propagate shared-config and library-option changes between instances
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Add a Redis pub/sub invalidation bus, publish from the configuration and library-option write paths, and drop the matching local cache entry on the instances that did not write. No-op without a Redis connection string, and fails open when it is unreachable.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Tests.Configuration;
/// <summary>
/// An in-process stand-in for the Redis pub/sub bus: every endpoint connected to one fabric receives
/// what the others publish, and never its own notices.
/// </summary>
internal sealed class FakeInvalidationBusFabric
{
private readonly List<Endpoint> _endpoints = new();
/// <summary>
/// Connects a new instance to the fabric.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="originId">The identity of the connecting instance.</param>
/// <returns>The bus of that instance.</returns>
public IConfigurationInvalidationBus Connect(string originId)
{
var endpoint = new Endpoint(this, originId);
lock (_endpoints)
{
_endpoints.Add(endpoint);
}
return endpoint;
}
private void Broadcast(ConfigurationInvalidation invalidation)
{
Endpoint[] endpoints;
lock (_endpoints)
{
endpoints = _endpoints.ToArray();
}
foreach (var endpoint in endpoints.Where(e => !string.Equals(e.OriginId, invalidation.OriginId, StringComparison.Ordinal)))
{
endpoint.Deliver(invalidation);
}
}
private sealed class Endpoint : IConfigurationInvalidationBus
{
private readonly FakeInvalidationBusFabric _fabric;
private readonly List<Action<ConfigurationInvalidation>> _handlers = new();
public Endpoint(FakeInvalidationBusFabric fabric, string originId)
{
_fabric = fabric;
OriginId = originId;
}
public string OriginId { get; }
public void Publish(ConfigurationInvalidationScope scope, string? target)
=> _fabric.Broadcast(new ConfigurationInvalidation { Scope = scope, Target = target, OriginId = OriginId });
public void Subscribe(Action<ConfigurationInvalidation> handler)
=> _handlers.Add(handler);
public void Deliver(ConfigurationInvalidation invalidation)
{
foreach (var handler in _handlers)
{
handler(invalidation);
}
}
}
}
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Emby.Server.Implementations.Configuration;
using Emby.Server.Implementations.Serialization;
using Jellyfin.Data;
using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Entities;
using Jellyfin.Database.Implementations.Enums;
using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
using MediaBrowser.Controller;
using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
using MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
using Moq;
using Xunit;
namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Tests.Configuration;
/// <summary>
/// Library options are cached in a process-wide dictionary, so the replica that did not serve the admin's
/// request is the one under test here: the other replica's write reaches the shared library directory, and
/// this one has to stop answering out of its own stale copy.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Disabling a library is an access revocation that overrides every per-user check, so a stale replica
/// keeps serving content that is supposed to be hidden from everyone.
/// </remarks>
public sealed class LibraryVisibilityPropagationTests : IDisposable
{
private readonly string _libraryPath;
private readonly MyXmlSerializer _serializer = new MyXmlSerializer();
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="LibraryVisibilityPropagationTests"/> class.
/// </summary>
public LibraryVisibilityPropagationTests()
{
_libraryPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "jf-library-prop-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
Directory.CreateDirectory(_libraryPath);
var applicationHost = new Mock<IServerApplicationHost>();
applicationHost.Setup(host => host.ExpandVirtualPath(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns<string>(path => path);
applicationHost.Setup(host => host.ReverseVirtualPath(It.IsAny<string>())).Returns<string>(path => path);
CollectionFolder.XmlSerializer = _serializer;
CollectionFolder.ApplicationHost = applicationHost.Object;
}
/// <inheritdoc />
public void Dispose()
{
CollectionFolder.InvalidationBus = NullConfigurationInvalidationBus.Instance;
CollectionFolder.InvalidateAllLibraryOptions();
try
{
Directory.Delete(_libraryPath, true);
}
catch (IOException)
{
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Disabling a library on one replica has to hide it on every replica. Until it does, the ones that did
/// not serve the request keep the library visible to every user.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
[Fact]
public async Task LibraryDisabledOnAnotherInstance_IsNotVisibleHere()
{
var fabric = new FakeInvalidationBusFabric();
var otherInstance = fabric.Connect("pod-a");
await SubscribeThisInstanceAsync(fabric);
WriteSharedOptions(enabled: true);
var user = CreateUser();
var library = new CollectionFolder { Path = _libraryPath, Name = "Movies" };
// This replica answers out of its cache from here on.
Assert.True(library.IsVisible(user));
// The admin disables the library on the other replica: it writes the shared directory and says so.
WriteSharedOptions(enabled: false);
otherInstance.Publish(ConfigurationInvalidationScope.LibraryOptions, _libraryPath);
Assert.False(library.IsVisible(user));
Assert.False(CollectionFolder.GetLibraryOptions(_libraryPath).Enabled);
}
/// <summary>
/// A path remap made on another replica has to reach this one, or it keeps resolving media against a
/// path that is no longer the library's.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
[Fact]
public async Task LibraryPathRemappedOnAnotherInstance_IsSeenHere()
{
var fabric = new FakeInvalidationBusFabric();
var otherInstance = fabric.Connect("pod-a");
await SubscribeThisInstanceAsync(fabric);
WriteSharedOptions(enabled: true, mediaPath: "/media/old");
Assert.Equal("/media/old", CollectionFolder.GetLibraryOptions(_libraryPath).PathInfos[0].Path);
WriteSharedOptions(enabled: true, mediaPath: "/media/new");
otherInstance.Publish(ConfigurationInvalidationScope.LibraryOptions, _libraryPath);
Assert.Equal("/media/new", CollectionFolder.GetLibraryOptions(_libraryPath).PathInfos[0].Path);
}
/// <summary>
/// Saving library options here has to tell the other replicas, which is the half of the exchange the
/// tests above take as given.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public void SaveLibraryOptions_AnnouncesTheLibraryToTheOtherInstances()
{
var fabric = new FakeInvalidationBusFabric();
ConfigurationInvalidation? received = null;
var otherInstance = fabric.Connect("pod-b");
otherInstance.Subscribe(invalidation => received = invalidation);
CollectionFolder.InvalidationBus = fabric.Connect("pod-a");
CollectionFolder.SaveLibraryOptions(_libraryPath, new LibraryOptions { Enabled = false });
Assert.NotNull(received);
Assert.Equal(ConfigurationInvalidationScope.LibraryOptions, received.Scope);
Assert.Equal(_libraryPath, received.Target);
}
private async Task SubscribeThisInstanceAsync(FakeInvalidationBusFabric fabric)
{
var bus = fabric.Connect("pod-b");
CollectionFolder.InvalidationBus = bus;
var subscriber = new ConfigurationInvalidationSubscriber(
bus,
Mock.Of<IConfigurationManager>(),
NullLogger<ConfigurationInvalidationSubscriber>.Instance);
await subscriber.StartAsync(CancellationToken.None);
}
private void WriteSharedOptions(bool enabled, string mediaPath = "/media")
{
// Written the way the other replica writes it, straight onto the shared directory.
var options = new LibraryOptions { Enabled = enabled, PathInfos = [new MediaPathInfo(mediaPath)] };
_serializer.SerializeToFile(options, Path.Combine(_libraryPath, "options.xml"));
}
private static User CreateUser()
{
var user = new User("propagation", "auth", "reset");
user.SetPermission(PermissionKind.EnableAllFolders, true);
return user;
}
}
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using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Emby.Server.Implementations.Configuration;
using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
using StackExchange.Redis;
using Testcontainers.Redis;
using Xunit;
namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Tests.Configuration;
/// <summary>
/// Round-trips <see cref="RedisConfigurationInvalidationBus"/> through a real Redis, the transport two
/// replicas actually use to tell each other that the shared configuration directory has changed.
/// </summary>
[Trait("Category", "RequiresDocker")]
public sealed class RedisConfigurationInvalidationBusTests : IAsyncLifetime
{
private readonly RedisContainer _container;
private IConnectionMultiplexer? _redis;
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="RedisConfigurationInvalidationBusTests"/> class.
/// </summary>
public RedisConfigurationInvalidationBusTests()
{
_container = new RedisBuilder("redis:7-alpine").Build();
}
/// <inheritdoc />
public async ValueTask InitializeAsync()
{
await _container.StartAsync();
_redis = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync(_container.GetConnectionString());
}
/// <inheritdoc />
public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
{
if (_redis is not null)
{
await _redis.DisposeAsync();
}
await _container.DisposeAsync();
}
/// <summary>
/// A notice published by one replica reaches the other, carrying enough to invalidate one entry.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
[Fact]
public async Task Publish_ReachesTheOtherInstance()
{
var received = new TaskCompletionSource<ConfigurationInvalidation>();
var instanceA = CreateBus("pod-a");
var instanceB = CreateBus("pod-b");
instanceB.Subscribe(invalidation => received.TrySetResult(invalidation));
instanceA.Publish(ConfigurationInvalidationScope.LibraryOptions, "/media/movies");
var invalidation = await received.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
Assert.Equal(ConfigurationInvalidationScope.LibraryOptions, invalidation.Scope);
Assert.Equal("/media/movies", invalidation.Target);
Assert.Equal("pod-a", invalidation.OriginId);
}
/// <summary>
/// The publishing replica has already applied the change to its own cache, so it must not act on its
/// own notice and reload what it just wrote.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
[Fact]
public async Task Publish_IsNotDeliveredToThePublisher()
{
var ownNotice = new TaskCompletionSource<ConfigurationInvalidation>();
var otherNotice = new TaskCompletionSource<ConfigurationInvalidation>();
var instanceA = CreateBus("pod-a");
var instanceB = CreateBus("pod-b");
instanceA.Subscribe(invalidation => ownNotice.TrySetResult(invalidation));
instanceB.Subscribe(invalidation => otherNotice.TrySetResult(invalidation));
instanceA.Publish(ConfigurationInvalidationScope.SystemConfiguration, null);
// Ordering is per channel, so B having the notice means A would have had it too.
await otherNotice.Task.WaitAsync(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(10), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
Assert.False(ownNotice.Task.IsCompleted);
}
private RedisConfigurationInvalidationBus CreateBus(string originId)
{
Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("JELLYFIN_INSTANCE_ID", originId);
try
{
return new RedisConfigurationInvalidationBus(_redis!, NullLogger<RedisConfigurationInvalidationBus>.Instance);
}
finally
{
Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("JELLYFIN_INSTANCE_ID", null);
}
}
}
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Emby.Server.Implementations;
using Emby.Server.Implementations.Configuration;
using Emby.Server.Implementations.Serialization;
using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
using MediaBrowser.Common.Net;
using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
using StackExchange.Redis;
using Xunit;
namespace Jellyfin.Server.Implementations.Tests.Configuration;
/// <summary>
/// Two independently constructed <see cref="ServerConfigurationManager"/> instances over one configuration
/// directory are the in-process stand-in for two replicas sharing one <c>/config</c> mount: what either of
/// them writes, the other has to pick up without being restarted.
/// </summary>
public sealed class SharedConfigurationPropagationTests : IDisposable
{
private readonly string _root;
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="SharedConfigurationPropagationTests"/> class.
/// </summary>
public SharedConfigurationPropagationTests()
{
_root = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "jf-config-prop-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
Directory.CreateDirectory(_root);
}
/// <inheritdoc />
public void Dispose()
{
try
{
Directory.Delete(_root, true);
}
catch (IOException)
{
}
}
/// <summary>
/// A system configuration setting tightened on one replica has to hold on every other replica, not
/// only on the one that served the admin's request.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
[Fact]
public async Task SystemConfigurationSavedOnOneInstance_IsSeenByAnotherWithoutRestart()
{
var fabric = new FakeInvalidationBusFabric();
var instanceA = CreateInstance(fabric, "pod-a");
var instanceB = await CreateSubscribedInstanceAsync(fabric, "pod-b");
// B has the pre-change configuration in hand before A writes, as a running replica would.
Assert.True(instanceB.Configuration.QuickConnectAvailable);
instanceA.Configuration.QuickConnectAvailable = false;
instanceA.SaveConfiguration();
Assert.False(instanceB.Configuration.QuickConnectAvailable);
}
/// <summary>
/// The same has to hold for the named configurations, which are cached per key and never reloaded.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>A <see cref="Task"/> representing the asynchronous operation.</returns>
[Fact]
public async Task NamedConfigurationSavedOnOneInstance_IsSeenByAnotherWithoutRestart()
{
var fabric = new FakeInvalidationBusFabric();
var instanceA = CreateInstance(fabric, "pod-a");
var instanceB = await CreateSubscribedInstanceAsync(fabric, "pod-b");
Assert.True(instanceB.GetNetworkConfiguration().EnableRemoteAccess);
var updated = instanceA.GetNetworkConfiguration();
updated.EnableRemoteAccess = false;
instanceA.SaveConfiguration(NetworkConfigurationStore.StoreKey, updated);
Assert.False(instanceB.GetNetworkConfiguration().EnableRemoteAccess);
}
/// <summary>
/// A replica that cannot reach the bus keeps serving: the admin's save still lands on the shared
/// directory, and the only loss is that the other replicas are not told about it.
/// </summary>
[Fact]
public void SaveConfiguration_WithUnreachableBus_DoesNotThrow()
{
using var multiplexer = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect("127.0.0.1:1,abortConnect=false,connectTimeout=200,connectRetry=1,syncTimeout=200");
var bus = new RedisConfigurationInvalidationBus(multiplexer, NullLogger<RedisConfigurationInvalidationBus>.Instance);
bus.Subscribe(_ => throw new InvalidOperationException("Nothing can be delivered by an unreachable bus."));
var instance = CreateInstance(new FakeInvalidationBusFabric(), "pod-a");
instance.InvalidationBus = bus;
instance.Configuration.QuickConnectAvailable = false;
instance.SaveConfiguration();
instance.SaveConfiguration(NetworkConfigurationStore.StoreKey, instance.GetNetworkConfiguration());
Assert.False(instance.Configuration.QuickConnectAvailable);
}
private async Task<ServerConfigurationManager> CreateSubscribedInstanceAsync(FakeInvalidationBusFabric fabric, string originId)
{
var instance = CreateInstance(fabric, originId);
var subscriber = new ConfigurationInvalidationSubscriber(
instance.InvalidationBus,
instance,
NullLogger<ConfigurationInvalidationSubscriber>.Instance);
await subscriber.StartAsync(CancellationToken.None);
return instance;
}
private ServerConfigurationManager CreateInstance(FakeInvalidationBusFabric fabric, string originId)
{
// Every instance has its own paths object, all of them pointing at the one shared directory.
var paths = new ServerApplicationPaths(
Ensure("data"),
Ensure("log"),
Ensure("config"),
Ensure("cache"),
Ensure("web"));
var manager = new ServerConfigurationManager(paths, NullLoggerFactory.Instance, new MyXmlSerializer())
{
InvalidationBus = fabric.Connect(originId)
};
manager.AddParts([new NetworkConfigurationFactory()]);
return manager;
}
private string Ensure(string name)
{
var path = Path.Combine(_root, name);
Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
return path;
}
}