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diff --git a/doc/mgr/dashboard.rst b/doc/mgr/dashboard.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ca5dd7fb8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/mgr/dashboard.rst @@ -0,0 +1,1619 @@ +.. _mgr-dashboard: + +Ceph Dashboard +============== + +Overview +-------- + +The Ceph Dashboard is a built-in web-based Ceph management and monitoring +application through which you can inspect and administer various aspects +and resources within the cluster. It is implemented as a :ref:`ceph-manager-daemon` module. + +The original Ceph Dashboard that was shipped with Ceph Luminous started +out as a simple read-only view into run-time information and performance +data of Ceph clusters. It used a very simple architecture to achieve the +original goal. However, there was growing demand for richer web-based +management capabilities, to make it easier to administer Ceph for users that +prefer a WebUI over the CLI. + +The new :term:`Ceph Dashboard` module adds web-based monitoring and +administration to the Ceph Manager. The architecture and functionality of this new +module are derived from +and inspired by the `openATTIC Ceph management and monitoring tool +<https://openattic.org/>`_. Development is actively driven by the +openATTIC team at `SUSE <https://www.suse.com/>`_, with support from +companies including `Red Hat <https://redhat.com/>`_ and members of the Ceph +community. + +The dashboard module's backend code uses the CherryPy framework and implements +a custom REST API. The WebUI implementation is based on +Angular/TypeScript and includes both functionality from the original dashboard +and new features originally developed for the standalone version +of openATTIC. The Ceph Dashboard module is implemented as an +application that provides a graphical representation of information and statistics +through a web server hosted by ``ceph-mgr``. + +Feature Overview +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The dashboard provides the following features: + +* **Multi-User and Role Management**: The dashboard supports multiple user + accounts with different permissions (roles). User accounts and roles + can be managed via both the command line and the WebUI. The dashboard + supports various methods to enhance password security. Password + complexity rules may be configured, requiring users to change their password + after the first login or after a configurable time period. See + :ref:`dashboard-user-role-management` for details. +* **Single Sign-On (SSO)**: The dashboard supports authentication + via an external identity provider using the SAML 2.0 protocol. See + :ref:`dashboard-sso-support` for details. +* **SSL/TLS support**: All HTTP communication between the web browser and the + dashboard is secured via SSL. A self-signed certificate can be created with + a built-in command, but it's also possible to import custom certificates + signed and issued by a CA. See :ref:`dashboard-ssl-tls-support` for details. +* **Auditing**: The dashboard backend can be configured to log all ``PUT``, ``POST`` + and ``DELETE`` API requests in the Ceph audit log. See :ref:`dashboard-auditing` + for instructions on how to enable this feature. +* **Internationalization (I18N)**: The language used for dashboard text can be + selected at run-time. + +The Ceph Dashboard offers the following monitoring and management capabilities: + +* **Overall cluster health**: Display performance and capacity metrics as well + as cluster status. +* **Embedded Grafana Dashboards**: Ceph Dashboard + `Grafana`_ dashboards may be embedded in external applications and web pages + to surface information and performance metrics gathered by + the :ref:`mgr-prometheus` module. See + :ref:`dashboard-grafana` for details on how to configure this functionality. +* **Cluster logs**: Display the latest updates to the cluster's event and + audit log files. Log entries can be filtered by priority, date or keyword. +* **Hosts**: Display a list of all cluster hosts along with their + storage drives, which services are running, and which version of Ceph is + installed. +* **Performance counters**: Display detailed service-specific statistics for + each running service. +* **Monitors**: List all Mons, their quorum status, and open sessions. +* **Monitoring**: Enable creation, re-creation, editing, and expiration of + Prometheus' silences, list the alerting configuration and all + configured and firing alerts. Show notifications for firing alerts. +* **Configuration Editor**: Display all available configuration options, + their descriptions, types, default and currently set values. These may be edited as well. +* **Pools**: List Ceph pools and their details (e.g. applications, + pg-autoscaling, placement groups, replication size, EC profile, CRUSH + rulesets, quotas etc.) +* **OSDs**: List OSDs, their status and usage statistics as well as + detailed information like attributes (OSD map), metadata, performance + counters and usage histograms for read/write operations. Mark OSDs + up/down/out, purge and reweight OSDs, perform scrub operations, modify + various scrub-related configuration options, select profiles to + adjust the level of backfilling activity. List all drives associated with an + OSD. Set and change the device class of an OSD, display and sort OSDs by + device class. Deploy OSDs on new drives and hosts. +* **Device management**: List all hosts known by the orchestrator. List all + drives attached to a host and their properties. Display drive + health predictions and SMART data. Blink enclosure LEDs. +* **iSCSI**: List all hosts that run the TCMU runner service, display all + images and their performance characteristics (read/write ops, traffic). + Create, modify, and delete iSCSI targets (via ``ceph-iscsi``). Display the + iSCSI gateway status and info about active initiators. + See :ref:`dashboard-iscsi-management` for instructions on how to configure + this feature. +* **RBD**: List all RBD images and their properties (size, objects, features). + Create, copy, modify and delete RBD images (incl. snapshots) and manage RBD + namespaces. Define various I/O or bandwidth limitation settings on a global, + per-pool or per-image level. Create, delete and rollback snapshots of selected + images, protect/unprotect these snapshots against modification. Copy or clone + snapshots, flatten cloned images. +* **RBD mirroring**: Enable and configure RBD mirroring to a remote Ceph server. + List active daemons and their status, pools and RBD images including + sync progress. +* **CephFS**: List active file system clients and associated pools, + including usage statistics. Evict active CephFS clients. Manage CephFS + quotas and snapshots. Browse a CephFS directory structure. +* **Object Gateway**: List all active object gateways and their performance + counters. Display and manage (add/edit/delete) object gateway users and their + details (e.g. quotas) as well as the users' buckets and their details (e.g. + placement targets, owner, quotas, versioning, multi-factor authentication). + See :ref:`dashboard-enabling-object-gateway` for configuration instructions. +* **NFS**: Manage NFS exports of CephFS file systems and RGW S3 buckets via NFS + Ganesha. See :ref:`dashboard-nfs-ganesha-management` for details on how to + enable this functionality. +* **Ceph Manager Modules**: Enable and disable Ceph Manager modules, manage + module-specific configuration settings. + +Overview of the Dashboard Landing Page +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Displays overall cluster status, performance, and capacity metrics. Shows instant +feedback for changes in the cluster and provides easy access to subpages of the +dashboard. + +.. _dashboard-landing-page-status: + +Status +"""""" + +* **Cluster Status**: Displays overall cluster health. In case of any error it + displays a short description of the error and provides a link to the logs. +* **Hosts**: Displays the total number of hosts associated to the cluster and + links to a subpage that lists and describes each. +* **Monitors**: Displays mons and their quorum status and + open sessions. Links to a subpage that lists and describes each. +* **OSDs**: Displays object storage daemons (ceph-osds) and + the numbers of OSDs running (up), in service + (in), and out of the cluster (out). Provides links to + subpages providing a list of all OSDs and related management actions. +* **Managers**: Displays active and standby Ceph Manager + daemons (ceph-mgr). +* **Object Gateway**: Displays active object gateways (RGWs) and + provides links to subpages that list all object gateway daemons. +* **Metadata Servers**: Displays active and standby CephFS metadata + service daemons (ceph-mds). +* **iSCSI Gateways**: Display iSCSI gateways available, + active (up), and inactive (down). Provides a link to a subpage + showing a list of all iSCSI Gateways. + +.. _dashboard-landing-page-capacity: + +Capacity +"""""""" + +* **Raw Capacity**: Displays the capacity used out of the total + physical capacity provided by storage nodes (OSDs). +* **Objects**: Displays the number and status of RADOS objects + including the percentages of healthy, misplaced, degraded, and unfound + objects. +* **PG Status**: Displays the total number of placement groups and + their status, including the percentage clean, working, + warning, and unknown. +* **Pools**: Displays pools and links to a subpage listing details. +* **PGs per OSD**: Displays the number of placement groups assigned to + object storage daemons. + +.. _dashboard-landing-page-performance: + +Performance +""""""""""" + +* **Client READ/Write**: Displays an overview of + client input and output operations. +* **Client Throughput**: Displays the data transfer rates to and from Ceph clients. +* **Recovery throughput**: Displays rate of cluster healing and balancing operations. +* **Scrubbing**: Displays light and deep scrub status. + +Supported Browsers +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Ceph Dashboard is primarily tested and developed using the following web +browsers: + ++---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +| Browser | Versions | ++===============================================================+=======================================+ +| `Chrome <https://www.google.com/chrome/>`_ and | latest 2 major versions | +| `Chromium <https://www.chromium.org/>`_ based browsers | | ++---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +| `Firefox <https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/>`_ | latest 2 major versions | ++---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ +| `Firefox ESR <https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/enterprise/>`_ | latest major version | ++---------------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ + +While Ceph Dashboard might work in older browsers, we cannot guarantee compatibility and +recommend keeping your browser up to date. + +Enabling +-------- + +If you have installed ``ceph-mgr-dashboard`` from distribution packages, the +package management system should take care of installing all required +dependencies. + +If you're building Ceph from source and want to start the dashboard from your +development environment, please see the files ``README.rst`` and ``HACKING.rst`` +in the source directory ``src/pybind/mgr/dashboard``. + +Within a running Ceph cluster, the Ceph Dashboard is enabled with: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph mgr module enable dashboard + +Configuration +------------- + +.. _dashboard-ssl-tls-support: + +SSL/TLS Support +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +All HTTP connections to the dashboard are secured with SSL/TLS by default. + +To get the dashboard up and running quickly, you can generate and install a +self-signed certificate: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard create-self-signed-cert + +Note that most web browsers will complain about self-signed certificates +and require explicit confirmation before establishing a secure connection to the +dashboard. + +To properly secure a deployment and to remove the warning, a +certificate that is issued by a certificate authority (CA) should be used. + +For example, a key pair can be generated with a command similar to: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + openssl req -new -nodes -x509 \ + -subj "/O=IT/CN=ceph-mgr-dashboard" -days 3650 \ + -keyout dashboard.key -out dashboard.crt -extensions v3_ca + +The ``dashboard.crt`` file should then be signed by a CA. Once that is done, you +can enable it for Ceph manager instances by running the following commands: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-ssl-certificate -i dashboard.crt + ceph dashboard set-ssl-certificate-key -i dashboard.key + +If unique certificates are desired for each manager instance, +the name of the instance can be included as follows (where ``$name`` is the name +of the ``ceph-mgr`` instance, usually the hostname): + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-ssl-certificate $name -i dashboard.crt + ceph dashboard set-ssl-certificate-key $name -i dashboard.key + +SSL can also be disabled by setting this configuration value: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/ssl false + +This might be useful if the dashboard will be running behind a proxy which does +not support SSL for its upstream servers or other situations where SSL is not +wanted or required. See :ref:`dashboard-proxy-configuration` for more details. + +.. warning:: + + Use caution when disabling SSL as usernames and passwords will be sent to the + dashboard unencrypted. + + +.. note:: + + You must restart Ceph manager processes after changing the SSL + certificate and key. This can be accomplished by either running ``ceph mgr + fail mgr`` or by disabling and re-enabling the dashboard module (which also + triggers the manager to respawn itself): + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph mgr module disable dashboard + ceph mgr module enable dashboard + +.. _dashboard-host-name-and-port: + +Host Name and Port +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Like most web applications, the dashboard binds to a TCP/IP address and TCP port. + +By default, the ``ceph-mgr`` daemon hosting the dashboard (i.e., the currently +active manager) will bind to TCP port 8443 or 8080 when SSL is disabled. + +If no specific address has been configured, the web app will bind to ``::``, +which corresponds to all available IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. + +These defaults can be changed via the configuration key facility on a +cluster-wide level (so they apply to all manager instances) as follows: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/server_addr $IP + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/server_port $PORT + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/ssl_server_port $PORT + +Since each ``ceph-mgr`` hosts its own instance of the dashboard, it may be +necessary to configure them separately. The IP address and port for a specific +manager instance can be changed with the following commands: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/$name/server_addr $IP + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/$name/server_port $PORT + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/$name/ssl_server_port $PORT + +Replace ``$name`` with the ID of the ceph-mgr instance hosting the dashboard. + +.. note:: + + The command ``ceph mgr services`` will show you all endpoints that are + currently configured. Look for the ``dashboard`` key to obtain the URL for + accessing the dashboard. + +Username and Password +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +In order to be able to log in, you need to create a user account and associate +it with at least one role. We provide a set of predefined *system roles* that +you can use. For more details please refer to the `User and Role Management`_ +section. + +To create a user with the administrator role you can use the following +commands: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-create <username> -i <file-containing-password> administrator + +Account Lock-out +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +It disables a user account if a user repeatedly enters the wrong credentials +for multiple times. It is enabled by default to prevent brute-force or dictionary +attacks. The user can get or set the default number of lock-out attempts using +these commands respectively: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard get-account-lockout-attempts + ceph dashboard set-account-lockout-attempts <value:int> + +.. warning:: + + This feature can be disabled by setting the default number of lock-out attempts to 0. + However, by disabling this feature, the account is more vulnerable to brute-force or + dictionary based attacks. This can be disabled by: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-account-lockout-attempts 0 + +Enable a Locked User +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If a user account is disabled as a result of multiple invalid login attempts, then +it needs to be manually enabled by the administrator. This can be done by the following +command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-enable <username> + +Accessing the Dashboard +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +You can now access the dashboard using your (JavaScript-enabled) web browser, by +pointing it to any of the host names or IP addresses and the selected TCP port +where a manager instance is running: e.g., ``http(s)://<$IP>:<$PORT>/``. + +The dashboard page displays and requests a previously defined username and +password. + +.. _dashboard-enabling-object-gateway: + +Enabling the Object Gateway Management Frontend +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +When RGW is deployed with cephadm, the RGW credentials used by the +dashboard will be automatically configured. You can also manually force the +credentials to be set up with: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-rgw-credentials + +This will create an RGW user with uid ``dashboard`` for each realm in +the system. + +If you've configured a custom 'admin' resource in your RGW admin API, you should set it here also: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-rgw-api-admin-resource <admin_resource> + +If you are using a self-signed certificate in your Object Gateway setup, +you should disable certificate verification in the dashboard to avoid refused +connections, e.g. caused by certificates signed by unknown CA or not matching +the host name: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-rgw-api-ssl-verify False + +If the Object Gateway takes too long to process requests and the dashboard runs +into timeouts, you can set the timeout value to your needs: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-rest-requests-timeout <seconds> + +The default value is 45 seconds. + +.. _dashboard-iscsi-management: + +Enabling iSCSI Management +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The Ceph Dashboard can manage iSCSI targets using the REST API provided by the +``rbd-target-api`` service of the :ref:`ceph-iscsi`. Please make sure that it is +installed and enabled on the iSCSI gateways. + +.. note:: + + The iSCSI management functionality of Ceph Dashboard depends on the latest + version 3 of the `ceph-iscsi <https://github.com/ceph/ceph-iscsi>`_ project. + Make sure that your operating system provides the correct version, otherwise + the dashboard will not enable the management features. + +If the ``ceph-iscsi`` REST API is configured in HTTPS mode and its using a self-signed +certificate, you need to configure the dashboard to avoid SSL certificate +verification when accessing ceph-iscsi API. + +To disable API SSL verification run the following command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-iscsi-api-ssl-verification false + +The available iSCSI gateways must be defined using the following commands: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard iscsi-gateway-list + # Gateway URL format for a new gateway: <scheme>://<username>:<password>@<host>[:port] + ceph dashboard iscsi-gateway-add -i <file-containing-gateway-url> [<gateway_name>] + ceph dashboard iscsi-gateway-rm <gateway_name> + + +.. _dashboard-grafana: + +Enabling the Embedding of Grafana Dashboards +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +`Grafana`_ pulls data from `Prometheus <https://prometheus.io/>`_. Although +Grafana can use other data sources, the Grafana dashboards we provide contain +queries that are specific to Prometheus. Our Grafana dashboards therefore +require Prometheus as the data source. The Ceph :ref:`mgr-prometheus` +module exports its data in the Prometheus exposition format. These Grafana +dashboards rely on metric names from the Prometheus module and `Node exporter +<https://prometheus.io/docs/guides/node-exporter/>`_. The Node exporter is a +separate application that provides machine metrics. + +.. note:: + + Prometheus' security model presumes that untrusted users have access to the + Prometheus HTTP endpoint and logs. Untrusted users have access to all the + (meta)data Prometheus collects that is contained in the database, plus a + variety of operational and debugging information. + + However, Prometheus' HTTP API is limited to read-only operations. + Configurations can *not* be changed using the API and secrets are not + exposed. Moreover, Prometheus has some built-in measures to mitigate the + impact of denial of service attacks. + + Please see `Prometheus' Security model + <https://prometheus.io/docs/operating/security/>` for more detailed + information. + +Installation and Configuration using cephadm +"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + +Grafana and Prometheus can be installed using :ref:`cephadm`. They will +automatically be configured by ``cephadm``. Please see +:ref:`mgr-cephadm-monitoring` documentation for more details on how to use +``cephadm`` for installing and configuring Prometheus and Grafana. + +Manual Installation and Configuration +""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + +The following process describes how to configure Grafana and Prometheus +manually. After you have installed Prometheus, Grafana, and the Node exporter +on appropriate hosts, proceed with the following steps. + +#. Enable the Ceph Exporter which comes as Ceph Manager module by running: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph mgr module enable prometheus + + More details can be found in the documentation of the :ref:`mgr-prometheus`. + +#. Add the corresponding scrape configuration to Prometheus. This may look + like:: + + global: + scrape_interval: 5s + + scrape_configs: + - job_name: 'prometheus' + static_configs: + - targets: ['localhost:9090'] + - job_name: 'ceph' + static_configs: + - targets: ['localhost:9283'] + - job_name: 'node-exporter' + static_configs: + - targets: ['localhost:9100'] + + .. note:: + + Please note that in the above example, Prometheus is configured + to scrape data from itself (port 9090), the Ceph manager module + `prometheus` (port 9283), which exports Ceph internal data, and the Node + Exporter (port 9100), which provides OS and hardware metrics for each host. + + Depending on your configuration, you may need to change the hostname in + or add additional configuration entries for the Node + Exporter. It is unlikely that you will need to change the default TCP ports. + + Moreover, you don't *need* to have more than one target for Ceph specific + data, provided by the `prometheus` mgr module. But it is recommended to + configure Prometheus to scrape Ceph specific data from all existing Ceph + managers. This enables a built-in high availability mechanism, so that + services run on a manager host will be restarted automatically on a different + manager host if one Ceph Manager goes down. + +#. Add Prometheus as data source to Grafana `using the Grafana Web UI <https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/features/datasources/add-a-data-source/>`_. + + .. IMPORTANT:: + The data source must be named "Dashboard1". + +#. Install the `vonage-status-panel and grafana-piechart-panel` plugins using: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + grafana-cli plugins install vonage-status-panel + grafana-cli plugins install grafana-piechart-panel + +#. Add Dashboards to Grafana: + + Dashboards can be added to Grafana by importing dashboard JSON files. + Use the following command to download the JSON files: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ceph/ceph/main/monitoring/ceph-mixin/dashboards_out/<Dashboard-name>.json + + You can find various dashboard JSON files `here <https://github.com/ceph/ceph/tree/ + main/monitoring/ceph-mixin/dashboards_out>`_. + + For Example, for ceph-cluster overview you can use: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ceph/ceph/main/monitoring/ceph-mixin/dashboards_out/ceph-cluster.json + + You may also author your own dashboards. + +#. Configure anonymous mode in ``/etc/grafana/grafana.ini``:: + + [auth.anonymous] + enabled = true + org_name = Main Org. + org_role = Viewer + + In newer versions of Grafana (starting with 6.2.0-beta1) a new setting named + ``allow_embedding`` has been introduced. This setting must be explicitly + set to ``true`` for the Grafana integration in Ceph Dashboard to work, as the + default is ``false``. + + :: + + [security] + allow_embedding = true + +Enabling RBD-Image monitoring +""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + +Monitoring of RBD images is disabled by default, as it can significantly impact +performance. For more information please see :ref:`prometheus-rbd-io-statistics`. +When disabled, the overview and details dashboards will be empty in Grafana and +metrics will not be visible in Prometheus. + +Configuring Dashboard +""""""""""""""""""""" + +After you have set up Grafana and Prometheus, you will need to configure the +connection information that the Ceph Dashboard will use to access Grafana. + +You need to tell the dashboard on which URL the Grafana instance is +running/deployed: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-grafana-api-url <grafana-server-url> # default: '' + +The format of url is : `<protocol>:<IP-address>:<port>` + +.. note:: + + The Ceph Dashboard embeds Grafana dashboards via ``iframe`` HTML elements. + If Grafana is configured without SSL/TLS support, most browsers will block the + embedding of insecure content if SSL support is + enabled for the dashboard (which is the default). If you + can't see the embedded Grafana dashboards after enabling them as outlined + above, check your browser's documentation on how to unblock mixed content. + Alternatively, consider enabling SSL/TLS support in Grafana. + +If you are using a self-signed certificate for Grafana, +disable certificate verification in the dashboard to avoid refused connections, +which can be a result of certificates signed by an unknown CA or that do not +match the host name: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-grafana-api-ssl-verify False + +You can also access Grafana directly to monitor your cluster. + +.. note:: + + Ceph Dashboard configuration information can also be unset. For example, to + clear the Grafana API URL we configured above: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard reset-grafana-api-url + +Alternative URL for Browsers +"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + +The Ceph Dashboard backend requires the Grafana URL to be able to verify the +existence of Grafana Dashboards before the frontend even loads them. Due to the +nature of how Grafana is implemented in Ceph Dashboard, this means that two +working connections are required in order to be able to see Grafana graphs in +Ceph Dashboard: + +- The backend (Ceph Mgr module) needs to verify the existence of the requested + graph. If this request succeeds, it lets the frontend know that it can safely + access Grafana. +- The frontend then requests the Grafana graphs directly from the user's + browser using an iframe. The Grafana instance is accessed directly without any + detour through Ceph Dashboard. + +Now, it might be the case that your environment makes it difficult for the +user's browser to directly access the URL configured in Ceph Dashboard. To solve +this issue, a separate URL can be configured which will solely be used to tell +the frontend (the user's browser) which URL it should use to access Grafana. +This setting won't ever be changed automatically, unlike the GRAFANA_API_URL +which is set by :ref:`cephadm` (only if cephadm is used to deploy monitoring +services). + +To change the URL that is returned to the frontend issue the following command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-grafana-frontend-api-url <grafana-server-url> + +If no value is set for that option, it will simply fall back to the value of the +GRAFANA_API_URL option. If set, it will instruct the browser to use this URL to +access Grafana. + +.. _dashboard-sso-support: + +Enabling Single Sign-On (SSO) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The Ceph Dashboard supports external authentication of users via the +`SAML 2.0 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAML_2.0>`_ protocol. You need to +first create user accounts and associate them with desired roles, as +authorization is performed by the Dashboard. However, the authentication +process can be performed by an existing Identity Provider (IdP). + +.. note:: + + Ceph Dashboard SSO support relies on onelogin's + `python-saml <https://pypi.org/project/python-saml/>`_ library. + Please ensure that this library is installed on your system, either by using + your distribution's package management or via Python's `pip` installer. + +To configure SSO on Ceph Dashboard, you should use the following command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard sso setup saml2 <ceph_dashboard_base_url> <idp_metadata> {<idp_username_attribute>} {<idp_entity_id>} {<sp_x_509_cert>} {<sp_private_key>} + +Parameters: + +* **<ceph_dashboard_base_url>**: Base URL where Ceph Dashboard is accessible (e.g., `https://cephdashboard.local`) +* **<idp_metadata>**: URL to remote (`http://`, `https://`) or local (`file://`) path or content of the IdP metadata XML (e.g., `https://myidp/metadata`, `file:///home/myuser/metadata.xml`). +* **<idp_username_attribute>** *(optional)*: Attribute that should be used to get the username from the authentication response. Defaults to `uid`. +* **<idp_entity_id>** *(optional)*: Use this when more than one entity id exists on the IdP metadata. +* **<sp_x_509_cert> / <sp_private_key>** *(optional)*: File path of the certificate that should be used by Ceph Dashboard (Service Provider) for signing and encryption. + +.. note:: + + The issuer value of SAML requests will follow this pattern: **<ceph_dashboard_base_url>**/auth/saml2/metadata + +To display the current SAML 2.0 configuration, use the following command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard sso show saml2 + +.. note:: + + For more information about `onelogin_settings`, please check the `onelogin documentation <https://github.com/onelogin/python-saml>`_. + +To disable SSO: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard sso disable + +To check if SSO is enabled: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard sso status + +To enable SSO: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard sso enable saml2 + +.. _dashboard-alerting: + +Enabling Prometheus Alerting +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +To use Prometheus for alerting you must define `alerting rules +<https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/alerting_rules>`_. +These are managed by the `Alertmanager +<https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/alertmanager>`_. +If you are not yet using the Alertmanager, `install it +<https://github.com/prometheus/alertmanager#install>`_ as it receives +and manages alerts from Prometheus. + +Alertmanager capabilities can be consumed by the dashboard in three different +ways: + +#. Use the notification receiver of the dashboard. + +#. Use the Prometheus Alertmanager API. + +#. Use both sources simultaneously. + +All three methods notify you about alerts. You won't be notified +twice if you use both sources, but you need to consume at least the Alertmanager API +in order to manage silences. + +1. Use the notification receiver of the dashboard + + This allows you to get notifications as `configured + <https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/configuration/>`_ from the Alertmanager. + You will get notified inside the dashboard once a notification is send out, + but you are not able to manage alerts. + + Add the dashboard receiver and the new route to your Alertmanager + configuration. This should look like:: + + route: + receiver: 'ceph-dashboard' + ... + receivers: + - name: 'ceph-dashboard' + webhook_configs: + - url: '<url-to-dashboard>/api/prometheus_receiver' + + + Ensure that the Alertmanager considers your SSL certificate in terms + of the dashboard as valid. For more information about the correct + configuration checkout the `<http_config> documentation + <https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/configuration/#%3Chttp_config%3E>`_. + +2. Use the API of Prometheus and the Alertmanager + + This allows you to manage alerts and silences and will enable the "Active + Alerts", "All Alerts" as well as the "Silences" tabs in the "Monitoring" + section of the "Cluster" menu entry. + + Alerts can be sorted by name, job, severity, state and start time. + Unfortunately it's not possible to know when an alert was sent out through a + notification by the Alertmanager based on your configuration, that's why the + dashboard will notify the user on any visible change to an alert and will + notify the changed alert. + + Silences can be sorted by id, creator, status, start, updated and end time. + Silences can be created in various ways, it's also possible to expire them. + + #. Create from scratch + + #. Based on a selected alert + + #. Recreate from expired silence + + #. Update a silence (which will recreate and expire it (default Alertmanager behaviour)) + + To use it, specify the host and port of the Alertmanager server: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-alertmanager-api-host <alertmanager-host:port> # default: '' + + For example: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-alertmanager-api-host 'http://localhost:9093' + + To be able to see all configured alerts, you will need to configure the URL to + the Prometheus API. Using this API, the UI will also help you in verifying + that a new silence will match a corresponding alert. + + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-prometheus-api-host <prometheus-host:port> # default: '' + + For example: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-prometheus-api-host 'http://localhost:9090' + + After setting up the hosts, refresh your browser's dashboard window or tab. + +3. Use both methods + + The behaviors of both methods are configured in a way that they + should not disturb each other, through annoying duplicated notifications + may pop up. + +If you are using a self-signed certificate in your Prometheus or your +Alertmanager setup, you should disable certificate verification in the +dashboard to avoid refused connections caused by certificates signed by +an unknown CA or that do not match the host name. + +- For Prometheus: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-prometheus-api-ssl-verify False + +- For Alertmanager: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-alertmanager-api-ssl-verify False + +.. _dashboard-user-role-management: + +User and Role Management +------------------------ + +Password Policy +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +By default the password policy feature is enabled, which includes the +following checks: + +- Is the password longer than N characters? +- Are the old and new password the same? + +The password policy feature can be switched on or off completely: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-enabled <true|false> + +The following individual checks can also be switched on or off: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-check-length-enabled <true|false> + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-check-oldpwd-enabled <true|false> + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-check-username-enabled <true|false> + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-check-exclusion-list-enabled <true|false> + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-check-complexity-enabled <true|false> + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-check-sequential-chars-enabled <true|false> + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-check-repetitive-chars-enabled <true|false> + +Additionally the following options are available to configure password +policy. + +- Minimum password length (defaults to 8): + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-min-length <N> + +- Minimum password complexity (defaults to 10): + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-min-complexity <N> + + Password complexity is calculated by classifying each character in + the password. The complexity count starts by 0. A character is rated by + the following rules in the given order. + + - Increase by 1 if the character is a digit. + - Increase by 1 if the character is a lower case ASCII character. + - Increase by 2 if the character is an upper case ASCII character. + - Increase by 3 if the character is a special character like ``!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~``. + - Increase by 5 if the character has not been classified by one of the previous rules. + +- A list of comma separated words that are not allowed to be used in a + password: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-pwd-policy-exclusion-list <word>[,...] + + +User Accounts +^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The Ceph Dashboard supports multiple user accounts. Each user account +consists of a username, a password (stored in encrypted form using ``bcrypt``), +an optional name, and an optional email address. + +If a new user is created via the Web UI, it is possible to set an option that the +user must assign a new password when they log in for the first time. + +User accounts are stored in the monitors' configuration database, and are +available to all ``ceph-mgr`` instances. + +We provide a set of CLI commands to manage user accounts: + +- *Show User(s)*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-show [<username>] + +- *Create User*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-create [--enabled] [--force-password] [--pwd_update_required] <username> -i <file-containing-password> [<rolename>] [<name>] [<email>] [<pwd_expiration_date>] + + To bypass password policy checks use the `force-password` option. + Add the option `pwd_update_required` so that a newly created user has + to change their password after the first login. + +- *Delete User*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-delete <username> + +- *Change Password*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-set-password [--force-password] <username> -i <file-containing-password> + +- *Change Password Hash*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-set-password-hash <username> -i <file-containing-password-hash> + + The hash must be a bcrypt hash and salt, e.g. ``$2b$12$Pt3Vq/rDt2y9glTPSV.VFegiLkQeIpddtkhoFetNApYmIJOY8gau2``. + This can be used to import users from an external database. + +- *Modify User (name, and email)*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-set-info <username> <name> <email> + +- *Disable User*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-disable <username> + +- *Enable User*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-enable <username> + +User Roles and Permissions +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +User accounts are associated with a set of roles that define which +dashboard functionality can be accessed. + +The Dashboard functionality/modules are grouped within a *security scope*. +Security scopes are predefined and static. The current available security +scopes are: + +- **hosts**: includes all features related to the ``Hosts`` menu + entry. +- **config-opt**: includes all features related to management of Ceph + configuration options. +- **pool**: includes all features related to pool management. +- **osd**: includes all features related to OSD management. +- **monitor**: includes all features related to monitor management. +- **rbd-image**: includes all features related to RBD image + management. +- **rbd-mirroring**: includes all features related to RBD mirroring + management. +- **iscsi**: includes all features related to iSCSI management. +- **rgw**: includes all features related to RADOS Gateway (RGW) management. +- **cephfs**: includes all features related to CephFS management. +- **nfs-ganesha**: includes all features related to NFS Ganesha management. +- **manager**: include all features related to Ceph Manager + management. +- **log**: include all features related to Ceph logs management. +- **grafana**: include all features related to Grafana proxy. +- **prometheus**: include all features related to Prometheus alert management. +- **dashboard-settings**: allows to change dashboard settings. + +A *role* specifies a set of mappings between a *security scope* and a set of +*permissions*. There are four types of permissions: + +- **read** +- **create** +- **update** +- **delete** + +See below for an example of a role specification, in the form of a Python dictionary:: + + # example of a role + { + 'role': 'my_new_role', + 'description': 'My new role', + 'scopes_permissions': { + 'pool': ['read', 'create'], + 'rbd-image': ['read', 'create', 'update', 'delete'] + } + } + +The above role dictates that a user has *read* and *create* permissions for +features related to pool management, and has full permissions for +features related to RBD image management. + +The Dashboard provides a set of predefined roles that we call +*system roles*, which can be used right away by a fresh Ceph Dashboard +installation. + +The list of system roles are: + +- **administrator**: allows full permissions for all security scopes. +- **read-only**: allows *read* permission for all security scopes except + dashboard settings. +- **block-manager**: allows full permissions for *rbd-image*, + *rbd-mirroring*, and *iscsi* scopes. +- **rgw-manager**: allows full permissions for the *rgw* scope +- **cluster-manager**: allows full permissions for the *hosts*, *osd*, + *monitor*, *manager*, and *config-opt* scopes. +- **pool-manager**: allows full permissions for the *pool* scope. +- **cephfs-manager**: allows full permissions for the *cephfs* scope. + +The list of available roles can be retrieved with the following command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-role-show [<rolename>] + +You can also use the CLI to create new roles. The available commands are the +following: + +- *Create Role*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-role-create <rolename> [<description>] + +- *Delete Role*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-role-delete <rolename> + +- *Add Scope Permissions to Role*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-role-add-scope-perms <rolename> <scopename> <permission> [<permission>...] + +- *Delete Scope Permission from Role*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-role-del-scope-perms <rolename> <scopename> + +To assign roles to users, the following commands are available: + +- *Set User Roles*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-set-roles <username> <rolename> [<rolename>...] + +- *Add Roles To User*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-add-roles <username> <rolename> [<rolename>...] + +- *Delete Roles from User*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-del-roles <username> <rolename> [<rolename>...] + + +Example of User and Custom Role Creation +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +In this section we show a complete example of the commands that +create a user account that can manage RBD images, view and create Ceph pools, +and has read-only access to other scopes. + +1. *Create the user*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-create bob -i <file-containing-password> + +2. *Create role and specify scope permissions*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-role-create rbd/pool-manager + ceph dashboard ac-role-add-scope-perms rbd/pool-manager rbd-image read create update delete + ceph dashboard ac-role-add-scope-perms rbd/pool-manager pool read create + +3. *Associate roles to user*: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-set-roles bob rbd/pool-manager read-only + +.. _dashboard-proxy-configuration: + +Proxy Configuration +------------------- + +In a Ceph cluster with multiple ``ceph-mgr`` instances, only the dashboard +running on the currently active ``ceph-mgr`` daemon will serve incoming requests. +Connections to the dashboard's TCP port on standby ``ceph-mgr`` instances +will receive an HTTP redirect (303) to the active manager's dashboard URL. +This enables you to point your browser to any ``ceph-mgr`` instance in +order to access the dashboard. + +If you want to establish a fixed URL to reach the dashboard or if you don't want +to allow direct connections to the manager nodes, you could set up a proxy that +automatically forwards incoming requests to the active ``ceph-mgr`` +instance. + +Configuring a URL Prefix +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If you are accessing the dashboard via a reverse proxy, +you may wish to service it under a URL prefix. To get the dashboard +to use hyperlinks that include your prefix, you can set the +``url_prefix`` setting: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/url_prefix $PREFIX + +so you can access the dashboard at ``http://$IP:$PORT/$PREFIX/``. + +Disable the redirection +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If the dashboard is behind a load-balancing proxy like `HAProxy <https://www.haproxy.org/>`_ +you might want to disable redirection to prevent situations in which +internal (unresolvable) URLs are published to the frontend client. Use the +following command to get the dashboard to respond with an HTTP error (500 by default) +instead of redirecting to the active dashboard: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/standby_behaviour "error" + +To reset the setting to default redirection, use the following command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/standby_behaviour "redirect" + +Configure the error status code +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +When redirection is disabled, you may want to customize the HTTP status +code of standby dashboards. To do so you need to run the command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/standby_error_status_code 503 + +Resolve IP address to hostname before redirect +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The redirect from a standby to the active dashboard is done via the IP +address. This is done because resolving IP addresses to hostnames can be error +prone in containerized environments. It is also the reason why the option is +disabled by default. +However, in some situations it might be helpful to redirect via the hostname. +For example if the configured TLS certificate matches only the hostnames. To +activate the redirection via the hostname run the following command:: + + $ ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/redirect_resolve_ip_addr True + +You can disable it again by:: + + $ ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/redirect_resolve_ip_addr False + +HAProxy example configuration +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Below you will find an example configuration for SSL/TLS passthrough using +`HAProxy <https://www.haproxy.org/>`_. + +Please note that this configuration works under the following conditions. +If the dashboard fails over, the front-end client might receive a HTTP redirect +(303) response and will be redirected to an unresolvable host. This happens when +failover occurs between two HAProxy health checks. In this situation the +previously active dashboard node will now respond with a 303 which points to +the new active node. To prevent that situation you should consider disabling +redirection on standby nodes. + +:: + + defaults + log global + option log-health-checks + timeout connect 5s + timeout client 50s + timeout server 450s + + frontend dashboard_front + mode http + bind *:80 + option httplog + redirect scheme https code 301 if !{ ssl_fc } + + frontend dashboard_front_ssl + mode tcp + bind *:443 + option tcplog + default_backend dashboard_back_ssl + + backend dashboard_back_ssl + mode tcp + option httpchk GET / + http-check expect status 200 + server x <HOST>:<PORT> ssl check verify none + server y <HOST>:<PORT> ssl check verify none + server z <HOST>:<PORT> ssl check verify none + +.. _dashboard-auditing: + +Auditing API Requests +--------------------- + +The REST API can log PUT, POST and DELETE requests to the Ceph +audit log. This feature is disabled by default, but can be enabled with the +following command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-audit-api-enabled <true|false> + +If enabled, the following parameters are logged per each request: + +* from - The origin of the request, e.g. https://[::1]:44410 +* path - The REST API path, e.g. /api/auth +* method - e.g. PUT, POST or DELETE +* user - The name of the user, otherwise 'None' + +The logging of the request payload (the arguments and their values) is enabled +by default. Execute the following command to disable this behaviour: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard set-audit-api-log-payload <true|false> + +A log entry may look like this:: + + 2018-10-22 15:27:01.302514 mgr.x [INF] [DASHBOARD] from='https://[::ffff:127.0.0.1]:37022' path='/api/rgw/user/klaus' method='PUT' user='admin' params='{"max_buckets": "1000", "display_name": "Klaus Mustermann", "uid": "klaus", "suspended": "0", "email": "klaus.mustermann@ceph.com"}' + +.. _dashboard-nfs-ganesha-management: + +NFS-Ganesha Management +---------------------- + +The dashboard requires enabling the NFS module which will be used to manage +NFS clusters and NFS exports. For more information check :ref:`mgr-nfs`. + +Plug-ins +-------- + +Plug-ins extend the functionality of the Ceph Dashboard in a modular +and loosely coupled fashion. + +.. _Grafana: https://grafana.com/ + +.. include:: dashboard_plugins/feature_toggles.inc.rst +.. include:: dashboard_plugins/debug.inc.rst +.. include:: dashboard_plugins/motd.inc.rst + + +Troubleshooting the Dashboard +----------------------------- + +Locating the Dashboard +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If you are unsure of the location of the Ceph Dashboard, run the following command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph mgr services | jq .dashboard + +:: + + "https://host:port" + +The command returns the URL where the Ceph Dashboard is located: ``https://<host>:<port>/`` + +.. note:: + + Many Ceph tools return results in JSON format. We suggest that + you install the `jq <https://stedolan.github.io/jq>`_ command-line + utility to faciliate working with JSON data. + + +Accessing the Dashboard +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If you are unable to access the Ceph Dashboard, run the following +commands: + +#. Verify the Ceph Dashboard module is enabled: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph mgr module ls | jq .enabled_modules + + Ensure the Ceph Dashboard module is listed in the return value of the + command. Example snipped output from the command above:: + + [ + "dashboard", + "iostat", + "restful" + ] + +#. If it is not listed, activate the module with the following command: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph mgr module enable dashboard + +#. Check the Ceph Dashboard and/or ``ceph-mgr`` log files for any errors. + + * Check if ``ceph-mgr`` log messages are written to a file by: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config get mgr log_to_file + + :: + + true + + * Get the location of the log file (it's ``/var/log/ceph/<cluster-name>-<daemon-name>.log`` + by default): + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config get mgr log_file + + :: + + /var/log/ceph/$cluster-$name.log + +#. Ensure the SSL/TSL support is configured properly: + + * Check if the SSL/TSL support is enabled: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config get mgr mgr/dashboard/ssl + + * If the command returns ``true``, verify a certificate exists by: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config-key get mgr/dashboard/crt + + and: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config-key get mgr/dashboard/key + + * If it doesn't return ``true``, run the following command to generate a self-signed + certificate or follow the instructions outlined in + :ref:`dashboard-ssl-tls-support`: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard create-self-signed-cert + + +Trouble Logging into the Dashboard +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +If you are unable to log into the Ceph Dashboard and you receive the following +error, run through the procedural checks below: + +.. image:: ../images/dashboard/invalid-credentials.png + :align: center + +#. Check that your user credentials are correct. If you are seeing the + notification message above when trying to log into the Ceph Dashboard, it + is likely you are using the wrong credentials. Double check your username + and password, and ensure that your keyboard's caps lock is not enabled by accident. + +#. If your user credentials are correct, but you are experiencing the same + error, check that the user account exists: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-show <username> + + This command returns your user data. If the user does not exist, it will + print:: + + Error ENOENT: User <username> does not exist + +#. Check if the user is enabled: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-show <username> | jq .enabled + + :: + + true + + Check if ``enabled`` is set to ``true`` for your user. If not the user is + not enabled, run: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard ac-user-enable <username> + +Please see :ref:`dashboard-user-role-management` for more information. + + +A Dashboard Feature is Not Working +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +When an error occurs on the backend, you will usually receive an error +notification on the frontend. Run through the following scenarios to debug. + +#. Check the Ceph Dashboard and ``ceph-mgr`` logfile(s) for any errors. These can + found by searching for keywords, such as *500 Internal Server Error*, + followed by ``traceback``. The end of a traceback contains more details about + what exact error occurred. +#. Check your web browser's Javascript Console for any errors. + + +Ceph Dashboard Logs +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Dashboard Debug Flag +"""""""""""""""""""" + +With this flag enabled, error traceback is included in backend responses. + +To enable this flag via the Ceph Dashboard, navigate from *Cluster* to *Manager +modules*. Select *Dashboard module* and click the edit button. Click the +*debug* checkbox and update. + +To enable it via the CLI, run the following command: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph dashboard debug enable + + +Setting Logging Level of Dashboard Module +""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + +Setting the logging level to debug makes the log more verbose and helpful for +debugging. + +#. Increase the logging level of manager daemons: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph tell mgr config set debug_mgr 20 + +#. Adjust the logging level of the Ceph Dashboard module via the Dashboard or + CLI: + + * Navigate from *Cluster* to *Manager modules*. Select *Dashboard module* + and click the edit button. Modify the ``log_level`` configuration. + * To adjust it via the CLI, run the following command: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + bin/ceph config set mgr mgr/dashboard/log_level debug + +3. High log levels can result in considerable log volume, which can +easily fill up your filesystem. Set a calendar reminder for an hour, a day, +or a week in the future to revert this temporary logging increase. This looks +something like this: + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config log + + :: + + ... + --- 11 --- 2020-11-07 11:11:11.960659 --- mgr.x/dashboard/log_level = debug --- + ... + + .. prompt:: bash $ + + ceph config reset 11 + +.. _centralized-logging: + + +Reporting issues from Dashboard +""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" + +Ceph-Dashboard provides two ways to create an issue in the Ceph Issue Tracker, +either using the Ceph command line interface or by using the Ceph Dashboard +user interface. + +To create an issue in the Ceph Issue Tracker, a user needs to have an account +on the issue tracker. Under the ``my account`` tab in the Ceph Issue Tracker, +the user can see their API access key. This key is used for authentication +when creating a new issue. To store the Ceph API access key, in the CLI run: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ``ceph dashboard set-issue-tracker-api-key -i <file-containing-key>`` + +Then on successful update, you can create an issue using: + +.. prompt:: bash $ + + ``ceph dashboard create issue <project> <tracker_type> <subject> <description>`` + +The available projects to create an issue on are: +#. dashboard +#. block +#. object +#. file_system +#. ceph_manager +#. orchestrator +#. ceph_volume +#. core_ceph + +The available tracker types are: +#. bug +#. feature + +The subject and description are then set by the user. + +The user can also create an issue using the Dashboard user interface. The settings +icon drop down menu on the top right of the navigation bar has the option to +``Raise an issue``. On clicking it, a modal dialog opens that has the option to +select the project and tracker from their respective drop down menus. The subject +and multiline description are added by the user. The user can then submit the issue. |