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In #24442 it was noticed that accidentally, for a year now, test.py and CI were running the Alternator functional tests (test/alternator) using one write isolation mode (`only_rmw_uses_lwt`) while the manual test/alternator/run used a different write isolation mode (`always_use_lwt`). There is no good reason for this discrepancy, so in the second patch of this 2-patch series we change test/alternator/run to use the write isolation mode that we've had in CI for the last year. But then, discussion on #24442 started: Instead of picking one mode or the other, don't we need test both modes? In fact, all four modes? The honest answer is that running **all tests** with **all combinations of options** is not practical - we'll find ourselves with an exponentially growing number of tests. What we really need to do is to run most tests that have nothing to do with write isolation modes on just one arbitrary write isolation mode like we're doing today. For example, numerous tests for the finer details of the ConditionExpression syntax will run on one mode. But then, have a separate test that verifies that one representative example of ConditionExpression (for example) works correctly on all four write isolation modes - rejected in forbid_rmw mode, allowed and behaves as expected on the other three. We had **some** tests like that in our test suite already, but the first patch in this series adds many more, making the test much more exhaustive and making it easier to review that we're really testing all four write isolation modes in every scenario that matters. Fixes #24442 No need to backport this patch - it's just adding more tests and changing developer-only test behavior. Closes scylladb/scylladb#24493 * github.com:scylladb/scylladb: test/alternator: make "run" script use only_rmw_uses_lwt test/alternator: improve tests for write isolation modes
Scylla
What is Scylla?
Scylla is the real-time big data database that is API-compatible with Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB. Scylla embraces a shared-nothing approach that increases throughput and storage capacity to realize order-of-magnitude performance improvements and reduce hardware costs.
For more information, please see the ScyllaDB web site.
Build Prerequisites
Scylla is fairly fussy about its build environment, requiring very recent versions of the C++23 compiler and of many libraries to build. The document HACKING.md includes detailed information on building and developing Scylla, but to get Scylla building quickly on (almost) any build machine, Scylla offers a frozen toolchain, This is a pre-configured Docker image which includes recent versions of all the required compilers, libraries and build tools. Using the frozen toolchain allows you to avoid changing anything in your build machine to meet Scylla's requirements - you just need to meet the frozen toolchain's prerequisites (mostly, Docker or Podman being available).
Building Scylla
Building Scylla with the frozen toolchain dbuild is as easy as:
$ git submodule update --init --force --recursive
$ ./tools/toolchain/dbuild ./configure.py
$ ./tools/toolchain/dbuild ninja build/release/scylla
For further information, please see:
- Developer documentation for more information on building Scylla.
- Build documentation on how to build Scylla binaries, tests, and packages.
- Docker image build documentation for information on how to build Docker images.
Running Scylla
To start Scylla server, run:
$ ./tools/toolchain/dbuild ./build/release/scylla --workdir tmp --smp 1 --developer-mode 1
This will start a Scylla node with one CPU core allocated to it and data files stored in the tmp directory.
The --developer-mode is needed to disable the various checks Scylla performs at startup to ensure the machine is configured for maximum performance (not relevant on development workstations).
Please note that you need to run Scylla with dbuild if you built it with the frozen toolchain.
For more run options, run:
$ ./tools/toolchain/dbuild ./build/release/scylla --help
Testing
See test.py manual.
Scylla APIs and compatibility
By default, Scylla is compatible with Apache Cassandra and its API - CQL. There is also support for the API of Amazon DynamoDB™, which needs to be enabled and configured in order to be used. For more information on how to enable the DynamoDB™ API in Scylla, and the current compatibility of this feature as well as Scylla-specific extensions, see Alternator and Getting started with Alternator.
Documentation
Documentation can be found here. Seastar documentation can be found here. User documentation can be found here.
Training
Training material and online courses can be found at Scylla University. The courses are free, self-paced and include hands-on examples. They cover a variety of topics including Scylla data modeling, administration, architecture, basic NoSQL concepts, using drivers for application development, Scylla setup, failover, compactions, multi-datacenters and how Scylla integrates with third-party applications.
Contributing to Scylla
If you want to report a bug or submit a pull request or a patch, please read the contribution guidelines.
If you are a developer working on Scylla, please read the developer guidelines.
Contact
- The community forum and Slack channel are for users to discuss configuration, management, and operations of ScyllaDB.
- The developers mailing list is for developers and people interested in following the development of ScyllaDB to discuss technical topics.