exp/lighthorizon: Add parameters to preload ledger cache.

exp/lighthorizon/build/k8s/lighthorizon_web.yml

@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ metadata:
     app: lighthorizon-pubnet-web
   name: lighthorizon-pubnet-web-env
 data:
-  TXMETA_SOURCE: "s3://horizon-ledgermeta-prodnet-test"
-  INDEXES_SOURCE: "s3://horizon-index-prodnet-test"
+  TXMETA_SOURCE: "s3://horizon-indices-pubnet"
+  INDEXES_SOURCE: "s3://horizon-ledgermeta-pubnet"
   NETWORK_PASSPHRASE: "Public Global Stellar Network ; September 2015"
   MAX_PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS: 16
   CACHE_PATH: "/ledgercache"
+  CACHE_PRELOAD_START_LEDGER: 0
+  CACHE_PRELOAD_COUNT: 14400
 ---  
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Secret

exp/lighthorizon/build/web/Dockerfile

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ COPY --from=builder /go/bin/lighthorizon ./
 
 ENTRYPOINT ./lighthorizon serve \
   --network-passphrase "$NETWORK_PASSPHRASE" \
-  --ledger-cache "$CACHE_PATH" \
   --parallel-downloads "$MAX_PARALLEL_DOWNLOADS" \
-  "$TXMETA_SOURCE" "$INDEXES_SOURCE" \
+  --ledger-cache "$CACHE_PATH" \
+  --ledger-cache-preload "$CACHE_PRELOAD_COUNT" \
+  --ledger-cache-preload-start "$CACHE_PRELOAD_START_LEDGER" \
+  --log-level debug \
+  "$TXMETA_SOURCE" "$INDEXES_SOURCE"

exp/lighthorizon/main.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
@@ -96,6 +97,36 @@ break down accounts by active ledgers.`,
 				return
 			}
 
+			latestLedger, err := ingester.GetLatestLedgerSequence(context.Background())
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatalf("Failed to retrieve latest ledger from %s: %v", sourceUrl, err)
+				return
+			}
+			log.Infof("The latest ledger stored at %s is %d.", sourceUrl, latestLedger)
+
+			cachePreloadCount, _ := cmd.Flags().GetUint32("ledger-cache-preload")
+			cachePreloadStart, _ := cmd.Flags().GetUint32("ledger-cache-preload-start")
+			if cachePreloadCount > 0 {
+				if cacheDir == "" {
+					log.Fatalf("--ledger-cache-preload=%d specified but no "+
+						"--ledger-cache directory provided, ignoring...",
+						cachePreloadCount)
+					return
+				} else {
+					startLedger := latestLedger - cachePreloadCount
+					if cachePreloadStart > 0 {
+						startLedger = cachePreloadStart
+					}
+
+					log.Infof("Preloading cache at %s with %d ledgers, starting at ledger %d.",
+						cacheDir, startLedger, cachePreloadCount)
+					go func() {
+						tools.BuildCache(sourceUrl, cacheDir,
+							startLedger, cachePreloadCount, false)
+					}()
+				}
+			}
+
 			Config := services.Config{
 				Ingester:   ingester,
 				Passphrase: networkPassphrase,
@@ -118,6 +149,8 @@ break down accounts by active ledgers.`,
 				Version:      HorizonLiteVersion,
 				LedgerSource: sourceUrl,
 				IndexSource:  indexStoreUrl,
+
+				LatestLedger: latestLedger,
 			}))
 
 			log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(":8080", router))
@@ -131,6 +164,10 @@ break down accounts by active ledgers.`,
 		"if left empty, uses a temporary directory")
 	serve.Flags().Uint("ledger-cache-size", defaultCacheSize,
 		"number of ledgers to store in the cache")
+	serve.Flags().Uint32("ledger-cache-preload", 0,
+		"should the cache come preloaded with the latest <n> ledgers?")
+	serve.Flags().Uint32("ledger-cache-preload-start", 0,
+		"the preload should start at ledger <n>")
 	serve.Flags().Uint("parallel-downloads", 1,
 		"how many workers should download ledgers in parallel?")
 

exp/lighthorizon/services/main.go

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func searchAccountTransactions(ctx context.Context,
 				Low:  nextLedger,
 				High: checkpointMgr.NextCheckpoint(nextLedger + 1),
 			}
-			log.Infof("prepare range %d, %d", r.Low, r.High)
+			log.Infof("Preparing ledger range [%d, %d]", r.Low, r.High)
 			if innerErr := config.Ingester.PrepareRange(ctx, r); innerErr != nil {
 				log.Errorf("failed to prepare ledger range [%d, %d]: %v",
 					r.Low, r.High, innerErr)
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ func searchAccountTransactions(ctx context.Context,
 
 		start := time.Now()
 		ledger, innerErr := config.Ingester.GetLedger(ctx, nextLedger)
+
+		// TODO: We should have helpful error messages when innerErr points to a
+		// 404 for that particular ledger, since that situation shouldn't happen
+		// under normal operations, but rather indicates a problem with the
+		// backing archive.
 		if innerErr != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(innerErr,
 				"failed to retrieve ledger %d from archive", nextLedger)

exp/lighthorizon/tools/cache.go

@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ purge /tmp/example 1000 1005    # purge a ledger range`,
 				return cmd.Usage()
 			}
 
-			count, err := cmd.Flags().GetUint("count")
+			count, err := cmd.Flags().GetUint32("count")
 			if err != nil || count <= 0 {
-				cmd.Println("--count should be a positive integer")
+				cmd.Println("--count should be a positive 32-bit integer")
 				return cmd.Usage()
 			}
 			repair, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool("repair")
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ purge /tmp/example 1000 1005    # purge a ledger range`,
 
 	build.Flags().Bool("repair", false, "attempt to purge the cache and retry ledgers that error")
 	build.Flags().Uint32("start", 0, "first ledger to cache (required)")
-	build.Flags().Uint("count", defaultCacheCount, "number of ledgers to cache")
+	build.Flags().Uint32("count", defaultCacheCount, "number of ledgers to cache")
 
 	cmd.AddCommand(build, purge, show)
 	if parent == nil {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ purge /tmp/example 1000 1005    # purge a ledger range`,
 	return parent
 }
 
-func BuildCache(ledgerSource, cacheDir string, start uint32, count uint, repair bool) error {
+func BuildCache(ledgerSource, cacheDir string, start uint32, count uint32, repair bool) error {
 	fullStart := time.Now()
 	L := log.DefaultLogger
 	L.SetLevel(log.InfoLevel)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func BuildCache(ledgerSource, cacheDir string, start uint32, count uint, repair
 	store, err := storage.ConnectBackend(ledgerSource, storage.ConnectOptions{
 		Context: ctx,
 		Wrap: func(store storage.Storage) (storage.Storage, error) {
-			return storage.MakeOnDiskCache(store, cacheDir, count)
+			return storage.MakeOnDiskCache(store, cacheDir, uint(count))
 		},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ func BuildCache(ledgerSource, cacheDir string, start uint32, count uint, repair
 	source := metaarchive.NewMetaArchive(store)
 	log.Infof("Filling local cache of ledgers at %s...", cacheDir)
 	log.Infof("Ledger range: [%d, %d] (%d ledgers)",
-		start, uint(start)+count-1, count)
+		start, start+count-1, count)
 
 	successful := uint(0)
-	for i := uint(0); i < count; i++ {
+	for i := uint32(0); i < count; i++ {
 		ledgerSeq := start + uint32(i)
 
 		// do "best effort" caching, skipping if too slow
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func BuildCache(ledgerSource, cacheDir string, start uint32, count uint, repair
 				Warnf("Downloading ledger %d took a while.", ledgerSeq)
 		}
 
-		log = log.WithField("failures", 1+i-successful)
+		log = log.WithField("failures", 1+uint(i)-successful)
 		if successful%97 == 0 {
 			log.Infof("Cached %d/%d ledgers (%0.1f%%)", successful, count,
 				100*float64(successful)/float64(count))

exp/lighthorizon/tools/index.go

@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ view s3:///indices GAXLQGKIUAIIUHAX4GJO3J7HFGLBCNF6ZCZSTLJE7EKO5IUHGLQLMXZO
 view file:///tmp/indices --limit=0 GAXLQGKIUAIIUHAX4GJO3J7HFGLBCNF6ZCZSTLJE7EKO5IUHGLQLMXZO
 view gcs://indices --limit=10 GAXLQGKIUAIIUHAX4GJO3J7HFGLBCNF6ZCZSTLJE7EKO5IUHGLQLMXZO,GBUUWQDVEEXBJCUF5UL24YGXKJIP5EMM7KFWIAR33KQRJR34GN6HEDPV,GBYETUYNBK2ZO5MSYBJKSLDEA2ZHIXLCFL3MMWU6RHFVAUBKEWQORYKS`,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			if len(args) > 2 {
+			if len(args) < 1 || len(args) > 2 {
 				return cmd.Usage()
 			}