cgroup_perf_recap – Profiles system activity of tasks and full execution using cgroups

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • This is an ansible callback plugin utilizes cgroups to profile system activity of ansible and individual tasks, and display a recap at the end of the playbook execution

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this callback.

  • whitelist in configuration
  • cgroups

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
control_group
- / required
ini entries:

[callback_cgroup_perf_recap]
control_group = VALUE

env:CGROUP_CONTROL_GROUP
Name of cgroups control group
cpu_poll_interval
float
Default:
0.25
ini entries:

[callback_cgroup_perf_recap]
cpu_poll_interval = 0.25

env:CGROUP_CPU_POLL_INTERVAL
Interval between CPU polling for determining CPU usage. A lower value may produce inaccurate results, a higher value may not be short enough to collect results for short tasks.
display_recap
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
ini entries:

[callback_cgroup_perf_recap]
display_recap = yes

env:CGROUP_DISPLAY_RECAP
Controls whether the recap is printed at the end, useful if you will automatically process the output files
file_name_format
string
Default:
"%(feature)s.%(ext)s"
ini entries:

[callback_cgroup_perf_recap]
file_name_format = %(feature)s.%(ext)s

env:CGROUP_FILE_NAME_FORMAT
Format of filename. Accepts %(counters), %(task_uuids), %(features), %(exts). Defaults to %(features.%(ext)s) when file_per_task is False and %(counters-%(task_uuid)s-%(feature)s.%(ext)s) when True
file_per_task
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
ini entries:

[callback_cgroup_perf_recap]
file_per_task = no

env:CGROUP_FILE_PER_TASK
When set as True along with write_files, this callback will write 1 file per task instead of 1 file for the entire playbook run
memory_poll_interval
float
Default:
0.25
ini entries:

[callback_cgroup_perf_recap]
memory_poll_interval = 0.25

env:CGROUP_MEMORY_POLL_INTERVAL
Interval between memory polling for determining memory usage. A lower value may produce inaccurate results, a higher value may not be short enough to collect results for short tasks.
output_dir
path
Default:
"/tmp/ansible-perf-%s"
ini entries:

[callback_cgroup_perf_recap]
output_dir = /tmp/ansible-perf-%s

env:CGROUP_OUTPUT_DIR
Output directory for files containing recorded performance readings. If the value contains a single %s, the start time of the playbook run will be inserted in that space. Only the deepest level directory will be created if it does not exist, parent directories will not be created.
output_format
string
    Choices:
  • csv ←
  • json
ini entries:

[callback_cgroup_perf_recap]
output_format = csv

env:CGROUP_OUTPUT_FORMAT
Output format, either CSV or JSON-seq
pid_poll_interval
float
Default:
0.25
ini entries:

[callback_cgroup_perf_recap]
pid_poll_interval = 0.25

env:CGROUP_PID_POLL_INTERVAL
Interval between PID polling for determining PID count. A lower value may produce inaccurate results, a higher value may not be short enough to collect results for short tasks.
write_files
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
ini entries:

[callback_cgroup_perf_recap]
write_files = no

env:CGROUP_WRITE_FILES
Dictates whether files will be written containing performance readings

Notes

Note

  • Requires ansible to be run from within a cgroup, such as with cgexec -g cpuacct,memory,pids:ansible_profile ansible-playbook ...
  • This cgroup should only be used by ansible to get accurate results
  • To create the cgroup, first use a command such as sudo cgcreate -a ec2-user:ec2-user -t ec2-user:ec2-user -g cpuacct,memory,pids:ansible_profile

Status

Authors

  • UNKNOWN

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