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authorAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2017-04-04 12:53:16 +0000
committerAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2017-04-04 12:53:16 +0000
commitea35b1193a7f0d9453818625735fddc83c294af7 (patch)
tree77f6ba4c2e5048b1c4bae4e967f2a2226ee0900c /doc
parent97313fddc4cb0fe775e9693b7b931f5b075e8360 (diff)
parent0d314840040a7dc458a8faac2c6aa3d1d4345581 (diff)
downloadgitlab-ce-ea35b1193a7f0d9453818625735fddc83c294af7.tar.gz
Merge branch 'sh-add-polling-images' into 'master'
Add long polling diagrams See merge request !10270
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-rw-r--r--doc/development/img/cache-miss.svg24
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diff --git a/doc/development/img/cache-hit.svg b/doc/development/img/cache-hit.svg
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+<svg version="1.1" id="mscgen_js-svg-__svg" class="mscgen_js-svg-__svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="976" height="310" viewBox="0 0 976 310"><desc>
+
+# Generated by mscgen_js - https://sverweij.github.io/mscgen_js
+msc {
+ # options
+ hscale="1.5";
+
+ # entities
+ c [label="Client", textbgcolor="lime"],
+ rails [label="Rails", textbgcolor="cyan"],
+ etag [label="EtagCaching", textbgcolor="orange"],
+ redis [label="Redis", textbgcolor="white"];
+
+ # arcs
+ c =&gt; rails [label="GET /projects/5/pipelines"];
+ rails =&gt; etag [label="GET /projects/5/pipelines"];
+ etag =&gt; redis [label="read(key = 'GET &lt;Etag&gt;')"];
+ redis =&gt; etag [label="cache hit", linecolor="green", textcolor="green"];
+ |||;
+ etag =&gt; c [label="304 Not Modified", linecolor="blue", textcolor="blue"];
+}</desc><defs><style type="text/css">svg.mscgen_js-svg-__svg{font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:white;stroke:black;stroke-width:2;color:black}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg path, .mscgen_js-svg-__svg rect{fill:none;color:black;stroke:black}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .label-text-background{fill:white;stroke:white;stroke-width:0}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .bglayer{fill:white;stroke:white;stroke-width:0}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg line{stroke:black}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .return, .mscgen_js-svg-__svg .comment{stroke-dasharray:5,3}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .inline_expression_divider{stroke-dasharray:10,5}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg text{color:inherit;stroke:none;text-anchor:middle}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg text.entity-text{text-decoration:underline}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg text.anchor-start{text-anchor:start}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .arrow-marker{overflow:visible}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .arrow-style{stroke-width:1}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .arcrow, 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x2="75" y2="304" class="arcrow"></line><line x1="315" y1="266" x2="315" y2="304" class="arcrow"></line><line x1="555" y1="266" x2="555" y2="304" class="arcrow"></line><line x1="795" y1="266" x2="795" y2="304" class="arcrow"></line></g><g id="mscgen_js-svg-__svg__sequencelayer"><g id="mscgen_js-svg-__svgentities"><g><rect width="150" height="38" class="entity" style="fill:lime;"></rect><g><text x="75" y="22.5" class="entity-text "><tspan>Client</tspan></text></g></g><g><rect width="150" height="38" x="240" class="entity" style="fill:cyan;"></rect><g><text x="315" y="22.5" class="entity-text "><tspan>Rails</tspan></text></g></g><g><rect width="150" height="38" x="480" class="entity" style="fill:orange;"></rect><g><text x="555" y="22.5" class="entity-text "><tspan>EtagCaching</tspan></text></g></g><g><rect width="150" height="38" x="720" class="entity" style="fill:white;"></rect><g><text x="795" y="22.5" class="entity-text "><tspan>Redis</tspan></text></g></g></g><g><line x1="75" y1="95" x2="315" y2="95" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:black" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-black)"></line><g><rect width="134.06" height="14" x="127.97" y="79.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="195" y="90.5" class="directional-text method-text "><tspan>GET /projects/5/pipelines</tspan></text></g></g><g><line x1="315" y1="133" x2="555" y2="133" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:black" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-black)"></line><g><rect width="134.06" height="14" x="367.97" y="117.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="435" y="128.5" class="directional-text method-text "><tspan>GET /projects/5/pipelines</tspan></text></g></g><g><line x1="555" y1="171" x2="795" y2="171" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:black" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-black)"></line><g><rect width="135.64" height="14" x="607.17" y="155.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="675" y="166.5" class="directional-text method-text "><tspan>read(key = 'GET &lt;Etag&gt;')</tspan></text></g></g><g><line x1="795" y1="209" x2="555" y2="209" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:green" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-green)"></line><g><rect width="48.02" height="14" x="650.98" y="193.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="675" y="204.5" class="directional-text method-text " style="fill:green;"><tspan>cache hit</tspan></text></g></g><g></g><g><line x1="555" y1="285" x2="75" y2="285" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:blue" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-blue)"></line><g><rect width="90.72" height="14" x="269.63" y="269.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="315" y="280.5" class="directional-text method-text " style="fill:blue;"><tspan>304 Not Modified</tspan></text></g></g></g><g id="mscgen_js-svg-__svg__notelayer"></g><g id="mscgen_js-svg-__svg__watermark"></g></g></svg> \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/development/img/cache-miss.svg b/doc/development/img/cache-miss.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8429e6a1918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/development/img/cache-miss.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<svg version="1.1" id="mscgen_js-svg-__svg" class="mscgen_js-svg-__svg" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="976" height="386" viewBox="0 0 976 386"><desc>
+
+# Generated by mscgen_js - https://sverweij.github.io/mscgen_js
+msc {
+ # options
+ hscale="1.5";
+
+ # entities
+ c [label="Client", textbgcolor="lime"],
+ rails [label="Rails", textbgcolor="cyan"],
+ etag [label="EtagCaching", textbgcolor="orange"],
+ redis [label="Redis", textbgcolor="white"];
+
+ # arcs
+ c =&gt; rails [label="GET /projects/5/pipelines"];
+ rails =&gt; etag [label="GET /projects/5/pipelines"];
+ etag =&gt; redis [label="read(key = 'GET &lt;Etag&gt;')"];
+ redis =&gt; etag [label="cache miss", linecolor="red", textcolor="red"];
+ |||;
+ etag =&gt; redis [label="write('&lt;New Etag&gt;')"];
+ etag =&gt; rails [label="GET /projects/5/pipelines"];
+ rails =&gt; c [label="JSON response w/ ETag", linecolor="blue", textcolor="blue"];
+}
+</desc><defs><style type="text/css">svg.mscgen_js-svg-__svg{font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;background-color:white;stroke:black;stroke-width:2}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg path, .mscgen_js-svg-__svg rect{fill:none}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .label-text-background{fill:white;stroke:white;stroke-width:0}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .bglayer{fill:white;stroke:white;stroke-width:0}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg line{}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .return, .mscgen_js-svg-__svg .comment{stroke-dasharray:5,3}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .inline_expression_divider{stroke-dasharray:10,5}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg text{color:inherit;stroke:none;text-anchor:middle}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg text.entity-text{text-decoration:underline}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg text.anchor-start{text-anchor:start}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .arrow-marker{overflow:visible}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .arrow-style{stroke-width:1}.mscgen_js-svg-__svg .arcrow, .mscgen_js-svg-__svg .arcrowomit, .mscgen_js-svg-__svg 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"><tspan>Rails</tspan></text></g></g><g><rect width="150" height="38" x="480" class="entity" style="fill:orange;"></rect><g><text x="555" y="22.5" class="entity-text "><tspan>EtagCaching</tspan></text></g></g><g><rect width="150" height="38" x="720" class="entity" style="fill:white;"></rect><g><text x="795" y="22.5" class="entity-text "><tspan>Redis</tspan></text></g></g></g><g><line x1="75" y1="95" x2="315" y2="95" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:black" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-black)"></line><g><rect width="134.06" height="14" x="127.97" y="79.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="195" y="90.5" class="directional-text method-text "><tspan>GET /projects/5/pipelines</tspan></text></g></g><g><line x1="315" y1="133" x2="555" y2="133" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:black" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-black)"></line><g><rect width="134.06" height="14" x="367.97" y="117.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="435" y="128.5" class="directional-text method-text "><tspan>GET /projects/5/pipelines</tspan></text></g></g><g><line x1="555" y1="171" x2="795" y2="171" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:black" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-black)"></line><g><rect width="135.64" height="14" x="607.17" y="155.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="675" y="166.5" class="directional-text method-text "><tspan>read(key = 'GET &lt;Etag&gt;')</tspan></text></g></g><g><line x1="795" y1="209" x2="555" y2="209" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:red" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-red)"></line><g><rect width="60.02" height="14" x="644.98" y="193.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="675" y="204.5" class="directional-text method-text " style="fill:red;"><tspan>cache miss</tspan></text></g></g><g></g><g><line x1="555" y1="285" x2="795" y2="285" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:black" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-black)"></line><g><rect width="103.94" height="14" x="623.02" y="269.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="675" y="280.5" class="directional-text method-text "><tspan>write('&lt;New Etag&gt;')</tspan></text></g></g><g><line x1="555" y1="323" x2="315" y2="323" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:black" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-black)"></line><g><rect width="134.06" height="14" x="367.97" y="307.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="435" y="318.5" class="directional-text method-text "><tspan>GET /projects/5/pipelines</tspan></text></g></g><g><line x1="315" y1="361" x2="75" y2="361" class="arc directional method" style="stroke:blue" marker-end="url(#mscgen_js-svg-__svgmethod-blue)"></line><g><rect width="130.72" height="14" x="129.63" y="345.5" class="label-text-background"></rect><text x="195" y="356.5" class="directional-text method-text " style="fill:blue;"><tspan>JSON response w/ ETag</tspan></text></g></g></g><g id="mscgen_js-svg-__svg__notelayer"></g><g id="mscgen_js-svg-__svg__watermark"></g></g></svg> \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/development/polling.md b/doc/development/polling.md
index a7f2962acf0..e5a717f712b 100644
--- a/doc/development/polling.md
+++ b/doc/development/polling.md
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ Instead you should use polling mechanism with ETag caching in Redis.
## How it works
+![Cache miss](img/cache-miss.svg)
+![Cache hit](img/cache-hit.svg)
+
1. Whenever a resource changes we generate a random value and store it in
Redis.
1. When a client makes a request we set the `ETag` response header to the value