Apache Dubbo Project

Apache Dubbo is a high-performance, Java-based open-source RPC framework. Please visit the official site for the quick start guide and documentation, as well as the wiki for news, FAQ, and release notes.

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Architecture

Features

• Transparent interface based RPC
• Intelligent load balancing
• Automatic service registration and discovery
• High extensibility
• Runtime traffic routing
• Visualized service governance

Getting started

The following code snippet comes from Dubbo Samples. You may clone the sample project and step into the dubbo-samples-api subdirectory before proceeding.

git clone https://github.com/apache/dubbo-samples.git
cd dubbo-samples/1-basic/dubbo-samples-api

There’s a README file under dubbo-samples-api directory. We recommend referencing the samples in that directory by following the below-mentioned instructions:

Maven dependency

<properties>
    <dubbo.version>3.2.5</dubbo.version>
</properties>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.dubbo</groupId>
        <artifactId>dubbo</artifactId>
        <version>${dubbo.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.dubbo</groupId>
        <artifactId>dubbo-dependencies-zookeeper</artifactId>
        <version>${dubbo.version}</version>
        <type>pom</type>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Define service interfaces

package org.apache.dubbo.samples.api;

public interface GreetingsService {
    String sayHi(String name);
}

See api/GreetingsService.java on GitHub.

Implement service interface for the provider

package org.apache.dubbo.samples.provider;

import org.apache.dubbo.samples.api.GreetingsService;

public class GreetingsServiceImpl implements GreetingsService {
    @Override
    public String sayHi(String name) {
        return "hi, " + name;
    }
}

See provider/GreetingsServiceImpl.java on GitHub.

Start service provider

package org.apache.dubbo.samples.provider;


import org.apache.dubbo.config.ApplicationConfig;
import org.apache.dubbo.config.RegistryConfig;
import org.apache.dubbo.config.ServiceConfig;
import org.apache.dubbo.samples.api.GreetingsService;

import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;

public class Application {
    private static String zookeeperHost = System.getProperty("zookeeper.address", "127.0.0.1");

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        ServiceConfig<GreetingsService> service = new ServiceConfig<>();
        service.setApplication(new ApplicationConfig("first-dubbo-provider"));
        service.setRegistry(new RegistryConfig("zookeeper://" + zookeeperHost + ":2181"));
        service.setInterface(GreetingsService.class);
        service.setRef(new GreetingsServiceImpl());
        service.export();

        System.out.println("dubbo service started");
        new CountDownLatch(1).await();
    }
}

See provider/Application.java on GitHub.

Build and run the provider

mvn clean package
mvn -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dexec.mainClass=org.apache.dubbo.samples.provider.Application exec:java

Call remote service in the consumer

package org.apache.dubbo.samples.client;


import org.apache.dubbo.config.ApplicationConfig;
import org.apache.dubbo.config.ReferenceConfig;
import org.apache.dubbo.config.RegistryConfig;
import org.apache.dubbo.samples.api.GreetingsService;

public class Application {
    private static String zookeeperHost = System.getProperty("zookeeper.address", "127.0.0.1");

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ReferenceConfig<GreetingsService> reference = new ReferenceConfig<>();
        reference.setApplication(new ApplicationConfig("first-dubbo-consumer"));
        reference.setRegistry(new RegistryConfig("zookeeper://" + zookeeperHost + ":2181"));
        reference.setInterface(GreetingsService.class);
        GreetingsService service = reference.get();
        String message = service.sayHi("dubbo");
        System.out.println(message);
    }
}

See client/Application.java on GitHub.

Build and run the consumer

mvn clean package
mvn -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dexec.mainClass=org.apache.dubbo.samples.client.Application exec:java

The consumer will print out hi, dubbo on the screen.

Next steps

• Your first Dubbo application - A 101 tutorial to reveal more details, with the same code above.
• Dubbo user manual - How to use Dubbo and all its features.
• Dubbo developer guide - How to involve in Dubbo development.
• Dubbo admin manual - How to admin and manage Dubbo services.

Building

If you want to try out the cutting-edge features, you can build with the following commands. (Java 1.8 is needed to build the master branch)

  mvn clean install

Recommended Test Environment

To avoid intermittent test failures (i.e., flaky tests), it is recommended to have a machine or virtual machine with the following specifications:

• Minimum of 2CPUs.
• Minimum of 2Gb of RAM.

Contact

• Mailing list:

  • dev list: for dev/user discussion. subscribe, unsubscribe, archive, guide

• Bugs: Issues

• Gitter: Gitter channel

• Twitter: @ApacheDubbo

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING for details on submitting patches and the contribution workflow.

How can I contribute?

• Take a look at issues with tags marked Good first issue or Help wanted.
• Join the discussion on the mailing list, subscription guide.
• Answer questions on issues.
• Fix bugs reported on issues, and send us a pull request.
• Review the existing pull request.
• Improve the website, typically we need
  • blog post
  • translation on documentation
  • use cases around the integration of Dubbo in enterprise systems.
• Improve the dubbo-admin/dubbo-monitor.
• Contribute to the projects listed in ecosystem.
• Other forms of contribution not explicitly enumerated above.
• If you would like to contribute, please send an email to dev@dubbo.apache.org to let us know!

Reporting bugs

Please follow the template for reporting any issues.

Reporting a security vulnerability

Please report security vulnerabilities to us privately.

Dubbo ecosystem

• Dubbo Ecosystem Entry - A GitHub group dubbo to gather all Dubbo relevant projects not appropriate in apache group yet
• Dubbo Website - Apache Dubbo official website
• Dubbo Samples - samples for Apache Dubbo
• Dubbo Spring Boot - Spring Boot Project for Dubbo
• Dubbo Admin - The reference implementation for Dubbo admin
• Dubbo Awesome - Dubbo’s slides and video links in Meetup

Language

• Go (recommended)
• Node.js
• Python
• PHP
• Erlang

License

Apache Dubbo software is licensed under the Apache License Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.