How to view and edit infinispan cache data remotely

[sujithps]

I have configured infinispan cache embedded with wildfly8.2 server.

For that I added the below entry in my standalone.xml

<cache-container name="mycache" default-cache="cachedb"> 
 <transport lock-timeout="600000"/>
  <replicated-cache name="cachedb" batching="true" mode="SYNC"/>
</cache-container>  

inside <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:infinispan:2.0">

And I injected the same to one newly created class

@Singleton @Startup public class CacheManager {
   @Resource(lookup = "java:jboss/infinispan/container/mycache") 
  private CacheContainer container;
  . . . .
 }

I am able to use cache in my applications.

But the requirement is I need to see/edit/delete the cached data remotely by using any of the cache monitoring APIs.

Via jconsole I am able see the cache information , but not the cached data.

How can I connect and access to the cache remotely ?

[nadirx]

That's not possible using the MBeans available in WildFly: you need the infinispan-cli-interpreter module and use the Infinispan CLI.

[sujithps]

So , what are the steps to be done ?

Is there any source [ step by step details ] available for that ?

[nadirx]

Not really: you have to add the infinispan-cli-server (infinispan-cli-interpreter since 7.0.0.Final) and all dependent jars as a module to WildFly and add this as a dependency to the infinispan subsystem.

Bear in mind that aside from the above, this is not as simple as you might think: an inspection tool would need access to the classes of which you are storing instances in the cache in order to "show" them to you. As long as they are Java types (Strings, etc) it works easily, but if they are custom, the CLI classloader might not have access to them.

[anilaj]

Hi Tristan,

Is it possible to view the cached data through Infinispan server management console?

I have Infinispan Server 8.0.1. I am unable to login to the web based management console.

I added a user using add-user.bat and restarted the server. When trying to login:

"NetworkError: 401 Unauthorized - http://ispnadmin:xxx@localhost:9990/management"

management

Error:
this.server is null
ModelControllerClient.prototype.refresh@http://localhost:9990/console/components/api/model-controller.service.js:52:17
$scope.login/<@http://localhost:9990/console/login/login.controller.js:20:40
processQueue@http://localhost:9990/console/bower_components/angular/angular.js:14567:28
scheduleProcessQueue/<@http://localhost:9990/console/bower_components/angular/angular.js:14583:27
$RootScopeProvider/this.$get</Scope.prototype.$eval@http://localhost:9990/console/bower_components/angular/angular.js:15846:16
$RootScopeProvider/this.$get</Scope.prototype.$digest@http://localhost:9990/console/bower_components/angular/angular.js:15657:15
$RootScopeProvider/this.$get</Scope.prototype.$evalAsync/<@http://localhost:9990/console/bower_components/angular/angular.js:15885:15
completeOutstandingRequest@http://localhost:9990/console/bower_components/angular/angular.js:5394:7
Browser/self.defer/timeoutId<@http://localhost:9990/console/bower_components/angular/angular.js:5666:7

Thanks!

[nadirx]

Yes, the Web console is not working correctly in 8.0.x.

We are working on overhauling it for 8.1. As for "viewing" the data, that is non-trivial, as the data might be marshalled with a marshaller unknown to the server, and therefore stored as plain byte arrays. We are however also working on a way to provide a rough interpretation of that data if possible.