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Virtual Machine Runtime Engine (VMRE)

The VMRE handles the lifecycle, compatibility and logging IO of a managed VM process.

How it works

The runtime.Initializer interface could be implemented to manage local or remote VM processes. This implementation is consumed by a gRPC server which serves the Runtime service. The server interacts with the underlying process and allows for the VM binary to communicate with Lux Node.

Subprocess VM management

The subprocess is currently the only supported Runtime implementation. It works by starting the VM's as a subprocess of Lux Node by os.Exec.

Workflow

VMRegistry calls the RPC Chain VM Factory.
Factory Starts an instance of a VMRE server that consumes a runtime.Initializer interface implementation.
The address of this server is passed as a ENV variable VM_RUNTIME_ENGINE_ADDR via os.Exec which starts the VM binary.
The VM uses the address of the VMRE server to create a client.
Client sends a Initialize RPC informing the server of the Protocol Version and future Address of the RPC Chain VM server allowing it to perform a validation Handshake.
After the Handshake is complete the RPC Chain VM server is started which serves the ChainVM implementation.
The connection details for the RPC Chain VM server are now used to create an RPC Chain VM client.
ChainManager uses this VM client to bootstrap the chain powered by Linear consensus.
To shutdown the VM runtime.Stop() sends a SIGTERM signal to the VM process.

Debugging

Process Not Found

When runtime is Bootstrapped handshake success is observed during the Initialize RPC. Process not found means that the runtime Client in the VM binary could not communicate with the runtime Server on Lux Node. This could be the result of networking issues or other error in Serve().

failed to register VM {"vmID": "tGas3T58KzdjcJ2iKSyiYsWiqYctRXaPTqBCA11BqEkNg8kPc", "error": "handshake failed: timeout"}

Protocol Version Mismatch

To ensure RPC compatibility the protocol version of Lux Node must match the chain VM. To correct this error update the chain VM's dependencies to the latest version Lux Node.

failed to register VM {"vmID": "tGas3T58KzdjcJ2iKSyiYsWiqYctRXaPTqBCA11BqEkNg8kPc", "error": "handshake failed: protocol version mismatch node: 19 vm: 18"}

Documentation ¶

Constants ¶

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const (
	// Address of the runtime engine server.
	EngineAddressKey = "VM_RUNTIME_ENGINE_ADDR"

	// LegacyEngineAddressKey is the pre-rename env-var name. Plugin binaries
	// compiled against luxfi/node <= v1.26.x read this key. The host sets
	// both keys until every plugin in /data/plugins has been rebuilt against
	// a luxfi/node version that has the rename.
	LegacyEngineAddressKey = "LUX_VM_RUNTIME_ENGINE_ADDR"

	// Duration before handshake timeout during bootstrap.
	DefaultHandshakeTimeout = 5 * time.Second

	// Duration of time to wait for graceful termination to complete.
	DefaultGracefulTimeout = 5 * time.Second
)

Variables ¶

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var (
	ErrProtocolVersionMismatch = errors.New("RPCChainVM protocol version mismatch between Lux Node and Virtual Machine plugin")
	ErrHandshakeFailed         = errors.New("handshake failed")
	ErrInvalidConfig           = errors.New("invalid config")
	ErrProcessNotFound         = errors.New("vm process not found")
)

Functions ¶

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Types ¶

type Initializer ¶

type Initializer interface {
	// Initialize provides Lux Node with compatibility, networking and
	// process information of a VM.
	Initialize(ctx context.Context, protocolVersion uint, vmAddr string) error
}

type Manager ¶

type Manager interface {
	Tracker
	// Stop all managed VMs.
	Stop(ctx context.Context)
}

func NewManager ¶

func NewManager() Manager

NewManager returns manager of VM runtimes.

to remove it from the current set.

type Stopper ¶

type Stopper interface {
	// Stop begins shutdown of a VM. This method must not block
	// and multiple calls to this method will result in no-op.
	Stop(ctx context.Context)
}

type Tracker ¶

type Tracker interface {
	// TrackRuntime adds a VM stopper to the manager.
	TrackRuntime(runtime Stopper)
}

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