python script to execute CacheClearServlet?

[rlukes]

Hello,

I would like to invoke the CacheClearServlet from a python script to clear out the rate cache following an automated rate load. Does anyone have a snippet of python code to do this. I have been trying to use urllib2.urlopen() but with no success.

Is this even possible?

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!
--Richard

[chrisplough]

Re: python script to execute CacheClearServlet?

Richard,

Unfortunately, I don't have a snippet of Python code. I know that we're doing something similar with our monitoring infrastructure, though, as we have it log into OTM and run certain functionality. So - I know it's possible, but not sure of the actual code or how to accomplish in Python.

--Chris

[LourensGlog]

Re: python script to execute CacheClearServlet?

I picked up this procedure on my way:

How To Invoke the cache clear servlet automatically
You can schedule any topic with standard parameter types via the Process Control Manager
The actual topic class is glog.server.workflow.adhoc.ClearCaches. It takes the following arguments:

• cache = the name of the cache to clear. If unspecified, clears all caches.
• zone = the zone of the caches to clear. If unspecified, clears all zones.
• exactMatch = if true, cache is a single cache. Otherwise, it is a cache prefix.
• clearRating = if true, the action calls PerfTestActionSessionWrapper.clearAllBusinessCache s(), otherwise it just clears the low-level caches.

There are two ways to schedule this:

• Add a record to PROCESS_CONTROL_REQUEST where
• TOPIC_CLASS_NAME = glog.server.workflow.adhoc.ClearCaches
• TOPIC_PARAMETERS = -clearRating true
• NEXT_PROCESS_TIME = GMT time to run