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The pipe_io module provides facilities for writing content via an arbitrary program. Momentum uses an I/O abstraction layer for writing logs. With this module, you can post-process or transform logs.

pipe_io should not be used for post-processing the paniclog on Momentum nodes.

Note

For this module to work via the web UI, you must configure a site-specific include file for the web server such that it sets the ECELERITY_MEMORY environment variable to NOREPLACE. This is not something we recommend turning on unless necessary, because it disables the advanced memory manager.

Configuration

The configuration for pipe_io is in two parts: module-wide error logging, and options for a specific pipe.

14.54.1.1. Module Options

error_file

If the invoked program writes to STDERR, log it to this file. If this is not set, nothing will be logged.

error_mode

When creating error_file, use this file mode. Defaults to 0666.

output_file

If the invoked program writes to STDOUT, log it to this file. If this is not set, nothing will be logged.

output_mode

When creating output_file, use this file mode. Defaults to 0666.

timeout

When closing the pipe, timeout specifies how many seconds pipe_io should wait for the program to exit normally. If the program does not exit normally, pipe_io will terminate it.

14.54.1.2. URI Parameters

The URI specifies the path to the program that should be connected to the read end of the pipe. E.g.: pipe:///usr/bin/myscript. The URI parameters specify the environment and arguments for the program, and how to handle errors.

argN

The Nth command-line parameter.

clear_env

If 1, remove all variables from the environment. This can be used with envN to specify a complete environment for your program. By default, the program will inherit the environment of the parent process.

envN

Insert a variable into the environment. The value is of the form name=value.

shutdown_on_failure

If 1, shutdown if the program cannot be started, restarted, or exits unexpectedly. This is the default behavior One attempt will be made to restart the program (see reinvoke) -- the shutdown will occur if that fails.

If 0, no shutdown will occur, but data will be lost silently.

reinvoke

If 1, then one attempt will be made to restart the program if it exits unexpectedly. This is the default. Otherwise no attempt will be made to restart the program.

14.54.1.3. Post-processing of Clustered Logs

The following example shows the use of pipe_io in eccluster.conf for post-processing of logs on the cluster manager.

pipe_io {
  output_file = "/var/log/eccluster/pipe_io_output.log"
  output_mode = 0664
  error_file = "/var/log/eccluster/pipe_io_error.log"
  error_mode = 0664
  timeout = 5
}

Logs {
  # arg1 = path, last component is the log name
  # arg2 = log name
  # arg3 = node name
  logfile = "pipe:///opt/msys/ecelerity/bin/myscript?arg1=/var/log/eccluster/%Y/%m/%d/%{l}&arg2=%{l}&arg3=%{n}"
  file_mode = "0640"
  dir_mode = "0755"

  # Reopen logs every ten minutes, if there's no activity.
  # The pipe reader is expected to manage its own file handles
  # intelligently, so there is less need for eccmgr to age them out.
  max_idle = "600"
}

**Configuration Change. ** In version 3.0, this module is loaded automatically as required and does not need to be explicitly included.

Considerations for Pipe Readers

Pipe readers should not do intensive post-processing, or any processing that will introduce significant latency (e.g.: database access).

Pipe readers should cope with the write end of the pipe being closed. This will occur when logs are re-opened, or closed when the instance shuts down.

Pipe IO Wrapper on Linux

To use pipe_io on Linux, you need to add the following to /opt/msys/ecelerity/etc/environment:

export ECELERITY_MEMORY=NOREPLACE

See Also

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