[HBASE-28645] Add build information to the REST server version endpoint

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-beta-2, 2.6.1, 2.5.11
• Component/s: REST
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Assignee: Dávid Paksy
• Reporter: Istvan Toth
• Created: 10/Jun/24 04:50
• Updated: 01/Oct/24 11:14
• Resolved: 27/Sep/24 08:34

Description

There is currently no way to check the REST server version / build number remotely.

The /version/cluster endpoint takes the version from master (fair enough),
and the /version/rest does not include the build information.

We should add a version field to the /version/rest endpoint, which reports the version of the REST server component.

We should also log this at startup, just like we log the cluster version now.

We may have to add and store the version in the hbase-rest code during build, similarly to how do it for the other components.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6262
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #6309