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ovs-bugtool(8) Open vSwitch Manual ovs-bugtool(8)
NAME
ovs-bugtool - Open vSwitch bug reporting utility
SYNOPSIS
ovs-bugtool
DESCRIPTION
Generates a debug bundle with useful information about Open
vSwitch on this system and places it in /var/log/ovs-bugtool.
COLLECTION OPTIONS
These options influence what categories of data ovs-bugtool
collects.
--entries=list
Collect the capabilities specified in the comma-separated
list.
--all Collect all available capabilities.
--ovs In addition to Open vSwitch configuration and status,
ovs-bugtool can collect a variety of relevant system
information. This option limits collection to Open
vSwitch-specific categories.
--log-days=days
Include the logs with last modification time in the
previous days days in the debug bundle. The number of log
files included has a big impact on the eventual bundle
size. The default value is 20 days.
-y
--yestoall
Answer yes to all prompts.
--capabilities
Writes the categories that ovs-bugtool can collect on
stdout in XML, then exits.
OUTPUT OPTIONS
These options influence the format and destination of ovs-bugtool
output.
--output=filetype
Generates a debug bundle with the specified file type.
Options include tar, tar.gz, tar.bz2, and zip.
--outfile=file
Write output to file. Mutually exclusive with --outfd.
--outfd=fd
Write output to file descriptor fd. This option must be
used with --output=tar.
--unlimited
Do not exclude files which are too large. Also skip
checking free disk space. By default up to 90 percent of
the free disk space can be used.
--debug
Print verbose debugging output.
OTHER OPTIONS
-s
--silent
Suppress most output to stdout.
--help Print a summary of ovs-bugtool usage to stdout, then exit.
EXAMPLES
Here's a collection of some commonly useful options:
ovs-bugtool -y -s --output=tar.gz --outfile=/var/log/bugtool-
report.tgz
BUGS
ovs-bugtool makes many assumptions about file locations and the
availability of system utilities. It has been tested on Debian
and Red Hat and derived distributions. On other distributions it
is likely to be less useful.
COLOPHON
This page is part of the Open vSwitch (a distributed virtual
multilayer switch) project. Information about the project can be
found at ⟨http://openvswitch.org/⟩. If you have a bug report for
this manual page, send it to bugs@openvswitch.org. This page was
obtained from the project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs.git⟩ on 2024-06-14. (At that
time, the date of the most recent commit that was found in the
repository was 2024-06-07.) If you discover any rendering
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