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Overview


Yellowfin is available as a variety of images for Docker and Kubernetes. Both these platforms use container technology to deliver the software. You can choose between two types of Yellowfin containers — the Yellowfin All-In-One image (software and database), and the Yellowfin App-Only image (software only).

Yellowfin image types 

Yellowfin All-In-One image 

The Yellowfin All-In-One image contains both the Yellowfin application as well as the Yellowfin repository database, which in this case is an embedded PostgreSQL database. 

This image will not persist data outside of the Docker container, and all content will be lost when the container is destroyed. With this in mind, we recommend the following uses cases. 

Use cases 

This image is most suited to the following use cases: 

  • Short-term POCs and demos. 
  • Testing Yellowfin functionality in a sandboxed environment. 

Avoid using this image for the following use cases: 

  • Production deployments (all content is lost when the container is destroyed). 
  • Clustered environments (this image doesn’t support this functionality). 

Yellowfin All-In-One image configuration options 

The Yellowfin All-In-One image has the following environment variable available for configuration: 

Configuration Item 

Description 

Example 

Application Memory 

Specify the number of megabytes of memory to be assigned to the Yellowfin application. If unset, Yellowfin will use the Java default (usually 25% of system RAM) 

-e APP_MEMORY=4096 

Yellowfin App-Only image 

The Yellowfin App Only image contains only the Yellowfin application. It must therefore be connected to an existing repository database. 

You can use this image to deploy a single instance, discrete instances or a Yellowfin Cluster. This image is suitable for both production and non-production environments, as data persists on the external Yellowfin repository, so Yellowfin data will be retained, even if containers are destroyed. 

Use cases 

This image is most suited to the following use cases: 

  • Long-term instances of Yellowfin, where data persistence is important. 
  • Clustered Yellowfin deployments. 

Yellowfin App-Only image configuration options 

The Yellowfin App-Only image has the following environment variables available for configuration: 

Configuration Item 

Description 

Example 

JDBC Driver Name, JDBC_CLASS_NAME 

Configure the JDBC Driver Class for connecting to the Yellowfin Repository (Required) 

-e JDBC_CLASS_NAME=org.postgresql.Driver 

Repository URL, JDBC_CONN_URL 

Specify the Connection URL to the Repository Database (Required) 

-e JDBC_CONN_URL=jdbc:postgresql://host:5432/yf 

Repository Username, JDBC_CONN_USER 

Specify the Database User required to access the Repository Database (Required) 

-e JDBC_CONN_USER=dba 

Repository Password, JDBC_CONN_PASS 

Specify the Database Password required to access the Repository Database. This can be encrypted. (Required) 

-e JDBC_CONN_PASS=secret 

Application Memory, APP_MEMORY 

Specify the number of megabytes of memory to be assigned to the Yellowfin application. If unset, Yellowfin will use the Java default (usually 25% of System RAM) 

-e APP_MEMORY=4096 

DB Password Encrypted, JDBC_CONN_ENCRYPTED 

Specify whether the Database Password is encrypted (true/false) 

-e JDBC_CONN_ENCRYPTED=true 

Connection Pool Size, JDBC_MAX_COUNT 

Specify the maximum size of the Repository Database connection pool. (Default: 25) 

-e JDBC_MAX_COUNT=25 

Default Welcome Page, WELCOME_PAGE 

Specify the default index page. 

-e WELCOME_PAGE=custom_index.jsp 

Internal Application HTTP Port 

Specify the internal HTTP port. (Default: 8080) 

-e APP_SERVER_PORT=9090 

Internal Shutdown Port 

Specify the internal shutdown port. (Default: 8083) 

-e TCP_PORT=9093 

Proxy Port, PROXY_PORT 

External Proxy Port 

-e PROXY_PORT=443 

Proxy Scheme, PROXY_SCHEME 

External Proxy Scheme (http/https) 

-e PROXY_SCHEME=https 

Proxy Host, PROXY_HOST 

External Proxy Host or IP address 

-e PROXY_HOST=reporting.company.com 

External Cluster Address, CLUSTER_ADDRESS 

External Cluster Address for Cluster Messaging. Usually the host or IP address of the Docker Host, or for Docker Swarm and Kubernetes, the DNS name of the container. 

-e CLUSTER_ADDRESS=10.10.10.23 

External Cluster Port, CLUSTER_PORT 

A Unique TCP port for this container to receive Cluster Messages from other nodes 

-e CLUSTER_ADDRESS=7801 

Internal Cluster Network Adapter, CLUSTER_INTERFACE 

Specify the docker interface to bind Cluster Messages to. Defaults to eth0, but this may need to be changed for Kubernetes and Docker Swarm 

-e CLUSTER_INTERFACE=match-interface:eth1 

 

Background Processing Task Types, NODE_BACKGROUND_TASKS 

Comma separated list of which background Task Types can be run on this node. NODE_PARALLEL_TASKS must also be updated if this item is specified. If unspecified, all Task Types will be enabled. 

-e NODE_BACKGROUND_TASKS= FILTER_CACHE,ETL_PROCESS_TASK 

Background Task Processing Jobs, NODE_PARALLEL_TASKS 

Comma separated list of the number of concurrent tasks for each Task Type that can be run on this node. The number of elements passed here must match the number of Task Types passed by NODE_BACKGROUND_TASKS 

-e NODE_PARALLEL_TASKS=5,4 

Additional Libraries URL, LIBRARY_ZIP 

URL to a Zip file that contains additional libraries to be extracted into lib folder of Yellowfin. This can be used to add additional JDBC drivers or custom plugins to Yellowfin. Make sure that the path is not included with zip entries in the archive. 

-e LIBRARY_ZIP=http://lib-host/libraries.zip 

 

 


Yellowfin image downloads and builds 

Yellowfin is available for download in a variety of formats.  

The core Yellowfin installer app is available from the Yellowfin portal.   

Yellowfin Docker images are available on Docker Hub. 

Yellowfin assets (where you can build your own Docker images) are available on GitHub 

You will need a license to activate Yellowfin. If you don’t already have a license, we can provide evaluation licenses or full licenses. Please get in touch to request a license. 

Yellowfin on GitHub 

The Yellowfin repository on Github provides the two Yellowfin Docker images as downloadable Dockerfiles, as well as a copy of the deployment file examples on these pages. 

To build a Docker image, follow these steps (and replace My_Docker_Registry with your Docker registry name). The steps below use the latest build as the example. 

  1. Move the downloaded Yellowfin Dockerfile to a suitable directory on your system
  2. Download the Yellowfin jar file from https://portal.yellowfinbi.com/yf_latestbuild.jsp 
  3. Open a terminal session and navigate to the folder containing the Yellowfin Dockerfile and the Yellowfin jar file.
  4. Build the Docker image from the Dockerfile using the terminal command: 
    docker build -t yellowfin-app-only
  5. Tag the image with a version using the terminal command: 
    docker tag yellowfin-app-only:latest My_Docker_Registry/yellowfin-app-only:latest
  6. Push the image to a Docker registry 
    docker push My_Docker_Registry/yellowfin-app-only:latest 

Yellowfin on Docker Hub 

If you prefer to pull the prebuilt Docker images directly, the Yellowfin Docker Hub account account hosts both the Yellowfin App-Only Image Repository and Yellowfin All-In-One Image Repository. Both are versioned to match official Yellowfin release builds. 

You may also see some interim builds, but these are exceptional builds for specific partners that are untested, and they should therefore not be used. 

To pull an image, use a combination of command and suffix, outlined in the following table. 

Image type 

Command 

Possible suffixes 

All-In-One image 

 

docker pull yellowfinbi/yellowfin-all-in-one: 

latest 

x.x.x (eg, 9.5.1 for Yellowfin 9.5.1 or 9.6.0 for Yellowfin 9.6) 

App-Only image 

docker pull yellowfinbi/yellowfin-app-only: 

latest (use with caution, see note below) 

x.x.x (eg, 9.5.1 for Yellowfin 9.5.1 or 9.6.0 for Yellowfin 9.6) 


For example, to pull the latest Yellowfin All-In-One Docker image: 

docker pull yellowfinbi/yellowfin-all-in-one:latest 

Or to pull a particular version of the Yellowfin App-Only Docker image: 

docker pull yellowfinbi/yellowfin-app-only:9.5.1 

To use a specific version of Yellowfin, search for it in the “Tags” section of the image repository before pulling it.  


We highly recommend you use a specific version number rather than ‘latest’ when pulling the App-Only image to avoid accidental updates during start-up. 




Deployment examples

The steps we’ve written for each type of containerized deployment should work for all major cloud providers, as well as on-premises environments.  

We wrote and tested these steps on Amazon Web Services using the following services:  

  • EC2 instances for the Docker and Docker Swarm environments 
  • AWS EKS for the Kubernetes environment 
  • AWS ECR as a Docker registry (we used it for storing the Yellowfin Docker images for all our environments) 

Although unlikely, modifications to the deployment files may be required on other cloud environments. 



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