Traefik Architecture and Source Code Analysis: A Deep Dive

Traefik is a widely adopted open-source HTTP reverse proxy and load balancer that simplifies the routing and load balancing of requests for modern web applications. It boasts dynamic configuration capabilities and supports a multitude of providers, positioning itself as a versatile solution for orchestrating complex deployment scenarios. In this blog post, we will delve into the architecture of Traefik and dissect the key components of its source code to furnish a more nuanced understanding of its operational mechanics. Traefik Architecture: A High-Level Overview At its core, Traefik’s architecture is composed of several integral components that collaborate to facilitate dynamic routing and load balancing: Static Configuration: These are foundational settings for Traefik, encompassing entry points, providers, and API access configurations. They can be specified via file, command-line arguments, or environment variables. Dynamic Configuration: This pertains to the routing rules, services, and middlewares that are adaptable based on the state of the infrastructure. Traefik’s compatibility with a myriad of providers, such as Docker, Kubernetes, Consul Catalog, among others, underscores its dynamism. Providers: Acting as the bridge between Traefik and service discovery mechanisms, providers are tasked with sourcing and conveying dynamic configuration to Traefik. Each provider is tailored to integrate with different technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and Consul....

March 9, 2024

Streamlining Real-Time Data: Master HTML5 SSE like ChatGPT

Introduction In the age of real-time interactivity where services like ChatGPT excel, it’s crucial for developers to leverage technologies that allow for seamless data streaming in their applications. This article will delve into the world of HTML5 Server-Sent Events (SSE), a powerful tool akin to the technology behind conversational AI interfaces. Similar to how ChatGPT streams data to provide instant responses, SSE enables web browsers to receive updates from a server without the need for repetitive client-side requests. Whether you’re building a chat application, a live notification system, or any service requiring real-time data flow, this guide will equip you with the knowledge to implement SSE efficiently in your applications, ensuring a responsive and engaging user experience. Understanding Server-Sent Events (SSE) Server-Sent Events (SSE) is a web technology that facilitates the server’s ability to send real-time updates to clients over an established HTTP connection. Clients can receive a continuous data stream or messages via the EventSource JavaScript API, which is incorporated in the HTML5 specification by WHATWG. The official media type for SSE is text/event-stream. Here is an illustrative example of a typical SSE response: event:message data:The Current Time Is 2023-12-30 23:00:21 event:message data:The Current Time Is 2023-12-30 23:00:31 event:message data:The Current Time Is 2023-12-30 23:00:41 event:message data:The Current Time Is 2023-12-30 23:00:51 Fields in SSE Messages Messages transmitted via SSE may contain the following fields:...

December 30, 2023

Structured concurrency

简介 定义 根据维基百科的解释: Structured concurrency is a programming paradigm aimed at improving the clarity, quality, and development time of a computer program by using a structured approach to concurrent programming. The core concept is the encapsulation of concurrent threads of execution (here encompassing kernel and userland threads and processes) by way of control flow constructs that have clear entry and exit points and that ensure all spawned threads have completed before exit. Such encapsulation allows errors in concurrent threads to be propagated to the control structure’s parent scope and managed by the native error handling mechanisms of each particular computer language. It allows control flow to remain readily evident by the structure of the source code despite the presence of concurrency. To be effective, this model must be applied consistently throughout all levels of the program – otherwise concurrent threads may leak out, become orphaned, or fail to have runtime errors correctly propagated. Structured concurrency is analogous to structured programming, which introduced control flow constructs that encapsulated sequential statements and subroutines. 简单来说:结构化并发(Structu...

August 1, 2022

Go 1.18 泛型介绍

什么是泛型 泛型程序设计(generic programming)是程序设计语言的一种风格或范式。泛型允许程序员在编写代码时使用一些以后才指定的类型,在实例化时作为参数指明这些类型。 Golang 泛型基本用法 示例 map 操作 package main import ( "fmt" ) func mapFunc[T any, M any](a []T, f func(T) M) []M { n := make([]M, len(a), cap(a)) for i, e := range a { n[i] = f(e) } return n } func main() { vi := []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} vs := mapFunc(vi, func(v int) string { return "<" + fmt.Sprint(v * v) + ">" }) fmt.Println(vs) } min max 函数 package main import ( "fmt" ) type ordered interface { ~int | ~int8 | ~int16 | ~int32 | ~int64 | ~uint | ~uint8 | ~uint16 | ~uint32 | ~uint64 |...

March 16, 2022

通过 gRPC-Gateway 开发 RESTful API

gRPC-Gateway 简介 gRPC-Gateway 是 protoc 的一个插件,工作机制是读取一个 gRPC 服务定义并生成一个反向代理服务器,将 RESTful JSON API 翻译成 gRPC。 这个服务器是根据编写的 gRPC 定义中的自定义选项来生成的。 安装使用 依赖工具 工具 简介 安装 protobuf protocol buffer 编译所需的命令行 http://google.github.io/proto-lens/installing-protoc.html protoc-gen-go 从 proto 文件,生成 .go 文件 https://grpc.io/docs/languages/go/quickstart/ protoc-gen-go-grpc 从 proto 文件,生成 gRPC 相关的 .go 文件 https://grpc.io/docs/languages/go/quickstart/ protoc-gen-grpc-gateway 从 proto 文件,生成 gRPC-gateway 相关的 .go 文件 https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway#installation protoc-gen-openapiv2 从 proto 文件,生成 swagger 文档所需的参数文件 https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway#installation buf protobuf 管理工具,可选,简化命令行操作和protobuf 文件管理 https://docs.buf.build/installation 步骤 编...

March 13, 2022

Python 与 Go 之间的并发模式差异

Python并发方式 在 Python 中,早期并发方式以传统的多进程和多线程为主,类似 Java,同时,有不少第三方的异步方案(gevent/tornado/twisted 等)。 在 Python 3 时期,官方推出了 asyncio 和 async await 语法,作为 Python 官方的协程实现,而逐渐普及。 进程 多进程编程示例: from multiprocessing import Process def f(name): print('hello', name) if __name__ == '__main__': p = Process(target=f, args=('bob',)) p.start() p.join() multiprocessing 与 threading 的 API 接近,比较容易创建多进程的程序,是 Python 官方推荐作为绕过多线程 GIL 限制的一种方案。 但需要注意,创建进程的参数...

August 30, 2021