record.getModifiedTime();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Get a web service URL where ZK properties can be transferred to
-   * @return a fully-qualified URL
-   */
-  public String getWebserviceUrl() {
-    return _record.getSimpleField(LiveInstanceProperty.ZKPROPERTYTRANSFERURL.toString());
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set a web service URL where ZK properties can be transferred to
-   * @param url a fully-qualified URL
-   */
-  public void setWebserviceUrl(String url) {
-    _record.setSimpleField(LiveInstanceProperty.ZKPROPERTYTRANSFERURL.toString(), url);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public boolean isValid() {
     if (getTypedSessionId() == null) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/MonitoringConfig.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/MonitoringConfig.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/MonitoringConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e95b545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/MonitoringConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package org.apache.helix.model;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.helix.HelixProperty;
+import org.apache.helix.ZNRecord;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper for a monitoring config file
+ */
+public class MonitoringConfig extends HelixProperty {
+  private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(MonitoringConfig.class);
+
+  /**
+   * Properties describing the config
+   */
+  public enum MonitoringConfigProperty {
+    CONFIG_FILE
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Instantiate from a record
+   * @param record populated ZNRecord
+   */
+  public MonitoringConfig(ZNRecord record) {
+    super(record);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create an empty config with a name
+   * @param configName the name, will map to a file name
+   */
+  public MonitoringConfig(String configName) {
+    super(configName);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the config from an input stream
+   * @param is an open InputStream
+   */
+  public void setConfig(InputStream is) {
+    try {
+      String config = IOUtils.toString(is);
+      setConfig(config);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      LOG.error("Could not persist the monitoring config!");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the config from a String
+   * @param config a String containing the entire config
+   */
+  public void setConfig(String config) {
+    _record.setSimpleField(MonitoringConfigProperty.CONFIG_FILE.toString(), config);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the config
+   * @return String containing the config
+   */
+  public String getConfig() {
+    return _record.getSimpleField(MonitoringConfigProperty.CONFIG_FILE.toString());
+  }
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/builder/HelixConfigScopeBuilder.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/builder/HelixConfigScopeBuilder.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/builder/HelixConfigScopeBuilder.java
index d65ffd3..87cabcf 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/builder/HelixConfigScopeBuilder.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/model/builder/HelixConfigScopeBuilder.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ public class HelixConfigScopeBuilder {
   private String _participantName;
   private String _resourceName;
   private String _partitionName;
+  private String _monitoringConfigName;
 
   public HelixConfigScopeBuilder(ConfigScopeProperty type, String... keys) {
     int argNum = type.getZkPathArgNum() + type.getMapKeyArgNum();
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ public class HelixConfigScopeBuilder {
         _partitionName = keys[2];
       }
       break;
+    case MONITORING:
+      if (keys.length > 1) {
+        _monitoringConfigName = keys[1];
+      }
+      break;
     default:
       break;
     }
@@ -93,6 +99,11 @@ public class HelixConfigScopeBuilder {
     return this;
   }
 
+  public HelixConfigScopeBuilder forMonitoringConfig(String monitoringConfigName) {
+    _participantName = monitoringConfigName;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   public HelixConfigScope build() {
     HelixConfigScope scope = null;
     switch (_type) {
@@ -121,6 +132,13 @@ public class HelixConfigScopeBuilder {
             new HelixConfigScope(_type, Arrays.asList(_clusterName, _resourceName), _partitionName);
       }
       break;
+    case MONITORING:
+      if (_monitoringConfigName == null) {
+        scope = new HelixConfigScope(_type, Arrays.asList(_clusterName), null);
+      } else {
+        scope = new HelixConfigScope(_type, Arrays.asList(_clusterName, _monitoringConfigName), null);
+      }
+      break;
     default:
       break;
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/monitoring/MonitoringServer.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/monitoring/MonitoringServer.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/monitoring/MonitoringServer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3168bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/monitoring/MonitoringServer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package org.apache.helix.monitoring;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+import org.apache.helix.HelixDataAccessor;
+
+/**
+ * Generic interface for a monitoring service that should be attached to a controller.
+ */
+public interface MonitoringServer {
+  /**
+   * Start the monitoring service synchronously
+   */
+  public void start();
+
+  /**
+   * Stop the monitoring service synchronously
+   */
+  public void stop();
+
+  /**
+   * Add a collection of configuration files
+   * @param accessor HelixDataAccessor that can reach Helix's backing store
+   */
+  public void addConfigs(HelixDataAccessor accessor);
+
+  /**
+   * Check if the service has been started
+   * @return true if started, false otherwise
+   */
+  public boolean isStarted();
+
+  /**
+   * Get the host of the service
+   * @return String hostname
+   */
+  public String getHost();
+
+  /**
+   * Get the port of the service
+   * @return integer port
+   */
+  public int getPort();
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/monitoring/MonitoringServerOwner.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/monitoring/MonitoringServerOwner.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/monitoring/MonitoringServerOwner.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e00c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/monitoring/MonitoringServerOwner.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package org.apache.helix.monitoring;
+
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Interface to implement for Helix components that can manage a monitoring server
+ */
+public interface MonitoringServerOwner {
+  /**
+   * Attach a monitoring server to this controller
+   * @param server MonitoringServer implementation
+   */
+  void registerMonitoringServer(MonitoringServer server);
+
+  /**
+   * Get the monitoring service, if any, registered with this connection
+   * @return a MonitoringService, or null if none
+   */
+  MonitoringServer getMonitoringServer();
+}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/participant/DistClusterControllerElection.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/participant/DistClusterControllerElection.java b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/participant/DistClusterControllerElection.java
index 0e8c6fd..d76e874 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/participant/DistClusterControllerElection.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/main/java/org/apache/helix/participant/DistClusterControllerElection.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ package org.apache.helix.participant;
  * under the License.
  */
 
-import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
-
 import org.apache.helix.ControllerChangeListener;
 import org.apache.helix.HelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.HelixManager;
@@ -31,9 +29,8 @@ import org.apache.helix.PropertyKey.Builder;
 import org.apache.helix.PropertyType;
 import org.apache.helix.controller.GenericHelixController;
 import org.apache.helix.controller.HelixControllerMain;
-import org.apache.helix.controller.restlet.ZKPropertyTransferServer;
+import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkHelixLeaderElection;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LeaderHistory;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
 // TODO: merge with GenericHelixController
@@ -108,49 +105,7 @@ public class DistClusterControllerElection implements ControllerChangeListener {
   }
 
   private boolean tryUpdateController(HelixManager manager) {
-    // DataAccessor dataAccessor = manager.getDataAccessor();
-    HelixDataAccessor accessor = manager.getHelixDataAccessor();
-    Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
-
-    LiveInstance leader = new LiveInstance(manager.getInstanceName());
-    try {
-      leader.setLiveInstance(ManagementFactory.getRuntimeMXBean().getName());
-      // TODO: this session id is not the leader's session id in
-      // distributed mode
-      leader.setSessionId(manager.getSessionId());
-      leader.setHelixVersion(manager.getVersion());
-      if (ZKPropertyTransferServer.getInstance() != null) {
-        String zkPropertyTransferServiceUrl =
-            ZKPropertyTransferServer.getInstance().getWebserviceUrl();
-        if (zkPropertyTransferServiceUrl != null) {
-          leader.setWebserviceUrl(zkPropertyTransferServiceUrl);
-        }
-      } else {
-        LOG.warn("ZKPropertyTransferServer instnace is null");
-      }
-      boolean success = accessor.createProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader(), leader);
-      if (success) {
-        return true;
-      } else {
-        LOG.info("Unable to become leader probably because some other controller becames the leader");
-      }
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      LOG.error(
-          "Exception when trying to updating leader record in cluster:" + manager.getClusterName()
-              + ". Need to check again whether leader node has been created or not", e);
-    }
-
-    leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
-    if (leader != null) {
-      String leaderSessionId = leader.getTypedSessionId().stringify();
-      LOG.info("Leader exists for cluster: " + manager.getClusterName() + ", currentLeader: "
-          + leader.getInstanceName() + ", leaderSessionId: " + leaderSessionId);
-
-      if (leaderSessionId != null && leaderSessionId.equals(manager.getSessionId())) {
-        return true;
-      }
-    }
-    return false;
+    return ZkHelixLeaderElection.tryBecomingLeader(manager);
   }
 
   private void updateHistory(HelixManager manager) {

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/Mocks.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/Mocks.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/Mocks.java
index 919eb00..87d4e68 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/Mocks.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/Mocks.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.messaging.handling.MessageHandlerFactory;
 import org.apache.helix.messaging.handling.MessageTask;
 import org.apache.helix.model.HelixConfigScope.ConfigScopeProperty;
 import org.apache.helix.model.Message;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServer;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.StateMachineEngine;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.statemachine.StateModel;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.statemachine.StateModelInfo;
@@ -478,6 +479,18 @@ public class Mocks {
 
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void registerMonitoringServer(MonitoringServer monitoringServer) {
+      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MonitoringServer getMonitoringServer() {
+      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+      return null;
+    }
+
   }
 
   public static class MockAccessor implements HelixDataAccessor // DataAccessor

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/controller/stages/DummyClusterManager.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/controller/stages/DummyClusterManager.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/controller/stages/DummyClusterManager.java
index fc9b7d5..e07f0b5 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/controller/stages/DummyClusterManager.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/controller/stages/DummyClusterManager.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.ScopedConfigChangeListener;
 import org.apache.helix.ZNRecord;
 import org.apache.helix.healthcheck.ParticipantHealthReportCollector;
 import org.apache.helix.model.HelixConfigScope.ConfigScopeProperty;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServer;
 import org.apache.helix.participant.StateMachineEngine;
 import org.apache.helix.store.zk.ZkHelixPropertyStore;
 
@@ -260,4 +261,16 @@ public class DummyClusterManager implements HelixManager {
     // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public void registerMonitoringServer(MonitoringServer monitoringServer) {
+    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public MonitoringServer getMonitoringServer() {
+    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+    return null;
+  }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestDistributedCMMain.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestDistributedCMMain.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestDistributedCMMain.java
index 8135191..e29e73f 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestDistributedCMMain.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestDistributedCMMain.java
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import org.apache.helix.PropertyKey.Builder;
 import org.apache.helix.TestHelper;
 import org.apache.helix.ZNRecord;
-import org.apache.helix.controller.HelixControllerMain;
 import org.apache.helix.integration.manager.ClusterDistributedController;
 import org.apache.helix.integration.manager.MockParticipantManager;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZKHelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkBaseDataAccessor;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterSetup;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier.BestPossAndExtViewZkVerifier;
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ public class TestDistributedCMMain extends ZkIntegrationTestBase {
     ZKHelixDataAccessor accessor = new ZKHelixDataAccessor(controllerClusterName, baseAccessor);
     Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
     for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-      LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+      Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
       String leaderName = leader.getId();
       int j = Integer.parseInt(leaderName.substring(leaderName.lastIndexOf('_') + 1));
       controllers[j].syncStop();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestDistributedClusterController.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestDistributedClusterController.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestDistributedClusterController.java
index f3def23..c073c44 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestDistributedClusterController.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestDistributedClusterController.java
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import org.apache.helix.PropertyKey.Builder;
 import org.apache.helix.TestHelper;
 import org.apache.helix.ZNRecord;
-import org.apache.helix.controller.HelixControllerMain;
 import org.apache.helix.integration.manager.ClusterDistributedController;
 import org.apache.helix.integration.manager.MockParticipantManager;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZKHelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkBaseDataAccessor;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier.BestPossAndExtViewZkVerifier;
 import org.testng.Assert;
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ public class TestDistributedClusterController extends ZkIntegrationTestBase {
     ZkBaseDataAccessor<ZNRecord> baseAccessor = new ZkBaseDataAccessor<ZNRecord>(_gZkClient);
     ZKHelixDataAccessor accessor = new ZKHelixDataAccessor(controllerClusterName, baseAccessor);
     Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
-    LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     String leaderName = leader.getId();
     int j = Integer.parseInt(leaderName.substring(leaderName.lastIndexOf('_') + 1));
     controllers[j].syncStop();

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestStandAloneCMMain.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestStandAloneCMMain.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestStandAloneCMMain.java
index 6eb7a8c..5ea912e 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestStandAloneCMMain.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/TestStandAloneCMMain.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.ZNRecord;
 import org.apache.helix.integration.manager.ClusterControllerManager;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZKHelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkBaseDataAccessor;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.testng.Assert;
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ public class TestStandAloneCMMain extends ZkStandAloneCMTestBase {
     ClusterControllerManager newController = null;
     for (int i = 1; i <= 2; i++) {
       String controllerName = "controller_" + i;
-      newController =
-          new ClusterControllerManager(ZK_ADDR, CLUSTER_NAME, controllerName);
+      newController = new ClusterControllerManager(ZK_ADDR, CLUSTER_NAME, controllerName);
       newController.syncStart();
     }
 
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ public class TestStandAloneCMMain extends ZkStandAloneCMTestBase {
 
       @Override
       public boolean verify() throws Exception {
-        LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+        Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
         if (leader == null) {
           return false;
         }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/ZkIntegrationTestBase.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/ZkIntegrationTestBase.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/ZkIntegrationTestBase.java
index 9188e61..65d6597 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/ZkIntegrationTestBase.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/ZkIntegrationTestBase.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZNRecordSerializer;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkBaseDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkClient;
 import org.apache.helix.model.ConfigScope;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.builder.ConfigScopeBuilder;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterSetup;
 import org.apache.helix.util.ZKClientPool;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class ZkIntegrationTestBase {
         new ZKHelixDataAccessor(clusterName, new ZkBaseDataAccessor<ZNRecord>(zkClient));
     Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
 
-    LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     if (leader == null) {
       return null;
     }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/manager/TestConsecutiveZkSessionExpiry.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/manager/TestConsecutiveZkSessionExpiry.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/manager/TestConsecutiveZkSessionExpiry.java
index 8625c0c..af427f7 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/manager/TestConsecutiveZkSessionExpiry.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/manager/TestConsecutiveZkSessionExpiry.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.CallbackHandler;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZKHelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkBaseDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.mock.participant.MockMSModelFactory;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier.BestPossAndExtViewZkVerifier;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class TestConsecutiveZkSessionExpiry extends ZkUnitTestBase {
         new ZKHelixDataAccessor(clusterName, new ZkBaseDataAccessor<ZNRecord>(_gZkClient));
     PropertyKey.Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
     Assert.assertNotNull(accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.liveInstance("localhost_12918")));
-    LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     Assert.assertNotNull(leader);
     Assert.assertEquals(leader.getId(), "localhost_12919");
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/manager/TestDistributedControllerManager.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/manager/TestDistributedControllerManager.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/manager/TestDistributedControllerManager.java
index aa00a8d..6ddfac8 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/manager/TestDistributedControllerManager.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/integration/manager/TestDistributedControllerManager.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZKHelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZKHelixManager;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkBaseDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.mock.participant.MockMSModelFactory;
-import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier;
 import org.apache.helix.tools.ClusterStateVerifier.BestPossAndExtViewZkVerifier;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class TestDistributedControllerManager extends ZkIntegrationTestBase {
         new ZKHelixDataAccessor(clusterName, new ZkBaseDataAccessor<ZNRecord>(_gZkClient));
     PropertyKey.Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
     Assert.assertNull(accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.liveInstance("localhost_12918")));
-    LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     Assert.assertNotNull(leader);
     Assert.assertEquals(leader.getId(), "localhost_12919");
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class TestDistributedControllerManager extends ZkIntegrationTestBase {
     PropertyKey.Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
     Assert.assertNotNull(accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.liveInstance(expireController
         .getInstanceName())));
-    LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     Assert.assertNotNull(leader);
     Assert.assertEquals(leader.getId(), newController.getInstanceName());
 

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkFlapping.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkFlapping.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkFlapping.java
index 79c74f5..f84c372 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkFlapping.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkFlapping.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.ZkTestHelper;
 import org.apache.helix.ZkUnitTestBase;
 import org.apache.helix.integration.manager.ClusterControllerManager;
 import org.apache.helix.integration.manager.MockParticipantManager;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.apache.zookeeper.Watcher.Event.KeeperState;
 import org.testng.Assert;
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ public class TestZkFlapping extends ZkUnitTestBase {
 
       @Override
       public boolean verify() throws Exception {
-        LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+        Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
         return leader == null;
       }
     }, 5 * 1000);

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixAutoController.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixAutoController.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixAutoController.java
index 28b1477..438ebd4 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixAutoController.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixAutoController.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.ZNRecord;
 import org.apache.helix.ZkUnitTestBase;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.ClusterId;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.ControllerId;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ public class TestZkHelixAutoController extends ZkUnitTestBase {
 
       @Override
       public boolean verify() throws Exception {
-        LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+        Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
         if (leader == null) {
           return false;
         }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixController.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixController.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixController.java
index 0127edb..d823ae0 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixController.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/manager/zk/TestZkHelixController.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.ZNRecord;
 import org.apache.helix.ZkUnitTestBase;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.ClusterId;
 import org.apache.helix.api.id.ControllerId;
+import org.apache.helix.model.Leader;
 import org.apache.helix.model.LiveInstance;
 import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ public class TestZkHelixController extends ZkUnitTestBase {
     // check leader znode exists
     HelixDataAccessor accessor = connection.createDataAccessor(clusterId);
     PropertyKey.Builder keyBuilder = accessor.keyBuilder();
-    LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+    Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
     Assert.assertNotNull(leader);
     Assert.assertEquals(leader.getInstanceName(), controllerId.stringify());
 
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ public class TestZkHelixController extends ZkUnitTestBase {
 
       @Override
       public boolean verify() throws Exception {
-        LiveInstance leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
+        Leader leader = accessor.getProperty(keyBuilder.controllerLeader());
         if (leader == null) {
           return false;
         }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-helix/blob/77f14b4a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/participant/MockZKHelixManager.java
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diff --git a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/participant/MockZKHelixManager.java b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/participant/MockZKHelixManager.java
index d97b22a..0b8395e 100644
--- a/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/participant/MockZKHelixManager.java
+++ b/helix-core/src/test/java/org/apache/helix/participant/MockZKHelixManager.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZKHelixDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkBaseDataAccessor;
 import org.apache.helix.manager.zk.ZkClient;
 import org.apache.helix.model.HelixConfigScope.ConfigScopeProperty;
+import org.apache.helix.monitoring.MonitoringServer;
 import org.apache.helix.store.zk.ZkHelixPropertyStore;
 
 public class MockZKHelixManager implements HelixManager {
@@ -267,4 +268,16 @@ public class MockZKHelixManager implements HelixManager {
 
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void registerMonitoringServer(MonitoringServer monitoringServer) {
+    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public MonitoringServer getMonitoringServer() {
+    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+    return null;
+  }
+
 }