Chapter 5. Debugging issues


Central saves information to its container logs.

5.1. Prerequisites

  • You have configured the ROX_ENDPOINT environment variable using the following command:

    $ export ROX_ENDPOINT=<host:port>

    where:

    <host:port>
    Specifies the host and port information that you want to store in the ROX_ENDPOINT environment variable.

5.2. Viewing the logs

You can use either the oc or kubectl command to view the logs for the Central pod.

Procedure

  • To view the logs for the Central pod by using kubectl, run the following command :

    $ kubectl logs -n stackrox <central_pod>
  • To view the logs for the Central pod by using oc, run the following command :

    $ oc logs -n stackrox <central_pod>

5.3. Viewing the current log level

You can change the log level to see more or less information in Central logs.

Procedure

  • Run the following command to view the current log level:

    $ roxctl central debug log

5.4. Changing the log level

Procedure

  • Run the following command to change the log level:

    $ roxctl central debug log --level=<log_level>

    where:

    <log_level>
    Specifies the log level. The accepted values for the log level are Panic, Fatal, Error, Warn, Info, and Debug.

5.5. Retrieving debugging information

Procedure

  • Run the following command to gather the debugging information for investigating issues:

    $ roxctl central debug dump
  • To generate a diagnostic bundle with the RHACS administrator password or API token and central address, follow the procedure in Generating a diagnostic bundle by using the roxctl CLI.
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