cockroach debug list-files

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The cockroach debug list-files command shows the files that will be collected by using cockroach debug zip.

Note:

The files listed include logs, heap profiles, goroutine dumps, and CPU profiles. Other files generated by cockroach debug zip are not listed by cockroach debug list-files.

Subcommands

While the cockroach debug command has a few subcommands, users are expected to use only the zip, encryption-active-key, merge-logs, list-files, tsdump, and ballast subcommands.

We recommend using the encryption-decrypt and job-trace subcommands only when directed by the Cockroach Labs support team.

The other debug subcommands are useful only to Cockroach Labs. Output of debug commands may contain sensitive or secret information.

Synopsis

$ cockroach debug list-files {flags}

Flags

The debug list-files subcommand supports the following general-use, client connection, and logging flags.

General

Flag Description
--exclude-files Files to exclude from the generated .zip. This can be used to limit the size of the generated .zip, and affects logs, heap profiles, goroutine dumps, and/or CPU profiles. The files are specified as a comma-separated list of glob patterns. For example:

--exclude-files=*.log

Note that this flag is applied after --include_files.
--exclude-nodes Specify nodes to exclude from inspection as a comma-separated list or range of node IDs. For example:

--exclude-nodes=1,10,13-15
--files-from Start timestamp for log file, goroutine dump, and heap profile collection. This can be used to limit the size of the generated .zip, which is increased by these files. The timestamp uses the format YYYY-MM-DD, followed optionally by HH:MM:SS or HH:MM. For example:

--files-from='2021-07-01 15:00'

When specifying a narrow time window, we recommend adding extra seconds/minutes to account for uncertainties such as clock drift.

Default: 48 hours before now
--files-until End timestamp for log file, goroutine dump, and heap profile collection. This can be used to limit the size of the generated .zip, which is increased by these files. The timestamp uses the format YYYY-MM-DD, followed optionally by HH:MM:SS or HH:MM. For example:

--files-until='2021-07-01 16:00'

When specifying a narrow time window, we recommend adding extra seconds/minutes to account for uncertainties such as clock drift.

Default: 24 hours beyond now (to include files created during .zip creation)
--format Specify a format to display table rows. This can be tsv, csv, table, records, sql, raw, or html.

Default: table (interactive sessions), tsv (non-interactive sessions)
--include-files Files to include in the generated .zip. This can be used to limit the size of the generated .zip, and affects logs, heap profiles, goroutine dumps, and/or CPU profiles. The files are specified as a comma-separated list of glob patterns. For example:

--include-files=*.pprof

Note that this flag is applied before --exclude-files.
--nodes Specify nodes to inspect as a comma-separated list or range of node IDs. For example:

--nodes=1,10,13-15

Client connection

Flag Description
--url A connection URL to use instead of the other arguments. To convert a connection URL to the syntax that works with your client driver, run cockroach convert-url.

Env Variable: COCKROACH_URL
Default: no URL
--host The server host and port number to connect to. This can be the address of any node in the cluster.

Env Variable: COCKROACH_HOST
Default: localhost:26257
--port

-p
The server port to connect to. Note: The port number can also be specified via --host.

Env Variable: COCKROACH_PORT
Default: 26257
--user

-u
The SQL user that will own the client session.

Env Variable: COCKROACH_USER
Default: root
--insecure Use an insecure connection.

Env Variable: COCKROACH_INSECURE
Default: false
--cert-principal-map A comma-separated list of <cert-principal>:<db-principal> mappings. This allows mapping the principal in a cert to a DB principal such as node or root or any SQL user. This is intended for use in situations where the certificate management system places restrictions on the Subject.CommonName or SubjectAlternateName fields in the certificate (e.g., disallowing a CommonName like node or root). If multiple mappings are provided for the same <cert-principal>, the last one specified in the list takes precedence. A principal not specified in the map is passed through as-is via the identity function. A cert is allowed to authenticate a DB principal if the DB principal name is contained in the mapped CommonName or DNS-type SubjectAlternateName fields.
--certs-dir The path to the certificate directory containing the CA and client certificates and client key.

Env Variable: COCKROACH_CERTS_DIR
Default: ${HOME}/.cockroach-certs/
--cluster-name The cluster name to use to verify the cluster's identity. If the cluster has a cluster name, you must include this flag. For more information, see cockroach start.
--disable-cluster-name-verification Disables the cluster name check for this command. This flag must be paired with --cluster-name. For more information, see cockroach start.

Logging

While the cockroach debug command has a few subcommands, users are expected to use only the zip, encryption-active-key, merge-logs, list-files, tsdump, and ballast subcommands.

We recommend using the encryption-decrypt and job-trace subcommands only when directed by the Cockroach Labs support team.

The other debug subcommands are useful only to Cockroach Labs. Output of debug commands may contain sensitive or secret information.

Examples

List all collected files

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$ cockroach debug list-files
Note:

The files listed include logs, heap profiles, goroutine dumps, and CPU profiles. Other files generated by cockroach debug zip are not listed by cockroach debug list-files.

List all collected log files

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$ cockroach debug list-files --include-files=*.log

List all collected files (TSV format)

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$ cockroach debug list-files --format=tsv

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