Collecting Node Data

Updated on 2022-02-21 GMT+08:00

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Function

This command is used to collect all data related to IEF on a node for IEF O&M personnel to locate faults.

The following table lists the data to be collected.

**Table 1** Data to be collected
Category	Item	Description
System data	Hardware architecture	Collect the arch command output and determine the type of the installed IEF software.
	CPU information	Parse the /proc/cpuinfo file and generate a CPU information file.
	Memory information	Collect the free -h command output.
	Hardware information	Collect the outputs of the df -h and mount commands.
	Network information	Collect the netstat -anp command output and copy the /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/hosts files.
	Process information	Collect the ps -aux command output.
	Time information	Collect the outputs of the date and uptime commands.
	Historical commands	Collects all commands entered by the user.
IEF data	IEF database data	Copy the /opt/IEF/Edge-core/bin/edge.db file.
	IEF log files	Copy all files in the /var/IEF/sys/log directory.
	IEF service files	Copy the edgecore.service, edgelogger.service, edgemonitor.service, and edgedaemon.service files in the /lib/systemd/system/ directory.
	IEF software version	Copy the /opt/IEF/version file.
	IEF certificates	Copy all files in the /opt/IEF/Cert/ directory.
	IEF encryption materials	Copy all files in the /opt/material/ directory.
	Edge-Core (including Edge-daemon) configuration file	Copy all files in the /opt/IEF/Edge-core/conf/ directory.
	Edge-Logger configuration file	Copy all files in the /opt/IEF/Edge-logger/conf/ directory.
	Edge-Monitor configuration file	Copy all files in the /opt/IEF/Edge-monitor/conf/ directory.
Docker data (required if Docker is enabled in IEF)	Docker version information	Collect the docker version command output.
	Docker information	Collect the docker info command output.
	Docker log information	Collect the journalctl -u docker.service command output.
	Docker container information	Collect the docker ps -a command output.
	Docker container configurations and logs	Copy all files in the /var/lib/docker/containers directory.
	Docker image information	Collect the docker images command output.
	GPU device information	Collect the /dev/nvidiactl /dev/nvidia-uvm /dev/nvidia? 2>&1 command output.
	GPU kernel module information	Collect the lsmod \|grep -e nvidia -e nvidia-uvm 2>&1 command output.
	GPU information	Collect the /var/IEF/nvidia/bin/nvidia-smi 2>&1 command output.
	GPU driver status information	Collect the systemctl status nvidia-drivers-loader command output.
	NPU device information	Collect the ls /dev/davinci_manager /dev/hisi_hdc /dev/davinci? command output.

Syntax

edgectl collect [params]

Parameters

**Table 2** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Shorthand	Description
--path	No	-p	Directory for caching IEF data and storing IEF data packages. The default value is the current directory.
--detail	No	-x	Whether to print internal logs.

Precautions

The command must be run as user root. Otherwise, the command will fail.
During the command execution, you will be prompted to enter yes or y to confirm the node data collection.
The collected data is stored in the package named data_{timestamp}.tar.gz in a specific directory.

Example

Collect IEF data.

edgectl collect

If the following information is displayed, enter yes or y:

Do you agree that edgectl collects data on this machine (yes/no)? y

The following is an example of the command output:

Data packet name: data_2020-03-18-10-47-47.tar.gz.

+----------------------------------+
| Data collection process succeed. |
+----------------------------------+

The name of the cached package is displayed in the command output.

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