Webinar - Log and File Location Reference

APIC Logs

/var/log/dme/log

dhcpd.bin DHCP message transactions for APIC. DHCP allocation for infra tenant.

neo.log Fuse mount points, file system cache, session management, REST access.

nginx.bin.log User, iNode, IFS authentications, image signing, RBAC/AAA/LDAP, security keys, licensing, authentication
tokens

snoopy.log Auto-completion for CLI commands.

svc_ifc_appliancedirector.bin.log IFC appliance cluster formation, heartbeat, cluster expansion, shrinking, sharding, sync of replica states.

svc_ifc_dbgr.bin.log Diagnostic of failure scenarios, logs, tech-support, SPAN, cores handling.

svc_ifc_eventmgr.bin.log Alerts/faults, events, health scores, syslog.

svc_ifc_observer.bin.log Collect and roll-up various hardware states.

svc_ifc_policymgr.bin.log Repository for all policies in the fabric, policy resolution, distribution of policies to embedded policy
elements.

svc_ifc_reader.bin.log Service API response data by reading and aggregating information directly from ObjectStore.

svc_ifc_topomgr.bin.log Fabric topology discovery, topology and path views, state of the fabric elements.

svc_ifc_vmmmgr.bin.log Handling of endpoint attachment and moves, vCenter and vSwitch interactions.

Useful Log Locations - APIC

GUI /var/run/mgmt/log

GUI /var/run/mgmt/logishell-number.log Actions Taken by GUI

Security /var/run/mgmt/logpam.module.log GUI Security Log

Script /var/run/mgmt/logscriptcontainer.log Scripts Called by User

APIC /var/log/external/messages authpriv System Message

Core /var/log/dme/core

Process /var/log/dme/log APIC Process Log

Process /var/log/dme/nginx Shows Calls from GUI to REST API

Process /var/log/dme/oldlog

APIC /tmp/iFabric/nodes.txt Defined Nodes

Audit /controller/bin/icurl -k https://127.0.0.1/api/class/aaaModL Audit Log

R.xml

Login /controller.bin/icurl/-k https://127.0.0.1/api/class/aaaSessi Login User Log

onLR.xml

Service /data/devicescript/*/logs Service Log

Upgrade /data2/log.lastupgrade/* Upgrade Log

Upgrade /firmware/pre_upgrade_info Previous and Current Version Info

Upgrade /firmware/insieme_installer.log Installer Log

Upgrade /firmware/dataconv.log

Upgrade /firmware/dataconv_detail.log

Installation /root/insieme* APIC Install Logs

Installation /data/log/* APIC Logs

Installation /firmware/last_install_summary Start, End Install Times

Useful Log Locations - Switch

Crash /mnt/pstore/* Kernel Panic Logs

more /debug/leaf/*/summary | cat Leaf Debug Counters

more /debug/leaf/*/ifm/debug/mo | cat Leaf IDM Debug Counters

more /debug/'hostname'/nginx/*/mo | cat Leaf NGINX Counters

/nginx/logs NGINX Logs

DME /var/log/dme/log Switch Logs

/var/log/dme/oldlog Switch Rollover Logs

/var/log/external/messages

cat /mit/sys/summary

/var/run/mgmt

Upgrade /mnt/pss/installer_detail.log Installer Log for Upgrade

/var/log/external/messages Switch System Messages

cat /mit/sys/summary System Info

/var/run/mgmt User Log

Useful techsupport files -

APIC

Location in Show Tech

access.log Who has accessed the system and how, via GET/POST /var/run/mgmt/nginx/log/access.log
commands

audit.log Config changes perfomred /var/log/dme/oldlog/cli/audit_log_info

faults All faults in system (includes historical) /var/log/dme/oldlog/cli/fault_info

events All events in system /var/log/dme/oldlog/cli/event_info

dmesg Linux system/kernel log /var/log/dme/oldlog/cli/dmesg

messages Linux system message log /var/log/messages

acidiag_outputs Contains acidiag outputs; avread, fnvread, rvread,

version

insieme_install logs APIC filesystem creation, partitioning, OS installation /rfs1/root/insieme_installer.log

config export System Configuration /var/log/dme/oldlog/cli/user_config

cli.debug.log All CLI commands performed to create the show tech /cli.debug.log
output

Process Logs Equivalent of /var/log/dme/log/svc_ifc*log* /data/log :

L4L7 Logs for L4-L7 device and device packages /data/devicescript/<Device>/logs/

Useful techsupport files -

Switch

Install Logs Leaf Install Log /mnt/pss/installer.log

Boot Logs System Start-up Logs /mnt/pss/bootlogs/*

NXOS show tech FEX, SUP TOR nxos show techs for switch /var/log/dme/oldlog/show_tech_info

Core Logs Core file logs /mnt/pss/core-dump.log (also see dbgrelem

process log)

access.log Who has accessed the system and how, via GET/POST /nginx/logs/access.log
commands

cli.debug.log A log of all CLI commands run for the show tech /cli.debug.log

dmesg Linux system/kernel log /var/log/dme/oldlog/cli/dmesg

messages Linux system message log /var/log/messages

Process Logs Equivalent of CLI /var/log/dme/log/svc_ifc*log* /var/log/dme/oldlog

/var/log/dme/oldlog/last_run/tmp_logs

/var/sysmgr/tmp_logs