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Notifications

 This topic is discussed in the Advanced Topics training video.

Grouper can integrate with or provision data to external systems in real-time. This is done using Grouper Notifications, which are based on the Grouper Change Log. Approaches include:

  • Use the Provisioning Service Provider (PSP). The PSP is able to incrementally provision one or more target LDAP directories (including Active Directory) based on the Change log. It can also provision SPML targets.
  • Use the Grouper ESB Connector or XMPP to implement notifications from the Change log.
  • Implement your own custom change log consumer in Java. This provides additional flexibility since you can get direct access to all the information for each change, but does require custom code. This is most useful if you are provisioning a target that cannot be provisioned by the other methods.

Change Log Events

As of Grouper 2.0, the following change log events are supported.  Note that Grouper 2.1 no longer has notifications on flattened permissions due to performance concerns.  Instead, whenever anything related to a permission changes (including memberships and all the hierarchies that could be involved in forming a permission), change log events are added for all the roles involved.  The action name for the change log entry is permissionChangeOnRole.

This diagram shows the Change Log and Notifications in the Grouper Architecture.

Here are some change log events, you should look in source for your version of Grouper to get the full list.  See ChangeLogTypeBuiltin.java or the GROUPER_CHANGE_LOG_TYPE table.

Change Log Category

Action Name

attributeAssign

addAttributeAssign

attributeAssign

deleteAttributeAssign

attributeAssignAction

addAttributeAssignAction

attributeAssignAction

deleteAttributeAssignAction

attributeAssignAction

updateAttributeAssignAction

attributeAssignActionSet

addAttributeAssignActionSet

attributeAssignActionSet

deleteAttributeAssignActionSet

attributeAssignValue

addAttributeAssignValue

attributeAssignValue

deleteAttributeAssignValue

attributeDef

addAttributeDef

attributeDef

deleteAttributeDef

attributeDef

updateAttributeDef

attributeDefName

addAttributeDefName

attributeDefName

deleteAttributeDefName

attributeDefName

updateAttributeDefName

attributeDefNameSet

addAttributeDefNameSet

attributeDefNameSet

deleteAttributeDefNameSet

group

addGroup

group

deleteGroup

group

updateGroup

groupField

addGroupField

groupField

deleteGroupField

groupField

updateGroupField

groupType

addGroupType

groupType

deleteGroupType

groupType

updateGroupType

groupTypeAssignment

assignGroupType

groupTypeAssignment

unassignGroupType

member

addMember

member

changeSubject

member

deleteMember

member

updateMember

membership

addMembership

membership

deleteMembership

membership

updateMembership

permission

permissionChangeOnRole (Grouper 2.1+)

privilege

addPrivilege

privilege

deletePrivilege

privilege

updatePrivilege

roleSet

addRoleSet

roleSet

deleteRoleSet

stem

addStem

stem

deleteStem

stem

updateStem

Implementing a consumer

To implement a consumer:

1. Make sure the change log is enabled (it is by default) in the grouper.properties

# if we should insert records into grouper_change_log_temp when events happen
# defaults to true
changeLog.enabled = true

2. Enable (it is by default) the grouperLoader daemon process in the grouper-loader.properties which copies change log data from the temp table to the change log table (this is what ensures data integrity, strict ordering, unique id's, etc from disparate and concurrent grouper API sources).  Note, by default this runs every minute at 10 seconds to the minute, the cron can generally be left blank unless this schedule needs to be adjusted

# should the change log temp to change log daemon run?
changeLog.changeLogTempToChangeLog.enable = true

#quartz cron-like schedule for change log temp to change log daemon, the default is 50 seconds after every minute: 50 * * * * ?
#leave blank to disable this
changeLog.changeLogTempToChangeLog.quartz.cron =

3. Extend the base class for a change log consumer. Note, there are a lot of options here discussed below

Extend ChangeLogConsumerImpl

This is a new class in Grouper 2.3+ that allows you to create an attribute, assign it to folder(s) or group(s), and assigned groups/memberships will be provisioned.

Create and assign an attribute in GSH (note you can do this with the UI as well).

GrouperSession grouperSession = GrouperSession.startRootSession();
AttributeDef provisioningMarkerAttributeDef = new AttributeDefSave(grouperSession).assignCreateParentStemsIfNotExist(true).assignName("attr:someAttrDef").assignToStem(true).assignToGroup(true).save();
AttributeDefName provisioningMarkerAttributeName = new AttributeDefNameSave(grouperSession, provisioningMarkerAttributeDef).assignName("attr:provisioningMarker").save()


Stem parentFolder = StemFinder.findByName(grouperSession, "some:folder", true);
parentFolder.getAttributeDelegate().assignAttribute(provisioningMarkerAttributeName);
 
Group someGroup = GroupFinder.findByName(grouperSession, "another:folder:someGroup", true);
someGroup .getAttributeDelegate().assignAttribute(provisioningMarkerAttributeName);

Configure the class in grouper-loader.properties

changeLog.consumer.abc.class = edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.consumer.PrintChangeLogConsumer


# note: this name matches the attribute name created in the example above
changeLog.consumer.abc.syncAttributeName = attr:provisioningMarker
changeLog.consumer.abc.quartzCron =
# defaults to true if not configured
changeLog.consumer.abc.retryOnError = true

There are certain methods to override to sync groups and memberships

public class SomeChangeLogConsumer extends ChangeLogConsumerBaseImpl {
 
  protected void renameGroup(String oldGroupName, String newGroupName, ChangeLogEntry changeLogEntry) {
  }


  protected void removeMovedGroup(String oldGroupName, ChangeLogEntry changeLogEntry) {
  }
 
  protected void addGroup(Group group, ChangeLogEntry changeLogEntry) {
  }


  protected void addGroupAndMemberships(Group group, ChangeLogEntry changeLogEntry) {
  }


  protected void updateGroup(Group group, ChangeLogEntry changeLogEntry) {
  }
 
  protected void removeGroup(Group group, ChangeLogEntry changeLogEntry) {
  }


  protected void removeDeletedGroup(PITGroup pitGroup, ChangeLogEntry changeLogEntry) {
  }


  protected void addMembership(Subject subject, Group group, ChangeLogEntry changeLogEntry) {
  }


  protected void removeMembership(Subject subject, Group group, ChangeLogEntry changeLogEntry) {
  }


  protected boolean isFullSyncRunning(String consumerName) {
  }
}
 

 

Extend ChangeLogConsumerBase

This is the low level change log consumer that gives you full control

Code the notification part which sends appropriate data to external systems.  In this case, it just sends the data to stdout.  Note the error handling here, the keeping track of which change log sequence has been successful, the processing in a batch (currently 100 records will be sent at a time), and the coding to the change log events with constants (DONT USE string01, string02, etc)

package edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.consumer;

import java.util.List;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogConsumerBase;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogEntry;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogLabels;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogProcessorMetadata;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogTypeBuiltin;


/**
 * just print out some of the events
 */
public class PrintTest extends ChangeLogConsumerBase {

  /**
   * @see edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogConsumerBase#processChangeLogEntries(java.util.List, edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogProcessorMetadata)
   */
  @Override
  public long processChangeLogEntries(List<ChangeLogEntry> changeLogEntryList,
      ChangeLogProcessorMetadata changeLogProcessorMetadata) {

    long currentId = -1;

    //try catch so we can track that we made some progress
    try {
      for (ChangeLogEntry changeLogEntry : changeLogEntryList) {
        currentId = changeLogEntry.getSequenceNumber();

        //if this is a group type add action and category
        if (changeLogEntry.equalsCategoryAndAction(ChangeLogTypeBuiltin.GROUP_TYPE_ADD)) {

          //print the name from the entry
          System.out.println("Group type add, name: "
              + changeLogEntry.retrieveValueForLabel(ChangeLogLabels.GROUP_TYPE_ADD.name));
        }

        if (changeLogEntry.equalsCategoryAndAction(ChangeLogTypeBuiltin.GROUP_TYPE_DELETE)) {

          //print the name from the entry
          System.out.println("Group type delete, name: "
              + changeLogEntry.retrieveValueForLabel(ChangeLogLabels.GROUP_TYPE_DELETE.name));
        }

        //if this is a group add action and category
        if (changeLogEntry.equalsCategoryAndAction(ChangeLogTypeBuiltin.GROUP_ADD)) {

          //print the name from the entry
          System.out.println("Group add, name: "
              + changeLogEntry.retrieveValueForLabel(ChangeLogLabels.GROUP_ADD.name));
        }

        if (changeLogEntry.equalsCategoryAndAction(ChangeLogTypeBuiltin.GROUP_DELETE)) {

          //print the name from the entry
          System.out.println("Group delete, name: "
              + changeLogEntry.retrieveValueForLabel(ChangeLogLabels.GROUP_DELETE.name));
        }

        if (changeLogEntry.equalsCategoryAndAction(ChangeLogTypeBuiltin.GROUP_UPDATE)) {

          //print the name from the entry
          System.out.println("Group update, name: "
              + changeLogEntry.retrieveValueForLabel(ChangeLogLabels.GROUP_UPDATE.name)
              + ", property: " + changeLogEntry.retrieveValueForLabel(ChangeLogLabels.GROUP_UPDATE.propertyChanged)
              + ", from: '" + changeLogEntry.retrieveValueForLabel(ChangeLogLabels.GROUP_UPDATE.propertyOldValue)
              + "', to: '" + changeLogEntry.retrieveValueForLabel(ChangeLogLabels.GROUP_UPDATE.propertyNewValue) + "'");
        }

        //we successfully processed this record
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      changeLogProcessorMetadata.registerProblem(e, "Error processing record", currentId);
      //we made it to this -1
      return currentId-1;
    }
    if (currentId == -1) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Couldnt process any records");
    }

    return currentId;
  }

}

Compile and jar this up

You need the grouper API jars, you can get those from a WS or UI deployment, or from the API itself...

In this case I used my WS deployment:

[appadmin@fasttest-small-b-01 temp]$ pwd
/opt/appserv/tomcat/apps/grouperWs/webapps/grouperWs/WEB-INF/temp
[appadmin@fasttest-small-b-01 temp]$ mkdir -p edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/consumer

... put the source in the file with your favorite editor ...

[appadmin@fasttest-small-b-01 temp]$ cat edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/consumer/PrintTest.java
package edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.consumer;

import java.util.List;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogConsumerBase;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogEntry;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogLabels;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogProcessorMetadata;
import edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogTypeBuiltin;


/**
 * just print out some of the events
 */
public class PrintTest extends ChangeLogConsumerBase {
...

[appadmin@fastprod-medium-a-01 temp]$ javac -classpath "../lib/*" -sourcepath . edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/consumer/PrintTest.java

Then you can put that in a jar, put the jar in the grouper lib dir, should be good to go:

[appadmin@fastprod-medium-a-01 temp]$ jar cvf printTest.jar .
added manifest
adding: edu/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: edu/internet2/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: edu/internet2/middleware/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/consumer/(in = 0) (out= 0)(stored 0%)
adding: edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/consumer/PrintTest.java(in = 3289) (out= 793)(deflated 75%)
adding: edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/consumer/PrintTest.class(in = 3724) (out= 1485)(deflated 60%)
[appadmin@fastprod-medium-a-01 temp]$ ls -altr
total 16
drwxr-xr-x. 9 appadmin users 4096 Sep 24 14:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x. 3 appadmin users 4096 Sep 24 14:41 edu
drwxr-xr-x. 3 appadmin users 4096 Sep 24 14:43 .
-rw-r--r--. 1 appadmin users 3871 Sep 24 14:43 printTest.jar
[appadmin@fastprod-medium-a-01 temp]$ jar tf printTest.jar
META-INF/
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
edu/
edu/internet2/
edu/internet2/middleware/
edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/
edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/
edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/consumer/
edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/consumer/PrintTest.java
edu/internet2/middleware/grouper/changeLog/consumer/PrintTest.class
[appadmin@fastprod-medium-a-01 temp]$

4. Register this consumer in the grouper-loader.properties (note, the cron string might not be needed.  If blank, it will default to on the minute, every minute [right after the temp daemon].  If there are multiple consumers, they will be staggered by 2 seconds)

#specify the consumers here.  specify the consumer name after the changeLog.consumer. part.  This example is "ldappc"
#but it could be changeLog.consumer.myConsumerName.class
#the class must extend edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.ChangeLogConsumerBase
#changeLog.consumer.ldappc.class =

#the quartz cron is a cron-like string.  it defaults to every minute on the minute (since the temp to change log job runs
#at 10 seconds to each minute).  it defaults to this: 0 * * * * ?
#though it will stagger each one by 2 seconds
#changeLog.consumer.ldappc.quartzCron =

changeLog.consumer.printTest.class = edu.internet2.middleware.grouper.changeLog.consumer.PrintTest
changeLog.consumer.printTest.quartzCron =

5. To test this, run the loader, and a GSH shell in separate windows.  Enter commands which add/delete types, and add/update/delete groups in the GSH shell, see print statements to STDOUT in the loader window.  Start the loader:

C:\mchyzer\isc\dev\grouper-qs-1.2.0\grouper>bin\gsh -loader
Using GROUPER_HOME:           C:\mchyzer\isc\dev\grouper-qs-1.2.0\grouper\bin\..
Using GROUPER_CONF:           C:\mchyzer\isc\dev\grouper-qs-1.2.0\grouper\bin\../conf
Using JAVA:                   "c:\dev_inst\java/bin/java"
using MEMORY:                 64m-512m
Grouper starting up: version: 1.5.0-rc1, build date: 2009/06/10 01:09:59, env: DEV
...

6. Start up GSH, and enter some commands

C:\mchyzer\isc\dev\grouper-qs-1.2.0\grouper>bin\gsh
Using GROUPER_HOME:           C:\mchyzer\isc\dev\grouper-qs-1.2.0\grouper\bin\..
Using GROUPER_CONF:           C:\mchyzer\isc\dev\grouper-qs-1.2.0\grouper\bin\../conf
Using JAVA:                   "c:\dev_inst\java/bin/java"
using MEMORY:                 64m-512m
...
gsh 0% typeAdd("testA");
type: 'testA'
gsh 1% addRootStem("stem1", "stem1");
stem: name='stem1' displayName='stem1' uuid='ece24338-afde-4d5f-8593-d11b8b4341aa'
gsh 2% group = addGroup("stem1", "group1", "group1");
group: name='stem1:group1' displayName='stem1:group1' uuid='6ada2741-20b0-4cb6-9780-b07cfaf31db3'
gsh 3% typeDel("testA");
true
gsh 4% group.setDisplayExtension("group2");
gsh 5% group.setDescription("my description");
gsh 6% group.store();
gsh 7% typeAdd("testB");
type: 'testB'
gsh 8% typeDel("testB");
true
gsh 9% group.delete();
gsh 10%

7. Switch back to the loader window, and see the output (especially after waiting until the top of the minute, so that the daemon has run again).  Note there are multiple entries for one group update since multiple properties have changed.

C:\mchyzer\isc\dev\grouper-qs-1.2.0\grouper>bin\gsh -loader
Using GROUPER_HOME:           C:\mchyzer\isc\dev\grouper-qs-1.2.0\grouper\bin\..
Using GROUPER_CONF:           C:\mchyzer\isc\dev\grouper-qs-1.2.0\grouper\bin\../conf
Using JAVA:                   "c:\dev_inst\java/bin/java"
using MEMORY:                 64m-512m
Group type add, name: testA
Group add, name: stem1:group1
Group type delete, name: testA
Group update, name: stem1:group1, property: description, from: 'null', to: 'my description'
Group update, name: stem1:group1, property: displayExtension, from: 'group1', to: 'group2'
Group type add, name: testB
Group type delete, name: testB
Group delete, name: stem1:group1

8. Note that the state of this consumer is stored in the database.  So if grouper is shutdown, or the loader is shutdown, and brought back up, it will start up where it left off.  The name is the name configured in the grouper-loader.properties above

select * from grouper_change_log_consumer

name       last_sequence_processed  last_updated   created_on     id                                    hibernate_version_number
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
printTest  14                       1244611320119  1244610780084  57bd90bc-64b9-43c7-8023-dbb2b5fcbd03  4

SQL View

There is a friendly SQL view: grouper_change_log_entry_v which will be more friendly to query if you are debugging something than the grouper_change_log_entry table

To do

  • Add retry timeouts and max retries (currently it will just keep retrying every cycle of loader (every minute?) if there is an exception in target system.  It should sleep for progressively longer and longer until hitting a max
  • Add filters so that all systems are not notified on all change log entries
  • Add hook on change log entry (pre/post insert/update/delete
  • Add import/export to xml

Design / FAQ

  • The change log is transactional.  If a rollback or failure occurs in Grouper, the change log will be in sync.
  • If the destination is unreachable, it will retry next time with the same record
  • You can query the change log directly with the API through the DAO
  • Change log entries are ordered so that they notify in an order that will work (i.e. create a group before adding members)
  • There is a unique id (sequential sequence) for each row in change log
  • The timestamp is in micros, and will never be the same on the same jvm as another record
  • No database triggers are user, it's an all Java solution
  • There are 12 columns to stash data in the change log entry
  • Grouper keeps track of progress of consumers run in the loader
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