[kolla] [kolla-ansible] fluentd doesn't forward OpenStack logs to Elasticsearch

Mark Goddard mark at stackhpc.com
Thu Jun 3 08:24:53 UTC 2021


On Sat, 29 May 2021 at 11:24, Bernd Bausch <berndbausch at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I might have found a bug in Kolla-Ansible (Victoria version) but don't know where to file it.

Hi Bernd, you can file kolla-ansible bugs on Launchpad [1].

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/kolla-ansible/+filebug

>
> This is about central logging. In my installation, none of the interesting logs (Nova, Cinder, Neutron...) are sent to Elasticsearch. I confirmed that using tcpdump.
>
> I found that fluentd's config file /etc/kolla/fluentd/td-agent.conf tags these logs with "kolla.*". But later in the file, one finds filters like this:
>
> # Included from conf/filter/01-rewrite-0.14.conf.j2:
> <match kolla.var.log.kolla.*.*.log>
>     @type rewrite_tag_filter
>     capitalize_regex_backreference yes
> ...
>   <rule>
>     key     programname
>     pattern ^(nova-api|nova-compute|nova-compute-ironic|nova-conductor|nova-manage|nova-novncproxy|nova-scheduler|nova-placement-api|placement-api|privsep-helper)$
>     tag openstack_python
>   </rule>
>
> If I understand this right, this basically re-tags all nova logs with "openstack_python".
>
> The same config file has an output rule at the very end. I think the intention is to make this a catch-all rule (or "match anything else"):
>
> # Included from conf/output/01-es.conf.j2:
> <match *.**>
>     @type copy
>     <store>
>        @type elasticsearch
>        host 192.168.122.209
>        port 9200
>        scheme http
>
> etc.
>
> Unfortunately, the openstack_python tag doesn't match *.**, since it contains no dot.  I fixed this with <match **>. Now I receive all logs, but I am not sure if this is the right way to fix it.

I have seen log aggregation working, although possibly haven't tried
it with Victoria. I can't see any obviously relevant changes, so
please file a bug.

>
> The error, if it is one, is in https://opendev.org/openstack/kolla-ansible/src/branch/master/ansible/roles/common/templates/conf/output/01-es.conf.j2.
>
> If you want me to file a bug, please let me know how.
>
> Bernd.
>
>



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