compress boltdb files to gzip while uploading from shipper

pkg/storage/stores/shipper/downloads/table.go

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util/spanlogger"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/level"
 	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/chunkenc"
 )
 
 // timeout for downloading initial files for a table to avoid leaking resources by allowing it to take all the time.
@@ -391,7 +393,15 @@ func (t *Table) getFileFromStorage(ctx context.Context, objectKey, destination s
 		return err
 	}
 
-	_, err = io.Copy(f, readCloser)
+	var objectReader io.Reader = readCloser
+	if strings.HasSuffix(objectKey, ".gz") {
+		decompressedReader := chunkenc.Gzip.GetReader(readCloser)
+		defer chunkenc.Gzip.PutReader(decompressedReader)
+
+		objectReader = decompressedReader
+	}
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(f, objectReader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

pkg/storage/stores/shipper/downloads/table_manager_test.go

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestTableManager_QueryPages(t *testing.T) {
 	var queries []chunk.IndexQuery
 	for name, dbs := range tables {
 		queries = append(queries, chunk.IndexQuery{TableName: name})
-		testutil.SetupDBTablesAtPath(t, name, objectStoragePath, dbs)
+		testutil.SetupDBTablesAtPath(t, name, objectStoragePath, dbs, true)
 	}
 
 	tableManager, _, stopFunc := buildTestTableManager(t, tempDir)

pkg/storage/stores/shipper/downloads/table_test.go

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func TestTable_Query(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	testutil.SetupDBTablesAtPath(t, "test", objectStoragePath, testDBs)
+	testutil.SetupDBTablesAtPath(t, "test", objectStoragePath, testDBs, true)
 
 	table, _, stopFunc := buildTestTable(t, "test", tempDir)
 	defer func() {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func TestTable_Sync(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// setup the table in storage with some records
-	testutil.SetupDBTablesAtPath(t, tableName, objectStoragePath, testDBs)
+	testutil.SetupDBTablesAtPath(t, tableName, objectStoragePath, testDBs, false)
 
 	// create table instance
 	table, boltdbClient, stopFunc := buildTestTable(t, "test", tempDir)
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func TestTable_doParallelDownload(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			testutil.SetupDBTablesAtPath(t, fmt.Sprint(tc), objectStoragePath, testDBs)
+			testutil.SetupDBTablesAtPath(t, fmt.Sprint(tc), objectStoragePath, testDBs, true)
 
 			table, _, stopFunc := buildTestTable(t, fmt.Sprint(tc), tempDir)
 			defer func() {

pkg/storage/stores/shipper/testutil/testutil.go

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package testutil
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
@@ -10,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk"
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk/local"
 	chunk_util "github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk/util"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/gzip"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
 )
@@ -131,7 +135,7 @@ type DBRecords struct {
 	Start, NumRecords int
 }
 
-func SetupDBTablesAtPath(t *testing.T, tableName, path string, dbs map[string]DBRecords) string {
+func SetupDBTablesAtPath(t *testing.T, tableName, path string, dbs map[string]DBRecords, compressRandomFiles bool) string {
 	boltIndexClient, err := local.NewBoltDBIndexClient(local.BoltDBConfig{Directory: path})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -140,9 +144,32 @@ func SetupDBTablesAtPath(t *testing.T, tableName, path string, dbs map[string]DB
 	tablePath := filepath.Join(path, tableName)
 	require.NoError(t, chunk_util.EnsureDirectory(tablePath))
 
+	var i int
 	for name, dbRecords := range dbs {
 		AddRecordsToDB(t, filepath.Join(tablePath, name), boltIndexClient, dbRecords.Start, dbRecords.NumRecords)
+		if compressRandomFiles && i%2 == 0 {
+			compressFile(t, filepath.Join(tablePath, name))
+		}
+		i++
 	}
 
 	return tablePath
 }
+
+func compressFile(t *testing.T, filepath string) {
+	uncompressedFile, err := os.Open(filepath)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	compressedFile, err := os.Create(fmt.Sprintf("%s.gz", filepath))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	compressedWriter := gzip.NewWriter(compressedFile)
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(compressedWriter, uncompressedFile)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, compressedWriter.Close())
+	require.NoError(t, uncompressedFile.Close())
+	require.NoError(t, compressedFile.Close())
+	require.NoError(t, os.Remove(filepath))
+}

pkg/storage/stores/shipper/uploads/table.go

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/level"
 	"go.etcd.io/bbolt"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/chunkenc"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -235,9 +237,19 @@ func (lt *Table) uploadDB(ctx context.Context, name string, db *bbolt.DB) error
 		}
 	}()
 
-	err = db.View(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
-		_, err := tx.WriteTo(f)
-		return err
+	err = db.View(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) (err error) {
+		compressedWriter := chunkenc.Gzip.GetWriter(f)
+		defer chunkenc.Gzip.PutWriter(compressedWriter)
+
+		defer func() {
+			cerr := compressedWriter.Close()
+			if err == nil {
+				err = cerr
+			}
+		}()
+
+		_, err = tx.WriteTo(compressedWriter)
+		return
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -304,7 +316,7 @@ func (lt *Table) buildObjectKey(dbName string) string {
 		objectKey = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", lt.name, lt.uploader)
 	}
 
-	return objectKey
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s.gz", objectKey)
 }
 
 func loadBoltDBsFromDir(dir string) (map[string]*bbolt.DB, error) {

pkg/storage/stores/shipper/uploads/table_manager_test.go

@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ package uploads
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk/local"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk"
+	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk/local"
 	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/storage/stores/shipper/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func buildTestTableManager(t *testing.T, testDir string) (*TableManager, *local.
 		IndexDir:       indexPath,
 		UploadInterval: time.Hour,
 	}
-	tm, err := NewTableManager(cfg, boltDBIndexClient, storageClient,  nil)
+	tm, err := NewTableManager(cfg, boltDBIndexClient, storageClient, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	return tm, boltDBIndexClient, func() {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestLoadTables(t *testing.T) {
 			Start:      20,
 			NumRecords: 10,
 		},
-	})
+	}, false)
 
 	// table2 with 2 dbs
 	testutil.SetupDBTablesAtPath(t, "table2", indexPath, map[string]testutil.DBRecords{
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestLoadTables(t *testing.T) {
 			Start:      40,
 			NumRecords: 10,
 		},
-	})
+	}, false)
 
 	expectedTables := map[string]struct {
 		start, numRecords int

pkg/storage/stores/shipper/uploads/table_test.go

@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ package uploads
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/storage/stores/shipper/testutil"
-
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk"
 	"github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/chunk/local"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/gzip"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/storage/stores/shipper/testutil"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ func TestLoadTable(t *testing.T) {
 			Start:      10,
 			NumRecords: 10,
 		},
-	})
+	}, false)
 
 	// try loading the table.
 	table, err := LoadTable(tablePath, "test", nil, boltDBIndexClient)
@@ -176,13 +178,44 @@ func TestTable_Upload(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func compareTableWithStorage(t *testing.T, table *Table, storageDir string) {
+	// use a temp dir for decompressing the files before comparison.
+	tempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "compare-table")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	defer func() {
+		require.NoError(t, os.RemoveAll(tempDir))
+	}()
+
 	for name, db := range table.dbs {
 		objectKey := table.buildObjectKey(name)
-		storageDB, err := local.OpenBoltdbFile(filepath.Join(storageDir, objectKey))
+
+		// open compressed file from storage
+		compressedFile, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(storageDir, objectKey))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// get a compressed reader
+		compressedReader, err := gzip.NewReader(compressedFile)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// create a temp file for writing decompressed file
+		decompressedFilePath := filepath.Join(tempDir, filepath.Base(objectKey))
+		decompressedFile, err := os.Create(decompressedFilePath)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// do the decompression
+		_, err = io.Copy(decompressedFile, compressedReader)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// close the references
+		require.NoError(t, compressedFile.Close())
+		require.NoError(t, decompressedFile.Close())
+
+		storageDB, err := local.OpenBoltdbFile(decompressedFilePath)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		testutil.CompareDBs(t, db, storageDB)
 		require.NoError(t, storageDB.Close())
+		require.NoError(t, os.Remove(decompressedFilePath))
 	}
 }