Feature #13493
Updated by Peter Amstutz almost 6 years ago
First step in https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Federation_implementation_roadmap > When retrieving a workflow record for arvados-cwl-runner, API server notices workflow UUID is remote, and fetches it with salted token (instead of looking in local DB) Notes here: https://dev.arvados.org/projects/arvados/wiki/Routing_multi_cluster_requests Design questions: * Is this a feature added to the current Rails API server, as a proxy in front of the API server, or added to the SDK? ** Adding to the Rails API server seems complicated. Requests need to be routed before they hit regular handling. Requests to remote API servers tie up a request handler process. ** A separate request broker can act as a transparent proxy and route requests to the correct API server. ** Embedding in the SDK means no new infrastructure required, but is less transparent. Proposed strategy: * Implement request routing in the Go SDK * Write an API broker in Go that uses the SDK. # Client contacts the API broker with GET request # API broker inspects uuid to determine where the request should be sent. # Sends request and gets response # Returns result or error