Nessie Server Admin Tool¶
This page explains how to use the Nessie Server Admin Tool to perform repository maintenance tasks such as:
- Obtaining information about a Nessie repository;
- Exporting a Nessie repository to a ZIP file, e.g. to create a backup;
- Importing a Nessie repository from a ZIP file, e.g. to restore a backup;
- Migrating from a legacy version store type.
Usage¶
The Nessie Server Admin Tool requires direct access to the database used by Nessie. The executable is named nessie-server-admin-tool-x.y.z-runner.jar and can be downloaded from the release page on GitHub.
Note
The Nessie Server Admin Tool is an executable jar that can be used to interact with a Nessie database directly. It should not be confused with the Nessie CLI tool, which interacts with Nessie servers via the REST API.
The Nessie Server Admin Tool nessie-server-admin-tool-x.y.z-runner.jar should use the same configuration settings as the Nessie Quarkus server. These settings should be passed to the tool using system properties, environment variables or a configuration file. The most relevant settings are those related to the database connection.
A help command is available to list all available commands and options:
java -jar nessie-server-admin-tool-x.y.z-runner.jar help
Repository information¶
The simplest command is info, which prints information about the Nessie repository.
For example, here is how to print information about a Nessie repository hosted in a MongoDB database called nessie running on nessie.example.com:27017:
java \
-Dnessie.version.store.type=MONGODB \
-Dquarkus.mongodb.database=nessie \
-Dquarkus.mongodb.connection-string=mongodb://<user>:<password>@nessie.example.com:27017 \
-jar nessie-server-admin-tool-runner.jar \
info
The output should look similar to this:
No-ancestor hash: 2e1cfa82b035c26cbbbdae632cea070514eb8b773f616aaeaf668e2f0be8f10d
Default branch head commit ID: 11b5d0f393ad84da4ae9724654d35b96863eda02101f3ff1e633e0b25e0513db
Default branch commit count: 100
Repository description version: 0
Repository description properties:
From configuration:
-------------------
Version-store type: MONGODB
Default branch: main
Exporting¶
The following command (replace x.y.z with the version you’re using) exports your Nessie repository to a single ZIP file called my-export-file.zip,
java -jar nessie-server-admin-tool-x.y.z-runner.jar export --path my-export-file.zip
A ZIP file export contains all necessary repository information in a single, compressed file. Note that the export will only automatically generate a ZIP file, if the output path ends with .zip, otherwise it will export to a directory. You can force either option using the --output-format option.
Note
Please use the following command for advanced options.
java -jar nessie-server-admin-tool-x.y.z-runner.jar help export
Importing¶
The following command (replace x.y.z with the version you’re using) imports your Nessie repository from a single ZIP file called my-export-file.zip,
java -jar nessie-server-admin-tool-x.y.z-runner.jar import --path my-export-file.zip
The import will fail, if the target Nessie repository exists and is not empty. If you intentionally want to overwrite an existing Nessie repository, then use the --erase-before-import option.
Note
Please use the following command for advanced options.
java -jar nessie-server-admin-tool-x.y.z-runner.jar help import
Migrating from a legacy version store type¶
The admin tool can be used to fully migrate a Nessie repository from one version store type to another, see Migration for a detailed example.
Building blocks¶
- Export functionality, based on AbstractNessieExporter to dump commits, named references, heads+fork points.
- Import functionality, based on AbstractNessieImporter to load the exported data.
- Commit log optimization to:
- populate the list of parent-commits in all commits, according to the target Nessie repository’s configuration
- populate the key-lists in the commits, according to the target Nessie repository’s configuration
Code examples¶
class CodeExamples {
void exportExample(Persist persist, Path exportZipFile) {
ZipArchiveExporter.builder()
.outputFile(exportZipFile)
.persist(persist)
.build()
.exportNessieRepository();
}
void importExample(Persist persist, Path importZipFile) {
ImportResult importResult =
ZipArchiveImporter.builder()
.sourceZipFile(importZipFile)
.persist(persist)
.build()
.importNessieRepository();
}
}
ZipArchiveImporter can be replaced with FileImporter.
Export contents¶
Each export contains this information:
- All commits (no specific order)
- All named references including their heads
- Heads + fork-points (used to feed commit-log optimization ran after a repository import)
- Summary and inventory
Content, CommitMeta, global state, et al¶
A Nessie export contains all Content information without any database internal information. This means that there is no information contained whether the source repository stored Content using e.g. global state. All Contents and CommitMeta are exported in their public JSON representation.
As a side effect, an export from a Nessie repository with commits that were persisted using global state will be imported using on-reference-state. However, for content that was persisted using global state, there will multiple on-reference-states referring to the same Iceberg table-metadata.
Technical commit information¶
Exported commits do not contain key-lists or commit-parents or the like, because that is rather internal, implementation specific information and, additionally, the configuration of the target repository that controls the aggregated key-lists and commit-parent-lists might be different from the source repository.
However, exported commits do contain information about the commit-sequence-number and the technical created-at-timestamp.
Note
The nessie-server-admin-tool’s import command performs a commit-log optimization after all commits and named references have been created. This optimization populates missing aggregated key-lists and commit-parents. Running commit-log optimization is necessary for good performance to access contents and commit logs, but not strictly necessary. Commit-log optimization can be disabled.
Export contents consistency¶
Any Nessie export guarantees that the commits referenced by the named references and all their parent commits are contained in the exported data.
A Nessie export may contain unreferenced commits, for example commits that have been created while the export is running or commits that are otherwise unreferenced.
The HEADs of the named references and the heads in the HeadsAndForks structure may not be consistent, for example when commits have been created while the export is running.
Export formats¶
Exported data can be written either into an empty directory or as a compressed zip file.
Users can optionally zip the contents of an export to a directory and pass that to the zip-file based importer.
Command Reference¶
Usage: nessie-server-admin-tool-runner.jar [-hV] [COMMAND]
Nessie Server Admin Tool
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-V, --version Print version information and exit.
Commands:
info Nessie repository information
help Display help information about the specified command.
check-content Check content readability of active keys.
delete-catalog-tasks Delete persisted state of Iceberg snapshot loading
tasks previously executed by the Nessie Catalog.
erase-repository Erase current Nessie repository (all data will be lost)
and optionally re-initialize it.
export Exports a Nessie repository to the local file system.
import Imports a Nessie repository from the local file system.
show-licenses Show 3rd party license information.
Below is the output of the Nessie Server Admin tool help for all commands.
info¶
Usage: nessie-server-admin-tool-runner.jar info [-hV]
Nessie repository information
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-V, --version Print version information and exit.
check-content¶
Usage: nessie-server-admin-tool-runner.jar check-content [-cEhsV]
[-B=<batchSize>] [-H=<hash>] [-o=<outputSpec>] [-r=<ref>]
[-k=<keyElements>]...
Check content readability of active keys.
-B, --batch=<batchSize> The max number of keys to load at the same time.
If an error occurs while loading or parsing the
values for a single key, the error will be
propagated to all keys processed in the same
batch. In such a case, rerun the check for the
affected keys with a batch size of 1.
-c, --show-content Include content for each valid key in the output.
-E, --error-only Produce JSON only for keys with errors.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-H, --hash=<hash> Commit hash to use (defaults to the HEAD of the
specified reference).
-k, --key-element=<keyElements>
Elements or a specific content key to check (zero
or more). If not set, all current keys will be
checked.
-o, --output=<outputSpec> JSON output file name or '-' for STDOUT. If not
set, per-key status is not reported.
-r, --ref=<ref> Reference name to use (default branch, if not set).
-s, --summary Print a summary of results to STDOUT (irrespective
of the --output option).
-V, --version Print version information and exit.
delete-catalog-tasks¶
Usage: nessie-server-admin-tool-runner.jar delete-catalog-tasks [-hV]
[-B=<batchSize>] [-H=<hash>] [-r=<ref>] [-k=<keyElements>]...
[-s=<statuses>]...
Delete persisted state of Iceberg snapshot loading tasks previously executed by
the Nessie Catalog.
-B, --batch=<batchSize> The max number of task IDs to process at the same
time.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-H, --hash=<hash> Commit hash to use (defaults to the HEAD of the
specified reference).
-k, --key-element=<keyElements>
Elements or a specific content key to process (zero
or more). If not set, all current keys will get
their snapshot tasks expired.
-r, --ref=<ref> Reference name to use (default branch, if not set).
-s, --task-status=<statuses>
Delete tasks having these statuses (zero or more).
If not set, only failed tasks for matching
content objects are deleted.
-V, --version Print version information and exit.
erase-repository¶
Usage: nessie-server-admin-tool-runner.jar erase-repository [-hV]
[--confirmation-code=<confirmationCode>] [-r=<newDefaultBranch>]
Erase current Nessie repository (all data will be lost) and optionally
re-initialize it.
--confirmation-code=<confirmationCode>
Confirmation code for erasing the repository (will be emitted
by this command if not set).
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-r, --re-initialize=<newDefaultBranch>
Re-initialize the repository after erasure. If set, provides
the default branch name for the new repository.
-V, --version Print version information and exit.
export¶
Usage: nessie-server-admin-tool-runner.jar export [-hV] [--full-scan]
[-C=<expectedCommitCount>] [--commit-batch-size=<commitBatchSize>]
[--content-batch-size=<number>] [--export-version=<exportVersion>]
[-F=<output-format>] [--max-file-size=<maxFileSize>]
[--output-buffer-size=<outputBufferSize>] -p=<export-to>
[--single-branch-current-content=<branch-name>]
[--object-resolvers=<genericObjectResolvers>]...
Exports a Nessie repository to the local file system.
-C, --expected-commit-count=<expectedCommitCount>
Expected number of commits in the repository,
defaults to 1000000.
--commit-batch-size=<commitBatchSize>
Batch size when reading commits and their associated
contents, defaults to 20.
--content-batch-size=<number>
Group the specified number of content objects into
each commit at export time. This option is ignored
unless --single-branch-current-content is set. The
default value is 100.
--export-version=<exportVersion>
The export version, defaults to 3.
-F, --output-format=<output-format>
Explicitly define the output format to use to the
export.
If not specified, the implementation chooses the ZIP
export, if --path ends in .zip, otherwise will use
the directory output format.
Possible values: ZIP, DIRECTORY
--full-scan Export all commits, including those that are no
longer reachable any named reference.Using this
option is _not_ recommended.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
--max-file-size=<maxFileSize>
Maximum size of a file in bytes inside the export.
--object-resolvers=<genericObjectResolvers>
Additional jars that provide
`TransferRelatedObjects` implementations.
Jars can be provided as file paths or as URLs.
--output-buffer-size=<outputBufferSize>
Output buffer size, defaults to 32768.
-p, --path=<export-to> The ZIP file or directory to create with the export
contents.
--single-branch-current-content=<branch-name>
Export only the most recent contents from the
specified branch.
-V, --version Print version information and exit.
import¶
Usage: nessie-server-admin-tool-runner.jar import [-ehV]
[--commit-batch-size=<commitBatchSize>]
[--input-buffer-size=<inputBufferSize>] -p=<import-from>
Imports a Nessie repository from the local file system.
--commit-batch-size=<commitBatchSize>
Batch size when writing commits, defaults to 20.
-e, --erase-before-import Erase an existing repository before the import is
started.
This will delete all previously existing Nessie
data.
Using this option has no effect, if the Nessie
repository does not already exist.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
--input-buffer-size=<inputBufferSize>
Input buffer size, defaults to 32768.
-p, --path=<import-from> The ZIP file or directory to read the export from.
If this parameter refers to a file, the import
will assume that it is a ZIP file, otherwise a
directory.
-V, --version Print version information and exit.
show-licenses¶
Usage: nessie-server-admin-tool-runner.jar show-licenses [-hV]
Show 3rd party license information.
-h, --help Show this help message and exit.
-V, --version Print version information and exit.