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Configuration

Nodes

To start a Crux node, use the Java API or the Clojure crux.api.

There are two types of Crux nodes: cluster and standalone. Use a cluster node when horizontal scalability is required or when you want the guarantees that Kafka offers in terms of resiliency, availability, and retention of data.

Multiple cluster nodes participate in a cluster using Kafka as the primary store and as the central means of coordination.

The Standalone node is where a single Crux instance has everything it needs locally. This is good for experimenting with Crux and for small to medium sized deployments, where running a single instance is permissible.

Table 1. Crux Nodes
NameTransaction LogJava API

Cluster Node

Uses Kafka

Crux.startClusterNode options;

Standalone

Uses local event log

Crux.startStandaloneNode options;

Crux nodes implement the ICruxAPI interface and are the starting point for making use of Crux. Nodes also implement java.io.Closeable and can therefore be lifecycle managed.

To see an example of a Crux Node being integrated into a Clojure lifecycle management framework such as Integrant, see the example Integrant node.

Properties

Crux Nodes will use the following properties:

Table 2. Nodes Configuration
NodeComponentPropertyDescription

Both

kv-store

kv-backend

Sets the K/V Store to use, e.g. "crux.kv.rocksdb.RocksKv"

Both

kv-store

db-dir

Sets the data-directory to use, e.g. "data/db-dir-1"

Standalone

tx-log

bootstrap-servers

Kafka Servers to connect to e.g. "localhost:9092"

Standalone

http-server

server-port

Port for Crux HTTP Server e.g. 8080

Standalone Node

Using a Crux standalone node is the best way to get started. Once you’ve started a standalone Crux instance as described below, you can then follow the getting started example.

Project Dependency

To add Crux as a project dependency:

link:./deps.edn[role=include]

Start the standalone node:

link:./examples.clj[role=include]

For the purposes of this Hello World, we are using the simplest configuration of Crux, where all of the pluggable components are in-memory. There is no Kafka or RocksDB to worry about.

You can later stop the node if you wish:

link:./examples.clj[role=include]

Cluster Nodes

When using Crux at scale it is recommended to use multiple Crux nodes connected via a Kafka cluster.

Add Crux as a project dependency:

link:./deps.edn[role=include]

And Kafka Clients:

Use the API to start a cluster node, configuring it with the bootstrap-servers property in order to connect to Kafka:

link:./examples.clj[role=include]
If you don’t specify kv-backend then by default the cluster node will use RocksDB. You will need to add RocksDB to your list of project dependencies.

You can later stop the node if you wish:

link:./examples.clj[role=include]

RocksDB

Project Dependency

Add RocksDB as a project dependency:

Configuration

Set the following properties when configuring Crux nodes:

Table 3. Rocks Configuration
PropertyValue

kv-backend

"crux.kv.rocksdb.RocksKv"

db-dir

i.e. "data/db-dir-1"

event-log-dir

i.e. "data/eventlog-1"

For example when constructing the standalone node:

link:./examples.clj[role=include]

Http

Crux can be used programmatically as a library, but Crux also ships with an embedded HTTP server, that allows clients to use the API remotely via REST.

Set the server-port configuration property on a Crux node to expose a HTTP port that will accept REST requests.

Visit the guide on using the REST api for examples of how to interact with Crux over HTTP.

Extras

Embedded Kafka

Crux is ready to work with an embedded Kafka for when you don’t have a indendepently running Kafka available to connect to (such as during development).

Add crux-kafka-embedded to your project dependencies:

See the below example code:

link:./examples.clj[role=include]

You can later stop the Embedded Kafka if you wish:

link:./examples.clj[role=include]

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