Server Startup Guide

1 Overview

The directory for the configuration files is hugegraph-release/conf, and all the configurations related to the service and the graph itself are located in this directory.

The main configuration files include gremlin-server.yaml, rest-server.properties, and hugegraph.properties.

The HugeGraphServer integrates the GremlinServer and RestServer internally, and gremlin-server.yaml and rest-server.properties are used to configure these two servers.

GremlinServer: GremlinServer accepts Gremlin requests and invokes the graph engine.
RestServer: It provides a RESTful API that, based on different HTTP requests, calls the corresponding Core API. If the user’s request body is a Gremlin statement, it will be forwarded to GremlinServer to perform operations on the graph data.

Now let’s introduce these three configuration files one by one.

2. gremlin-server.yaml

The main structure of gremlin-server.yaml is shown below. Some imports are omitted from this example; refer to the file included in the release package for the complete content.

# host and port of gremlin server, need to be consistent with host and port in rest-server.properties
#host: 127.0.0.1
#port: 8182

# timeout in ms of gremlin query
evaluationTimeout: 30000

channelizer: org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.server.channel.WsAndHttpChannelizer
# don't set graph at here, this happens after support for dynamically adding graph
graphs: {
}
scriptEngines: {
  gremlin-groovy: {
    staticImports: [
      org.opencypher.gremlin.process.traversal.CustomPredicates.*',
      org.opencypher.gremlin.traversal.CustomFunctions.*
    ],
    plugins: {
      org.apache.hugegraph.plugin.HugeGraphGremlinPlugin: {},
      org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.server.jsr223.GremlinServerGremlinPlugin: {},
      org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.jsr223.ImportGremlinPlugin: {
        classImports: [
          java.lang.Math,
          org.apache.hugegraph.backend.id.IdGenerator,
          org.apache.hugegraph.type.define.Directions,
          org.apache.hugegraph.type.define.NodeRole,
          org.apache.hugegraph.masterelection.GlobalMasterInfo,
          org.apache.hugegraph.util.DateUtil,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.CollectionPathsTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.CountTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.CustomizedCrosspointsTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.CustomizePathsTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.FusiformSimilarityTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.HugeTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.JaccardSimilarTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.KneighborTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.KoutTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.MultiNodeShortestPathTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.NeighborRankTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.PathsTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.PersonalRankTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.SameNeighborTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.ShortestPathTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.SingleSourceShortestPathTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.SubGraphTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.TemplatePathsTraverser,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.steps.EdgeStep,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.steps.RepeatEdgeStep,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.algorithm.steps.WeightedEdgeStep,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.optimize.ConditionP,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.optimize.Text,
          org.apache.hugegraph.traversal.optimize.TraversalUtil,
          org.opencypher.gremlin.traversal.CustomFunctions,
          org.opencypher.gremlin.traversal.CustomPredicate
        ],
        methodImports: [
          java.lang.Math#*,
          org.opencypher.gremlin.traversal.CustomPredicate#*,
          org.opencypher.gremlin.traversal.CustomFunctions#*
        ]
      },
      org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.jsr223.ScriptFileGremlinPlugin: {
        files: [scripts/empty-sample.groovy]
      }
    }
  }
}
serializers:
  - { className: org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.driver.ser.GraphBinaryMessageSerializerV1,
      config: {
        serializeResultToString: false,
        ioRegistries: [org.apache.hugegraph.io.HugeGraphIoRegistry]
      }
  }
  - { className: org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.driver.ser.GraphSONMessageSerializerV1d0,
      config: {
        serializeResultToString: false,
        ioRegistries: [org.apache.hugegraph.io.HugeGraphIoRegistry]
      }
  }
  - { className: org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.driver.ser.GraphSONMessageSerializerV2d0,
      config: {
        serializeResultToString: false,
        ioRegistries: [org.apache.hugegraph.io.HugeGraphIoRegistry]
      }
  }
  - { className: org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.driver.ser.GraphSONMessageSerializerV3d0,
      config: {
        serializeResultToString: false,
        ioRegistries: [org.apache.hugegraph.io.HugeGraphIoRegistry]
      }
  }
metrics: {
  consoleReporter: {enabled: false, interval: 180000},
  csvReporter: {enabled: false, interval: 180000, fileName: ./metrics/gremlin-server-metrics.csv},
  jmxReporter: {enabled: false},
  slf4jReporter: {enabled: false, interval: 180000},
  gangliaReporter: {enabled: false, interval: 180000, addressingMode: MULTICAST},
  graphiteReporter: {enabled: false, interval: 180000}
}
maxInitialLineLength: 4096
maxHeaderSize: 8192
maxChunkSize: 8192
maxContentLength: 65536
maxAccumulationBufferComponents: 1024
resultIterationBatchSize: 64
writeBufferLowWaterMark: 32768
writeBufferHighWaterMark: 65536
ssl: {
  enabled: false
}

In most cases, you only need to pay attention to channelizer, host, and port. Graphs are not loaded from the Gremlin Server graphs section. Whether local graph configurations are loaded is controlled by graph.load_from_local_config in rest-server.properties.

channelizer: The default WsAndHttpChannelizer supports both WebSocket and HTTP. Gremlin Console uses WebSocket, while HugeGraph Client, Loader, and Hubble use HTTP.

By default, the GremlinServer serves at 127.0.0.1:8182. If you need to modify it, configure the host and port settings.

host: The hostname or IP address of the machine where the GremlinServer is deployed. GremlinServer is not directly exposed to users, the RestServer forwards Gremlin requests to it.
port: The port number of the machine where the GremlinServer is deployed.

Additionally, you need to add the corresponding configuration gremlinserver.url=http://host:port in rest-server.properties.

3. rest-server.properties

The following is an example of the available rest-server.properties options. The current upstream release template does not include graph.load_from_local_config, whose source-code default is false; set it explicitly to true when using local graph configurations under conf/graphs.

# bind url
# could use '0.0.0.0' or specified (real)IP to expose external network access
restserver.url=http://127.0.0.1:8080
#restserver.enable_graphspaces_filter=false
# gremlin server url, need to be consistent with host and port in gremlin-server.yaml
#gremlinserver.url=127.0.0.1:8182

graphs=./conf/graphs
graph.load_from_local_config=true

# The maximum thread ratio for batch writing, only take effect if the batch.max_write_threads is 0
batch.max_write_ratio=80
batch.max_write_threads=0

# configuration of arthas
arthas.telnetPort=8562
arthas.httpPort=8561
arthas.ip=127.0.0.1
arthas.disabledCommands=jad

# authentication configs
#auth.authenticator=org.apache.hugegraph.auth.StandardAuthenticator
# for admin password, By default, it is pa and takes effect upon the first startup
#auth.admin_pa=pa
#auth.graph_store=hugegraph

# use pd
# usePD=true

# slow query log
log.slow_query_threshold=1000
# bytes of request body recorded as-is (may contain sensitive literals), 0 to disable
log.slow_query_body_limit=512

# jvm(in-heap) memory usage monitor, set 1 to disable it
memory_monitor.threshold=0.85
memory_monitor.period=2000

restserver.url: The URL at which the RestServer provides its services. Modify it according to the actual environment. If you can’t connet to server from other IP address, try to modify it as specific IP; or modify it as http://0.0.0.0 to listen all network interfaces as a convenient solution, but need to take care of the network area that might access.
graphs: The directory containing graph configuration files. The default is ./conf/graphs. init-store scans this directory; the Server loads its properties files only when graph.load_from_local_config=true.
graph.load_from_local_config: Whether the Server reads local graph configurations at startup. Its default value in the source code is false.

The current upstream template still uses arthas.telnet_port, arthas.http_port, and arthas.disabled_commands, but ServerOptions reads the camelCase names shown in the example above. Custom configurations should use arthas.telnetPort, arthas.httpPort, and arthas.disabledCommands.

The gremlinserver.url configuration option is the URL at which the GremlinServer provides services to the RestServer. By default, it is set to http://127.0.0.1:8182. If you need to modify it, it should match the host and port settings in gremlin-server.yaml. The value may omit the scheme, as the template does, because http:// is prepended when it is missing.

4. hugegraph.properties

hugegraph.properties is a type of file. If the system has multiple graphs, there will be multiple similar files. This file is used to configure parameters related to graph storage and querying. The default content of the file is as follows:

# gremlin entrance to create graph
# auth config: org.apache.hugegraph.auth.HugeFactoryAuthProxy
gremlin.graph=org.apache.hugegraph.HugeFactory

# cache config
#schema.cache_capacity=100000
# vertex-cache default is 1000w, 10min expired
vertex.cache_type=l2
#vertex.cache_capacity=10000000
#vertex.cache_expire=600
# edge-cache default is 100w, 10min expired
edge.cache_type=l2
#edge.cache_capacity=1000000
#edge.cache_expire=600


# schema illegal name template
#schema.illegal_name_regex=\s+|~.*

#vertex.default_label=vertex

# NOTE: since 1.7.0, only hstore, rocksdb, hbase, memory are supported for backend.
# if you want to use Cassandra/MySql/PG... as backend, please use version < 1.7.0
backend=rocksdb
serializer=binary
# The process-wide max capacity of one serialization buffer in bytes
#serializer.buffer_max_capacity=134217728

store=hugegraph

# pd config
#pd.peers=127.0.0.1:8686

# task config
task.schedule_period=10
task.retry=0
task.wait_timeout=10

# search config
search.text_analyzer=jieba
search.text_analyzer_mode=INDEX

# rocksdb backend config
#rocksdb.data_path=/path/to/disk
#rocksdb.wal_path=/path/to/disk

# hbase backend config
#hbase.hosts=localhost
#hbase.port=2181
#hbase.znode_parent=/hbase
#hbase.threads_max=64
# IMPORTANT: recommend to modify the HBase partition number
#            by the actual/env data amount & RS amount before init store
#            It will influence the load speed a lot
#hbase.enable_partition=true
#hbase.vertex_partitions=10
#hbase.edge_partitions=30

# WARNING: These raft configurations are deprecated, please use the latest version instead.
# raft.mode=false

# memory management config
#memory.mode=off-heap
#memory.max_capacity=1073741824
#memory.one_query_max_capacity=104857600
#memory.alignment=8

Pay attention to the following uncommented items:

gremlin.graph: The entry point for GremlinServer startup. Users should not modify this item, except to switch it to org.apache.hugegraph.auth.HugeFactoryAuthProxy when authentication is enabled.
vertex.cache_type / edge.cache_type: The cache implementation, allowed values are l1 and l2. The default is l2.
backend: The storage backend. Version 1.7.0 supports memory, rocksdb, hstore, and hbase.
serializer: The serializer used when writing schemas, vertices, and edges to the backend. RocksDB uses binary.
store: The storage name used by the graph in the backend.
task.schedule_period, task.retry, task.wait_timeout: Scheduling period (in seconds), retry count, and wait timeout (in seconds) for asynchronous tasks. The scheduler itself is picked from the backend, hstore uses the distributed scheduler and every other backend uses the local one. The old task.scheduler_type key is ignored.
search.text_analyzer / search.text_analyzer_mode: The analyzer used for full-text indexes and its mode. Available analyzers are ansj, hanlp, smartcn, jieba, jcseg, mmseg4j, and ikanalyzer, and each one accepts its own set of modes.
rocksdb.data_path: This item is only meaningful when the backend is set to rocksdb. It specifies the data directory for RocksDB, and defaults to rocksdb-data/data.
rocksdb.wal_path: This item is only meaningful when the backend is set to rocksdb. It specifies the log directory for RocksDB, and defaults to rocksdb-data/wal.

5. Multi-Graph Configuration

A Server can load multiple graphs, with a separate properties file for each graph. The following example creates a RocksDB graph named hugegraph_rocksdb and an in-memory graph named hugegraph_memory.

[Optional]: Modify rest-server.properties

You can modify the graph profile directory in the graphs option of rest-server.properties. The default configuration is graphs=./conf/graphs, if you want to change it to another directory then adjust the graphs option, e.g. adjust it to graphs=/etc/hugegraph/graphs, example is as follows:

graphs=./conf/graphs
graph.load_from_local_config=true

Under conf/graphs, create hugegraph_memory.properties and hugegraph_rocksdb.properties based on hugegraph.properties.

Configure hugegraph_memory.properties as follows:

backend=memory
serializer=text
store=hugegraph_memory

Configure hugegraph_rocksdb.properties as follows:

backend=rocksdb
serializer=binary

store=hugegraph_rocksdb

Stop the server, execute init-store.sh (to create a new database for the new graph), and restart the server.

$ ./bin/stop-hugegraph.sh

$ ./bin/init-store.sh

Initializing HugeGraph Store...
2023-06-11 14:16:14 [main] [INFO] o.a.h.u.ConfigUtil - Scanning option 'graphs' directory './conf/graphs'
2023-06-11 14:16:14 [main] [INFO] o.a.h.c.InitStore - Init graph with config file: ./conf/graphs/hugegraph_rocksdb.properties
...
2023-06-11 14:16:15 [main] [INFO] o.a.h.StandardHugeGraph - Graph 'hugegraph_rocksdb' has been initialized
2023-06-11 14:16:15 [main] [INFO] o.a.h.c.InitStore - Init graph with config file: ./conf/graphs/hugegraph_memory.properties
...
2023-06-11 14:16:16 [main] [INFO] o.a.h.StandardHugeGraph - Graph 'hugegraph_memory' has been initialized
2023-06-11 14:16:16 [main] [INFO] o.a.h.StandardHugeGraph - Close graph standardhugegraph[hugegraph_rocksdb]
...
2023-06-11 14:16:16 [main] [INFO] o.a.h.HugeFactory - HugeFactory shutdown
2023-06-11 14:16:16 [hugegraph-shutdown] [INFO] o.a.h.HugeFactory - HugeGraph is shutting down
Initialization finished.

$ ./bin/start-hugegraph.sh

Starting HugeGraphServer in daemon mode...
Connecting to HugeGraphServer (http://127.0.0.1:8080/graphs)...OK
Started [pid 21614]

Check out created graphs:

curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/graphspaces/DEFAULT/graphs

{"graphs":["hugegraph_rocksdb","hugegraph_memory"]}

Get details of a graph:

curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/graphspaces/DEFAULT/graphs/hugegraph_memory

{"name":"hugegraph_memory","backend":"memory"}

curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/graphspaces/DEFAULT/graphs/hugegraph_rocksdb

{"name":"hugegraph_rocksdb","backend":"rocksdb"}