Logs

You might be interested in changing the verbosity of the following logs. If so, you can set the ANKA_LOG_LEVEL ENV to an integer greater than 0 and restart the controller. See our Configuration Reference for more details.

Linux / Docker Package

Anka controller and registry services can run with linux, using docker containers. logs are available via the controller dashboard , docker logs and via directories in correspondence with anka services. Generally, log files are created for each vm upon vm start .
Anka controller is responsible for cleaning unused vms logs.

Anka Controller

1. By Docker logs command : docker logs --follow <Name of the container running the controller>

2. The controller is an API, so all API connections made to it from Anka-agent or CI platforms(Jenkins) logs in these logs. If a vm fails to start it suggests first to check this logs.

Anka Registry

Location : the directory you spcified in the docker-compose.yml, for mounting the logs to your machine.

1. By docker logs command : docker logs --follow <Name of the container running the registry>

2. the registry and agent logs share the same file. you can see it in Controller dashboard at the ‘log’ tab under the name of your host.

Mac Package

All logs older than 7 days are deleted every day (hard coded; no logrotate configuration)

Anka logs are available via the controller dashboard and several directories in correspondence with ‘Anka’ and it's microservices (controller, registry and agent). Generally, log files are created for each vm upon vm start.
Anka controller is responsible for cleaning unused vms logs.

• anka Agent

Anka Controller

Logs location : /Library/Logs/Veertu/AnkaController

1. Show logs by command: sudo anka-controller logs - Press Ctrl+C to exit.

2. There are 4 types of log files, in the snapshot you can see log files without ID, they are LINK files- point to the latest log been created ( the last active vm) , each vm can generate all of the log types below. the robosety of the logs are from highest(INFO) to the lowest(ERROR), you can check this files using ‘tail’ command:

• anka-controller.INFO - contains all of the below.
• anka-controller.WARNING - contains WARNNIGS & ERRORS.
• anka-controller.ERROR - contains just ERRORS.
• anka_agent.FATAL - Only FATAL ERRORS (both controller and agent).

3. The controller is an API, so all the communication made from Anka-agent or CI platforms(Jenkins) stored in the controller logs. If a vm fails to start it suggests first to check this logs.

Anka Registry and Agent (available on your Anka Nodes)

Logs location : /var/log/veertu

1. Anka agent and registry share the same log files. anka_agent.HOSTNAME.USER.LOG.LOGTYPE.TIMESTAMP
2. There are 4 type of LINK files, they hold the latest active vm logs , the robosety of the logs are from highest(INFO) to the lowest(ERROR), you can check this files using ‘tail’ command:

• anka_agent.INFO - contains all of the below.
• anka_agent.WARNING - contains WARNNIGS & ERRORS.
• anka_agent.ERROR - contains just ERRORS.
• anka_agent.FATAL - Only FATAL ERRORS (both controller and agent).

4. vlaunchd.log: Holds communication logs between registry <—> agent —> controller.
5. You can see the agents and registry logs via the UI in the controller dashboard it will be under the name of your host.

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