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Creating a Metadata Migration Task

Function

This API is used to create a metadata migration task.

URI

POST /v2/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/metadata

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details, see Obtaining a Project ID.

instance_id

Yes

String

Instance ID.
Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

overwrite

Yes

String

true: Configurations in the metadata file with the same name as the uploaded file will be overwritten. false: An error is reported when a topic or group already exists.

name

Yes

String

Migration task name. For details about the naming rules, see the API for creating an instance.

type

Yes

String

Migration task type. The value can be rocketmq or rabbitToRocket.

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

topicConfigTable

No

Map<String,MigrationRocketMqTopicConfig>

RocketMQ instance topic metadata. The topic name is the key and the topic configuration is the value. This parameter is mandatory for rocketmq migration tasks (from self-built RocketMQ instances to DMS for RocketMQ).

subscriptionGroupTable

No

Map<String,MigrationRocketMqSubscriptionGroup>

RocketMQ consumer group metadata. The consumer group name is the key and the configuration is the value. This parameter is mandatory for rocketmq migration tasks (from self-built RocketMQ instances to DMS for RocketMQ).

vhosts

No

Array of MigrationRabbitVhostMetadata objects

RabbitMQ virtual host metadata list. This parameter is mandatory for rabbitToRocket migration tasks (from self-built RabbitMQ instances to DMS for RocketMQ).

queues

No

Array of MigrationRabbitQueueMetadata objects

RabbitMQ queue metadata list. This parameter is mandatory for rabbitToRocket migration tasks (from self-built RabbitMQ instances to DMS for RocketMQ).

exchanges

No

Array of MigrationRabbitExchangeMetadata objects

RabbitMQ exchange metadata list. This parameter is mandatory for rabbitToRocket migration tasks (from self-built RabbitMQ instances to DMS for RocketMQ).

bindings

No

Array of MigrationRabbitBindingMetadata objects

RabbitMQ binding metadata list. This parameter is mandatory for rabbitToRocket migration tasks (from self-built RabbitMQ instances to DMS for RocketMQ).
Table 4 MigrationRocketMqTopicConfig

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

topicName

No

String

Topic name.

topic_name

No

String

Topic name.

order

No

Boolean

Indicates whether a message is an ordered message.

perm

No

Integer

Topic permission.

readQueueNums

No

Integer

Number of read queues.

read_queue_nums

No

Integer

Number of read queues.

writeQueueNums

No

Integer

Number of write queues.

write_queue_nums

No

Integer

Number of write queues.

topicFilterType

No

String

Topic filtering type.

  • SINGLE_TAG: single tag

  • MULTI_TAG: multiple tags

topic_filter_type

No

String

Topic filtering type.

  • SINGLE_TAG: single tag

  • MULTI_TAG: multiple tags

topicSysFlag

No

Integer

Topic system flag.

topic_sys_flag

No

Integer

Topic system flag.
Table 5 MigrationRocketMqSubscriptionGroup

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

groupName

No

String

Consumer group name.

group_name

No

String

Consumer group name.

consumeBroadcastEnable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to enable broadcast.

consume_broadcast_enable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to enable broadcast.

consumeEnable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to enable consumption.

consume_enable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to enable consumption.

consumeFromMinEnable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to enable consumption from the earliest offset.

consume_from_min_enable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to enable consumption from the earliest offset.

notifyConsumerIdsChangedEnable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to notify consumer ID changes.

notify_consumer_ids_changed_enable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to notify consumer ID changes.

retryMaxTimes

No

Integer

Maximum number of consumption retries.

retry_max_times

No

Integer

Maximum number of consumption retries.

retryQueueNums

No

Integer

Number of retry queues.

retry_queue_nums

No

Integer

Number of retry queues.

whichBrokerWhenConsumeSlow

No

Long

ID of the broker selected for slow consumption.

which_broker_when_consume_slow

No

Long

ID of the broker selected for slow consumption.
Table 6 MigrationRabbitVhostMetadata

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

No

String

Virtual host name.
Table 7 MigrationRabbitQueueMetadata

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

vhost

No

String

Virtual host name.

name

No

String

Queue name.

durable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to enable data persistence.
Table 8 MigrationRabbitExchangeMetadata

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

vhost

No

String

Virtual host name.

name

No

String

Switch name.

type

No

String

Exchange type.

durable

No

Boolean

Indicates whether to enable data persistence.
Table 9 MigrationRabbitBindingMetadata

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

vhost

No

String

Virtual host name.

source

No

String

Message source.

destination

No

String

Message target.

destination_type

No

String

Message target type.

routing_key

No

String

Routing key.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 10 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

task_id

String

Task ID.

Example Requests

  • Creating a metadata migration task to migrate the metadata from other vendors' or self-built RocketMQ instances to DMS for RocketMQ.

    POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/metadata?overwrite=true&name=task-123&type=rocketmq

{
  "topicConfigTable" : {
    "topic-test1" : {
      "order" : false,
      "perm" : 6,
      "readQueueNums" : 3,
      "topicFilterType" : "SINGLE_TAG",
      "topicName" : "topic-test1",
      "topicSysFlag" : 0,
      "writeQueueNums" : 3
    }
  },
  "subscriptionGroupTable" : {
    "group-test1" : {
      "consumeBroadcastEnable" : true,
      "consumeEnable" : true,
      "consumeFromMinEnable" : true,
      "groupName" : "group-test1",
      "notifyConsumerIdsChangedEnable" : true,
      "retryMaxTimes" : 2,
      "retryQueueNums" : 1,
      "whichBrokerWhenConsumeSlow" : 1
    }
  }
}

  • Creating a metadata migration task to migrate the metadata of RabbitMQ instances to DMS for RocketMQ.

    POST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/instances/{instance_id}/metadata?overwrite=true&name=task-123&type=rabbitToRocket

{
  "vhosts" : [ {
    "name" : "DeleteVhost123"
  } ],
  "queues" : [ {
    "name" : "test-001",
    "vhost" : "/",
    "durable" : false
  } ],
  "exchanges" : [ {
    "name" : "direct",
    "vhost" : "/",
    "type" : "topic",
    "durable" : false
  } ],
  "bindings" : [ {
    "source" : "direct",
    "vhost" : "/",
    "destination" : "test-001",
    "destination_type" : "queue",
    "routing_key" : "test-001"
  } ]
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Successful

{
  "task_id" : "6cf4dcd3-8471-4139-8b5b-8a3a71f704c7"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Successful

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent Topic: Metadata Migration