DRAFT KB-XXXX How to extract slim logs on Linux environments

Purpose

This article provides instructions on how to extract slim logs on Linux environments. 

Instructions

1. Run the following command from your <APPIAN_HOME>/logs/ directory in order to generate the required .tar file. This command will create a set of logs in your tmp directory ~200MB (note this is a multi line command).

tarname=$(hostname -s)-slim-$(date +"%Y-%m-%d"); \
find . \( \
-name engine_status.csv \
-o -name "*_summary.csv*" \
-o -name "service_manager*" \
-o -name "zookeeper*" \
-o -name “server.log” \
-o -name "product_metrics*" \) | tar -cvf /tmp/${tarname}.tar --hard-dereference --files-from -; \
find ./data-metrics/ | tar -rvf /tmp/${tarname}.tar --hard-dereference --files-from -; \
find ./service-manager/metrics/jvm | tar -rvf /tmp/${tarname}.tar --hard-dereference --files-from -; \
find ./service-manager/kafka | tar -rvf /tmp/${tarname}.tar --hard-dereference --files-from -; \
gzip -f /tmp/${tarname}.tar

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian running on a Linux environment.

Last Reviewed: July 2018