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Oslo_reports enables OpenStack projects to dump Guru Meditation Reports with useful debugging information to files or stderr. For example, what threads are running, what config parameters are in effect, and more. Change-Id: Ib435f9e933009d52841dd8876d425a093731fe7e Closes-bug: #1526423
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Bare Metal Service state report (via Guru Meditation Reports)
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The Bare Metal service contains a mechanism whereby developers and system
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administrators can generate a report about the state of running Bare Metal
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executables (ironic-api and ironic-conductor). This report is called a Guru
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Meditation Report (GMR for short).
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GMR provides useful debugging information that can be used to obtain
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an accurate view on the current live state of the system. For example,
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what threads are running, what configuration parameters are in effect,
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and more. The eventlet backdoor facility provides an interactive shell
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interface for any eventlet based process, allowing an adminstrator to
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telnet to a pre-defined port and execute a variety of commands.
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Generating a GMR
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A *GMR* can be generated by sending the *USR2* signal to any Bare Metal process
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that supports it. The *GMR* will then be output to stderr for that particular
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process. For example:
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Suppose that ``ironic-api`` has process ID ``6385``, and was run with
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``2>/var/log/ironic/ironic-api-err.log``. Then, sending the *USR* signal::
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kill -USR2 6385
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will trigger the Guru Meditation report to be printed to
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``/var/log/ironic/ironic-api-err.log``.
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Structure of a GMR
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The *GMR* consists of the following sections:
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Package
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Shows information about the package to which this process belongs, including
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version information.
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Threads
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Shows stack traces and thread IDs for each of the threads within this
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process.
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Green Threads
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Shows stack traces for each of the green threads within this process (green
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threads don't have thread IDs).
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Configuration
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Lists all the configuration options currently accessible via the CONF object
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for the current process.
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Sample GMR Report
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Below is a sample GMR report generated for ``ironic-api`` service:
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.. include:: report.txt
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:literal:
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