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Configuration reference

This reference covers all options and parameters which can be set for Tarantool on the command line or in an initialization file.

Tarantool is started by entering either of the following command:

$ tarantool

$ tarantool options

$ tarantool lua-initialization-file [ arguments ]

-h, --help

Print an annotated list of all available options and exit.

-v, -V, --version

Print the product name and version.

Example

% tarantool --version
Tarantool 2.11.1-0-g96877bd
Target: Darwin-arm64-Release
...

In this example:

  • 2.11.1 is a Tarantool version. Tarantool follows semantic versioning, which is described in the Tarantool release policy section.
  • Target is the platform Tarantool is built on. Platform-specific details may follow this line.
-e EXPR

Execute the ‘EXPR’ string. See also: lua man page.

Example

% tarantool -e "print('Hello, world!')"
Hello, world!
-l NAME

Require the ‘NAME’ library. See also: lua man page.

Example

% tarantool -l luatest.coverage script.lua
-j cmd

Perform a LuaJIT control command. See also: Command Line Options.

Example

% tarantool -j off app.lua
-b ...

Save or list bytecode. See also: Command Line Options.

Example

% tarantool -b test.lua test.out
-d SCRIPT

Activate a debugging session for ‘SCRIPT’. See also: luadebug.lua.

Example

% tarantool -d app.lua
-i [SCRIPT]

Enter an interactive mode after executing ‘SCRIPT’.

Example

% tarantool -i
--

Stop handling options. See also: lua man page.

-

Stop handling options and execute the standard input as a file. See also: lua man page.

Some configuration parameters and some functions depend on a URI (Universal Resource Identifier). The URI string format is similar to the generic syntax for a URI schema. It may contain (in order):

  • user name for login
  • password
  • host name or host IP address
  • port number.

Only a port number is always mandatory. A password is mandatory if a user name is specified, unless the user name is ‘guest’.

Formally, the URI syntax is [host:]port or [username:password@]host:port. If host is omitted, then “0.0.0.0” or “[::]” is assumed meaning respectively any IPv4 address or any IPv6 address on the local machine. If username:password is omitted, then the “guest” user is assumed. Some examples:

URI fragment Example
port 3301
host:port 127.0.0.1:3301
username:password@host:port notguest:sesame@mail.ru:3301

In code, the URI value can be passed as a number (if only a port is specified) or a string:

box.cfg { listen = 3301 }

box.cfg { listen = "127.0.0.1:3301" }

In certain circumstances, a Unix domain socket may be used where a URI is expected, for example, “unix/:/tmp/unix_domain_socket.sock” or simply “/tmp/unix_domain_socket.sock”.

The uri module provides functions that convert URI strings into their components, or turn components into URI strings.

Starting from version 2.10.0, a user can open several listening iproto sockets on a Tarantool instance and, consequently, can specify several URIs in the configuration parameters such as box.cfg.listen and box.cfg.replication.

URI values can be set in a number of ways:

  • As a string with URI values separated by commas.

    box.cfg { listen = "127.0.0.1:3301, /unix.sock, 3302" }
    
  • As a table that contains URIs in the string format.

    box.cfg { listen = {"127.0.0.1:3301", "/unix.sock", "3302"} }
    
  • As an array of tables with the uri field.

    box.cfg { listen = {
            {uri = "127.0.0.1:3301"},
            {uri = "/unix.sock"},
            {uri = 3302}
        }
    }
    
  • In a combined way – an array that contains URIs in both the string and the table formats.

    box.cfg { listen = {
            "127.0.0.1:3301",
            { uri = "/unix.sock" },
            { uri = 3302 }
        }
    }
    

Also, starting from version 2.10.0, it is possible to specify additional parameters for URIs. You can do this in different ways:

  • Using the ? delimiter when URIs are specified in a string format.

    box.cfg { listen = "127.0.0.1:3301?p1=value1&p2=value2, /unix.sock?p3=value3" }
    
  • Using the params table: a URI is passed in a table with additional parameters in the “params” table. Parameters in the “params” table overwrite the ones from a URI string (“value2” overwrites “value1” for p1 in the example below).

    box.cfg { listen = {
            "127.0.0.1:3301?p1=value1",
            params = {p1 = "value2", p2 = "value3"}
        }
    }
    
  • Using the default_params table for specifying default parameter values.

    In the example below, two URIs are passed in a table. The default value for the p3 parameter is defined in the default_params table and used if this parameter is not specified in URIs. Parameters in the default_params table are applicable to all the URIs passed in a table.

    box.cfg { listen = {
            "127.0.0.1:3301?p1=value1",
            { uri = "/unix.sock", params = { p2 = "value2" } },
            default_params = { p3 = "value3" }
        }
    }
    

The recommended way for specifying URI with additional parameters is the following:

box.cfg { listen = {
        {uri = "127.0.0.1:3301", params = {p1 = "value1"}},
        {uri = "/unix.sock", params = {p2 = "value2"}},
        {uri = 3302, params = {p3 = "value3"}}
    }
}

In case of a single URI, the following syntax also works:

box.cfg { listen = {
        uri = "127.0.0.1:3301",
        params = { p1 = "value1", p2 = "value2" }
    }
}

If the command to start Tarantool includes lua-initialization-file, then Tarantool begins by invoking the Lua program in the file, which by convention may have the name “script.lua”. The Lua program may get further arguments from the command line or may use operating-system functions, such as getenv(). The Lua program almost always begins by invoking box.cfg(), if the database server will be used or if ports need to be opened. For example, suppose script.lua contains the lines

#!/usr/bin/env tarantool
box.cfg{
    listen              = os.getenv("LISTEN_URI"),
    memtx_memory        = 33554432,
    pid_file            = "tarantool.pid",
    wal_max_size        = 2500
}
print('Starting ', arg[1])

and suppose the environment variable LISTEN_URI contains 3301, and suppose the command line is ~/tarantool/src/tarantool script.lua ARG. Then the screen might look like this:

$ export LISTEN_URI=3301
$ ~/tarantool/src/tarantool script.lua ARG
... main/101/script.lua C> Tarantool 2.8.3-0-g01023dbc2
... main/101/script.lua C> log level 5
... main/101/script.lua I> mapping 33554432 bytes for memtx tuple arena...
... main/101/script.lua I> recovery start
... main/101/script.lua I> recovering from './00000000000000000000.snap'
... main/101/script.lua I> set 'listen' configuration option to "3301"
... main/102/leave_local_hot_standby I> ready to accept requests
Starting  ARG
... main C> entering the event loop

If you wish to start an interactive session on the same terminal after initialization is complete, you can use console.start().

Configuration parameters have the form:

box.cfg{[key = value [, key = value ...]]}

Since box.cfg may contain many configuration parameters and since some of the parameters (such as directory addresses) are semi-permanent, it’s best to keep box.cfg in a Lua file. Typically this Lua file is the initialization file which is specified on the Tarantool command line.

Most configuration parameters are for allocating resources, opening ports, and specifying database behavior. All parameters are optional. A few parameters are dynamic, that is, they can be changed at runtime by calling box.cfg{} a second time. For example, the command below sets the listen port to 3301.

tarantool> box.cfg{ listen = 3301 }
2023-05-10 13:28:54.667 [31326] main/103/interactive I> tx_binary: stopped
2023-05-10 13:28:54.667 [31326] main/103/interactive I> tx_binary: bound to [::]:3301
2023-05-10 13:28:54.667 [31326] main/103/interactive/box.load_cfg I> set 'listen' configuration option to 3301
---
...

To see all the non-null parameters, execute box.cfg (no parentheses).

tarantool> box.cfg
---
- replication_skip_conflict: false
  wal_queue_max_size: 16777216
  feedback_host: https://feedback.tarantool.io
  memtx_dir: .
  memtx_min_tuple_size: 16
  -- other parameters --
...

To see a particular parameter value, call a corresponding box.cfg option. For example, box.cfg.listen shows the specified listen address.

tarantool> box.cfg.listen
---
- 3301
...

Tarantool configuration parameters can be specified in different ways. The priority of parameter sources is the following, from higher to lower:

Starting from version 2.8.1, you can specify configuration parameters via special environment variables. The name of a variable should have the following pattern: TT_<NAME>, where <NAME> is the uppercase name of the corresponding box.cfg parameter.

For example:

  • TT_LISTEN – corresponds to the box.cfg.listen option.
  • TT_MEMTX_DIR – corresponds to the box.cfg.memtx_dir option.

In case of an array value, separate the array elements by comma without space:

export TT_REPLICATION="localhost:3301,localhost:3302"

If you need to pass additional parameters for URI, use the ? and & delimiters:

export TT_LISTEN="localhost:3301?param1=value1&param2=value2"

An empty variable (TT_LISTEN=) has the same effect as an unset one meaning that the corresponding configuration parameter won’t be set when calling box.cfg{}.

The sections that follow describe all configuration parameters for basic operations, storage, binary logging and snapshots, replication, networking, logging, and feedback.

background

Since version 1.6.2. Run the server as a background task. The log and pid_file parameters must be non-null for this to work.

Type: boolean
Default: false
Environment variable: TT_BACKGROUND
Dynamic: no
custom_proc_title

Since version 1.6.7. Add the given string to the server’s process title (what’s shown in the COMMAND column for ps -ef and top -c commands).

For example, ordinarily ps -ef shows the Tarantool server process thus:

$ ps -ef | grep tarantool
1000     14939 14188  1 10:53 pts/2    00:00:13 tarantool <running>

But if the configuration parameters include custom_proc_title='sessions' then the output looks like:

$ ps -ef | grep tarantool
1000     14939 14188  1 10:53 pts/2    00:00:16 tarantool <running>: sessions
Type: string
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_CUSTOM_PROC_TITLE
Dynamic: yes
listen

Since version 1.6.4.

The read/write data port number or URI (Universal Resource Identifier) string. Has no default value, so must be specified if connections occur from the remote clients that don’t use the “admin port”. Connections made with listen = URI are called “binary port” or “binary protocol” connections.

A typical value is 3301.

box.cfg { listen = 3301 }

box.cfg { listen = "127.0.0.1:3301" }

Note

A replica also binds to this port, and accepts connections, but these connections can only serve reads until the replica becomes a master.

Starting from version 2.10.0, you can specify several URIs, and the port number is always stored as an integer value.

Type: integer or string
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_LISTEN
Dynamic: yes
memtx_dir

Since version 1.7.4. A directory where memtx stores snapshot (.snap) files. Can be relative to work_dir. If not specified, defaults to work_dir. See also wal_dir.

Type: string
Default: “.”
Environment variable: TT_MEMTX_DIR
Dynamic: no
pid_file

Since version 1.4.9. Store the process id in this file. Can be relative to work_dir. A typical value is “tarantool.pid”.

Type: string
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_PID_FILE
Dynamic: no
read_only

Since version 1.7.1. Say box.cfg{read_only=true...} to put the server instance in read-only mode. After this, any requests that try to change persistent data will fail with error ER_READONLY. Read-only mode should be used for master-replica replication. Read-only mode does not affect data-change requests for spaces defined as temporary. Although read-only mode prevents the server from writing to the WAL, it does not prevent writing diagnostics with the log module.

Type: boolean
Default: false
Environment variable: TT_READ_ONLY
Dynamic: yes

Setting read_only == true affects spaces differently depending on the options that were used during box.schema.space.create, as summarized by this chart:

Option Can be created? Can be written to? Is replicated? Is persistent?
(default) no no yes yes
temporary no yes no no
is_local no yes no yes
sql_cache_size

Since version 2.3.1. The maximum number of bytes in the cache for SQL prepared statements. (The number of bytes that are actually used can be seen with box.info.sql().cache.size.)

Type: number
Default: 5242880
Environment variable: TT_SQL_CACHE_SIZE
Dynamic: yes
vinyl_dir

Since version 1.7.1. A directory where vinyl files or subdirectories will be stored. Can be relative to work_dir. If not specified, defaults to work_dir.

Type: string
Default: “.”
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_DIR
Dynamic: no
vinyl_timeout

Since version 1.7.5. The vinyl storage engine has a scheduler which does compaction. When vinyl is low on available memory, the compaction scheduler may be unable to keep up with incoming update requests. In that situation, queries may time out after vinyl_timeout seconds. This should rarely occur, since normally vinyl would throttle inserts when it is running low on compaction bandwidth. Compaction can also be ordered manually with index_object:compact().

Type: float
Default: 60
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_TIMEOUT
Dynamic: yes
username

Since version 1.4.9. UNIX user name to switch to after start.

Type: string
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_USERNAME
Dynamic: no
wal_dir

Since version 1.6.2. A directory where write-ahead log (.xlog) files are stored. Can be relative to work_dir. Sometimes wal_dir and memtx_dir are specified with different values, so that write-ahead log files and snapshot files can be stored on different disks. If not specified, defaults to work_dir.

Type: string
Default: “.”
Environment variable: TT_WAL_DIR
Dynamic: no
work_dir

Since version 1.4.9. A directory where database working files will be stored. The server instance switches to work_dir with chdir(2) after start. Can be relative to the current directory. If not specified, defaults to the current directory. Other directory parameters may be relative to work_dir, for example:

box.cfg{
    work_dir = '/home/user/A',
    wal_dir = 'B',
    memtx_dir = 'C'
}

will put xlog files in /home/user/A/B, snapshot files in /home/user/A/C, and all other files or subdirectories in /home/user/A.

Type: string
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_WORK_DIR
Dynamic: no
worker_pool_threads

Since version 1.7.5. The maximum number of threads to use during execution of certain internal processes (currently socket.getaddrinfo() and coio_call()).

Type: integer
Default: 4
Environment variable: TT_WORKER_POOL_THREADS
Dynamic: yes
strip_core

Since version 2.2.2. Whether coredump files should include memory allocated for tuples. (This can be large if Tarantool runs under heavy load.) Setting to true means “do not include”. In an older version of Tarantool the default value of this parameter was false.

Type: boolean
Default: true
Environment variable: TT_STRIP_CORE
Dynamic: no
memtx_use_mvcc_engine

Since version 2.6.1. Enables transactional manager if set to true.

Type: boolean
Default: false
Environment variable: TT_MEMTX_USE_MVCC_ENGINE
Dynamic: no

memtx_memory

Since version 1.7.4. How much memory Tarantool allocates to actually store tuples. When the limit is reached, INSERT or UPDATE requests begin failing with error ER_MEMORY_ISSUE. The server does not go beyond the memtx_memory limit to allocate tuples, but there is additional memory used to store indexes and connection information. Depending on actual configuration and workload, Tarantool can consume up to 20% more than the memtx_memory limit.

Type: float
Default: 256 * 1024 * 1024 = 268435456 bytes
Minimum: 33554432 bytes (32 MB)
Environment variable: TT_MEMTX_MEMORY
Dynamic: yes but it cannot be decreased
memtx_max_tuple_size

Since version 1.7.4. Size of the largest allocation unit, for the memtx storage engine. It can be increased if it is necessary to store large tuples. See also: vinyl_max_tuple_size.

Type: integer
Default: 1024 * 1024 = 1048576 bytes
Environment variable: TT_MEMTX_MAX_TUPLE_SIZE
Dynamic: yes
memtx_min_tuple_size

Since version 1.7.4. Size of the smallest allocation unit. It can be decreased if most of the tuples are very small. The value must be between 8 and 1048280 inclusive.

Type: integer
Default: 16 bytes
Environment variable: TT_MEMTX_MIN_TUPLE_SIZE
Dynamic: no
memtx_allocator

Since version 2.10.0. Specifies the allocator used for memtx tuples. The possible values are system and small:

  • system is based on the malloc function. This allocator allocates memory as needed, checking that the quota is not exceeded.
  • small is a special slab allocator. Note that this allocator is prone to unresolvable fragmentation on specific workloads, so you can switch to system in such cases.
Type: string
Default: ‘small’
Environment variable: TT_MEMTX_ALLOCATOR
Dynamic: No
slab_alloc_factor

The multiplier for computing the sizes of memory chunks that tuples are stored in. A lower value may result in less wasted memory depending on the total amount of memory available and the distribution of item sizes. Allowed values range from 1 to 2.

See also: slab_alloc_granularity

Type: float
Default: 1.05
Environment variable: TT_SLAB_ALLOC_FACTOR
Dynamic: no
slab_alloc_granularity

Since version 2.8.1. Specifies the granularity (in bytes) of memory allocation in the small allocator. The value of slab_alloc_granularity should be a power of two and should be greater than or equal to 4. Below are few recommendations on how to adjust the slab_alloc_granularity value:

  • To store small tuples of approximately the same size, set slab_alloc_granularity to 4 bytes to save memory.
  • To store tuples of different sizes, you can increase the slab_alloc_granularity value. This results in allocating tuples from the same mempool.

See also: slab_alloc_factor

Type: number
Default: 8 bytes
Environment variable: TT_SLAB_ALLOC_GRANULARITY
Dynamic: no
vinyl_bloom_fpr

Since version 1.7.4. Bloom filter false positive rate – the suitable probability of the bloom filter to give a wrong result. The vinyl_bloom_fpr setting is a default value for one of the options in the Options for space_object:create_index() chart.

Type: float
Default: 0.05
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_BLOOM_FPR
Dynamic: no
vinyl_cache

Since version 1.7.4. The cache size for the vinyl storage engine. The cache can be resized dynamically.

Type: integer
Default: 128 * 1024 * 1024 = 134217728 bytes
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_CACHE
Dynamic: yes
vinyl_max_tuple_size

Since version 1.7.5. Size of the largest allocation unit, for the vinyl storage engine. It can be increased if it is necessary to store large tuples. See also: memtx_max_tuple_size.

Type: integer
Default: 1024 * 1024 = 1048576 bytes
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_MAX_TUPLE_SIZE
Dynamic: no
vinyl_memory

Since version 1.7.4. The maximum number of in-memory bytes that vinyl uses.

Type: integer
Default: 128 * 1024 * 1024 = 134217728 bytes
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_MEMORY
Dynamic: yes but it cannot be decreased
vinyl_page_size

Since version 1.7.4. Page size. Page is a read/write unit for vinyl disk operations. The vinyl_page_size setting is a default value for one of the options in the Options for space_object:create_index() chart.

Type: integer
Default: 8 * 1024 = 8192 bytes
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_PAGE_SIZE
Dynamic: no
vinyl_range_size

Since version 1.7.4. The default maximum range size for a vinyl index, in bytes. The maximum range size affects the decision whether to split a range.

If vinyl_range_size is not nil and not 0, then it is used as the default value for the range_size option in the Options for space_object:create_index() chart.

If vinyl_range_size is nil or 0, and range_size is not specified when the index is created, then Tarantool sets a value later depending on performance considerations. To see the actual value, use index_object:stat().range_size.

In Tarantool versions prior to 1.10.2, vinyl_range_size default value was 1073741824.

Type: integer
Default: nil
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_RANGE_SIZE
Dynamic: no
vinyl_run_count_per_level

Since version 1.7.4. The maximal number of runs per level in vinyl LSM tree. If this number is exceeded, a new level is created. The vinyl_run_count_per_level setting is a default value for one of the options in the Options for space_object:create_index() chart.

Type: integer
Default: 2
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_RUN_COUNT_PER_LEVEL
Dynamic: no
vinyl_run_size_ratio

Since version 1.7.4. Ratio between the sizes of different levels in the LSM tree. The vinyl_run_size_ratio setting is a default value for one of the options in the Options for space_object:create_index() chart.

Type: float
Default: 3.5
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_RUN_SIZE_RATIO
Dynamic: no
vinyl_read_threads

Since version 1.7.5. The maximum number of read threads that vinyl can use for some concurrent operations, such as I/O and compression.

Type: integer
Default: 1
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_READ_THREADS
Dynamic: no
vinyl_write_threads

Since version 1.7.5. The maximum number of write threads that vinyl can use for some concurrent operations, such as I/O and compression.

Type: integer
Default: 4
Environment variable: TT_VINYL_WRITE_THREADS
Dynamic: no

The checkpoint daemon is a fiber which is constantly running. At intervals, it may make new snapshot (.snap) files and then may delete old snapshot files.

The checkpoint_interval and checkpoint_count configuration settings determine how long the intervals are, and how many snapshots should exist before deletions occur.

Tarantool garbage collector

The checkpoint daemon may activate the Tarantool garbage collector which deletes old files. This garbage collector is distinct from the Lua garbage collector which is for Lua objects, and distinct from a Tarantool garbage collector which specializes in handling shard buckets.

If the checkpoint daemon deletes an old snapshot file, then the Tarantool garbage collector will also delete any write-ahead log (.xlog) files which are older than the snapshot file and which contain information that is present in the snapshot file. It will also delete obsolete vinyl .run files.

The checkpoint daemon and the Tarantool garbage collector will not delete a file if:

  • a backup is ongoing and the file has not been backed up (see “Hot backup”), or
  • replication is ongoing and the file has not been relayed to a replica (see “Replication architecture”),
  • a replica is connecting, or
  • a replica has fallen behind. The progress of each replica is tracked; if a replica’s position is far from being up to date, then the server stops to give it a chance to catch up. If an administrator concludes that a replica is permanently down, then the correct procedure is to restart the server, or (preferably) remove the replica from the cluster.
checkpoint_interval

Since version 1.7.4. The interval between actions by the checkpoint daemon, in seconds. If checkpoint_interval is set to a value greater than zero, and there is activity which causes change to a database, then the checkpoint daemon will call box.snapshot() every checkpoint_interval seconds, creating a new snapshot file each time. If checkpoint_interval is set to zero, then the checkpoint daemon is disabled.

For example:

box.cfg{checkpoint_interval=60}

will cause the checkpoint daemon to create a new database snapshot once per minute, if there is activity.

Type: integer
Default: 3600 (one hour)
Environment variable: TT_CHECKPOINT_INTERVAL
Dynamic: yes
checkpoint_count

Since version 1.7.4. The maximum number of snapshots that may exist on the memtx_dir directory before the checkpoint daemon will delete old snapshots. If checkpoint_count equals zero, then the checkpoint daemon does not delete old snapshots. For example:

box.cfg{
    checkpoint_interval = 3600,
    checkpoint_count  = 10
}

will cause the checkpoint daemon to create a new snapshot each hour until it has created ten snapshots. After that, it will delete the oldest snapshot (and any associated write-ahead-log files) after creating a new one.

Remember that, as noted earlier, snapshots will not be deleted if replication is ongoing and the file has not been relayed to a replica. Therefore checkpoint_count has no effect unless all replicas are alive.

Type: integer
Default: 2
Environment variable: TT_CHECKPOINT_COUNT
Dynamic: yes
checkpoint_wal_threshold

Since version 2.1.2. The threshold for the total size in bytes of all WAL files created since the last checkpoint. Once the configured threshold is exceeded, the WAL thread notifies the checkpoint daemon that it must make a new checkpoint and delete old WAL files.

This parameter enables administrators to handle a problem that could occur with calculating how much disk space to allocate for a partition containing WAL files.

For example, suppose checkpoint_interval = 2 and checkpoint_count = 5 and the average amount that Tarantool writes between each checkpoint interval = 1 GB. Then one could calculate that the necessary amount is (2*5*1) 10GB. But this calculation would be wrong if, instead of writing 1 GB during one checkpoint interval, Tarantool encounters an unusual spike and tries to write 11 GB, causing an operating-system ENOSPC (“no space”) error. By setting checkpoint_wal_threshold to a lower value, say 9 GB, an administrator could prevent the error.

Type: integer
Default: 10^18 (a large number so in effect there is no limit by default)
Environment variable: TT_CHECKPOINT_WAL_THRESHOLD
Dynamic: yes

force_recovery

Since version 1.7.4. If force_recovery equals true, Tarantool tries to continue if there is an error while reading a snapshot file (at server instance start) or a write-ahead log file (at server instance start or when applying an update at a replica): skips invalid records, reads as much data as possible and lets the process finish with a warning. Users can prevent the error from recurring by writing to the database and executing box.snapshot().

Otherwise, Tarantool aborts recovery if there is an error while reading.

Type: boolean
Default: false
Environment variable: TT_FORCE_RECOVERY
Dynamic: no
wal_max_size

Since version 1.7.4. The maximum number of bytes in a single write-ahead log file. When a request would cause an .xlog file to become larger than wal_max_size, Tarantool creates another WAL file.

Type: integer
Default: 268435456 (256 * 1024 * 1024) bytes
Environment variable: TT_WAL_MAX_SIZE
Dynamic: no
snap_io_rate_limit

Since version 1.4.9. Reduce the throttling effect of box.snapshot() on INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE performance by setting a limit on how many megabytes per second it can write to disk. The same can be achieved by splitting wal_dir and memtx_dir locations and moving snapshots to a separate disk. The limit also affects what box.stat.vinyl().regulator may show for the write rate of dumps to .run and .index files.

Type: float
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_SNAP_IO_RATE_LIMIT
Dynamic: yes
wal_mode

Since version 1.6.2. Specify fiber-WAL-disk synchronization mode as:

  • none: write-ahead log is not maintained. A node with wal_mode = none can’t be replication master;
  • write: fibers wait for their data to be written to the write-ahead log (no fsync(2));
  • fsync: fibers wait for their data, fsync(2) follows each write(2);
Type: string
Default: “write”
Environment variable: TT_WAL_MODE
Dynamic: no
wal_dir_rescan_delay

Since version 1.6.2. Number of seconds between periodic scans of the write-ahead-log file directory, when checking for changes to write-ahead-log files for the sake of replication or hot standby.

Type: float
Default: 2
Environment variable: TT_WAL_DIR_RESCAN_DELAY
Dynamic: no
wal_queue_max_size

Since version 2.8.1. The size of the queue (in bytes) used by a replica to submit new transactions to a write-ahead log (WAL). This option helps limit the rate at which a replica submits transactions to the WAL. Limiting the queue size might be useful when a replica is trying to sync with a master and reads new transactions faster than writing them to the WAL.

Note

You might consider increasing the wal_queue_max_size value in case of large tuples (approximately one megabyte or larger).

Type: number
Default: 16777216 bytes
Environment variable: TT_WAL_QUEUE_MAX_SIZE
Dynamic: yes
wal_cleanup_delay

Since version 2.6.3. The delay (in seconds) used to prevent the Tarantool garbage collector from immediately removing write-ahead log files after a node restart. This delay eliminates possible erroneous situations when the master deletes WALs needed by replicas after restart. As a consequence, replicas sync with the master faster after its restart and don’t need to download all the data again.

Once all the nodes in the replica set are up and running, automatic cleanup is started again even if wal_cleanup_delay has not expired.

Note

The wal_cleanup_delay option has no effect on nodes running as anonymous replicas.

Type: number
Default: 14400 seconds
Environment variable: TT_WAL_CLEANUP_DELAY
Dynamic: yes

hot_standby

Since version 1.7.4. Whether to start the server in hot standby mode.

Hot standby is a feature which provides a simple form of failover without replication.

The expectation is that there will be two instances of the server using the same configuration. The first one to start will be the “primary” instance. The second one to start will be the “standby” instance.

To initiate the standby instance, start a second instance of the Tarantool server on the same computer with the same box.cfg configuration settings – including the same directories and same non-null URIs – and with the additional configuration setting hot_standby = true. Expect to see a notification ending with the words I> Entering hot standby mode. This is fine. It means that the standby instance is ready to take over if the primary instance goes down.

The standby instance will initialize and will try to take a lock on wal_dir, but will fail because the primary instance has made a lock on wal_dir. So the standby instance goes into a loop, reading the write ahead log which the primary instance is writing (so the two instances are always in sync), and trying to take the lock. If the primary instance goes down for any reason, the lock will be released. In this case, the standby instance will succeed in taking the lock, will connect on the listen address and will become the primary instance. Expect to see a notification ending with the words I> ready to accept requests.

Thus there is no noticeable downtime if the primary instance goes down.

Hot standby feature has no effect:

Type: boolean
Default: false
Environment variable: TT_HOT_STANDBY
Dynamic: no

replication

Since version 1.7.4. If replication is not an empty string, the instance is considered to be a Tarantool replica. The replica will try to connect to the master specified in replication with a URI (Universal Resource Identifier), for example:

konstantin:secret_password@tarantool.org:3301

If there is more than one replication source in a replica set, specify an array of URIs, for example (replace ‘uri’ and ‘uri2’ in this example with valid URIs):

box.cfg{ replication = { 'uri1', 'uri2' } }

Note

Starting from version 2.10.0, there is a number of other ways for specifying several URIs. See syntax examples.

If one of the URIs is “self” – that is, if one of the URIs is for the instance where box.cfg{} is being executed – then it is ignored. Thus, it is possible to use the same replication specification on multiple server instances, as shown in these examples.

The default user name is ‘guest’.

A read-only replica does not accept data-change requests on the listen port.

The replication parameter is dynamic, that is, to enter master mode, simply set replication to an empty string and issue:

box.cfg{ replication = new-value }

Type: string
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION
Dynamic: yes
replication_anon

Since version 2.3.1. A Tarantool replica can be anonymous. This type of replica is read-only (but you still can write to temporary and replica-local spaces), and it isn’t present in the _cluster table.

Since an anonymous replica isn’t registered in the _cluster table, there is no limitation for anonymous replicas count in a replica set: you can have as many of them as you want.

In order to make a replica anonymous, pass the option replication_anon=true to box.cfg and set read_only to true.

Let’s go through anonymous replica bootstrap. Suppose we have got a master configured with

box.cfg{listen=3301}

and created a local space called “loc”:

box.schema.space.create('loc', {is_local=true})
box.space.loc:create_index("pk")

Now, to configure an anonymous replica, we need to issue box.cfg, as usual.

box.cfg{replication_anon=true, read_only=true, replication=3301}

As mentioned above, replication_anon may be set to true only together with read_only. The instance will fetch the master’s snapshot and start following its changes. It will receive no id, so its id value will remain zero.

tarantool> box.info.id
---
- 0
...
tarantool> box.info.replication
---
- 1:
    id: 1
    uuid: 3c84f8d9-e34d-4651-969c-3d0ed214c60f
    lsn: 4
    upstream:
    status: follow
    idle: 0.6912029999985
    peer:
    lag: 0.00014615058898926
...

Now we can use the replica. For example, we can do inserts into the local space:

tarantool> for i = 1,10 do
    > box.space.loc:insert{i}
    > end
---
...

Note that while the instance is anonymous, it will increase the 0-th component of its vclock:

tarantool> box.info.vclock
---
- {0: 10, 1: 4}
...

Let’s now promote the anonymous replica to a regular one:

tarantool> box.cfg{replication_anon=false}
2019-12-13 20:34:37.423 [71329] main I> assigned id 2 to replica 6a9c2ed2-b9e1-4c57-a0e8-51a46def7661
2019-12-13 20:34:37.424 [71329] main/102/interactive I> set 'replication_anon' configuration option to false
---
...

tarantool> 2019-12-13 20:34:37.424 [71329] main/117/applier/ I> subscribed
2019-12-13 20:34:37.424 [71329] main/117/applier/ I> remote vclock {1: 5} local vclock {0: 10, 1: 5}
2019-12-13 20:34:37.425 [71329] main/118/applierw/ C> leaving orphan mode

The replica has just received an id equal to 2. We can make it read-write now.

tarantool> box.cfg{read_only=false}
2019-12-13 20:35:46.392 [71329] main/102/interactive I> set 'read_only' configuration option to false
---
...

tarantool> box.schema.space.create('test')
---
- engine: memtx
before_replace: 'function: 0x01109f9dc8'
on_replace: 'function: 0x01109f9d90'
ck_constraint: []
field_count: 0
temporary: false
index: []
is_local: false
enabled: false
name: test
id: 513
- created
...

tarantool> box.info.vclock
---
- {0: 10, 1: 5, 2: 2}
...

Now the replica tracks its changes in the 2nd vclock component, as expected. It can also become a replication master from now on.

Notes:

  • You cannot replicate from an anonymous instance.
  • To promote an anonymous instance to a regular one, first start it as anonymous, and only then issue box.cfg{replication_anon=false}
  • In order for the deanonymization to succeed, the instance must replicate from some read-write instance, otherwise it cannot be added to the _cluster table.
Type: boolean
Default: false
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION_ANON
Dynamic: yes
bootstrap_strategy

Since 2.11.0.

Specifies a strategy used to bootstrap a replica set. The following strategies are available:

  • auto: a node doesn’t boot if a half or more of other nodes in a replica set are not connected. For example, if the replication parameter contains 2 or 3 nodes, a node requires 2 connected instances. In the case of 4 or 5 nodes, at least 3 connected instances are required. Moreover, a bootstrap leader fails to boot unless every connected node has chosen it as a bootstrap leader.
  • legacy (deprecated since 2.11.0): a node requires the replication_connect_quorum number of other nodes to be connected. This option is added to keep the compatibility with the current versions of Cartridge and might be removed in the future.
Type: string
Default: auto
Environment variable: TT_BOOTSTRAP_STRATEGY
Dynamic: yes
replication_connect_timeout

Since version 1.9.0. The number of seconds that a replica will wait when trying to connect to a master in a cluster. See orphan status for details.

This parameter is different from replication_timeout, which a master uses to disconnect a replica when the master receives no acknowledgments of heartbeat messages.

Type: float
Default: 30
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
Dynamic: yes
replication_connect_quorum

Deprecated since 2.11.0. This option is in effect if bootstrap_strategy is set to legacy.

Specifies the number of nodes to be up and running to start a replica set. This parameter has effect during bootstrap or configuration update. Setting replication_connect_quorum to 0 makes Tarantool require no immediate reconnect only in case of recovery. See Orphan status for details.

Example:

box.cfg { replication_connect_quorum = 2 }
Type: integer
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION_CONNECT_QUORUM
Dynamic: yes
replication_skip_conflict

Since version 1.10.1. By default, if a replica adds a unique key that another replica has added, replication stops with error = ER_TUPLE_FOUND.

However, by specifying replication_skip_conflict = true, users can state that such errors may be ignored. So instead of saving the broken transaction to the xlog, it will be written there as NOP (No operation).

Example:

box.cfg{replication_skip_conflict=true}
Type: boolean
Default: false
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION_SKIP_CONFLICT
Dynamic: yes

Note

replication_skip_conflict = true is recommended to be used only for manual replication recovery.

replication_sync_lag

Since version 1.9.0. The maximum lag allowed for a replica. When a replica syncs (gets updates from a master), it may not catch up completely. The number of seconds that the replica is behind the master is called the “lag”. Syncing is considered to be complete when the replica’s lag is less than or equal to replication_sync_lag.

If a user sets replication_sync_lag to nil or to 365 * 100 * 86400 (TIMEOUT_INFINITY), then lag does not matter – the replica is always considered to be “synced”. Also, the lag is ignored (assumed to be infinite) in case the master is running Tarantool older than 1.7.7, which does not send heartbeat messages.

This parameter is ignored during bootstrap. See orphan status for details.

Type: float
Default: 10
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION_SYNC_LAG
Dynamic: yes
replication_sync_timeout

Since version 1.10.2. The number of seconds that a node waits when trying to sync with other nodes in a replica set (see bootstrap_strategy), after connecting or during configuration update. This could fail indefinitely if replication_sync_lag is smaller than network latency, or if the replica cannot keep pace with master updates. If replication_sync_timeout expires, the replica enters orphan status.

Type: float
Default: 300
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION_SYNC_TIMEOUT
Dynamic: yes

Note

The default replication_sync_timeout value is going to be changed in future versions from 300 to 0. You can learn the reasoning behind this decision from the Default value for replication_sync_timeout topic, which also describes how to try the new behavior in the current version.

replication_timeout

Since version 1.7.5. If the master has no updates to send to the replicas, it sends heartbeat messages every replication_timeout seconds, and each replica sends an ACK packet back.

Both master and replicas are programmed to drop the connection if they get no response in four replication_timeout periods. If the connection is dropped, a replica tries to reconnect to the master.

See more in Monitoring a replica set.

Type: integer
Default: 1
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION_TIMEOUT
Dynamic: yes
replicaset_uuid

Since version 1.9.0. As described in section “Replication architecture”, each replica set is identified by a universally unique identifier called replica set UUID, and each instance is identified by an instance UUID.

Ordinarily it is sufficient to let the system generate and format the UUID strings which will be permanently stored.

However, some administrators may prefer to store Tarantool configuration information in a central repository, for example Apache ZooKeeper. Such administrators can assign their own UUID values for either – or both – instances (instance_uuid) and replica set (replicaset_uuid), when starting up for the first time.

General rules:

  • The values must be true unique identifiers, not shared by other instances or replica sets within the common infrastructure.
  • The values must be used consistently, not changed after initial setup (the initial values are stored in snapshot files and are checked whenever the system is restarted).
  • The values must comply with RFC 4122. The nil UUID is not allowed.

The UUID format includes sixteen octets represented as 32 hexadecimal (base 16) digits, displayed in five groups separated by hyphens, in the form 8-4-4-4-12 for a total of 36 characters (32 alphanumeric characters and four hyphens).

Example:

box.cfg{replicaset_uuid='7b853d13-508b-4b8e-82e6-806f088ea6e9'}
Type: string
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_REPLICASET_UUID
Dynamic: no
instance_uuid

Since version 1.9.0. For replication administration purposes, it is possible to set the universally unique identifiers of the instance (instance_uuid) and the replica set (replicaset_uuid), instead of having the system generate the values.

See the description of replicaset_uuid parameter for details.

Example:

box.cfg{instance_uuid='037fec43-18a9-4e12-a684-a42b716fcd02'}
Type: string
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_INSTANCE_UUID
Dynamic: no
replication_synchro_quorum

Since version 2.5.1. For synchronous replication only. This option tells how many replicas should confirm the receipt of a synchronous transaction before it can finish its commit.

Since version 2.5.3, the option supports dynamic evaluation of the quorum number. That is, the number of quorum can be specified not as a constant number, but as a function instead. In this case, the option returns the formula evaluated. The result is treated as an integer number. Once any replicas are added or removed, the expression is re-evaluated automatically.

For example,

box.cfg{replication_synchro_quorum = "N / 2 + 1"}

Where N is a current number of registered replicas in a cluster.

Keep in mind that the example above represents a canonical quorum definition. The formula at least 50% of the cluster size + 1 guarantees data reliability. Using a value less than the canonical one might lead to unexpected results, including a split-brain.

Since version 2.10.0, this option does not account for anonymous replicas.

The default value for this parameter is N / 2 + 1.

It is not used on replicas, so if the master dies, the pending synchronous transactions will be kept waiting on the replicas until a new master is elected.

If the value for this option is set to 1, the synchronous transactions work like asynchronous when not configured. 1 means that successful WAL write to the master is enough to commit.

Type: number
Default: N / 2 + 1 (before version 2.10.0, the default value was 1)
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION_SYNCHRO_QUORUM
Dynamic: yes
replication_synchro_timeout

Since version 2.5.1. For synchronous replication only. Tells how many seconds to wait for a synchronous transaction quorum replication until it is declared failed and is rolled back.

It is not used on replicas, so if the master dies, the pending synchronous transactions will be kept waiting on the replicas until a new master is elected.

Type: number
Default: 5
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION_SYNCHRO_TIMEOUT
Dynamic: yes
replication_threads

Since version 2.10.0. The number of threads spawned to decode the incoming replication data.

The default value is 1. It means that a single separate thread handles all the incoming replication streams. In most cases, one thread is enough for all incoming data. Therefore, it is likely that the user will not need to set this configuration option.

Possible values range from 1 to 1000. If there are multiple replication threads, connections to serve are distributed evenly between the threads.

Type: number
Default: 1
Possible values: from 1 to 1000
Environment variable: TT_REPLICATION_THREADS
Dynamic: no
election_mode

Since version 2.6.1. Specifies the role of a replica set node in the leader election process.

Possible values:

  • off
  • voter
  • candidate
  • manual.

Participation of a replica set node in the automated leader election can be turned on and off by this option.

The default value is off. All nodes that have values other than off run the Raft state machine internally talking to other nodes according to the Raft leader election protocol. When the option is off, the node accepts Raft messages from other nodes, but it doesn’t participate in the election activities, and this doesn’t affect the node’s state. So, for example, if a node is not a leader but it has election_mode = 'off', it is writable anyway.

You can control which nodes can become a leader. If you want a node to participate in the election process but don’t want that it becomes a leaders, set the election_mode option to voter. In this case, the election works as usual, this particular node will vote for other nodes, but won’t become a leader.

If the node should be able to become a leader, use election_mode = 'candidate'.

Since version 2.8.2, the manual election mode is introduced. It may be used when a user wants to control which instance is the leader explicitly instead of relying on the Raft election algorithm.

When an instance is configured with the election_mode='manual', it behaves as follows:

  • By default, the instance acts like a voter – it is read-only and may vote for other instances that are candidates.
  • Once box.ctl.promote() is called, the instance becomes a candidate and starts a new election round. If the instance wins the elections, it becomes a leader, but won’t participate in any new elections.
Type: string
Default: ‘off’
Environment variable: TT_ELECTION_MODE
Dynamic: yes
election_timeout

Since version 2.6.1. Specifies the timeout between election rounds in the leader election process if the previous round ended up with a split-vote.

In the leader election process, there can be an election timeout for the case of a split-vote. The timeout can be configured using this option; the default value is 5 seconds.

It is quite big, and for most of the cases it can be freely lowered to 300-400 ms. It can be a floating point value (300 ms would be box.cfg{election_timeout = 0.3}).

To avoid the split vote repeat, the timeout is randomized on each node during every new election, from 100% to 110% of the original timeout value. For example, if the timeout is 300 ms and there are 3 nodes started the election simultaneously in the same term, they can set their election timeouts to 300, 310, and 320 respectively, or to 305, 302, and 324, and so on. In that way, the votes will never be split because the election on different nodes won’t be restarted simultaneously.

Type: number
Default: 5
Environment variable: TT_ELECTION_TIMEOUT
Dynamic: yes
election_fencing_mode

Since version 2.11.0. In earlier Tarantool versions, use election_fencing_enabled instead.

Specifies the leader fencing mode that affects the leader election process. When the parameter is set to soft or strict, the leader resigns its leadership if it has less than replication_synchro_quorum of alive connections to the cluster nodes. The resigning leader receives the status of a follower in the current election term and becomes read-only.

  • In soft mode, a connection is considered dead if there are no responses for 4*replication_timeout seconds both on the current leader and the followers.
  • In strict mode, a connection is considered dead if there are no responses for 2*replication_timeout seconds on the current leader and 4*replication_timeout seconds on the followers. This improves chances that there is only one leader at any time.

Fencing applies to the instances that have the election_mode set to candidate or manual. To turn off leader fencing, set election_fencing_mode to off.

Type: string
Default: ‘soft’
Environment variable: TT_ELECTION_FENCING_MODE
Dynamic: yes

io_collect_interval

Since version 1.4.9. The instance will sleep for io_collect_interval seconds between iterations of the event loop. Can be used to reduce CPU load in deployments in which the number of client connections is large, but requests are not so frequent (for example, each connection issues just a handful of requests per second).

Type: float
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_IO_COLLECT_INTERVAL
Dynamic: yes
net_msg_max

Since version 1.10.1. To handle messages, Tarantool allocates fibers. To prevent fiber overhead from affecting the whole system, Tarantool restricts how many messages the fibers handle, so that some pending requests are blocked.

On powerful systems, increase net_msg_max and the scheduler will immediately start processing pending requests.

On weaker systems, decrease net_msg_max and the overhead may decrease although this may take some time because the scheduler must wait until already-running requests finish.

When net_msg_max is reached, Tarantool suspends processing of incoming packages until it has processed earlier messages. This is not a direct restriction of the number of fibers that handle network messages, rather it is a system-wide restriction of channel bandwidth. This in turn causes restriction of the number of incoming network messages that the transaction processor thread handles, and therefore indirectly affects the fibers that handle network messages. (The number of fibers is smaller than the number of messages because messages can be released as soon as they are delivered, while incoming requests might not be processed until some time after delivery.)

On typical systems, the default value (768) is correct.

Type: integer
Default: 768
Environment variable: TT_NET_MSG_MAX
Dynamic: yes
readahead

Since version 1.6.2. The size of the read-ahead buffer associated with a client connection. The larger the buffer, the more memory an active connection consumes and the more requests can be read from the operating system buffer in a single system call. The rule of thumb is to make sure the buffer can contain at least a few dozen requests. Therefore, if a typical tuple in a request is large, e.g. a few kilobytes or even megabytes, the read-ahead buffer size should be increased. If batched request processing is not used, it’s prudent to leave this setting at its default.

Type: integer
Default: 16320
Environment variable: TT_READAHEAD
Dynamic: yes
iproto_threads

Since version 2.8.1. The number of network threads. There can be unusual workloads where the network thread is 100% loaded and the transaction processor thread is not, so the network thread is a bottleneck. In that case set iproto_threads to 2 or more. The operating system kernel will determine which connection goes to which thread.

On typical systems, the default value (1) is correct.

Type: integer
Default: 1
Environment variable: TT_IPROTO_THREADS
Dynamic: no

This section provides information on how to configure options related to logging. You can also use the log module to configure logging in your application.

log_level

Since version 1.6.2. Specifies the level of detail the log has. There are seven levels:

  • 1 – SYSERROR
  • 2 – ERROR
  • 3 – CRITICAL
  • 4 – WARNING
  • 5 – INFO
  • 6 – VERBOSE
  • 7 – DEBUG

By setting log_level, you can enable logging of all events with severities above or equal to the given level. Tarantool prints logs to the standard error stream by default. This can be changed with the log configuration parameter.

Type: integer
Default: 5
Environment variable: TT_LOG_LEVEL
Dynamic: yes

Note

Prior to Tarantool 1.7.5 there were only six levels and DEBUG was level 6. Starting with Tarantool 1.7.5, VERBOSE is level 6 and DEBUG is level 7. VERBOSE is a new level for monitoring repetitive events which would cause too much log writing if INFO were used instead.

log

Since version 1.7.4. By default, Tarantool sends the log to the standard error stream (stderr). If log is specified, Tarantool can send the log to a:

  • file
  • pipe
  • system logger

Example 1: sending the log to the tarantool.log file.

box.cfg{log = 'tarantool.log'}
-- or
box.cfg{log = 'file:tarantool.log'}

This opens the file tarantool.log for output on the server’s default directory. If the log string has no prefix or has the prefix “file:”, then the string is interpreted as a file path.

Example 2: sending the log to a pipe.

box.cfg{log = '| cronolog tarantool.log'}
-- or
box.cfg{log = 'pipe: cronolog tarantool.log'}

This starts the program cronolog when the server starts, and sends all log messages to the standard input (stdin) of cronolog. If the log string begins with ‘|’ or has the prefix “pipe:”, then the string is interpreted as a Unix pipeline.

Example 3: sending the log to syslog.

box.cfg{log = 'syslog:identity=tarantool'}
-- or
box.cfg{log = 'syslog:facility=user'}
-- or
box.cfg{log = 'syslog:identity=tarantool,facility=user'}
-- or
box.cfg{log = 'syslog:server=unix:/dev/log'}

If the log string begins with “syslog:”, then it is interpreted as a message for the syslogd program, which normally is running in the background on any Unix-like platform. The setting can be syslog:, syslog:facility=..., syslog:identity=..., syslog:server=..., or a combination.

  • The syslog:identity setting is an arbitrary string, which is placed at the beginning of all messages. The default value is “tarantool”.
  • The syslog:facility setting is currently ignored but will be used in the future. The value must be one of the syslog keywords, which tell syslogd where the message should go. The possible values are: auth, authpriv, cron, daemon, ftp, kern, lpr, mail, news, security, syslog, user, uucp, local0, local1, local2, local3, local4, local5, local6, local7. The default value is: local7.
  • The syslog:server setting is the locator for the syslog server. It can be a Unix socket path beginning with “unix:”, or an ipv4 port number. The default socket value is: dev/log (on Linux) or /var/run/syslog (on macOS). The default port value is: 514, the UDP port.

When logging to a file, Tarantool reopens the log on SIGHUP. When log is a program, its PID is saved in the log.pid variable. You need to send it a signal to rotate logs.

Type: string
Default: null
Environment variable: TT_LOG
Dynamic: no
log_nonblock

Since version 1.7.4. If log_nonblock equals true, Tarantool does not block during logging when the system is not ready for writing, and drops the message instead. If log_level is high, and many messages go to the log, setting log_nonblock to true may improve logging performance at the cost of some log messages getting lost.

This parameter has effect only if log is configured to send logs to a pipe or system logger. The default log_nonblock value is nil, which means that blocking behavior corresponds to the logger type:

  • false for stderr and file loggers.
  • true for a pipe and system logger.

This is a behavior change: in earlier versions of the Tarantool server, the default value was true.

Type: boolean
Default: nil
Environment variable: TT_LOG_NONBLOCK
Dynamic: no
too_long_threshold

Since version 1.6.2. If processing a request takes longer than the given value (in seconds), warn about it in the log. Has effect only if log_level is greater than or equal to 4 (WARNING).

Type: float
Default: 0.5
Environment variable: TT_TOO_LONG_THRESHOLD
Dynamic: yes
log_format

Since version 1.7.6. Log entries have two possible formats:

  • ‘plain’ (the default), or
  • ‘json’ (with more detail and with JSON labels).

Here is what a log entry looks like if box.cfg{log_format='plain'}:

2017-10-16 11:36:01.508 [18081] main/101/interactive I> set 'log_format' configuration option to "plain"

Here is what a log entry looks like if box.cfg{log_format='json'}:

{"time": "2017-10-16T11:36:17.996-0600",
"level": "INFO",
"message": "set 'log_format' configuration option to \"json\"",
"pid": 18081,|
"cord_name": "main",
"fiber_id": 101,
"fiber_name": "interactive",
"file": "builtin\/box\/load_cfg.lua",
"line": 317}

The log_format='plain' entry has a time value, process ID, cord name, fiber_id, fiber_name, log level, and message.

The log_format='json' entry has the same fields along with their labels, and in addition has the file name and line number of the Tarantool source.

Type: string
Default: ‘plain’
Environment variable: TT_LOG_FORMAT
Dynamic: yes
log_modules

Since version 2.11.0. Configure the specified log levels (log_level) for different modules.

You can specify a logging level for the following module types:

Type: table
Default: blank
Environment variable: TT_LOG_MODULES
Dynamic: yes

Example 1: Set log levels for files that use the default logger

Suppose you have two identical modules placed by the following paths: test/logging/module1.lua and test/logging/module2.lua. These modules use the default logger and look as follows:

return {
    say_hello = function()
        local log = require('log')
        log.info('Info message from module1')
    end
}

To load these modules in your application, you need to add the corresponding require directives:

module1 = require('test.logging.module1')
module2 = require('test.logging.module2')

To configure logging levels, you need to provide module names corresponding to paths to these modules. In the example below, the box_cfg variable contains logging settings that can be passed to the box.cfg() function:

box_cfg = { log_modules = {
    ['test.logging.module1'] = 'verbose',
    ['test.logging.module2'] = 'error' }
}

Given that module1 has the verbose logging level and module2 has the error level, calling module1.say_hello() shows a message but module2.say_hello() is swallowed:

-- Prints 'info' messages --
module1.say_hello()
--[[
[92617] main/103/interactive/test.logging.module1 I> Info message from module1
---
...
--]]

-- Swallows 'info' messages --
module2.say_hello()
--[[
---
...
--]]

Example 2: Set log levels for modules that use custom loggers

In the example below, the box_cfg variable contains logging settings that can be passed to the box.cfg() function. This example shows how to set the verbose level for module1 and the error level for module2:

box_cfg = { log_level = 'warn',
            log_modules = {
                module1 = 'verbose',
                module2 = 'error' }
}

To create custom loggers, call the log.new() function:

-- Creates new loggers --
module1_log = require('log').new('module1')
module2_log = require('log').new('module2')

Given that module1 has the verbose logging level and module2 has the error level, calling module1_log.info() shows a message but module2_log.info() is swallowed:

-- Prints 'info' messages --
module1_log.info('Info message from module1')
--[[
[16300] main/103/interactive/module1 I> Info message from module1
---
...
--]]

-- Swallows 'debug' messages --
module1_log.debug('Debug message from module1')
--[[
---
...
--]]

-- Swallows 'info' messages --
module2_log.info('Info message from module2')
--[[
---
...
--]]

Example 3: Set a log level for C modules

In the example below, the box_cfg variable contains logging settings that can be passed to the box.cfg() function. This example shows how to set the info level for the tarantool module:

box_cfg = { log_level = 'warn',
            log_modules = { tarantool = 'info' } }

The specified level affects messages logged from C modules:

ffi = require('ffi')

-- Prints 'info' messages --
ffi.C._say(ffi.C.S_INFO, nil, 0, nil, 'Info message from C module')
--[[
[6024] main/103/interactive I> Info message from C module
---
...
--]]

-- Swallows 'debug' messages --
ffi.C._say(ffi.C.S_DEBUG, nil, 0, nil, 'Debug message from C module')
--[[
---
...
--]]

The example above uses the LuaJIT ffi library to call C functions provided by the say module.

This example illustrates how “rotation” works, that is, what happens when the server instance is writing to a log and signals are used when archiving it.

  1. Start with two terminal shells: Terminal #1 and Terminal #2.

  2. In Terminal #1, start an interactive Tarantool session. Then, use the log property to send logs to Log_file and call log.info to put a message in the log file.

    box.cfg{log='Log_file'}
    log = require('log')
    log.info('Log Line #1')
    
  3. In Terminal #2, use the mv command to rename the log file to Log_file.bak.

    mv Log_file Log_file.bak
    

    As a result, the next log message will go to Log_file.bak.

  4. Go back to Terminal #1 and put a message “Log Line #2” in the log file.

    log.info('Log Line #2')
    
  5. In Terminal #2, use ps to find the process ID of the Tarantool instance.

    ps -A | grep tarantool
    
  6. In Terminal #2, execute kill -HUP to send a SIGHUP signal to the Tarantool instance. Tarantool will open Log_file again, and the next log message will go to Log_file.

    kill -HUP process_id
    

    The same effect could be accomplished by calling log.rotate.

  7. In Terminal #1, put a message “Log Line #3” in the log file.

    log.info('Log Line #3')
    
  8. In Terminal #2, use less to examine files. Log_file.bak will have the following lines …

    2015-11-30 15:13:06.373 [27469] main/101/interactive I> Log Line #1`
    2015-11-30 15:14:25.973 [27469] main/101/interactive I> Log Line #2`
    

    … and Log_file will look like this:

    log file has been reopened
    2015-11-30 15:15:32.629 [27469] main/101/interactive I> Log Line #3
    

By default, a Tarantool daemon sends a small packet once per hour, to https://feedback.tarantool.io. The packet contains three values from box.info: box.info.version, box.info.uuid, and box.info.cluster_uuid. By changing the feedback configuration parameters, users can adjust or turn off this feature.

feedback_enabled

Since version 1.10.1. Whether to send feedback.

If this is set to true, feedback will be sent as described above. If this is set to false, no feedback will be sent.

Type: boolean
Default: true
Environment variable: TT_FEEDBACK_ENABLED
Dynamic: yes
feedback_host

Since version 1.10.1. The address to which the packet is sent. Usually the recipient is Tarantool, but it can be any URL.

Type: string
Default: https://feedback.tarantool.io
Environment variable: TT_FEEDBACK_HOST
Dynamic: yes
feedback_interval

Since version 1.10.1. The number of seconds between sendings, usually 3600 (1 hour).

Type: float
Default: 3600
Environment variable: TT_FEEDBACK_INTERVAL
Dynamic: yes

These parameters are deprecated since Tarantool version 1.7.4:

coredump

Deprecated, do not use.

Type: boolean
Default: false
Dynamic: no
logger

Deprecated in favor of log. The parameter was only renamed, while the type, values and semantics remained intact.

logger_nonblock

Deprecated in favor of log_nonblock. The parameter was only renamed, while the type, values and semantics remained intact.

panic_on_snap_error

Deprecated in favor of force_recovery.

If there is an error while reading a snapshot file (at server instance start), abort.

Type: boolean
Default: true
Dynamic: no
panic_on_wal_error

Deprecated in favor of force_recovery.

Type: boolean
Default: true
Dynamic: yes
replication_source

Deprecated in favor of replication. The parameter was only renamed, while the type, values and semantics remained intact.

slab_alloc_arena

Deprecated in favor of memtx_memory.

How much memory Tarantool allocates to actually store tuples, in gigabytes. When the limit is reached, INSERT or UPDATE requests begin failing with error ER_MEMORY_ISSUE. While the server does not go beyond the defined limit to allocate tuples, there is additional memory used to store indexes and connection information. Depending on actual configuration and workload, Tarantool can consume up to 20% more than the limit set here.

Type: float
Default: 1.0
Dynamic: no
slab_alloc_maximal

Deprecated in favor of memtx_max_tuple_size. The parameter was only renamed, while the type, values and semantics remained intact.

slab_alloc_minimal

Deprecated in favor of memtx_min_tuple_size. The parameter was only renamed, while the type, values and semantics remained intact.

snap_dir

Deprecated in favor of memtx_dir. The parameter was only renamed, while the type, values and semantics remained intact.

snapshot_period

Deprecated in favor of checkpoint_interval. The parameter was only renamed, while the type, values and semantics remained intact.

snapshot_count

Deprecated in favor of checkpoint_count. The parameter was only renamed, while the type, values and semantics remained intact.

rows_per_wal

Deprecated in favor of wal_max_size. The parameter does not allow to properly limit size of WAL logs.

election_fencing_enabled

Deprecated in Tarantool v2.11 in favor of election_fencing_mode.

The parameter does not allow using the strict fencing mode. Setting to true is equivalent to setting the soft election_fencing_mode. Setting to false is equivalent to setting the off election_fencing_mode.

Type: boolean
Default: true
Environment variable: TT_ELECTION_FENCING_ENABLED
Dynamic: yes
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