<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Exchange Server">  <style></style> </head> <body> <font face="Calibri" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> <div><font color="#1F497D">I am having to run this on several versions from 1.7 to 2.2 (~ 360) so I am trying ONLY the most common modules to gather information. </font></div> <div><font color="#1F497D"> </font></div> <div><font color="#1F497D">Brian</font></div> <div><font color="#1F497D"> </font></div> <div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;">_____________________________________________<br> <b>From:</b> Collins, Brian (GE Corporate, consultant) <br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:33 AM<br> <b>To:</b> 'Bryn M. Reeves'<br> <b>Cc:</b> sos-devel@redhat.com<br> <b>Subject:</b> RE: [sos-devel] question about configuration file</span></font></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>This is not what I am talking about. Not modules options but to enable only a set of modules just like the -o flag.</div> <div> </div> <div>Example:</div> <div> </div> <div>sosreport -o anaconda,apache,bootloader,crontab,filesys,general,hardware,kernel,libraries,lsbrelease,memory,networking,nscd,ntp,openssl,pam,process,rpm,sar,sendmail,snmp,ssh,startup,system,udev,xinetd,yum,rhn,tomcat</div> <div> </div> <div>works by enabling ONLY these modules while the config file looking as such does not:</div> <div>[general]</div> <div> </div> <div>#ftp_upload_url = <a href="ftp://example.com/incoming"><font color="blue"><u>ftp://example.com/incoming</u></font></a></div> <div>#gpg_keyring = /usr/share/sos/rhsupport.pub</div> <div>#gpg_recipient = <a href="mailto:support@redhat.com"><font color="blue"><u>support@redhat.com</u></font></a></div> <div>smtp_server = None</div> <div> </div> <div>[plugins]</div> <div> </div> <div>enable = anaconda, apache, bootloader, crontab, filesys, general, hardware, kernel, libraries, lsbrelease, memory, networking, nscd, ntp, openssl, pam, process, rpm, sar, sendmail, snmp, ssh, startup, system, udev, xinetd, yum, mysql, rhn, tomcat</div> <div> </div> <div>[tunables]</div> <div> </div> <div>#rpm.rpmva = off</div> <div>#general.syslogsize = 15</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>Below I am including an output of the commands both with a -l flag for comparison. You can clearly see the config file does not enable only the modules requested whereas the -o flag does:</div> <div> </div> <div><b><u>WITH ONLY CONFIG FILE:</u></b></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>[bcollins@gisciohwblpoc12 ~]$ sosreport --config-file=brians_sos.conf -l</div> <div> </div> <div>sosreport (version 2.2)</div> <div> </div> <div>The following plugins are currently enabled:</div> <div> </div> <div> acpid acpid related information</div> <div> anaconda Anaconda / Installation information</div> <div> apache Apache related information</div> <div> auditd Auditd related information</div> <div> autofs autofs server-related information</div> <div> bootloader Bootloader information</div> <div> cgroups cgroup subsystem information</div> <div> crontab Crontab information</div> <div> devicemapper device-mapper related information (dm, lvm, multipath)</div> <div> dovecot dovecot server related information</div> <div> filesys information on filesystems</div> <div> foreman Foreman related information</div> <div> ftp FTP server related information</div> <div> gdm gdm related information</div> <div> general basic system information</div> <div> gluster gluster related information</div> <div> hardware hardware related information</div> <div> hts Red Hat Hardware Test Suite related information</div> <div> i18n i18n related information</div> <div> iscsi iscsi-initiator related information</div> <div> kdump Kdump related information</div> <div> kernel kernel related information</div> <div> krb5 Samba related information</div> <div> ldap LDAP related information</div> <div> libraries information on shared libraries</div> <div> libvirt libvirt-related information</div> <div> logrotate logrotate configuration files and debug info</div> <div> lsbrelease Linux Standard Base information</div> <div> memory memory usage information</div> <div> mrggrid MRG GRID related information</div> <div> mrgmessg MRG Messaging related information</div> <div> mysql MySQL related information</div> <div> networking network related information</div> <div> nfs NFS related information</div> <div> nscd NSCD related information</div> <div> ntp NTP related information</div> <div> openhpi OpenHPI related information</div> <div> openssl openssl related information</div> <div> openswan ipsec related information</div> <div> pam PAM related information</div> <div> pgsql PostgreSQL related information</div> <div> postfix mail server related information</div> <div> ppp ppp, wvdial and rp-pppoe related information</div> <div> printing printing related information (cups)</div> <div> process process information</div> <div> psacct Process accounting related information</div> <div> radius radius related information</div> <div> rpm RPM information</div> <div> samba Samba related information</div> <div> sar Generate the sar file from /var/log/sa/saXX files</div> <div> selinux selinux related information</div> <div> sendmail sendmail information</div> <div> smartcard Smart Card related information</div> <div> snmp snmp related information</div> <div> ssh ssh-related information</div> <div> sssd sssd-related Diagnostic Information</div> <div> startup startup information</div> <div> sunrpc Sun RPC related information</div> <div> system core system related information</div> <div> systemtap SystemTap information</div> <div> udev udev related information</div> <div> x11 X related information</div> <div> xinetd xinetd information</div> <div> yum yum information</div> <div> </div> <div>The following plugins are currently disabled:</div> <div> </div> <div> amd Amd automounter information</div> <div> cloudforms CloudForms related information</div> <div> cluster cluster suite and GFS related information</div> <div> cobbler cobbler related information</div> <div> corosync corosync information</div> <div> cs Certificate System 7.x Diagnostic Information</div> <div> dhcp DHCP related information</div> <div> ds Directory Server information</div> <div> emc EMC related information (PowerPath, Solutions Enabler CLI and Navisphere CLI)</div> <div> infiniband Infiniband related information</div> <div> initrd initrd related information</div> <div> ipa IPA diagnostic information</div> <div> ipsec ipsec related information</div> <div> iscsitarget iscsi-target related information</div> <div> kernel_realtime Information specific to the realtime kernel</div> <div> kvm KVM related information</div> <div> named named related information</div> <div> netdump Netdump Configuration Information</div> <div> nfsserver NFS server-related information</div> <div> oddjob oddjob related information</div> <div> pxe PXE related information</div> <div> qpidd Messaging related information</div> <div> quagga quagga related information</div> <div> rhn RHN Satellite related information</div> <div> rhui Red Hat Update Infrastructure for Cloud Providers</div> <div> s390 s390 related information</div> <div> sanitize sanitize specified log files, etc</div> <div> sanlock sanlock-related information</div> <div> soundcard Sound card information</div> <div> squid squid related information</div> <div> tftpserver tftpserver related information</div> <div> tomcat Tomcat related information</div> <div> veritas veritas related information</div> <div> vmware VMWare related information</div> <div> xen Xen related information</div> <div> </div> <div>The following plugin options are available:</div> <div> </div> <div> apache.log off gathers all apache logs</div> <div> auditd.syslogsize 15 max size (MiB) to collect per syslog file</div> <div> devicemapper.lvmdump off collect an lvmdump</div> <div> devicemapper.lvmdump-am off attempt to collect an lvmdump with advanced options and raw metadata collection</div> <div> filesys.dumpe2fs off dump filesystem information</div> <div> general.syslogsize 15 max size (MiB) to collect per syslog file</div> <div> general.all_logs off collect all log files defined in syslog.conf</div> <div> kernel.modinfo on gathers information on all kernel modules</div> <div> libraries.ldconfigv off the name of each directory as it is scanned, and any links that are created.</div> <div> networking.traceroute off collects a traceroute to linux.oracle.com</div> <div> nscd.nscdlogsize 50 max size (MiB) to collect per nscd log file</div> <div> openswan.ipsec-barf off collect the output of the ipsec barf command</div> <div> pgsql.pghome /var/lib/pgsql PostgreSQL server home directory (default=/var/lib/pgsql)</div> <div> pgsql.username off username for pg_dump (default=postgres)</div> <div> pgsql.password off password for pg_dump (default=None)</div> <div> pgsql.dbname off database name to dump for pg_dump (default=None)</div> <div> pgsql.dbhost off hostname/IP of the server upon which the DB is running (default=localhost)</div> <div> pgsql.dbport off database server port number (default=5432)</div> <div> printing.cups 50 max size (MiB) to collect per cups log file</div> <div> psacct.all off collect all process accounting files</div> <div> rpm.rpmq on queries for package information via rpm -q</div> <div> rpm.rpmva off runs a verify on all packages</div> <div> selinux.fixfiles off Print incorrect file context labels</div> <div> selinux.list off List objects and their context</div> <div> startup.servicestatus off get a status of all running services</div> <div> yum.yumlist off list repositories and packages</div> <div> yum.yumdebug off gather yum debugging data</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><b><u>WITH ONLY O FLAG:</u></b></div> <div> </div> <div>[bcollins@gisciohwblpoc12 ~]$ sosreport -l -o anaconda,apache,bootloader,crontab,filesys,general,hardware,kernel,libraries,lsbrelease,memory,networking,nscd,ntp,openssl,pam,process,rpm,sar,sendmail,snmp,ssh,startup,system,udev,xinetd,yum,rhn,tomcat</div> <div> </div> <div>sosreport (version 2.2)</div> <div> </div> <div>The following plugins are currently enabled:</div> <div> </div> <div> anaconda Anaconda / Installation information</div> <div> apache Apache related information</div> <div> bootloader Bootloader information</div> <div> crontab Crontab information</div> <div> filesys information on filesystems</div> <div> general basic system information</div> <div> hardware hardware related information</div> <div> kernel kernel related information</div> <div> libraries information on shared libraries</div> <div> lsbrelease Linux Standard Base information</div> <div> memory memory usage information</div> <div> networking network related information</div> <div> nscd NSCD related information</div> <div> ntp NTP related information</div> <div> openssl openssl related information</div> <div> pam PAM related information</div> <div> process process information</div> <div> rhn RHN Satellite related information</div> <div> rpm RPM information</div> <div> sar Generate the sar file from /var/log/sa/saXX files</div> <div> sendmail sendmail information</div> <div> snmp snmp related information</div> <div> ssh ssh-related information</div> <div> startup startup information</div> <div> system core system related information</div> <div> tomcat Tomcat related information</div> <div> udev udev related information</div> <div> xinetd xinetd information</div> <div> yum yum information</div> <div> </div> <div>The following plugins are currently disabled:</div> <div> </div> <div> acpid acpid related information</div> <div> amd Amd automounter information</div> <div> auditd Auditd related information</div> <div> autofs autofs server-related information</div> <div> cgroups cgroup subsystem information</div> <div> cloudforms CloudForms related information</div> <div> cluster cluster suite and GFS related information</div> <div> cobbler cobbler related information</div> <div> corosync corosync information</div> <div> cs Certificate System 7.x Diagnostic Information</div> <div> devicemapper device-mapper related information (dm, lvm, multipath)</div> <div> dhcp DHCP related information</div> <div> dovecot dovecot server related information</div> <div> ds Directory Server information</div> <div> emc EMC related information (PowerPath, Solutions Enabler CLI and Navisphere CLI)</div> <div> foreman Foreman related information</div> <div> ftp FTP server related information</div> <div> gdm gdm related information</div> <div> gluster gluster related information</div> <div> hts Red Hat Hardware Test Suite related information</div> <div> i18n i18n related information</div> <div> infiniband Infiniband related information</div> <div> initrd initrd related information</div> <div> ipa IPA diagnostic information</div> <div> ipsec ipsec related information</div> <div> iscsi iscsi-initiator related information</div> <div> iscsitarget iscsi-target related information</div> <div> kdump Kdump related information</div> <div> kernel_realtime Information specific to the realtime kernel</div> <div> krb5 Samba related information</div> <div> kvm KVM related information</div> <div> ldap LDAP related information</div> <div> libvirt libvirt-related information</div> <div> logrotate logrotate configuration files and debug info</div> <div> mrggrid MRG GRID related information</div> <div> mrgmessg MRG Messaging related information</div> <div> mysql MySQL related information</div> <div> named named related information</div> <div> netdump Netdump Configuration Information</div> <div> nfs NFS related information</div> <div> nfsserver NFS server-related information</div> <div> oddjob oddjob related information</div> <div> openhpi OpenHPI related information</div> <div> openswan ipsec related information</div> <div> pgsql PostgreSQL related information</div> <div> postfix mail server related information</div> <div> ppp ppp, wvdial and rp-pppoe related information</div> <div> printing printing related information (cups)</div> <div> psacct Process accounting related information</div> <div> pxe PXE related information</div> <div> qpidd Messaging related information</div> <div> quagga quagga related information</div> <div> radius radius related information</div> <div> rhui Red Hat Update Infrastructure for Cloud Providers</div> <div> s390 s390 related information</div> <div> samba Samba related information</div> <div> sanitize sanitize specified log files, etc</div> <div> sanlock sanlock-related information</div> <div> selinux selinux related information</div> <div> smartcard Smart Card related information</div> <div> soundcard Sound card information</div> <div> squid squid related information</div> <div> sssd sssd-related Diagnostic Information</div> <div> sunrpc Sun RPC related information</div> <div> systemtap SystemTap information</div> <div> tftpserver tftpserver related information</div> <div> veritas veritas related information</div> <div> vmware VMWare related information</div> <div> x11 X related information</div> <div> xen Xen related information</div> <div> </div> <div>The following plugin options are available:</div> <div> </div> <div> apache.log off gathers all apache logs</div> <div> filesys.dumpe2fs off dump filesystem information</div> <div> general.syslogsize 15 max size (MiB) to collect per syslog file</div> <div> general.all_logs off collect all log files defined in syslog.conf</div> <div> kernel.modinfo on gathers information on all kernel modules</div> <div> libraries.ldconfigv off the name of each directory as it is scanned, and any links that are created.</div> <div> networking.traceroute off collects a traceroute to linux.oracle.com</div> <div> nscd.nscdlogsize 50 max size (MiB) to collect per nscd log file</div> <div> rhn.log off gathers all apache logs</div> <div> rpm.rpmq on queries for package information via rpm -q</div> <div> rpm.rpmva off runs a verify on all packages</div> <div> startup.servicestatus off get a status of all running services</div> <div> yum.yumlist off list repositories and packages</div> <div> yum.yumdebug off gather yum debugging data</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>-----Original Message-----<br> From: Bryn M. Reeves [<a href="mailto:bmr@redhat.com"><font color="blue"><u>mailto:bmr@redhat.com</u></font></a>] <br> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 5:45 AM<br> To: Collins, Brian (GE Corporate, consultant)<br> Cc: <a href="mailto:sos-devel@redhat.com"><font color="blue"><u>sos-devel@redhat.com</u></font></a><br> Subject: Re: [sos-devel] question about configuration file</div> <div> </div> <div>On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 08:52:09PM +0000, Collins, Brian (GE Corporate, consultant) wrote:</div> <div>> Is it possible to config a sos.conf with the equivalent -o option from the command line?</div> <div> </div> <div>Hi Brian,</div> <div> </div> <div>This is done in the 'tunables' section of sos.conf (not a great name but it dates back all the way to the introduction of the config file and we haven't yet had a good enough cause to break backward compatibility).</div> <div> </div> <div>There is an example of this use in the default sos.conf that is installed by most distribution packages:</div> <div> </div> <div> [tunables]</div> <div> </div> <div> #rpm.rpmva = off</div> <div> #general.syslogsize = 15</div> <div> </div> <div>To enable the examples just uncomment the line (remove the '#') and re-run sosreport.</div> <div> </div> <div>The line format is 'plugin_name.option_name'. To see the list of plugins and their options for the installed version of sos run 'sosreport -l',</div> <div>e.g.:</div> <div> </div> <div> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__fpaste.org_272569_35192701_&d=BQIBAg&c=IV_clAzoPDE253xZdHuilRgztyh_RiV3wUrLrDQYWSI&r=agoZV855bOR3XD035MV1dqRRgPBvdNZcVcj77nLZNA4&m=huHvbYc8jLmac4H0JfUWBWRJCsM-LDv1EG62dEUa6QU&s=gNzfb_ZihZhCjZ7O5_yvk_0GyO-5Mqp5w0G3mpOJly0&e">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__fpaste.org_272569_35192701_&d=BQIBAg&c=IV_clAzoPDE253xZdHuilRgztyh_RiV3wUrLrDQYWSI&r=agoZV855bOR3XD035MV1dqRRgPBvdNZcVcj77nLZNA4&m=huHvbYc8jLmac4H0JfUWBWRJCsM-LDv1EG62dEUa6QU&s=gNzfb_ZihZhCjZ7O5_yvk_0GyO-5Mqp5w0G3mpOJly0&e</a>= </div> <div> </div> <div>You should be able to set any of the options listed under 'The following plugin options are available' from the configuration file in this way.</div> <div> </div> <div>> I have not seen a full options list for the sos.conf. and finding one seems next to impossible....</div> <div> </div> <div>You don't mention the version of sos that you are running but there are only two sections supported in the current release (3.2):</div> <div>'[plugins]' (for disabling plugins), and '[tunables]' (for setting plugin options).</div> <div> </div> <div>These are both documented in the sos.conf man page: the docs cover the structure of the file and the 'sosreport -l' output tells you the options available for the running version of the command.</div> <div> </div> <div>You can find all the sos manual pages online as entries in the upstream</div> <div>wiki:</div> <div> </div> <div> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_sosreport_sos_wiki_sos.conf.5&d=BQIBAg&c=IV_clAzoPDE253xZdHuilRgztyh_RiV3wUrLrDQYWSI&r=agoZV855bOR3XD035MV1dqRRgPBvdNZcVcj77nLZNA4&m=huHvbYc8jLmac4H0JfUWBWRJCsM-LDv1EG62dEUa6QU&s=WXGQgbgQnDCyVN6r4GOIBW1lmCeTCtRGanZjKA7m4ck&e">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_sosreport_sos_wiki_sos.conf.5&d=BQIBAg&c=IV_clAzoPDE253xZdHuilRgztyh_RiV3wUrLrDQYWSI&r=agoZV855bOR3XD035MV1dqRRgPBvdNZcVcj77nLZNA4&m=huHvbYc8jLmac4H0JfUWBWRJCsM-LDv1EG62dEUa6QU&s=WXGQgbgQnDCyVN6r4GOIBW1lmCeTCtRGanZjKA7m4ck&e</a>=</div> <div> <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_sosreport_sos_wiki_sosreport.1&d=BQIBAg&c=IV_clAzoPDE253xZdHuilRgztyh_RiV3wUrLrDQYWSI&r=agoZV855bOR3XD035MV1dqRRgPBvdNZcVcj77nLZNA4&m=huHvbYc8jLmac4H0JfUWBWRJCsM-LDv1EG62dEUa6QU&s=XlIgyM-6XEbzW2aeEkztx-cnaDIay3WxrShzaFfnwQY&e">https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_sosreport_sos_wiki_sosreport.1&d=BQIBAg&c=IV_clAzoPDE253xZdHuilRgztyh_RiV3wUrLrDQYWSI&r=agoZV855bOR3XD035MV1dqRRgPBvdNZcVcj77nLZNA4&m=huHvbYc8jLmac4H0JfUWBWRJCsM-LDv1EG62dEUa6QU&s=XlIgyM-6XEbzW2aeEkztx-cnaDIay3WxrShzaFfnwQY&e</a>= </div> <div> </div> <div>The installed sos.conf may also mention a '[general]' section that was supported by older sos versions. This is no longer used in the current release and we will remove the stray references from the example files in the next release.</div> <div> </div> <div>Regards,</div> <div>Bryn.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </span></font> </body> </html>