Cluster: SearchPhabricator User Documentation (Cluster Configuration)
Overview
You can configure Phabricator to connect to one or more fulltext search services.
By default, Phabricator will use MySQL for fulltext search. This is suitable for most installs. However, alternate engines are supported.
Configuring Search Services
To configure search services, adjust the cluster.search configuration option. This option contains a list of one or more fulltext search services, like this:
[ { "type": "...", "hosts": [ ... ], "roles": { "read": true, "write": true } } ]
When a user makes a change to a document, Phabricator writes the updated document into every configured, writable fulltext service.
When a user issues a query, Phabricator tries configured, readable services in order until it is able to execute the query successfully.
These options are supported by all service types:
Key | Description |
---|---|
type | Constant identifying the service type, like mysql. |
roles | Dictionary of role settings, for enabling reads and writes. |
hosts | List of hosts for this service. |
Some service types support additional options.
Available Service Types
These service types are supported:
Service | Key | Description |
---|---|---|
MySQL | mysql | Default MySQL fulltext index. |
Elasticsearch | elasticsearch | Use an external Elasticsearch service |
Fulltext Service Roles
These roles are supported:
Role | Key | Description |
---|---|---|
Read | read | Allows the service to be queried when users search. |
Write | write | Allows documents to be published to the service. |
Specifying Hosts
The hosts key should contain a list of dictionaries, each specifying the details of a host. A service should normally have one or more hosts.
When an option is set at the service level, it serves as a default for all hosts. It may be overridden by changing the value for a particular host.
Service Type: MySQL
The mysql service type does not require any configuration, and does not need to have hosts specified. This service uses the builtin database to index and search documents.
A typical mysql service configuration looks like this:
{ "type": "mysql" }
Service Type: Elasticsearch
The elasticsearch service type supports these options:
Key | Description |
---|---|
protocol | Either "http" (default) or "https". |
port | Elasticsearch TCP port. |
version | Elasticsearch version, either 2 or 5 (default). |
path | Path for the index. Defaults to /phabricator. Advanced. |
A typical elasticsearch service configuration looks like this:
{ "type": "elasticsearch", "hosts": [ { "protocol": "http", "host": "127.0.0.1", "port": 9200 } ] }
Monitoring Search Services
You can monitor fulltext search in Config → Search Servers. This interface shows you a quick overview of services and their health.
The table on this page shows some basic stats for each configured service, followed by the configuration and current status of each host.
Rebuilding Indexes
After adding new search services, you will need to rebuild document indexes on them. To do this, first initialize the services:
phabricator/ $ ./bin/search init
This will perform index setup steps and other one-time configuration.
To populate documents in all indexes, run this command:
phabricator/ $ ./bin/search index --force --background --type all
This initiates an exhaustive rebuild of the document indexes. To get a more detailed list of indexing options available, run:
phabricator/ $ ./bin/search help index
Advanced Example
This is a more advanced example which shows a configuration with multiple different services in different roles. In this example:
- Phabricator is using an Elasticsearch 2 service as its primary fulltext service.
- An Elasticsearch 5 service is online, but only receiving writes.
- The MySQL service is serving as a backup if Elasticsearch fails.
This particular configuration may not be very useful. It is primarily intended to show how to configure many different options.
[ { "type": "elasticsearch", "version": 2, "hosts": [ { "host": "elastic2.mycompany.com", "port": 9200, "protocol": "http" } ] }, { "type": "elasticsearch", "version": 5, "hosts": [ { "host": "elastic5.mycompany.com", "port": 9789, "protocol": "https" "roles": { "read": false, "write": true } } ] }, { "type": "mysql" } ]