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Configure obdiag

Last Updated:2026-04-15 04:37:22  Updated
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This topic describes the configuration file of OceanBase Diagnostic Tool (obdiag).

Notice

You cannot directly run the obdiag xxx command on an OceanBase cluster deployed by using OceanBase Deployer (obd) because obd does not automatically deploy obdiag. However, you can use the obd obdiag command to quickly diagnose an OceanBase cluster deployed by using obd.

Prerequisites

You have installed obdiag. For more information, see Install obdiag.

Parameters

To configure obdiag, you can create a user-defined configuration file in a custom path, or use the system configuration file, which you do not need to modify in most cases. The following sections describe the two configuration files.

User-defined configuration file

You can create or edit a user-defined configuration file by running the obdiag config <option> command. By default, the configuration file is named config.yml and is stored in the ~/.obdiag/ directory. Template configuration files are stored in the ~/.obdiag/example directory.

obdiag config -h <db_host> -u <sys_user> [-p password] [-P port]

The following table describes the parameters.

Parameter Required? Description
db_host Yes The IP address used to connect to the sys tenant of the OceanBase cluster.
sys_user Yes The username used to connect to the sys tenant of the OceanBase cluster. To avoid permission issues, we recommend that you use 'root@sys'. If you connect to the cluster by using OceanBase Database Proxy (ODP), the value of this parameter must include the cluster name, for example, 'root@sys#obtest'.
-p password No The password used to connect to the sys tenant of the OceanBase cluster. This parameter is left empty by default.
-P port No The port used to connect to the sys tenant of the OceanBase cluster. Port 2881 is used by default.

Here are some examples:

# A password is specified.
obdiag config -hxx.xx.xx.xx -uroot@sys -p***** -P2881

# No password is specified.
obdiag config -hxx.xx.xx.xx -uroot@sys -P2881

# ODP is used for connection.
obdiag config -hxx.xx.xx.xx -uroot@sys#obtest  -p***** -P2883

After you run the obdiag config command, you need to enter related information.

#obdiag config -hxx.xx.xx.xx -uroot@sys -Pxxxx -p*****
2024-01-31 09:57:24,019 [INFO] Getting all the node information of the cluster, please wait a moment ...
Please enter the following configuration !!!
Enter your oceanbase host ssh username (default:' '): test # The username for connecting to the host through SSH.
Enter your oceanbase host ssh password (default:' '): ********* # The password for connecting to the host through SSH.
Enter your oceanbase host ssh_port (default:' 22'): 22 # The SSH port number, which is `22` by default.
Enter your oceanbase install home_path (default:' /root/observer'): /home/admin/oceanbase # The installation path of OceanBase Database.
Enter your oceanbase data_dir (default:' /home/admin/oceanbase/store'): # The data directory of OceanBase Database.
Enter your oceanbase redo_dir (default:' /home/admin/oceanbase/store'): # The redo log directory of OceanBase Database.
Enter your need config obproxy [y/N] (default:' N'): y # Specifies whether to use ODP for the diagnosed cluster.
Enter your obproxy server eg:' 192.168.1.1;192.168.1.2;192.168.1.3' (default:' '): xx.xx.xx.xx # The IP address of the ODP node.
Enter your obproxy host ssh username (default:' '): xx.xx.xx.xx # The username for connecting to the ODP node through SSH.
Enter your obproxy host ssh password (default:' '): ********* # The password for connecting to the ODP node through SSH.
Enter your obproxy host ssh port (default:' 22'): 22  # The port number for connecting to the ODP node through SSH, which is `22` by default.
Enter your obproxy install home_path (default:' /root/obproxy'): /home/admin/obproxy # The installation path of ODP.
2024-01-31 09:59:23,109 [INFO] Node information has been rewritten to the configuration file /test/.obdiag/config.yml, and you can enjoy the journey !

Note

  • If you run the config command, you need to enter related information as prompted. Enter the values based on the actual situation.

After the execution is completed, the new configuration is generated in the config.yml configuration file, and the original configuration file, if it contains configuration information, is backed up to the ~/.obdiag/ directory as a backup_conf file.

The following sample code shows a complete configuration, which consists of three parts that can be configured as needed:

# Part 1: Parameters related to OceanBase Cloud Platform (OCP)
ocp:
  login:
    url: http://xx.xx.xx.xxx:xx
    user: ****
    password: ******
# Part 2: Parameters related to the OceanBase cluster.
obcluster:
  ob_cluster_name: test # The cluster name.
  db_host: xx.xx.xx.1 # The IP address of the cluster.
  db_port: 2881 # The default port 2881.
  tenant_sys: # The information of the sys tenant. To avoid permission issues, we recommend that you use root@sys.
    user: root@sys # By default, root@sys is used.
    password: ""
  servers:
    nodes:
      - ip: xx.xx.xx.1
      - ip: xx.xx.xx.2
      - ip: xx.xx.xx.3
    global:
      ssh_username: **** # The logon information. We recommend that you use the same user information specified for the deployment of OceanBase Database.
      ssh_password: **** # If you do not use a password, set it to "".
      # ssh_port: 22 # The SSH port, which is `22` by default.
      # ssh_key_file: "" # The path of the SSH key. You need to specify either the `ssh_password` parameter or this parameter.
      # ssh_type: remote # The deployment mode of OceanBase Database. Valid values: remote and docker. Default value: remote. Note that Kubernetes is not supported in docker mode.
      # container_name: xxx # The container name of OceanBase Database. If you set the `ssh_type` parameter to `docker`, you must specify this parameter.
      
      # The installation directory of OceanBase Database. For example, if the path of the executable program of OceanBase Database is /root/observer/bin/observer,
      # you must set the home_path parameter to /root/observer.
      home_path: /root/observer   
      # data_dir: /root/observer/store # The path of the data disk of OceanBase Database.
      # redo_dir: /root/observer/store # The path of the log disk of OceanBase Database.
# Part 3: Parameters related to ODP
obproxy:
  obproxy_cluster_name: obproxy
  servers:
    nodes:
      - ip: xx.xx.xx.4
      - ip: xx.xx.xx.5
      - ip: xx.xx.xx.6
    global:
      ssh_username: **** # The logon information. We recommend that you use the same user information specified for the deployment of ODP.
      ssh_password: **** # If you do not use a password, set it to "".
      # ssh_port: 22 # The SSH port, which is `22` by default.
      # ssh_key_file: "" # The path of the SSH key. You need to specify either the `ssh_password` parameter or this parameter.
      # ssh_type: remote # The deployment mode of ODP. Valid values: remote and docker. Default value: remote. Note that Kubernetes is not supported in docker mode.
      # container_name: xxx# The name of the ODP container. If you set the ssh_type parameter to docker, you must specify this parameter.
      
      # The installation directory of ODP. For example, if the path of the executable program of ODP is /root/obproxy/bin/obproxy,
      # you must set the home_path parameter to /root/obproxy.
      home_path: /root/obproxy

Parameters of a specific node overrides those in the global section.

In the following sample configuration of an OceanBase cluster, parameters of each node are specified under the IP address of the node. If the same parameters are specified in the global section, parameters of each node take effect.

obcluster:
  ob_cluster_name: test
  db_host: xx.xx.xx.1
  db_port: 2881 # The default port 2881.
  tenant_sys:
    user: root@sys # default root@sys
    password: ""
  servers:
    nodes:
      - ip: xx.xx.xx.1
        ssh_username: ****
        ssh_password: ****1
        home_path: /root/observer1
        data_dir: /root/observer/store1
        redo_dir: /root/observer/store1
      - ip: xx.xx.xx.2
        ssh_username: ****2
        ssh_password: ****2
        home_path: /root/observer2
        data_dir: /root/observer/store2
        redo_dir: /root/observer/store2
      - ip: xx.xx.xx.3
        ssh_username: ****3
        ssh_password: ****3
        home_path: /root/observer3
        data_dir: /root/observer/store3
        redo_dir: /root/observer/store3
    global:
      ssh_port: 22

Note

You can find more template configuration files in the ~/.obdiag/example directory.

System configuration file

The system configuration file is named inner_config.yml and located in the /usr/local/oceanbase-diagnostic-tool/conf/ directory.

obdiag:
  basic:
    config_path: ~/.obdiag/config.yml # The path of the user-defined configuration file.
    config_backup_dir: ~/.obdiag/backup_conf # The path where the backup of the original configuration file is stored when you run the `obdiag config` command.
    file_number_limit: 20 # The maximum number of files returned for a collection command on a single remote host.
    file_size_limit: 2G # The maximum size of the file returned for a collection command on a single remote host.
  logger:
    log_dir: ~/.obdiag/log # The path where the execution log file of obdiag is stored.
    log_filename: obdiag.log # The name of the execution log file of obdiag.
    file_handler_log_level: DEBUG # The lowest level of execution logs of obdiag to be recorded.
    log_level: INFO # The execution log level of obdiag.
    mode: obdiag
    stdout_handler_log_level: INFO # The lowest level of obdiag logs to be displayed.
check: # Parameters required for inspection. Usually, you do not need to modify parameters in this section.
  ignore_version: false # Specifies whether to ignore the version of OceanBase Database.
  report:
    report_path: "./check_report/" # The output path of the inspection report.
    export_type: table # The type of the inspection report.
  package_file: "~/.obdiag/check/observer_check_package.yaml" # The path of inspection package files.
  tasks_base_path: "~/.obdiag/tasks/" # The basic directory of inspection tasks.
gather:
  scenes_base_path: "~/.obdiag/gather/tasks" # The directory of `gather` tasks.
rca:
  result_path: "./rca/" # The storage path of root cause analysis results.

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