Apache Geode

Tutorial—Performing Common Tasks with gfsh

This topic takes you through a typical sequence of tasks that you execute after starting gfsh.

Step 1: Create a scratch working directory and change to that directory. For example:

$ mkdir gfsh_tutorial
$ cd gfsh_tutorial

Step 1: Start a gfsh prompt.

$ gfsh
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gfsh>

See Starting gfsh for details.

Step 2: Start up a locator. Enter the following command:

gfsh>start locator --name=locator1

The following output appears:

gfsh>start locator --name=locator1
.....
Locator in /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/locator1 on 192.0.2.0[10334]
as locator1 is currently online.
Process ID: 67666
Uptime: 6 seconds
Geode Version: 1.13
Java Version: 1.8.0_121
Log File: /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/locator1.log
JVM Arguments: -Dgemfire.enable-cluster-configuration=true
 -Dgemfire.load-cluster-configuration-from-dir=false
 -Dgemfire.launcher.registerSignalHandlers=true
 -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=9223372036854775806
Class-Path: /home/username/geode/geode-assembly/build/install/apache-geode/lib
/geode-core-1.2.0.jar:/home/username/geode/geode-assembly/build/install/apache-geode
/lib/geode-dependencies.jar

Successfully connected to: JMX Manager [host=192.0.2.0, port=1099]

Cluster configuration service is up and running.

If you run start locator from gfsh without specifying the member name, gfsh will automatically pick a random member name. This is useful for automation.

In your file system, examine the folder location where you executed gfsh. Notice that the start locator command has automatically created a working directory (using the name of the locator), and within that working directory, it has created a log file, a status file, and a .pid (containing the locator’s process ID) for this locator.

In addition, because no other JMX Manager exists yet, notice that gfsh has automatically started an embedded JMX Manager on port 1099 within the locator and has connected you to that JMX Manager.

Step 3: Examine the existing gfsh connection.

In the current shell, type the following command:

gfsh>describe connection

If you are connected to the JMX Manager started within the locator that you started in Step 2, the following output appears:

gfsh>describe connection
Connection Endpoints
--------------------
ubuntu.local[1099]

Notice that the JMX Manager is on 1099 whereas the locator was assigned the default port of 10334.

Step 4: Connect to the same locator/JMX Manager from a different terminal.

This step shows you how to connect to a locator/JMX Manager. Open a second terminal window, and start a second gfsh prompt. Type the same command as you did in Step 3 in the second prompt:

gfsh>describe connection

This time, notice that you are not connected to a JMX Manager, and the following output appears:

gfsh>describe connection
Connection Endpoints
--------------------
Not connected

Type the following command in the second gfsh terminal:

gfsh>connect

The command will connect you to the currently running local locator that you started in Step 2.

gfsh>connect
Connecting to Locator at [host=localhost, port=10334] ..
Connecting to Manager at [host=ubuntu.local, port=1099] ..
Successfully connected to: [host=ubuntu.local, port=1099]

Note that if you had used a custom --port when starting your locator, or you were connecting from the gfsh prompt on another member, you would also need to specify --locator=hostname[port] when connecting to the cluster. For example (type disconnect first if you want to try this next command):

gfsh>connect --locator=localhost[10334]
Connecting to Locator at [host=localhost, port=10334] ..
Connecting to Manager at [host=ubuntu.local, port=1099] ..
Successfully connected to: [host=ubuntu.local, port=1099]

Another way to connect gfsh to the cluster would be to connect to directly to the JMX Manager running inside the locator. For example (type disconnect first if you want to try this next command):

gfsh>connect --jmx-manager=localhost[1099]
Connecting to Manager at [host=localhost, port=1099] ..
Successfully connected to: [host=localhost, port=1099]

In addition, you can connect to remote clusters over HTTP. See Using gfsh to Manage a Remote Cluster Over HTTP or HTTPS.

Step 5: Disconnect and close the second terminal window. Type the following commands to disconnect and exit the second gfsh prompt:

gfsh>disconnect
Disconnecting from: localhost[1099]
Disconnected from : localhost[1099]
gfsh>exit

Close the second terminal window.

Step 6: Start up a server. Return to your first terminal window, and start up a cache server that uses the locator you started in Step 2. Type the following command:

gfsh>start server --name=server1 --locators=localhost[10334]

If the server starts successfully, the following output appears:

gfsh>start server --name=server1 --locators=localhost[10334]
Starting a Geode Server in /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server1/server1.log...
...
Server in /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server1 on 192.0.2.0[40404] as server1
is currently online.
Process ID: 68375
Uptime: 4 seconds
Geode Version: 1.13
Java Version: 1.8.0_121
Log File: /home/username//gfsh_tutorial/server1/server1.log
JVM Arguments: -Dgemfire.locators=localhost[10334]
 -Dgemfire.use-cluster-configuration=true -Dgemfire.start-dev-rest-api=false
 -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError=kill -KILL %p
 -Dgemfire.launcher.registerSignalHandlers=true
 -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=9223372036854775806
Class-Path: /home/username/geode/geode-assembly/build/install/apache-geode/lib
/geode-core-1.2.0.jar:/home/username/geode/geode-assembly/build/install
/apache-geode/lib/geode-dependencies.jar

If you run start server from gfsh without specifying the member name, gfsh will automatically pick a random member name. This is useful for automation.

In your file system, examine the folder location where you executed gfsh. Notice that just like the start locator command, the start server command has automatically created a working directory (named after the server), and within that working directory, it has created a log file and a .pid (containing the server’s process ID) for this cache server. In addition, it has also written log files.

Step 7: List members. Use the list members command to view the current members of the cluster you have just created.

gfsh>list members
  Name       | Id
------------ | ---------------------------------------
Coordinator: | ubuntu(locator1:5610:locator)<ec><v0>:34168
locator1     | ubuntu(locator1:5610:locator)<ec><v0>:34168
server1      | ubuntu(server1:5931)<v1>:35285

Step 8: View member details by executing the describe member command.

gfsh>describe member --name=server1
Name        : server1
Id          : ubuntu(server1:5931)<v1>:35285
Host        : ubuntu.local
Regions     :
PID         : 5931
Groups      :
Used Heap   : 12M
Max Heap    : 239M
Working Dir : /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server1
Log file    : /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server1/server1.log
Locators    : localhost[10334]

Cache Server Information
Server Bind              :
Server Port              : 40404
Running                  : true
Client Connections       : 0

Note that no regions have been assigned to this member yet.

Step 9: Create your first region. Type the following command followed by the tab key:

gfsh>create region --name=region1 --type=

A list of possible region types appears, followed by the partial command you entered:

gfsh>create region --name=region1 --type=

PARTITION
PARTITION_REDUNDANT
PARTITION_PERSISTENT
PARTITION_REDUNDANT_PERSISTENT
PARTITION_OVERFLOW
PARTITION_REDUNDANT_OVERFLOW
PARTITION_PERSISTENT_OVERFLOW
PARTITION_REDUNDANT_PERSISTENT_OVERFLOW
PARTITION_HEAP_LRU
PARTITION_REDUNDANT_HEAP_LRU
REPLICATE
REPLICATE_PERSISTENT
REPLICATE_OVERFLOW
REPLICATE_PERSISTENT_OVERFLOW
REPLICATE_HEAP_LRU
LOCAL
LOCAL_PERSISTENT
LOCAL_HEAP_LRU
LOCAL_OVERFLOW
LOCAL_PERSISTENT_OVERFLOW
PARTITION_PROXY
PARTITION_PROXY_REDUNDANT
REPLICATE_PROXY

gfsh>create region --name=region1 --type=

Complete the command with the type of region you want to create. For example, create a local region:

gfsh>create region --name=region1 --type=LOCAL
Member  | Status
------- | --------------------------------------
server1 | Region "/region1" created on "server1"

Because only one server is in the cluster at the moment, the command creates the local region on server1.

Step 10: Start another server. This time specify a --server-port argument with a different server port because you are starting a cache server process on the same host machine.

gfsh>start server --name=server2 --server-port=40405
Starting a Geode Server in /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server2...
...
Server in /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server2 on 192.0.2.0[40405] as
server2 is currently online.
Process ID: 68423
Uptime: 4 seconds
Geode Version: 1.13
Java Version: 1.8.0_121
Log File: /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server2/server2.log
JVM Arguments: -Dgemfire.default.locators=192.0.2.0[10334]
 -Dgemfire.use-cluster-configuration=true -Dgemfire.start-dev-rest-api=false
 -XX:OnOutOfMemoryError=kill -KILL %p -Dgemfire.launcher.registerSignalHandlers=true
 -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=9223372036854775806
Class-Path: /home/username/geode/geode-assembly/build/install/apache-geode
/lib/geode-core-1.2.0.jar:/home/username/geode/geode-assembly/build/install
/apache-geode/lib/geode-dependencies.jar

Step 11: Create a replicated region.

gfsh>create region --name=region2 --type=REPLICATE
Member  | Status
------- | --------------------------------------
server1 | Region "/region2" created on "server1"
server2 | Region "/region2" created on "server2"

Step 12: Create a partitioned region.

gfsh>create region --name=region3 --type=PARTITION
Member  | Status
------- | --------------------------------------
server1 | Region "/region3" created on "server1"
server2 | Region "/region3" created on "server2"

Step 13: Create a replicated, persistent region.

gfsh>create region --name=region4 --type=REPLICATE_PERSISTENT
Member  | Status
------- | --------------------------------------
server1 | Region "/region4" created on "server1"
server2 | Region "/region4" created on "server2"

Step 14: List regions. A list of all the regions you just created displays.

gfsh>list regions
List of regions
---------------
region1
region2
region3
region4

Step 15: View member details again by executing the describe member command.

gfsh>describe member --name=server1
Name        : server1
Id          : ubuntu(server1:5931)<v1>:35285
Host        : ubuntu.local
Regions     : region4
              region3
              region2
              region1
PID         : 5931
Groups      :
Used Heap   : 14M
Max Heap    : 239M
Working Dir : /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server1
Log file    : /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server1/server1.log
Locators    : localhost[10334]

Cache Server Information
Server Bind              :
Server Port              : 40404
Running                  : true
Client Connections       : 0

Notice that all the regions that you created now appear in the “Regions” section of the member description.

gfsh>describe member --name=server2
Name        : server2
Id          : ubuntu(server2:6092)<v2>:17443
Host        : ubuntu.local
Regions     : region4
              region3
              region2
              region1
PID         : 6092
Groups      :
Used Heap   : 14M
Max Heap    : 239M
Working Dir : /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server2
Log file    : /home/username/gfsh_tutorial/server2/server2.log
Locators    : 192.0.2.0[10334]

Cache Server Information
Server Bind              :
Server Port              : 40405
Running                  : true
Client Connections       : 0

Note that even though you brought up the second server after creating the first region (region1), the second server still lists region1 because it picked up its configuration from the cluster configuration service.

Step 16: Put data in a local region. Enter the following put command:

gfsh>put --key=('123') --value=('ABC') --region=region1
Result      : true
Key Class   : java.lang.String
Key         : ('123')
Value Class : java.lang.String
Old Value   : <NULL>

Step 17: Put data in a replicated region. Enter the following put command:

gfsh>put --key=('123abc') --value=('Hello World!!') --region=region2
Result      : true
Key Class   : java.lang.String
Key         : ('123abc')
Value Class : java.lang.String
Old Value   : <NULL>

Step 18: Retrieve data. You can use locate entry, query or get to return the data you just put into the region.

For example, using the get command:

gfsh>get --key=('123') --region=region1
Result      : true
Key Class   : java.lang.String
Key         : ('123')
Value Class : java.lang.String
Value       : ('ABC')

For example, using the locate entry command:

gfsh>locate entry --key=('123abc') --region=region2
Result          : true
Key Class       : java.lang.String
Key             : ('123abc')
Locations Found : 2


MemberName | MemberId
---------- | -------------------------------
server2    | ubuntu(server2:6092)<v2>:17443
server1    | ubuntu(server1:5931)<v1>:35285

Notice that because the entry was put into a replicated region, the entry is located on both cluster members.

For example, using the query command:

gfsh>query --query='SELECT * FROM /region2'

Result     : true
startCount : 0
endCount   : 20
Rows       : 1

Result
-----------------
('Hello World!!')

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Step 19: Export your data. To save region data, you can use the export data command.

For example:

gfsh>export data --region=region1 --file=region1.gfd --member=server1

You can later use the import data command to import that data into the same region on another member.

Step 20: Shutdown the cluster.

gfsh>shutdown --include-locators=true