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This patch set makes the following changes: * Add index file to each subdirectory of doc/source * Update doc/source/index.rst with new links * Move content of install-guide to the doc/source/install * Minor changes Depends-On: Ifc5512c0e2373cf3387e0e0498268eab092e52bb Change-Id: Iecb4f60efb015a56b9b37331859848b287112842
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Except where otherwise noted, this document is licensed under Creative
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Commons Attribution 3.0 License. You can view the license at:
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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.. _watcher_gmr:
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=======================
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Guru Meditation Reports
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=======================
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Watcher contains a mechanism whereby developers and system administrators can
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generate a report about the state of a running Watcher service. This report
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is called a *Guru Meditation Report* (*GMR* for short).
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Generating a GMR
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================
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A *GMR* can be generated by sending the *USR2* signal to any Watcher process
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with support (see below). The *GMR* will then be outputted as standard error
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for that particular process.
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For example, suppose that ``watcher-api`` has process id ``8675``, and was run
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with ``2>/var/log/watcher/watcher-api-err.log``. Then, ``kill -USR2 8675``
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will trigger the Guru Meditation report to be printed to
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``/var/log/watcher/watcher-api-err.log``.
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Structure of a GMR
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==================
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The *GMR* is designed to be extensible; any particular service may add its
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own sections. However, the base *GMR* consists of several 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 informations.
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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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Plugins
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Lists all the plugins currently accessible by the Watcher service.
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