[Labs-l] Collection of error messages from newly created instances?

Mon Jan 21 17:42:35 UTC 2013

On 21/01/2013 17:04, Silke Meyer wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> My experience with adding instances in labsconsole is that at least 1/3
> of them never reach a usable state so I delete them, create new ones
> which work. I only started to look more closely at the console log now
> and was wondering if there is a place where those error messages are
> collected.
>
> E.g. today I got an instance that failed to install ldap stuff which
> entailed a bunch of errors:
>
> Jan 21 16:40:58 wikidata-testclient puppet-agent[1078]:
> (/Stage[first]/Apt::Update/Exec[/usr/bin/apt-get update]/returns)
> executed successfully
> Jan 21 16:41:01 wikidata-testclient puppet-agent[1078]:
> (/Stage[main]/Ldap::Client::Autofs/Package[autofs5-ldap]/ensure) change
> from absent to latest failed: Could not update: Execution of
> '/usr/bin/apt-get -q -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold install
> autofs5-ldap' returned 100: E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually
> run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem. #012 at
> /etc/puppet/manifests/ldap.pp:470
>
> Would you like to collect such things and if so where? (Separate
> tickets? A common place?)
>
> Best,
> Silke
These should be collected in logstash -> https://i-000003a9.pmtpa.wmflabs/.

BZ would be the best to report them - especially for repeatedly failing 
builds.

- Damian