road to orleans
This repository illustrates the road to orleans with practical, real-life examples such as .NET solutions. From most basic to more advanced techniques. The code is written using .NET 6 and was tested on macOS (Catalina 10.15.7) and, wherever docker is supported, Linux (Alpine 3.12).
build & run
- IDE: build + run (first the cluster, then the client)
run-[client/silo]-[docker/local].sh
monitoring
Silo dashboards are available by default on localhost:8080 unless configured otherwise in the code/dockerfile/run-[client/silo]-[docker/local].sh. Additionally, Datadog APM support is illustrated in solution 3b.
code
flowchart TD
Solution1(Solution1: One basic silo, no grains.)
Solution2(Solution2: One basic silo, one grain, one console client.)
Solution3(Solution3: One basic silo, one grain, one console client, <br/>everything containerized.)
Solution3a(Solution3a: Solution3 + grain persistence.)
Solution3b(Solution3b: Solution3 + datadog APM.)
Solution4(Solution4: First in-memory clustering example. <br/>Many silos, many clients.)
Solution5(Solution5: Solution4 where the grain interfaces F# library code. <br/>Additionally, F# unit tests covering the F# library code.)
Solution5a(Solution5a: Solution5 where the host and client are written in F#.)
Solution6(Solution6: Solution5 where the cluster is being called from a Web API.)
Solution7(Solution7: Solution6 + FeatureManagement, dependency injection in grains, <br/>unit tests for grains using OrleansTestKit.)
Solution8(Solution8: Solution7 + Persistent Membership Table in DynamoEB,<br/>ECS hosting, CloudFormation Template.)
Solution1 --> Solution2
Solution2 --> Solution3
Solution3 --> Solution3a
Solution3 --> Solution3b
Solution3 --> Solution4
Solution4 --> Solution5
Solution5 --> Solution5a
Solution5 --> Solution6
Solution6 --> Solution7
Solution7 --> Solution8
| solution | description | docker support | clustering | clustered silos | grains | clients | *visual studio code support | *remote containers support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| solution1 | One basic silo, no grains. | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| solution2 | One basic silo, one grain, one console client. | - | - | 1 | 1 C# grain | 1 - console | ||
| solution3 | One basic silo, one grain, one console client, everything containerized. | - | 1 | 1 C# grain | 1 - console | |||
| solution3a | Solution3 + grain persistence. | - | 1 | 1 C# grain | 1 - console | |||
| solution3b | Solution3 + datadog APM. | - | 1 | 1 C# grain | 1 - console | |||
| solution4 | First in-memory clustering example. Many silos, many clients. | in-memory | n | 1 C# grain | n - console | |||
| solution5 | Solution4 where the grain interfaces F# library code. Additionally, F# unit tests covering the F# library code. | in-memory | n | 1 C# grain interfacing F# library code. | n - console | |||
| solution5a | Solution5 where the host and client are written in F#. | in-memory | n | 1 F# grain interfacing F# library code. | n - console | |||
| solution6 | Solution5 where the cluster is being called from a Web API. | in-memory | n | 1 C# grain interfacing F# library code | n - web api | |||
| solution7 | Solution6 + FeatureManagement, dependency injection in grains, unit tests for grains using OrleansTestKit. | in-memory | n | 1 C# grain interfacing F# library code | n - web api | |||
| solution8 | Solution7 + Persistent Membership Table in DynamoEB, ECS hosting, CloudFormation Template. | Dynamo | n | 1 C# grain interfacing F# library code | n - web api |
*visual studio code support:
[ctrl/cmd]+shift+b: builds selected projectsf5: runs selected projects
*remote containers support: ability to develop/build/run/debug code inside containers. This is to support those who just want to quickly pull the repository code and experiment with it with e.g. Visual Studio Code. Code + batteries included.
further reading
- https://gitter.im/road-to-orleans/community - road to Orleans gitter
- https://github.com/dotnet/orleans - Orleans repository
- https://dotnet.github.io/orleans/ - Orleans documentation
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/orleans/ - New Orleans documentation
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Orleans20Best20Practices.pdf - Orleans best practices
- https://gitter.im/dotnet/orleans/ - Orleans gitter
- https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Orleans-MSR-TR-2014-41.pdf - virtual actors paper
- https://github.com/OrleansContrib - orbiting repositories (e.g. Orleans dashboard)
- https://github.com/PiotrJustyna/FeatureManagementSandbox - more involved use cases for FeatureManagement
to watch
- https://youtu.be/GKXiGhFBd90 - observability: logs, tracing, metrics
- https://youtu.be/R0ODfwU6MzQ - orleans: deep dive