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+import gzip
+import os
+import re
+import yaml
+
+
+def get_log_age(path):
+    filename = os.path.basename(path)
+    parts = filename.split('.')
+    if len(parts) < 4:
+        return 0
+    else:
+        return int(parts[2])
+
+
+class LogScraper(object):
+    # Example log line
+    # 2018-10-26 16:14:47,527 INFO zuul.nodepool: Nodeset <NodeSet two-centos-7-nodes [<Node 0000058431 ('primary',):centos-7>, <Node 0000058468 ('secondary',):centos-7>]> with 2 nodes was in use for 6241.08082151413 seconds for build <Build 530c4ca7af9e44dcb535e7074258e803 of tripleo-ci-centos-7-scenario008-multinode-oooq-container voting:False on <Worker ze05.openstack.org>> for project openstack/tripleo-quickstart-extras  # noqa
+    r = re.compile(r'(?P<timestamp>\d+-\d+-\d+ \d\d:\d\d:\d\d,\d\d\d) INFO zuul.nodepool: Nodeset <.*> with (?P<nodes>\d+) nodes was in use for (?P<secs>\d+(.[\d\-e]+)?) seconds for build <Build \w+ of (?P<job>[^\s]+) voting:\w+ on .* for project (?P<repos>[^\s]+)')  # noqa
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.repos = {}
+        self.sorted_repos = []
+        self.jobs = {}
+        self.sorted_jobs = []
+        self.total_usage = 0.0
+        self.projects = {}
+        self.sorted_projects = []
+        self.start_time = None
+        self.end_time = None
+
+    def scrape_file(self, fn):
+        if fn.endswith('.gz'):
+            open_f = gzip.open
+        else:
+            open_f = open
+        with open_f(fn, 'rt') as f:
+            for line in f:
+                if 'nodes was in use for' in line:
+                    m = self.r.match(line)
+                    if not m:
+                        continue
+                    g = m.groupdict()
+                    repo = g['repos']
+                    secs = float(g['secs'])
+                    nodes = int(g['nodes'])
+                    job = g['job']
+                    if not self.start_time:
+                        self.start_time = g['timestamp']
+                    self.end_time = g['timestamp']
+                    if repo not in self.repos:
+                        self.repos[repo] = {}
+                        self.repos[repo]['total'] = 0.0
+                    node_time = nodes * secs
+                    self.total_usage += node_time
+                    self.repos[repo]['total'] += node_time
+                    if job not in self.jobs:
+                        self.jobs[job] = 0.0
+                    if job not in self.repos[repo]:
+                        self.repos[repo][job] = 0.0
+                    self.jobs[job] += node_time
+                    self.repos[repo][job] += node_time
+
+    def list_log_files(self, path='/var/log/zuul'):
+        ret = []
+        entries = os.listdir(path)
+        prefix = os.path.join(path, 'zuul.log')
+        for entry in entries:
+            entry = os.path.join(path, entry)
+            if os.path.isfile(entry) and entry.startswith(prefix):
+                ret.append(entry)
+        ret.sort(key=get_log_age, reverse=True)
+        return ret
+
+    def sort_repos(self):
+        for repo in self.repos:
+            self.sorted_repos.append((repo, self.repos[repo]['total']))
+
+        self.sorted_repos.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+
+    def sort_jobs(self):
+        for job, usage in self.jobs.items():
+            self.sorted_jobs.append((job, usage))
+
+        self.sorted_jobs.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+
+    def calculate_project_usage(self):
+        '''Group usage by logical project/effort
+
+        It is often the case that a single repo doesn't capture the work
+        of a logical project or effort. If this is the case in your situation
+        you can create a projects.yaml file that groups together repos
+        under logical project names to report usage by that logical grouping.
+
+        The projects.yaml should be in your current directory and have this
+        format:
+
+          project_name:
+            deliverables:
+              logical_deliverable_name:
+                repos:
+                  - repo1
+                  - repo2
+
+          project_name2:
+            deliverables:
+              logical_deliverable_name2:
+                repos:
+                  - repo3
+                  - repo4
+        '''
+        if not os.path.exists('projects.yaml'):
+            return self.sorted_projects
+        with open('projects.yaml') as f:
+            y = yaml.load(f)
+        for name, v in y.items():
+            self.projects[name] = 0.0
+            for deliverable in v['deliverables'].values():
+                for repo in deliverable['repos']:
+                    if repo in self.repos:
+                        self.projects[name] += self.repos[repo]['total']
+
+        for project, usage in self.projects.items():
+            self.sorted_projects.append((project, usage))
+
+        self.sorted_projects.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+
+
+scraper = LogScraper()
+for fn in scraper.list_log_files():
+    scraper.scrape_file(fn)
+
+print('For period from %s to %s' % (scraper.start_time, scraper.end_time))
+print('Total node time used: %.2fs' % scraper.total_usage)
+print()
+
+scraper.calculate_project_usage()
+if scraper.sorted_projects:
+    print('Top 20 logical projects by resource usage:')
+    for project, total in scraper.sorted_projects[:20]:
+        percentage = (total / scraper.total_usage) * 100
+        print('%s: %.2fs, %.2f%%' % (project, total, percentage))
+    print()
+
+scraper.sort_repos()
+print('Top 20 repos by resource usage:')
+for repo, total in scraper.sorted_repos[:20]:
+    percentage = (total / scraper.total_usage) * 100
+    print('%s: %.2fs, %.2f%%' % (repo, total, percentage))
+print()
+
+scraper.sort_jobs()
+print('Top 20 jobs by resource usage:')
+for job, total in scraper.sorted_jobs[:20]:
+    percentage = (total / scraper.total_usage) * 100
+    print('%s: %.2fs, %.2f%%' % (job, total, percentage))
+print()