Replicated Troubleshoot
Replicated Troubleshoot is a framework for collecting, redacting, and analyzing highly customizable diagnostic information about a Kubernetes cluster. Troubleshoot specs are created by 3rd-party application developers/maintainers and run by cluster operators in the initial and ongoing operation of those applications.
Troubleshoot provides two CLI tools as kubectl plugins (using Krew): kubectl preflight and kubectl support-bundle. Preflight provides pre-installation cluster conformance testing and validation (preflight checks) and support-bundle provides post-installation troubleshooting and diagnostics (support bundles).
Preflight Checks
Preflight checks are an easy-to-run set of conformance tests that can be written to verify that specific requirements in a cluster are met.
To run a sample preflight check from a sample application, install the preflight kubectl plugin:
curl https://krew.sh/preflight | bash
and run:
kubectl preflight https://preflight.replicated.com
For more details on creating the custom resource files that drive preflight checks, visit creating preflight checks.
Support Bundle
A support bundle is an archive that's created in-cluster, by collecting logs and cluster information, and executing specified commands (including redaction of sensitive information). After creating a support bundle, the cluster operator will normally deliver it to the 3rd-party application vendor for analysis and disconnected debugging. Another Replicated project, KOTS, provides k8s apps an in-cluster UI for processing support bundles and viewing analyzers (as well as support bundle collection).
To collect a sample support bundle, install the troubleshoot kubectl plugin:
curl https://krew.sh/support-bundle | bash
and run:
kubectl support-bundle https://support-bundle.replicated.com
For more details on creating the custom resource files that drive support-bundle collection, visit creating collectors and creating analyzers.
Community
For questions about using Troubleshoot, there's a Replicated Community forum, and a #app-troubleshoot channel in Kubernetes Slack.
Software Bill of Materials
A signed SBOM that includes Troubleshoot dependencies is included in each release.
- troubleshoot-sbom.tgz contains a software bill of materials for Troubleshoot.
- troubleshoot-sbom.tgz.sig is the digital signature for troubleshoot-sbom.tgz
- key.pub is the public key from the key pair used to sign troubleshoot-sbom.tgz
The following example illustrates using cosign to verify that troubleshoot-sbom.tgz has not been tampered with.
$ cosign verify-blob -key key.pub -signature troubleshoot-sbom.tgz.sig troubleshoot-sbom.tgz
Verified OK