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MaxScale Resource

MaxScale Resource

The MaxScale resource represents a MaxScale instance and it is the core on top of which the modules build upon.

Resource Operations

Get global information

GET /v1/maxscale

Retrieve global information about a MaxScale instance. This includes various file locations, configuration options and version information.

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/maxscale/"
    },
    "data": {
        "attributes": {
            "parameters": { // Core MaxScale parameters
                "libdir": "/usr/lib64/maxscale",
                "datadir": "/var/lib/maxscale",
                "process_datadir": "/var/lib/maxscale/data16218",
                "cachedir": "/var/cache/maxscale",
                "configdir": "/etc",
                "config_persistdir": "/var/lib/maxscale/maxscale.cnf.d",
                "module_configdir": "/etc/maxscale.modules.d",
                "piddir": "/var/run/maxscale",
                "logdir": "/var/log/maxscale",
                "langdir": "/var/lib/maxscale",
                "execdir": "/usr/bin",
                "connector_plugindir": "/var/lib/plugin",
                "threads": 4,
                "thread_stack_size": 8388608,
                "auth_connect_timeout": 3,
                "auth_read_timeout": 1,
                "auth_write_timeout": 2,
                "skip_permission_checks": false,
                "admin_auth": false,
                "admin_enabled": true,
                "admin_log_auth_failures": true,
                "admin_host": "::",
                "admin_port": 8989,
                "admin_ssl_key": "",
                "admin_ssl_cert": "",
                "admin_ssl_ca_cert": "",
                "query_classifier": "",
                "query_classifier_cache_size": 416215859,
                "retain_last_statements": 2,
                "dump_last_statements": "never",
                "load_persisted_configs": false
            },
            "version": "2.3.6", // The MaxScale version
            "commit": "47158faf12c156775c39388652a77f8a8c542d28", // Commit that MaxScale was built from
            "started_at": "Thu, 04 Apr 2019 21:04:06 GMT", // The time when MaxScale was started
            "activated_at": "Thu, 04 Apr 2019 21:04:06 GMT", // The last time when the `passive` parameter was set to `false`
            "uptime": 337 // How many seconds MaxScale has been running
        },
        "id": "maxscale",
        "type": "maxscale"
    }
}

Update MaxScale parameters

PATCH /v1/maxscale

Update MaxScale parameters. The request body must define updated values for the data.attributes.parameters object. The following parameters can be altered:

Response

Parameters modified:

Status: 204 No Content

Invalid JSON body:

Status: 403 Forbidden

Get thread information

GET /v1/maxscale/threads/:id

Get the information and statistics of a particular thread. The :id in the URI must map to a valid thread number between 0 and the configured value of threads.

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/maxscale/threads/0"
    },
    "data": {
        "id": "0",
        "type": "threads",
        "attributes": {
            "stats": {
                "reads": 2, // Number of EPOLLIN events
                "writes": 0, // number of EPOLLOUT events
                "errors": 0, // Number of EPOLLERR events
                "hangups": 0, // Number of EPOLLHUP or EPOLLRDHUP events
                "accepts": 0, // Number of EPOLLIN events for listeners
                "max_event_queue_length": 1, // Maximum number of events returned by epoll
                "max_exec_time": 0, // Maximum number of internal ticks (100ms per tick) an event took to execute
                "max_queue_time": 0, // Maximum number of internal ticks that an event waited in the queue
                "current_descriptors": 1, // How many file descriptors this thread is handling
                "total_descriptors": 1, // Total number of file descriptors added to this thread
                "load": { // Thread load in percentages i.e. 100 is 100%
                    "last_second": 0, // Load over the past second
                    "last_minute": 0, // Load over the past minute
                    "last_hour": 0 // Load over the past hour
                }
            }
        },
        "links": {
            "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/threads/0"
        }
    }
}

Get information for all threads

GET /v1/maxscale/threads

Get the information for all threads. Returns a collection of threads resources.

Response

Status: 200 OK

// See `/v1/maxscale/threads/:id` for a descriptions of the fields
{
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/maxscale/threads/"
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "0",
            "type": "threads",
            "attributes": {
                "stats": {
                    "reads": 1,
                    "writes": 0,
                    "errors": 0,
                    "hangups": 0,
                    "accepts": 0,
                    "blocking_polls": 116,
                    "event_queue_length": 1,
                    "max_event_queue_length": 1,
                    "max_exec_time": 0,
                    "max_queue_time": 0,
                    "current_descriptors": 1,
                    "total_descriptors": 1,
                    "load": {
                        "last_second": 0,
                        "last_minute": 0,
                        "last_hour": 0
                    }
                }
            },
            "links": {
                "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/threads/0"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1",
            "type": "threads",
            "attributes": {
                "stats": {
                    "reads": 1,
                    "writes": 0,
                    "errors": 0,
                    "hangups": 0,
                    "accepts": 0,
                    "blocking_polls": 116,
                    "event_queue_length": 1,
                    "max_event_queue_length": 1,
                    "max_exec_time": 0,
                    "max_queue_time": 0,
                    "current_descriptors": 1,
                    "total_descriptors": 1,
                    "load": {
                        "last_second": 0,
                        "last_minute": 0,
                        "last_hour": 0
                    }
                }
            },
            "links": {
                "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/threads/1"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2",
            "type": "threads",
            "attributes": {
                "stats": {
                    "reads": 1,
                    "writes": 0,
                    "errors": 0,
                    "hangups": 0,
                    "accepts": 0,
                    "blocking_polls": 116,
                    "event_queue_length": 1,
                    "max_event_queue_length": 1,
                    "max_exec_time": 0,
                    "max_queue_time": 0,
                    "current_descriptors": 1,
                    "total_descriptors": 1,
                    "load": {
                        "last_second": 0,
                        "last_minute": 0,
                        "last_hour": 0
                    }
                }
            },
            "links": {
                "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/threads/2"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3",
            "type": "threads",
            "attributes": {
                "stats": {
                    "reads": 1,
                    "writes": 0,
                    "errors": 0,
                    "hangups": 0,
                    "accepts": 0,
                    "blocking_polls": 116,
                    "event_queue_length": 1,
                    "max_event_queue_length": 1,
                    "max_exec_time": 0,
                    "max_queue_time": 0,
                    "current_descriptors": 1,
                    "total_descriptors": 1,
                    "load": {
                        "last_second": 0,
                        "last_minute": 0,
                        "last_hour": 0
                    }
                }
            },
            "links": {
                "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/threads/3"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Get logging information

GET /v1/maxscale/logs

Get information about the current state of logging, enabled log files and the location where the log files are stored.

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/maxscale/logs/"
    },
    "data": {
        "attributes": {
            "parameters": { // Logging parameters
                "highprecision": false,
                "maxlog": true,
                "syslog": true,
                "throttling": {
                    "count": 10,
                    "suppress_ms": 10000,
                    "window_ms": 1000
                },
                "log_warning": true,
                "log_notice": true,
                "log_info": true,
                "log_debug": false
            },
            "log_file": "/home/markusjm/build/log/maxscale/maxscale.log", // The file MaxScale is logging into if `maxlog` is enabled
            "log_priorities": [ // Enabled log priorities
                "error",
                "warning",
                "notice",
                "info"
            ]
        },
        "id": "logs",
        "type": "logs"
    }
}

Update logging parameters

PATCH /v1/maxscale/logs

Update logging parameters. The request body must define updated values for the data.attributes.parameters object. All logging parameters can be altered at runtime.

Response

Parameters modified:

Status: 204 No Content

Invalid JSON body:

Status: 403 Forbidden

Flush and rotate log files

POST /v1/maxscale/logs/flush

Flushes any pending messages to disk and reopens the log files. The body of the message is ignored.

Response

Status: 204 No Content

Get task schedule

GET /v1/maxscale/tasks

Retrieve all pending tasks that are queued for execution.

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/maxscale/tasks/"
    },
    "data": [] // No tasks active
}

Get a loaded module

GET /v1/maxscale/modules/:name

Retrieve information about a loaded module. The :name must be the name of a valid loaded module.

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/maxscale/modules/"
    },
    "data": {
        "id": "dbfwfilter",
        "type": "module",
        "attributes": {
            "module_type": "Filter",
            "version": "V1.2.0",
            "description": "Firewall Filter",
            "api": "filter",
            "status": "GA",
            "commands": [ // List of module commands
                {
                    "id": "rules/reload", // Name of the command
                    "type": "module_command",
                    "links": {
                        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/modules/dbfwfilter/rules/reload"
                    },
                    "attributes": {
                        "method": "POST", // Whether POST or GET should be used to call this command
                        "arg_min": 1, // Minimum number of arguments
                        "arg_max": 2, // Maximum number of arguments
                        "parameters": [ // Parameter types for the command
                            {
                                "description": "Filter to reload", // Parameter description
                                "type": "FILTER", // Value type
                                "required": true // Whether the parameter is required
                            },
                            {
                                "description": "Path to rule file",
                                "type": "[STRING]",
                                "required": false
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ],
            "parameters": [ // Module parameters
                {
                    "name": "rules", // Parameter name
                    "type": "path" // Parameter type
                },
                {
                    "name": "log_match",
                    "type": "bool",
                    "default_value": "false" // Default value of the parameter
                },
                {
                    "name": "log_no_match",
                    "type": "bool",
                    "default_value": "false"
                },
                {
                    "name": "action",
                    "type": "enum",
                    "default_value": "block",
                    "enum_values": [ // Accepted enumeration values
                        "allow",
                        "block",
                        "ignore"
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        "links": {
            "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/modules/dbfwfilter"
        }
    }
}

Get all loaded modules

GET /v1/maxscale/modules

Retrieve information about all loaded modules.

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/maxscale/modules/"
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "id": "qc_sqlite",
            "type": "module",
            "attributes": {
                "module_type": "QueryClassifier",
                "version": "V1.0.0",
                "description": "Query classifier using sqlite.",
                "api": "query_classifier",
                "status": "Beta",
                "parameters": []
            },
            "links": {
                "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/modules/qc_sqlite"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "MySQLAuth",
            "type": "module",
            "attributes": {
                "module_type": "Authenticator",
                "version": "V1.1.0",
                "description": "The MySQL client to MaxScale authenticator implementation",
                "api": "authenticator",
                "status": "GA",
                "parameters": []
            },
            "links": {
                "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/modules/MySQLAuth"
            }
        },
    ]
}

Call a module command

For read-only commands:

GET /v1/maxscale/modules/:module/:command

For commands that can modify data:

POST /v1/maxscale/modules/:module/:command

Modules can expose commands that can be called via the REST API. The module resource lists all commands in the data.attributes.commands list. Each value is a command sub-resource identified by its id field and the HTTP method the command uses is defined by the attributes.method field.

The :module in the URI must be a valid name of a loaded module and :command must be a valid command identifier that is exposed by that module. All parameters to the module commands are passed as HTTP request parameters.

Here is an example POST requests to the dbfwfilter module command reload with two parameters, the name of the filter instance and the path to a file:

POST /v1/maxscale/modules/dbfwfilter/reload?my-dbfwfilter-instance&/path/to/file.txt

Response

Command with output:

Status: 200 OK

{
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/maxscale/modules/dbfwfilter/rules/json"
    },
    "meta": [ // Output of module command (module dependent)
        {
            "name": "test3",
            "type": "COLUMN",
            "times_matched": 0
        }
    ]
}

The contents of the meta field will contain the output of the module command. This output depends on the command that is being executed. It can contain any valid JSON value.

Command with no output:

Status: 204 No Content

Classify a statement

GET /v1/maxscale/query_classifier/classify?sql=<statement>

Classify provided statement and return the result.

Response

Status: 200 OK

GET /v1/maxscale/query_classifier/classify?sql=SELECT+1
{
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/maxscale/query_classifier/classify"
    },
    "data": {
        "id": "classify",
        "type": "classify",
        "attributes": {
            "parse_result": "QC_QUERY_PARSED",
            "type_mask": "QUERY_TYPE_READ",
            "operation": "QUERY_OP_SELECT",
            "has_where_clause": false,
            "fields": [],
            "functions": []
        }
    }
}
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