Chapter 2. Running Red Hat Quay in debug mode

Procedure

1. Enter the following command to run your standalone Red Hat Quay deployment in debug mode:

   $ podman run -p 443:8443 -p 80:8080 -e DEBUGLOG=true  -v /config:/conf/stack -v /storage:/datastorage -d {productrepo}/{quayimage}:{productminv}

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2. To view the debug logs, enter the following command:

   $ podman logs quay

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Procedure

1. Enter the following command to edit the QuayRegistry custom resource definition:

   $ oc edit quayregistry <quay_registry_name> -n <quay_namespace>

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2. Update the QuayRegistry to add the following parameters:

   spec:
     - kind: quay
       managed: true
       overrides:
         env:
         - name: DEBUGLOG
           value: "true"

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3. After the Red Hat Quay Operator has restarted with debugging enabled, try pulling an image from the registry. If it is still slow, dump all dogs from all Quay pods to a file, and check the files for more information.