zuul-jobs/roles/enable-netconsole

Enable netconsole for host

This enables the netconsole on a host to send kernel/dmesg logs to a remote host. This can be very useful if a node is experiencing a kernel oops or another form of unexpected disconnect where you can not retrieve information via standard logging methods.

The netconsole_remote_ip and netconsole_remote_port variables must be set. This host can capture the logs with a command like:

$ nc -v -u -l -p 6666 | tee console-output.log

or:

$ socat udp-recv:6666 - | tee console-output.log

One further trick is to send interesting data to /dev/kmsg, this should make it across the netconsole even if the main interface has been disabled, etc. e.g.:

$ ip addr | sudo tee /dev/kmsg

Role Variables

The IP address of the remote host to send to.

The port listening on the remote host.