uptimer

Uptimer

Uptimer is a tool for measuring CF availability during an arbitrary operation of interest.

It measures:

• app availability, by making frequent http requests.
• logging availability, by periodically fetching recent logs, and by periodically initiating live log streaming.
• push availability, by periodically pushing a very simple app.
• app syslog availability, by periodically checking that app logs drain to a syslog sink.
• app stats availability, by periodically checking that app stats are not unavailable.

It is often used to monitor availability during upgrade deployments.

Installation

go get github.com/cloudfoundry/uptimer

Usage

uptimer -configFile config.json [-resultFile result.json].

Uptimer needs configuration to run. It reads a json file specified with the -configFile flag. The config describes how to target the CF you wish to measure, and commands to run while measuring uptime.

Uptimer can optionally be given a resultFile (`-resultFile) to which resultant measurements will be written in json format.

Config

Here is an example config json:

{
    "while": [
        {
            "command": "bosh",
            "command_args": ["deploy", "-d", "cf", "interpolated-cf-deployment.yml", "-n"]
        },
        {
            "command": "bosh",
            "command_args": ["delete-deployment", "-d", "cf", "-n"]
        }
    ],
    "cf": {
        "api": "api.my-cf.com",
        "app_domain": "my-cf.com",
        "admin_user": "admin",
        "admin_password": "PASS",
        "tcp_domain": "tcp.my-cf.com",
        "use_single_app_instance": false,
        "available_port": 1025
    },
    "optional_tests": {
      "run_app_syslog_availability": true
    },
    "allowed_failures": {
        "app_pushability": 2,
        "http_availability": 5,
        "app_stats": 2,
        "recent_logs": 2,
        "streaming_logs": 2,
        "app_syslog_availability": 2
    }
}

While (required)

The while section is an array of commands. These are executed in order while the measurement is run. When the last while command exits, uptimer will conclude its measurements and print a summary of results. If a while command exits with a non-zero exit code, uptimer won't run subsequent while commands. It will conclude its measurements and report, then exit with exit code 64.

A single-command while array is fine, and you can use sleep to just run up-timer for some period:

"while": [{
    "command": "sleep",
    "command_args": ["600"]
}]

Cf (mostly required)

The cf section contains information necessary to perform the cf auth and cf login commands on the target environment.

Uptimer requires an admin user because it creates and configures an org and space during test setup.

The tcp_domain and available_port values are not required unless you elect to run the app_syslog_availability test.

Uptimer by default pushes two instances of an app for its uptime measurements, but it can be configured to push only a single instance by setting the optional use_single_app_instance value to true under the cf section.

Only set this flag to true if you understand the implications it has for your uptime measurements.

Creating TCP Domain (optional)

If running run_tcp_availability or run_app_syslog_availability optional tests, you must create a tcp domain on your environment prior to running uptimer. To create a TCP domain, run:

cf create-shared-domain tcp.[SYSTEM_DOMAIN] --router-group default-tcp

Save the value of tcp.[SYSTEM_DOMAIN] in the uptimer config under tcp_domain.

Optional tests (optional)

The optional_tests section is optional, as are each entry in the section. If these values are omitted, they are assumed to be false.

For the run_tcp_availability test, TCP routing is required, and you must specify the tcp_domain and tcp_port values in the Cf section of the configuration.

For the run_app_syslog_availability test, TCP routing is required, and you must specify the tcp_domain and available_port values in the Cf section of the configuration.

Allowed Failures (optional)

The allowed_failures section contains failure thresholds, expressed as integers. In the example above, the app_pushability measurement can fail at most two times before the measurement is marked as failed.

This allows users to tolerate variance in downtime to suit their needs.

If this config section is not specified, the default threshold will be 0 for each measurement.

CI

If you wish to run uptimer in CI during bosh deployments specifically, the deploy tasks in cf-deployment-concourse-tasks explicitly support this as an option. If you wish to use it some other way, said tasks may nonetheless be a useful example.