The Operations Service ====================== The peer and the orderer host an HTTP server that offers a RESTful "operations" API. This API is unrelated to the Fabric network services and is intended to be used by operators, not administrators or "users" of the network. The API exposes the following capabilities: - Log level management - Health checks - Prometheus target for operational metrics (when configured) - Endpoint for retrieving version information Configuring the Operations Service ---------------------------------- The operations service requires two basic pieces of configuration: - The **address** and **port** to listen on. - The **TLS certificates** and **keys** to use for authentication and encryption. Note, **these certificates should be generated by a separate and dedicated CA**. Do not use a CA that has generated certificates for any organizations in any channels. Peer ~~~~ For each peer, the operations server can be configured in the ``operations`` section of ``core.yaml``: .. code:: yaml operations: # host and port for the operations server listenAddress: 127.0.0.1:9443 # TLS configuration for the operations endpoint tls: # TLS enabled enabled: true # path to PEM encoded server certificate for the operations server cert: file: tls/server.crt # path to PEM encoded server key for the operations server key: file: tls/server.key # most operations service endpoints require client authentication when TLS # is enabled. clientAuthRequired requires client certificate authentication # at the TLS layer to access all resources. clientAuthRequired: false # paths to PEM encoded ca certificates to trust for client authentication clientRootCAs: files: [] The ``listenAddress`` key defines the host and port that the operation server will listen on. If the server should listen on all addresses, the host portion can be omitted. The ``tls`` section is used to indicate whether or not TLS is enabled for the operations service, the location of the service's certificate and private key, and the locations of certificate authority root certificates that should be trusted for client authentication. When ``enabled`` is true, most of the operations service endpoints require client authentication, therefore ``clientRootCAs.files`` must be set. When ``clientAuthRequired`` is ``true``, the TLS layer will require clients to provide a certificate for authentication on every request. See Operations Security section below for more details. Orderer ~~~~~~~ For each orderer, the operations server can be configured in the `Operations` section of ``orderer.yaml``: .. code:: yaml Operations: # host and port for the operations server ListenAddress: 127.0.0.1:8443 # TLS configuration for the operations endpoint TLS: # TLS enabled Enabled: true # PrivateKey: PEM-encoded tls key for the operations endpoint PrivateKey: tls/server.key # Certificate governs the file location of the server TLS certificate. Certificate: tls/server.crt # Paths to PEM encoded ca certificates to trust for client authentication ClientRootCAs: [] # Most operations service endpoints require client authentication when TLS # is enabled. ClientAuthRequired requires client certificate authentication # at the TLS layer to access all resources. ClientAuthRequired: false The ``ListenAddress`` key defines the host and port that the operations server will listen on. If the server should listen on all addresses, the host portion can be omitted. The ``TLS`` section is used to indicate whether or not TLS is enabled for the operations service, the location of the service's certificate and private key, and the locations of certificate authority root certificates that should be trusted for client authentication. When ``Enabled`` is true, most of the operations service endpoints require client authentication, therefore ``RootCAs`` must be set. When ``ClientAuthRequired`` is ``true``, the TLS layer will require clients to provide a certificate for authentication on every request. See Operations Security section below for more details. Operations Security ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As the operations service is focused on operations and intentionally unrelated to the Fabric network, it does not use the Membership Services Provider for access control. Instead, the operations service relies entirely on mutual TLS with client certificate authentication. When TLS is disabled, authorization is bypassed and any client that can connect to the operations endpoint will be able to use the API. When TLS is enabled, a valid client certificate must be provided in order to access all resources unless explicitly noted otherwise below. When clientAuthRequired is also enabled, the TLS layer will require a valid client certificate regardless of the resource being accessed. Log Level Management ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The operations service provides a ``/logspec`` resource that operators can use to manage the active logging spec for a peer or orderer. The resource is a conventional REST resource and supports ``GET`` and ``PUT`` requests. When a ``GET /logspec`` request is received by the operations service, it will respond with a JSON payload that contains the current logging specification: .. code:: json {"spec":"info"} When a ``PUT /logspec`` request is received by the operations service, it will read the body as a JSON payload. The payload must consist of a single attribute named ``spec``. .. code:: json {"spec":"chaincode=debug:info"} If the spec is activated successfully, the service will respond with a ``204 "No Content"`` response. If an error occurs, the service will respond with a ``400 "Bad Request"`` and an error payload: .. code:: json {"error":"error message"} Health Checks ------------- The operations service provides a ``/healthz`` resource that operators can use to help determine the liveness and health of peers and orderers. The resource is a conventional REST resource that supports GET requests. The implementation is intended to be compatible with the liveness probe model used by Kubernetes but can be used in other contexts. When a ``GET /healthz`` request is received, the operations service will call all registered health checkers for the process. When all of the health checkers return successfully, the operations service will respond with a ``200 "OK"`` and a JSON body: .. code:: json { "status": "OK", "time": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z" } If one or more of the health checkers returns an error, the operations service will respond with a ``503 "Service Unavailable"`` and a JSON body that includes information about which health checker failed: .. code:: json { "status": "Service Unavailable", "time": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z", "failed_checks": [ { "component": "docker", "reason": "failed to connect to Docker daemon: invalid endpoint" } ] } In the current version, the only health check that is registered is for Docker. Future versions will be enhanced to add additional health checks. When TLS is enabled, a valid client certificate is not required to use this service unless ``clientAuthRequired`` is set to ``true``. Metrics ------- Some components of the Fabric peer and orderer expose metrics that can help provide insight into the behavior of the system. Operators and administrators can use this information to better understand how the system is performing over time. Configuring Metrics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fabric provides two ways to expose metrics: a **pull** model based on Prometheus and a **push** model based on StatsD. Prometheus ~~~~~~~~~~ A typical Prometheus deployment scrapes metrics by requesting them from an HTTP endpoint exposed by instrumented targets. As Prometheus is responsible for requesting the metrics, it is considered a pull system. When configured, a Fabric peer or orderer will present a ``/metrics`` resource on the operations service. Peer ^^^^ A peer can be configured to expose a ``/metrics`` endpoint for Prometheus to scrape by setting the metrics provider to ``prometheus`` in the ``metrics`` section of ``core.yaml``. .. code:: yaml metrics: provider: prometheus Orderer ^^^^^^^ An orderer can be configured to expose a ``/metrics`` endpoint for Prometheus to scrape by setting the metrics provider to ``prometheus`` in the ``Metrics`` section of ``orderer.yaml``. .. code:: yaml Metrics: Provider: prometheus StatsD ~~~~~~ StatsD is a simple statistics aggregation daemon. Metrics are sent to a ``statsd`` daemon where they are collected, aggregated, and pushed to a backend for visualization and alerting. As this model requires instrumented processes to send metrics data to StatsD, this is considered a push system. Peer ^^^^ A peer can be configured to send metrics to StatsD by setting the metrics provider to ``statsd`` in the ``metrics`` section of ``core.yaml``. The ``statsd`` subsection must also be configured with the address of the StatsD daemon, the network type to use (``tcp`` or ``udp``), and how often to send the metrics. An optional ``prefix`` may be specified to help differentiate the source of the metrics --- for example, differentiating metrics coming from separate peers --- that would be prepended to all generated metrics. .. code:: yaml metrics: provider: statsd statsd: network: udp address: 127.0.0.1:8125 writeInterval: 10s prefix: peer-0 Orderer ^^^^^^^ An orderer can be configured to send metrics to StatsD by setting the metrics provider to ``statsd`` in the ``Metrics`` section of ``orderer.yaml``. The ``Statsd`` subsection must also be configured with the address of the StatsD daemon, the network type to use (``tcp`` or ``udp``), and how often to send the metrics. An optional ``prefix`` may be specified to help differentiate the source of the metrics. .. code:: yaml Metrics: Provider: statsd Statsd: Network: udp Address: 127.0.0.1:8125 WriteInterval: 30s Prefix: org-orderer For a look at the different metrics that are generated, check out :doc:`metrics_reference`. Version ------- The orderer and peer both expose a ``/version`` endpoint. This endpoint serves a JSON document containing the orderer or peer version and the commit SHA on which the release was created. .. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/