Collect NSX-T NCP logs in PKS environment
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This KB article describes how to collect NCP logs in PKS (1.2/ 1.3) for NSX-T troubleshooting.
Environment
Resolution
Get the deployment id of the kubernetes cluster and the instance id of the VM (master or worker))
Login Opsmanager or other machine with bosh client and kubectl client installed
# bosh vms
Using environment '172.18.1.41' as client 'ops_manager'
Task 36563
Task 36562
Task 36563 done
Task 36562 done
Deployment 'pivotal-container-service-1ad5b09794ec7b43160d'
Instance Process State AZ IPs VM CID VM Type Active
pivotal-container-service/3069599d-ba6b-####-####-########004 running AZ 172.18.1.42 vm-062fcfbc-962b-####-####-########80b large true
1 vms
Deployment 'service-instance_60c7bef1-a796-####-####-########707'
Instance Process State AZ IPs VM CID VM Type Active
master/a8463a9d-8d06-####-####-########f82 running AZ 172.30.0.2 vm-df8c41c0-9827-####-####-########04d medium true
worker/9100545d-c5e2-####-####-########966 running AZ 172.30.0.3 vm-d68ef49e-aa6d-####-####-########9c8 medium true
2 vms
Generate NCP logs
Option 1: Generate service instance logs including NCP logs.
~# bosh logs -d service-instance_60c7bef1-a796-####-####-########707
Using environment '172.18.1.41' as client 'ops_manager'
Using deployment 'service-instance_60c7bef1-a796-####-####-########707'
Task 36690
Task 36690 | 18:43:37 | Fetching logs for worker/9100545d-c5e2-####-####-########966 (0): Finding and packing log files
Task 36690 | 18:43:37 | Fetching logs for master/a8463a9d-8d06-####-####-########f82 (0): Finding and packing log files
Task 36690 | 18:43:42 | Fetching logs for worker/9100545d-c5e2-####-####-########966 (0): Finding and packing log files (00:00:05)
Task 36690 | 18:43:58 | Fetching logs for master/a8463a9d-8d06-####-####-########f82 (0): Finding and packing log files (00:00:21)
Task 36690 | 18:44:01 | Fetching group of logs: Packing log files together
Task 36690 Started Mon Apr 1 18:43:37 UTC 2019
Task 36690 Finished Mon Apr 1 18:44:01 UTC 2019
Task 36690 Duration 00:00:24
Task 36690 done
Downloading resource 'c3f46a3d-ba9b-####-####-########346' to '/root/service-instance_60c7bef1-a796-####-####-########707-########-######-42423186.tgz'...
############################################ 75.82% 75.23 MB/s 0s
Succeeded
Option 2: Generate NCP logs by logging in PKS master node:
# bosh -d service-instance_60c7####-####-########001-cfa0aca85707 ssh master/a8463a9d-8d06-####-####-########f82
Using environment '172.18.1.41' as client 'ops_manager'
Using deployment 'service-instance_60c7bef1-a796-####-####-########707'
Task 36712. Done
Last login: Mon Apr 1 18:47:43 2019 from 172.18.1.181
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
master/########-####-####-####-########ef82:~$
$ sudo su -
master/########-####-####-####-########ef82:~#
# tar -zcvf /tmp/var-log-ncp.tar.gz /var/log
* Note this collect all logs including NCP
For live review, NCP logs are under /var/vcap/sys/log/ncp folder in master node
ncp.stdout.log
ncp.stderr.log
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