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Analytics/EventLogging/TestingOnBetaCluster
The consumer side of event logging can be easily tested on Beta Cluster.
Instance
The instance name is configured here: https://github.com/wikimedia/operations-mediawiki-config/blob/master/wmf-config/CommonSettings-labs.php Note that this might change at any time but other than the instance the rest of the info on this document should apply regardless of the instance
Note that you need sudo on this instance to see logs, any user trying to test stuff on Beta Cluster should ask for sudo on deployment-eventlogging03.eqiad.wmflabs.
It is unfortunate that sudo is required but that is the state of affairs right now.
How to create test events
How to log a client-side event to Beta Cluster directly
Just hit the varnish endpoint on labs, for example:
How to log via the website
Use http://en.m.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page to create events in mobile, for example.
How to load test with a bunch of events
There's a script that may be handy. It's in the same eventlogging codebase:
https://github.com/wikimedia/eventlogging/blob/master/bin/eventlogging-load-tester
How to verify events
You can tail the files in the /srv/log/eventlogging on deployment-eventlogging03.eqiad.wmflabs to verify if your event is coming through.
Unless noted otherwise, the files mentioned in this section and the subsections are in this directory.
ssh deployment-eventlogging03.eqiad.wmflabs cd /srv/log/eventlogging
Validated events
all-events.log: validated events appear in this file
Tail this file while you use the website and emit server or client side events. If your events are valid your events should be there after a short while (seconds). If they don't appear then check the next section.
Raw stream of events (including unvalidated events)
client-side-events.log: client side events appear in this file (valid and not)
If events do not appear they might not be valid, check /var/log/upstart/ for either the client-side processor logs.
eventlogging_processor-client-side-events.log
Validation errors will appear on those logs and they are very descriptive.
Where is eventlogging code?
/srv/deployment/eventlogging/analytics/eventlogging
Database
The mysql server is storing events just like it is in production, in order to see events you can use the eventlogging user whose user and password are listed at:
/etc/eventlogging.d/consumers/mysql-m2-master
If you have sudo on the machine the mysql password for the root user is 'secret', otherwise:
mysql -h 127.0.0.1 --user=eventlogging --password=68QrOq220717816UycU1 (it's labs, the password is not really a secret.)
If mysql needs a re-start:
/etc/init.d/mysql start
TokuDB shoudl be enabled by default, otherwise try:
/etc/init.d/mysql start--default-storage-engine=tokudb
The mysql setup on beta leaves much to be desired, if mysql does start check /var/log/mysql.err
This might be of help: [1]
Admin
Give people access
Add them to the lists on these wikis (you need to be an admin to do that) Asking in #wikimedia-labs might be a way to get help.
Special:NovaProject -> add users to deployment-prep
How to deploy code
# Log into the beta deploy server
ssh deployment-tin.deployment-prep.eqiad.wmflabs
# cd to the EventLogging analytics deploy source
cd /srv/deployment/eventlogging/analytics
# Deploy using scap3 in the beta environment
deploy -e beta
You can run puppet with
puppet agent -tv
Restart EventLogging
Check:
/etc/init/eventlogging/init.conf
Run:
sudo eventloggingctl restart
Stop completely:
sudo eventloggingctl stop
The config applied to create logs and such by upstart is at:
/etc/eventlogging.d/consumers/
Kafka
If you're testing Kafka stuff on the beta cluster, you'll need a zookeeper. You can pass --zookeeper deployment-zookeeper01:2181/kafka/deployment-kafka. Or you can just do export ZOOKEEPER_URL=deployment-zookeeper01:2181/kafka/deployment-kafka