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1gRPC Hostname Example
2=====================
3
4The hostname example is a Hello World server whose response includes its
5hostname. It also supports health and reflection services. This makes it a good
6server to test infrastructure, like load balancing. This example depends on a
7gRPC version of 1.28.1 or newer.
8
9### Run the Server
10
111. Navigate to this directory:
12
13```sh
14cd grpc/examples/python/xds
15```
16
172. Run the server
18
19```sh
20virtualenv venv -p python3
21source venv/bin/activate
22pip install -r requirements.txt
23python server.py
24```
25
26### Run the Client
27
281. Set up xDS configuration.
29
30After configuring your xDS server to track the gRPC server we just started,
31create a bootstrap file as desribed in [gRFC A27](https://github.com/grpc/proposal/blob/master/A27-xds-global-load-balancing.md):
32
33```
34{
35  xds_servers": [
36    {
37      "server_uri": <string containing URI of xds server>,
38      "channel_creds": [
39        {
40          "type": <string containing channel cred type>,
41          "config": <JSON object containing config for the type>
42        }
43      ]
44    }
45  ],
46  "node": <JSON form of Node proto>
47}
48```
49
502. Point the `GRPC_XDS_BOOTSTRAP` environment variable at the bootstrap file:
51
52```
53export GRPC_XDS_BOOTSTRAP=/etc/xds-bootstrap.json
54```
55
563. Run the client:
57
58```
59python client.py xds-experimental:///my-backend
60```
61
62### Verifying Configuration with a CLI Tool
63
64Alternatively, `grpcurl` can be used to verify your server. If you don't have it,
65install [`grpcurl`](https://github.com/fullstorydev/grpcurl/releases). This will allow
66you to manually test the service.
67
68Be sure to set up the bootstrap file and `GRPC_XDS_BOOTSTRAP` as in the previous
69section.
70
711. Verify the server's application-layer service:
72
73```sh
74> grpcurl --plaintext -d '{"name": "you"}' localhost:50051
75{
76  "message": "Hello you from rbell.svl.corp.google.com!"
77}
78```
79
802. Verify that all services are available via reflection:
81
82```sh
83> grpcurl --plaintext localhost:50051 list
84grpc.health.v1.Health
85grpc.reflection.v1alpha.ServerReflection
86helloworld.Greeter
87```
88
893. Verify that all services are reporting healthy:
90
91```sh
92> grpcurl --plaintext -d '{"service": "helloworld.Greeter"}' localhost:50051
93grpc.health.v1.Health/Check
94{
95  "status": "SERVING"
96}
97
98> grpcurl --plaintext -d '{"service": ""}' localhost:50051
99grpc.health.v1.Health/Check
100{
101  "status": "SERVING"
102}
103```
104