grpc/examples/python/xds

gRPC Hostname Example

The hostname example is a Hello World server whose response includes its hostname. It also supports health and reflection services. This makes it a good server to test infrastructure, like load balancing.

The example requires grpc to already be built. You are strongly encouraged to check out a git release tag, since there will already be a build of gRPC available.

Run the example

1. Navigate to this directory:

cd grpc/examples/python/xds

2. Run the server

virtualenv venv -p python3
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python server.py

3. Verify the Server

After configuring your xDS server to track the gRPC server we just started, create a bootstrap file as desribed in gRFC A27:

{
  xds_servers": [
    {
      "server_uri": <string containing URI of xds server>,
      "channel_creds": [
        {
          "type": <string containing channel cred type>,
          "config": <JSON object containing config for the type>
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "node": <JSON form of Node proto>
}

Then point the GRPC_XDS_BOOTSTRAP environment variable at the bootstrap file:

export GRPC_XDS_BOOTSTRAP=/etc/xds-bootstrap.json

Finally, run your client:

python client.py xds-experimental:///my-backend

Alternatively, grpcurl can be used to test your server. If you don't have it, install grpcurl. This will allow you to manually test the service.

Exercise your server's application-layer service:

> grpcurl --plaintext -d '{"name": "you"}' localhost:50051
{
  "message": "Hello you from rbell.svl.corp.google.com!"
}

Make sure that all of your server's services are available via reflection:

> grpcurl --plaintext localhost:50051 list
grpc.health.v1.Health
grpc.reflection.v1alpha.ServerReflection
helloworld.Greeter

Make sure that your services are reporting healthy:

> grpcurl --plaintext -d '{"service": "helloworld.Greeter"}' localhost:50051
grpc.health.v1.Health/Check
{
  "status": "SERVING"
}

> grpcurl --plaintext -d '{"service": ""}' localhost:50051
grpc.health.v1.Health/Check
{
  "status": "SERVING"
}