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@ -42,16 +42,15 @@ The daemon uses systemd and `/etc/sysconfig/debuginfod` to set basic
parameters. These have been tuned from the distro defaults via
experimental hand-editing or ansible. Key parameters are:
[arabic]
. The -I/-X include/exclude regexes. These tell debuginfod what fedora
* The -I/-X include/exclude regexes. These tell debuginfod what fedora
versions to include RPMs for. If index disk space starts to run low, one
can eliminate some older fedoras from the index to free up space (after
the next groom cycle).
. The --fdcache related parameters. These tell debuginfod how much data
* The --fdcache related parameters. These tell debuginfod how much data
to cache from RPMs. (Some debuginfo files - kernel, llvm, gtkweb, ...)
are huge and worth retaining instead of repeated extracting.) This is
straight disk space vs. time tradeoff.
. The -t (scan interval) parameter. Scanning lets an index get bigger,
* The -t (scan interval) parameter. Scanning lets an index get bigger,
as new RPMs in koji are examined and their contents indexed. Each pass
takes a bunch of hours to traverse the entire koji NFS directory
structure to fstat() everything for newness or change. A smaller scan
@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ interval lets debuginfod react quicker to koji builds coming into
existence, but increases load on the NFS server. More -n (scan threads)
may help the indexing process go faster, if the networking fabric & NFS
server are underloaded.
. The -g (groom interval) parameter. Grooming lets an index get smaller,
* The -g (groom interval) parameter. Grooming lets an index get smaller,
as files removed from koji will be forgotten about. It can be run very
intermittently - weekly or less - since it takes many hours and cannot
run concurrently with scanning.
@ -89,13 +88,12 @@ The debuginfod daemons answer the standard /metrics URL endpoint to
serve a variety of operational metrics in prometheus. Important metrics
include:
[arabic]
. filesys_free_ratio - free space on the filesystems. (These are also
* filesys_free_ratio - free space on the filesystems. (These are also
monitored via fedora-infra nagios.) If the free space on the database or
tmp partition falls low, further indexing or even service may be
impacted. Add more disk space if possible, or start eliding older fedora
versions from the database via the -I/-X daemon options.
. thread_busy - number of busy threads. During indexing, 1-6 threads may
* thread_busy - number of busy threads. During indexing, 1-6 threads may
be busy for minutes or even days, intermittently. User requests show up
as "buildid" (real request) or "buildid-after-you" (deferred duplicate
request) labels. If there are more than a handful of "buildid" ones,
@ -103,7 +101,7 @@ there may be an overload/abuse underway, in which case it's time to
identify the excessive traffic via the logs and get a temporary iptables
block going. Or perhaps there is an outage or slowdown of the koji NFS
storage system, in which case there's not much to do.
. error_count. These should be zero or near zero all the time.
* error_count. These should be zero or near zero all the time.
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