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Publish Events to NSQ

MinIO supports publishing bucket notification events to NSQ service endpoint.

Add a NSQ Endpoint to a MinIO Deployment

The following procedure adds a new NSQ service endpoint for supporting bucket notifications in a MinIO deployment.

Prerequisites

MinIO mc Command Line Tool

This procedure uses the mc command line tool for certain actions. See the mc Quickstart for installation instructions.

1) Add the NSQ Endpoint to MinIO

You can configure a new NSQ service endpoint using either environment variables or by setting runtime configuration settings.

MinIO supports specifying the NSQ service endpoint and associated configuration settings using environment variables. The minio server process applies the specified settings on its next startup.

The following example code sets all environment variables related to configuring an NSQ service endpoint. The minimum required variables are MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_NSQD_ADDRESS and MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_TOPIC:

Note

Windows

   set MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_ENABLE_<IDENTIFIER>="on"
   set MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_NSQD_ADDRESS_<IDENTIFIER>="<ENDPOINT>"
   set MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_TOPIC_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
   set MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_TLS_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
   set MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
   set MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_QUEUE_DIR_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
   set MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_QUEUE_LIMIT_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
   set MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_COMMENT_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
Note

Linux and macOS

   export MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_ENABLE_<IDENTIFIER>="on"
   export MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_NSQD_ADDRESS_<IDENTIFIER>="<ENDPOINT>"
   export MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_TOPIC_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
   export MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_TLS_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
   export MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_TLS_SKIP_VERIFY_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
   export MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_QUEUE_DIR_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
   export MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_QUEUE_LIMIT_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"
   export MINIO_NOTIFY_NSQ_COMMENT_<IDENTIFIER>="<string>"

  • Replace <IDENTIFIER> with a unique descriptive string for the TARGET service endpoint. Use the same <IDENTIFIER> value for all environment variables related to the new target service endpoint. The following examples assume an identifier of PRIMARY.

    If the specified <IDENTIFIER> matches an existing NSQ service endpoint on the MinIO deployment, the new settings override any existing settings for that endpoint. Use mc admin config get notify_nsq to review the currently configured NSQ endpoints on the MinIO deployment.

  • Replace <ENDPOINT> with the URL of the NSQ service endpoint. For example, https://nsq-service.example.com:4150.

See NSQ Service for Bucket Notifications for complete documentation on each environment variable.

MinIO supports adding or updating NSQ endpoints on a running minio server process using the mc admin config set command and the notify_nsq configuration key. You must restart the minio server process to apply any new or updated configuration settings.

The following example code sets all settings related to configuring an NSQ service endpoint. The minimum required setting is notify_nsq nsqd_address and notify_nsq topic:

mc admin config set ALIAS/ notify_nsq:IDENTIFIER \
  nsqd_address="ENDPOINT" \
  topic="<string>" \
  tls="<string>" \
  tls_skip_verify="<string>" \
  queue_dir="<string>" \
  queue_limit="<string>" \
  comment="<string>"

  • Replace IDENTIFIER with a unique descriptive string for the NSQ service endpoint. The following examples in this procedure assume an identifier of PRIMARY.

    If the specified IDENTIFIER matches an existing NSQ service endpoint on the MinIO deployment, the new settings override any existing settings for that endpoint. Use mc admin config get notify_nsq to review the currently configured NSQ endpoints on the MinIO deployment.

  • Replace ENDPOINT with the URL of the NSQ service endpoint. For example:

    NSQ://user:password@hostname:port

See NSQ Bucket Notification Configuration Settings for complete documentation on each setting.

1) Restart the MinIO Deployment

You must restart the MinIO deployment to apply the configuration changes. Use the mc admin service restart command to restart the deployment.

mc admin service restart ALIAS

Replace ALIAS with the alias of the deployment to restart.

The minio server process prints a line on startup for each configured NSQ target similar to the following:

SQS ARNs: |ARN|

You must specify the ARN resource when configuring bucket notifications with the associated NSQ deployment as a target.

Note

Identifying the ARN for your bucket notifications

You defined the <IDENTIFIER> to assign to the target ARN for your bucket notifications when creating the endpoint previously. The steps below return the ARNs configured on the deployment. Identify the ARN created previously by looking for the <IDENTIFIER> you specified.

Review the JSON output

  1. Copy and run the following command, replacing ALIAS with the alias of the deployment.

    mc admin info --json ALIAS

  2. In the JSON output, look for the key info.sqsARN.

    The ARN you need is the value of that key that matches the <IDENTIFIER> you specified.

    For example, arn:minio:sqs::primary:nsq.

Use jq to parse the JSON for the value

  1. Install jq

  2. Copy and run the following command, replacing ALIAS with the alias of the deployment.

    mc admin info --json ALIAS | jq  .info.sqsARN

    This returns the ARN to use for notifications, such as arn:minio:sqs::primary:nsq

3) Configure Bucket Notifications using the NSQ Endpoint as a Target

Use the mc event add command to add a new bucket notification event with the configured NSQ service as a target:

mc event add ALIAS/BUCKET arn:minio:sqs::primary:nsq \
  --event EVENTS
  • Replace ALIAS with the alias of a MinIO deployment.
  • Replace BUCKET with the name of the bucket in which to configure the event.
  • Replace EVENTS with a comma-separated list of events for which MinIO triggers notifications.

Use mc event ls to view all configured bucket events for a given notification target:

mc event ls ALIAS/BUCKET arn:minio:sqs::primary:nsq

4) Validate the Configured Events

Perform an action on the bucket for which you configured the new event and check the NSQ service for the notification data. The action required depends on which events were specified when configuring the bucket notification.

For example, if the bucket notification configuration includes the s3:ObjectCreated:Put event, you can use the mc cp command to create a new object in the bucket and trigger a notification.

mc cp ~/data/new-object.txt ALIAS/BUCKET

Update an NSQ Endpoint in a MinIO Deployment

The following procedure updates an existing NSQ service endpoint for supporting bucket notifications in a MinIO deployment.

Prerequisites

MinIO mc Command Line Tool

This procedure uses the mc command line tool for certain actions. See the mc Quickstart for installation instructions.

1) List Configured NSQ Endpoints In The Deployment

Use the mc admin config get command to list the currently configured NSQ service endpoints in the deployment:

mc admin config get ALIAS/ notify_nsq

Replace ALIAS with the alias of the MinIO deployment.

The command output resembles the following:

notify_nsq:primary nsqd_address="https://nsq.example.com" queue_dir="" queue_limit="0"  tls="off" tls_skip_verify="off" topic=""
notify_nsq:secondary nsqd_address="https://nsq.example.com" queue_dir="" queue_limit="0"  tls="off" tls_skip_verify="off" topic=""

The notify_nsq key is the top-level configuration key for an NSQ Notification Settings. The nsqd_address key specifies the NSQ service endpoint for the given notify_nsq key. The notify_nsq:<IDENTIFIER> suffix describes the unique identifier for that NSQ service endpoint.

Note the identifier for the NSQ service endpoint you want to update for the next step.

2) Update the NSQ Endpoint

Use the mc admin config set command to set the new configuration for the NSQ service endpoint:

mc admin config set ALIAS/ notify_nsq:<IDENTIFIER> \
   nsqd_address="NSQ://user:password@hostname:port" \
   topic="<string>" \
   tls="<string>" \
   tls_skip_verify="<string>" \
   queue_dir="<string>" \
   queue_limit="<string>" \
   comment="<string>"

The notify_nsq nsqd_address configuration setting is the minimum required for an NSQ service endpoint. All other configuration settings are optional. See NSQ Notification Settings for a complete list of NSQ configuration settings.

3) Restart the MinIO Deployment

You must restart the MinIO deployment to apply the configuration changes. Use the mc admin service restart command to restart the deployment.

mc admin service restart ALIAS

Replace ALIAS with the alias of the deployment to restart.

The minio server process prints a line on startup for each configured NSQ target similar to the following:

SQS ARNs: arn:minio:sqs::primary:NSQ

4) Validate the Changes

Perform an action on a bucket which has an event configuration using the updated NSQ service endpoint and check the NSQ service for the notification data. The action required depends on which events were specified when configuring the bucket notification.

For example, if the bucket notification configuration includes the s3:ObjectCreated:Put event, you can use the mc cp command to create a new object in the bucket and trigger a notification.

mc cp ~/data/new-object.txt ALIAS/BUCKET
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