Docs Self-Managed Reference rpk Commands rpk debug rpk debug bundle rpk debug bundle In Kubernetes, you must run the rpk debug bundle command inside a container that’s running a Redpanda broker. Concept The rpk debug bundle command collects environment data that can help debug and diagnose issues with a Redpanda cluster, a broker, or the machine it’s running on. It then bundles the collected data into a ZIP file, called a diagnostics bundle. Diagnostic bundle files The files and directories in the diagnostics bundle differ depending on the environment in which Redpanda is running: Common files Kafka metadata: Broker configs, topic configs, start/committed/end offsets, groups, group commits. Controller logs: The controller logs directory up to a limit set by --controller-logs-size-limit flag Data directory structure: A file describing the data directory’s contents. redpanda configuration: The redpanda configuration file (redpanda.yaml; SASL credentials are stripped). /proc/cpuinfo: CPU information like make, core count, cache, frequency. /proc/interrupts: IRQ distribution across CPU cores. Resource usage data: CPU usage percentage, free memory available for the redpanda process. Clock drift: The ntp clock delta (using pool.ntp.org as a reference) and round trip time. Admin API calls: Cluster and broker configurations, cluster health data, CPU profiles, and license key information. Broker metrics: The broker’s Prometheus metrics, fetched through its admin API (/metrics and /public_metrics). Bare-metal Kernel: The kernel logs ring buffer (syslog) and parameters (sysctl). DNS: The DNS info as reported by 'dig', using the hosts in /etc/resolv.conf. Disk usage: The disk usage for the data directory, as output by 'du'. Redpanda logs: The broker’s Redpanda logs written to journald since yesterday (00:00:00 of the previous day based on systemd.time). If --logs-since or --logs-until is passed, only the logs within the resulting time frame are included. Socket info: The active sockets data output by 'ss'. Running process info: As reported by 'top'. Virtual memory stats: As reported by 'vmstat'. Network config: As reported by 'ip addr'. lspci: List the PCI buses and the devices connected to them. dmidecode: The DMI table contents. Only included if this command is run as root. Extra requests for partitions You can provide a list of partitions to save additional admin API requests specifically for those partitions. The partition flag accepts the format <namespace>/[topic]/[partitions…] where the namespace is optional, if the namespace is not provided, rpk will assume 'kafka'. For example: Topic 'foo', partitions 1, 2 and 3: --partitions foo/1,2,3 Namespace _redpanda-internal, topic 'bar', partition 2 --partitions _redpanda-internal/bar/2 If you have an upload URL from the Redpanda support team, provide it in the --upload-url flag to upload your diagnostics bundle to Redpanda. Kubernetes Kubernetes Resources: Kubernetes manifests for all resources in the given Kubernetes namespace using --namespace, or the shorthand version -n. redpanda logs: Logs of each Pod in the given Kubernetes namespace. If --logs-since is passed, only the logs within the given timeframe are included. Usage rpk debug bundle [flags] Flags Value Type Description --controller-logs-size-limit string Sets the limit of the controller log size that can be stored in the bundle. Multipliers are also supported, e.g. 3MB, 1GiB (default 20MB). --cpu-profiler-wait duration Specifies the duration for collecting samples for the CPU profiler (for example, 30s, 1.5m). Must be higher than 15s (default 30s). -h, --help - Display documentation for rpk debug bundle. -l, --label-selector stringArray Comma-separated label selectors to filter your resources. e.g: <label>=<value>,<label>=<value> (k8s only) (default ` [app.kubernetes.io/name=redpanda]`). --logs-since string Include logs dated from specified date onward. This flag accepts a journalctl date format such as YYYY-MM-DD, yesterday, or today. Refer to the journalctl documentation for more options (default yesterday). --logs-size-limit string Read the logs until the given size is reached. Multipliers are also supported, e.g. 3MB, 1GiB (default 100MiB). --logs-until string Include logs older than the specified date. This flag accepts a journalctl date format such as YYYY-MM-DD, yesterday, or today. Refer to the journalctl documentation for more options (default yesterday). Not supported in Kubernetes --metrics-interval duration The amount of time to wait before capturing the second snapshot of the metrics endpoints, for example 30s (30 seconds) or 1.5m (90 seconds). This interval is useful because some metrics are counters that need values at two points in time. Default: 12s. -n, --namespace string The Kubernetes namespace in which the Redpanda cluster is running. Default: redpanda Kubernetes only. -o, --output string The file path where the debug file will be written (default ./<timestamp>-bundle.zip). -p, --partition stringArray Comma-separated partition IDs; when provided, rpk saves extra admin API requests for those partitions. Check help for extended usage. --timeout duration The amount of time to wait for child commands to execute, for example 30s (30 seconds) or 1.5m (90 seconds). (default 31s). --upload-url string If provided, where to upload the bundle in addition to creating a copy on disk. --config string Redpanda or rpk config file; default search paths are /var/lib/redpanda/.config/rpk/rpk.yaml, $PWD/redpanda.yaml, and /etc/redpanda/redpanda.yaml. -X, --config-opt stringArray Override rpk configuration settings. See rpk -X or execute rpk -X help for inline detail or rpk -X list for terser detail. --profile string Profile to use. See rpk profile for more details. -v, --verbose - Enable verbose logging. Result The files and directories in the diagnostics bundle differ depending on the environment in which Redpanda is running. Linux Kubernetes For some data, Redpanda requires the rpk debug bundle command to be run with root privileges. The names of the files or directories that are generated only with root privileges are labeled Requires root privileges. File or Directory Description data-dir.txt Metadata for the Redpanda data directory of the broker on which the rpk debug bundle command was executed. dig.txt The DNS information, as output by the dig command, using the hosts in the /etc/resolv.conf file. dmidecode.txt The contents of the DMI table (system management BIOS or SMBIOS). Requires root privileges du.txt The disk usage of the data directory of the broker on which the rpk debug bundle command was executed, as output by the du command. ip.txt Network configuration, as output by the ip addr command. kafka.json Kafka metadata, such as broker configuration, topic configuration, offsets, groups, and group commits. lspci.txt PCI buses and the devices connected to them. ntp.txt The NTP clock delta (using ntppool as a reference) and round trip time of the broker on which the rpk debug bundle command was executed. /proc CPU details of the broker on which the rpk debug bundle command was executed. The directory includes a cpuinfo file with CPU information such as processor model, core count, cache size, and frequency, as well as an interrupts file that contains IRQ distribution across CPU cores. redpanda.log The Redpanda logs written to journald. If --logs-since and/or --logs-until are passed, then only the logs within the given timeframe are included. prometheus-metrics.txt The local broker’s Prometheus metrics, fetched through its admin API. redpanda.yaml The Redpanda configuration file of the broker on which the rpk debug bundle command was executed.<br/>Sensitive data is removed and replaced with (REDACTED). resource-usage.json Redpanda resource usage data, such as CPU usage and free memory available. ss.txt Data about active sockets, as output by the ss command. syslog.txt The kernel logs ring buffer, as output by the syslog command. top.txt Information about the running processes, as output by the top command. Check system processes. vmstat.txt Virtual memory statistics, as output by the vmstat command. Redpanda collects some data from the Kubernetes API. To communicate with the Kubernetes API, Redpanda requires a ClusterRole attached to the default ServiceAccount for the Pods. The files and directories that are generated only when the ClusterRole exists are labeled Requires ClusterRole. File or Directory Description /admin Cluster and broker configurations, cluster health data, and license key information. Requires ClusterRole. /controller Binary-encoded replicated logs that contain the history of configuration changes as well as internal settings. Redpanda can replay the events that took place in the cluster to arrive at a similar state. data-dir.txt Metadata for the Redpanda data directory of the broker on which the rpk debug bundle command was executed. du.txt The disk usage of the data directory of the broker on which the rpk debug bundle command was executed, as output by the du command. /k8s Kubernetes manifests for all resources in the given Kubernetes namespace. Requires ClusterRole. kafka.json Kafka metadata, such as broker configuration, topic configuration, offsets, groups, and group commits. /logs Logs of each Pod in the given Kubernetes namespace. If --logs-since is passed, only the logs within the given timeframe are included. Requires ClusterRole. /metrics Prometheus metrics from both the /metrics endpoint and the public_metrics endpoint. One directory for each broker’s metrics. Requires ClusterRole. ntp.txt The NTP clock delta (using ntppool as a reference) and round trip time of the broker on which the rpk debug bundle command was executed. /proc CPU details of the broker on which the rpk debug bundle command was executed. The directory includes a cpuinfo file with CPU information such as processor model, core count, cache size, frequency, as well as an interrupts file that contains IRQ distribution across CPU cores. redpanda.yaml The Redpanda configuration file of the broker on which the rpk debug bundle command was executed. Sensitive data is removed and replaced with (REDACTED). resource-usage.json Redpanda resource usage data, such as CPU usage and free memory available. 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