Bug 1509789 - The output of the "gluster help" command is difficult to read
Summary: The output of the "gluster help" command is difficult to read
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: GlusterFS
Classification: Community
Component: cli
Version: 3.13
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Nithya Balachandran
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Depends On: 1474768 1509786
Blocks: 1498730
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Reported: 2017-11-06 04:24 UTC by Nithya Balachandran
Modified: 2017-12-08 17:45 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: glusterfs-3.13.0
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Clone Of: 1509786
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Last Closed: 2017-12-08 17:45:38 UTC
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Description Nithya Balachandran 2017-11-06 04:24:51 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1509786 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1474768 +++

Description of problem:

Running "gluster help" returns 67 lines of text. It is difficult to find the information one is looking for. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Consistently

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run "gluster help"
2.
3.

Actual results:

[root@rhgs313-7 ~]# gluster help
volume info [all|<VOLNAME>] - list information of all volumes
volume create <NEW-VOLNAME> [stripe <COUNT>] [replica <COUNT> [arbiter <COUNT>]] [disperse [<COUNT>]] [disperse-data <COUNT>] [redundancy <COUNT>] [transport <tcp|rdma|tcp,rdma>] <NEW-BRICK>?<vg_name>... [force] - create a new volume of specified type with mentioned bricks
volume delete <VOLNAME> - delete volume specified by <VOLNAME>
volume start <VOLNAME> [force] - start volume specified by <VOLNAME>
volume stop <VOLNAME> [force] - stop volume specified by <VOLNAME>
volume tier <VOLNAME> status
volume tier <VOLNAME> start [force]
volume tier <VOLNAME> stop
volume tier <VOLNAME> attach [<replica COUNT>] <NEW-BRICK>... [force]
volume tier <VOLNAME> detach <start|stop|status|commit|[force]>
 - Tier translator specific operations.
volume attach-tier <VOLNAME> [<replica COUNT>] <NEW-BRICK>... - NOTE: this is old syntax, will be depreciated in next release. Please use gluster volume tier <vol> attach [<replica COUNT>] <NEW-BRICK>...
volume detach-tier <VOLNAME>  <start|stop|status|commit|force> - NOTE: this is old syntax, will be depreciated in next release. Please use gluster volume tier <vol> detach {start|stop|commit} [force]
volume add-brick <VOLNAME> [<stripe|replica> <COUNT> [arbiter <COUNT>]] <NEW-BRICK> ... [force] - add brick to volume <VOLNAME>
volume remove-brick <VOLNAME> [replica <COUNT>] <BRICK> ... <start|stop|status|commit|force> - remove brick from volume <VOLNAME>
volume rebalance <VOLNAME> {{fix-layout start} | {start [force]|stop|status}} - rebalance operations
volume replace-brick <VOLNAME> <SOURCE-BRICK> <NEW-BRICK> {commit force} - replace-brick operations
volume set <VOLNAME> <KEY> <VALUE> - set options for volume <VOLNAME>
volume help - display help for the volume command
volume log <VOLNAME> rotate [BRICK] - rotate the log file for corresponding volume/brick
volume log rotate <VOLNAME> [BRICK] - rotate the log file for corresponding volume/brick NOTE: This is an old syntax, will be deprecated from next release.
volume sync <HOSTNAME> [all|<VOLNAME>] - sync the volume information from a peer
volume reset <VOLNAME> [option] [force] - reset all the reconfigured options
volume geo-replication [<VOLNAME>] [<SLAVE-URL>] {create [[ssh-port n] [[no-verify]|[push-pem]]] [force]|start [force]|stop [force]|pause [force]|resume [force]|config|status [detail]|delete [reset-sync-time]} [options...] - Geo-sync operations
volume profile <VOLNAME> {start|info [peek|incremental [peek]|cumulative|clear]|stop} [nfs] - volume profile operations
volume quota <VOLNAME> {enable|disable|list [<path> ...]| list-objects [<path> ...] | remove <path>| remove-objects <path> | default-soft-limit <percent>} |
volume quota <VOLNAME> {limit-usage <path> <size> [<percent>]} |
volume quota <VOLNAME> {limit-objects <path> <number> [<percent>]} |
volume quota <VOLNAME> {alert-time|soft-timeout|hard-timeout} {<time>} - quota translator specific operations
volume inode-quota <VOLNAME> enable - quota translator specific operations
volume top <VOLNAME> {open|read|write|opendir|readdir|clear} [nfs|brick <brick>] [list-cnt <value>] |
volume top <VOLNAME> {read-perf|write-perf} [bs <size> count <count>] [brick <brick>] [list-cnt <value>] - volume top operations
volume status [all | <VOLNAME> [nfs|shd|<BRICK>|quotad|tierd]] [detail|clients|mem|inode|fd|callpool|tasks] - display status of all or specified volume(s)/brick
volume heal <VOLNAME> [enable | disable | full |statistics [heal-count [replica <HOSTNAME:BRICKNAME>]] |info [healed | heal-failed | split-brain] |split-brain {bigger-file <FILE> | latest-mtime <FILE> |source-brick <HOSTNAME:BRICKNAME> [<FILE>]} |granular-entry-heal {enable | disable}] - self-heal commands on volume specified by <VOLNAME>
volume statedump <VOLNAME> [[nfs|quotad] [all|mem|iobuf|callpool|priv|fd|inode|history]... | [client <hostname:process-id>]] - perform statedump on bricks
volume list - list all volumes in cluster
volume clear-locks <VOLNAME> <path> kind {blocked|granted|all}{inode [range]|entry [basename]|posix [range]} - Clear locks held on path
volume barrier <VOLNAME> {enable|disable} - Barrier/unbarrier file operations on a volume
volume get <VOLNAME|all> <key|all> - Get the value of the all options or given option for volume <VOLNAME> or all option. gluster volume get all all is to get all global options
volume bitrot <VOLNAME> {enable|disable} |
volume bitrot <volname> scrub-throttle {lazy|normal|aggressive} |
volume bitrot <volname> scrub-frequency {hourly|daily|weekly|biweekly|monthly} |
volume bitrot <volname> scrub {pause|resume|status|ondemand} - Bitrot translator specific operation. For more information about bitrot command type  'man gluster'
volume reset-brick <VOLNAME> <SOURCE-BRICK> {{start} | {<NEW-BRICK> commit}} - reset-brick operations
peer probe { <HOSTNAME> | <IP-address> } - probe peer specified by <HOSTNAME>
peer detach { <HOSTNAME> | <IP-address> } [force] - detach peer specified by <HOSTNAME>
peer status - list status of peers
peer help - Help command for peer 
pool list - list all the nodes in the pool (including localhost)
quit - quit
help - display command options
exit - exit
snapshot help - display help for snapshot commands
snapshot create <snapname> <volname> [no-timestamp] [description <description>] [force] - Snapshot Create.
snapshot clone <clonename> <snapname> - Snapshot Clone.
snapshot restore <snapname> - Snapshot Restore.
snapshot status [(snapname | volume <volname>)] - Snapshot Status.
snapshot info [(snapname | volume <volname>)] - Snapshot Info.
snapshot list [volname] - Snapshot List.
snapshot config [volname] ([snap-max-hard-limit <count>] [snap-max-soft-limit <percent>]) | ([auto-delete <enable|disable>])| ([activate-on-create <enable|disable>]) - Snapshot Config.
snapshot delete (all | snapname | volume <volname>) - Snapshot Delete.
snapshot activate <snapname> [force] - Activate snapshot volume.
snapshot deactivate <snapname> - Deactivate snapshot volume.
global help - list global commands
get-state [<daemon>] [[odir </path/to/output/dir/>] [file <filename>]] [detail|volumeoptions] - Get local state representation of mentioned daemon

Expected results:


Additional info:

--- Additional comment from Nithya Balachandran on 2017-07-25 08:13:57 EDT ---

Proposed: Split the commands up into classes and display those. The user then has the option to view the help for a single class of commands. For instance:
"gluster help"  will return:

help all           - display all commands                                       
peer help          - display all trusted storage pool management commands          
volume help        - display all volume management commands                     
volume bitrot help - display all volume bitrot commands                         
volume quota help  - display all volume quota commands                          
volume tier help   - display all volume tier commands                           
snapshot help      - display all snapshot commands


"gluster peer help" will return:

peer probe { <HOSTNAME> | <IP-address> } - probe peer specified by <HOSTNAME>
peer detach { <HOSTNAME> | <IP-address> } [force] - detach peer specified by <HOSTNAME>
peer status - list status of peers
peer help - Help command for peer 
pool list - list all the nodes in the pool (including localhost)


and so on.

--- Additional comment from Nithya Balachandran on 2017-08-01 06:21:13 EDT ---

I see the following issues with the help output :

1. Some of the commands listed do not have a description displayed. These include the quota, tier and bitrot commands.
2. Non-uniform spacing of options:

volume top <VOLNAME> {open|read|write|opendir|readdir|clear} [nfs|brick <brick>] [list-cnt <value>] |

vs

volume heal <VOLNAME> [enable | disable | full |statistics [heal-count [replica 

3. Entries are not in alphabetical order

--- Additional comment from Worker Ant on 2017-08-01 07:32:22 EDT ---

REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/17944 (cli: gluster help changes) posted (#1) for review on master by N Balachandran (nbalacha)

--- Additional comment from Worker Ant on 2017-10-09 11:01:08 EDT ---

REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/17944 (cli: gluster help changes) posted (#2) for review on master by N Balachandran (nbalacha)

--- Additional comment from Nithya Balachandran on 2017-10-09 11:06:50 EDT ---

The current patch implements the following behaviour:


[root@server]# gluster help

Gluster help commands

 peer help                -  display help for peer commands
 volume help              -  display help for volume commands
 volume bitrot help       -  display help for volume bitrot commands
 volume quota help        -  display help for volume quota commands
 volume tier help         -  display help for volume tier commands
 snapshot help            -  display help for snapshot commands
 global help              -  list global commands


[root@server]# gluster help all

gluster peer commands
======================

peer detach { <HOSTNAME> | <IP-address> } [force] - detach peer specified by <HOSTNAME>
peer help - display help for peer commands
peer probe { <HOSTNAME> | <IP-address> } - probe peer specified by <HOSTNAME>
peer status - list status of peers
pool list - list all the nodes in the pool (including localhost)



gluster volume commands
========================

volume add-brick <VOLNAME> [<stripe|replica> <COUNT> [arbiter <COUNT>]] <NEW-BRICK> ... [force] - add brick to volume <VOLNAME>
volume barrier <VOLNAME> {enable|disable} - Barrier/unbarrier file operations on a volume
volume clear-locks <VOLNAME> <path> kind {blocked|granted|all}{inode [range]|entry [basename]|posix [range]} - Clear locks held on path
volume create <NEW-VOLNAME> [stripe <COUNT>] [replica <COUNT> [arbiter <COUNT>]] [disperse [<COUNT>]] [disperse-data <COUNT>] [redundancy <COUNT>] [transport <tcp|rdma|tcp,rdma>] <NEW-BRICK>?<vg_name>... [force] - create a new volume of specified type with mentioned bricks
volume delete <VOLNAME> - delete volume specified by <VOLNAME>
volume geo-replication [<VOLNAME>] [<SLAVE-URL>] {create [[ssh-port n] [[no-verify]|[push-pem]]] [force]|start [force]|stop [force]|pause [force]|resume [force]|config|status [detail]|delete [reset-sync-time]} [options...] - Geo-sync operations
volume get <VOLNAME|all> <key|all> - Get the value of the all options or given option for volume <VOLNAME> or all option. gluster volume get all all is to get all global options
volume heal <VOLNAME> [enable | disable | full |statistics [heal-count [replica <HOSTNAME:BRICKNAME>]] |info [summary | split-brain] |split-brain {bigger-file <FILE> | latest-mtime <FILE> |source-brick <HOSTNAME:BRICKNAME> [<FILE>]} |granular-entry-heal {enable | disable}] - self-heal commands on volume specified by <VOLNAME>
volume help - display help for volume commands
volume info [all|<VOLNAME>] - list information of all volumes
volume list - list all volumes in cluster
volume log <VOLNAME> rotate [BRICK] - rotate the log file for corresponding volume/brick
volume log rotate <VOLNAME> [BRICK] - rotate the log file for corresponding volume/brick NOTE: This is an old syntax, will be deprecated from next release.
volume profile <VOLNAME> {start|info [peek|incremental [peek]|cumulative|clear]|stop} [nfs] - volume profile operations
volume rebalance <VOLNAME> {{fix-layout start} | {start [force]|stop|status}} - rebalance operations
volume remove-brick <VOLNAME> [replica <COUNT>] <BRICK> ... <start|stop|status|commit|force> - remove brick from volume <VOLNAME>
volume replace-brick <VOLNAME> <SOURCE-BRICK> <NEW-BRICK> {commit force} - replace-brick operations
volume reset <VOLNAME> [option] [force] - reset all the reconfigured options
volume reset-brick <VOLNAME> <SOURCE-BRICK> {{start} | {<NEW-BRICK> commit}} - reset-brick operations
volume set <VOLNAME> <KEY> <VALUE> - set options for volume <VOLNAME>
volume start <VOLNAME> [force] - start volume specified by <VOLNAME>
volume statedump <VOLNAME> [[nfs|quotad] [all|mem|iobuf|callpool|priv|fd|inode|history]... | [client <hostname:process-id>]] - perform statedump on bricks
volume status [all | <VOLNAME> [nfs|shd|<BRICK>|quotad|tierd]] [detail|clients|mem|inode|fd|callpool|tasks|client-list] - display status of all or specified volume(s)/brick
volume stop <VOLNAME> [force] - stop volume specified by <VOLNAME>
volume sync <HOSTNAME> [all|<VOLNAME>] - sync the volume information from a peer
volume top <VOLNAME> {open|read|write|opendir|readdir|clear} [nfs|brick <brick>] [list-cnt <value>] |
volume top <VOLNAME> {read-perf|write-perf} [bs <size> count <count>] [brick <brick>] [list-cnt <value>] - volume top operations



gluster bitrot commands
========================

volume bitrot <VOLNAME> scrub {pause|resume|status|ondemand} - Pause/resume the scrubber for <VOLNAME>. Status displays the status of the scrubber. ondemand starts the scrubber immediately.
volume bitrot <VOLNAME> scrub-frequency {hourly|daily|weekly|biweekly|monthly} - Set the frequency of the scrubber for volume <VOLNAME>
volume bitrot <VOLNAME> scrub-throttle {lazy|normal|aggressive} - Set the speed of the scrubber for volume <VOLNAME>
volume bitrot <VOLNAME> {enable|disable} - Enable/disable bitrot for volume <VOLNAME>
volume bitrot help - display help for volume bitrot commands



gluster quota commands
=======================

volume inode-quota <VOLNAME> enable - Enable/disable inode-quota for <VOLNAME>
volume quota <VOLNAME> {alert-time|soft-timeout|hard-timeout} {<time>} - Set quota timeout for <VOLNAME>
volume quota <VOLNAME> {enable|disable|list [<path> ...]| list-objects [<path> ...] | remove <path>| remove-objects <path> | default-soft-limit <percent>} - Enable/disable and configure quota for <VOLNAME>
volume quota <VOLNAME> {limit-objects <path> <number> [<percent>]} - Set the maximum number of entries allowed in <path> for <VOLNAME>
volume quota <VOLNAME> {limit-usage <path> <size> [<percent>]} - Set maximum size for <path> for <VOLNAME>
volume quota help - display help for volume quota commands



gluster tier commands
======================

volume tier <VOLNAME> start [force] - Start the tier service for <VOLNAME>
volume tier <VOLNAME> status - Display tier status for <VOLNAME>
volume tier <VOLNAME> stop [force] - Stop the tier service for <VOLNAME>
volume tier help - display help for volume tier commands



gluster snapshot commands

=========================

snapshot activate <snapname> [force] - Activate snapshot volume.
snapshot clone <clonename> <snapname> - Snapshot Clone.
snapshot config [volname] ([snap-max-hard-limit <count>] [snap-max-soft-limit <percent>]) | ([auto-delete <enable|disable>])| ([activate-on-create <enable|disable>]) - Snapshot Config.
snapshot create <snapname> <volname> [no-timestamp] [description <description>] [force] - Snapshot Create.
snapshot deactivate <snapname> - Deactivate snapshot volume.
snapshot delete (all | snapname | volume <volname>) - Snapshot Delete.
snapshot help - display help for snapshot commands
snapshot info [(snapname | volume <volname>)] - Snapshot Info.
snapshot list [volname] - Snapshot List.
snapshot restore <snapname> - Snapshot Restore.
snapshot status [(snapname | volume <volname>)] - Snapshot Status.


get-state [<daemon>] [[odir </path/to/output/dir/>] [file <filename>]] [detail|volumeoptions] - Get local state representation of mentioned daemon
global help - list global commands



[root@server]# gluster peer help

gluster peer commands
======================

peer detach { <HOSTNAME> | <IP-address> } [force] - detach peer specified by <HOSTNAME>
peer help - display help for peer commands
peer probe { <HOSTNAME> | <IP-address> } - probe peer specified by <HOSTNAME>
peer status - list status of peers
pool list - list all the nodes in the pool (including localhost)

--- Additional comment from Worker Ant on 2017-10-16 11:27:22 EDT ---

REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/17944 (cli: gluster help changes) posted (#3) for review on master by N Balachandran (nbalacha)

--- Additional comment from Worker Ant on 2017-10-17 10:48:08 EDT ---

REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/17944 (cli: gluster help changes) posted (#4) for review on master by N Balachandran (nbalacha)

--- Additional comment from Worker Ant on 2017-10-23 01:47:35 EDT ---

REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/17944 (cli: gluster help changes) posted (#5) for review on master by N Balachandran (nbalacha)

--- Additional comment from Worker Ant on 2017-10-23 02:33:05 EDT ---

REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/17944 (cli: gluster help changes) posted (#6) for review on master by N Balachandran (nbalacha)

--- Additional comment from Worker Ant on 2017-11-02 08:54:40 EDT ---

COMMIT: https://review.gluster.org/17944 committed in master by  

------------- cli: gluster help changes

gluster cli help now shows only the top level
help commands. gluster <component> help will now show
help commands for <component>.

Change-Id: I263f53a0870d80ef4cfaad455fdaa47e2ac4423b
BUG: 1474768
Signed-off-by: N Balachandran <nbalacha>

--- Additional comment from Worker Ant on 2017-11-05 23:16:35 EST ---

REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/18666 (cli: gluster help changes) posted (#1) for review on release-3.12 by N Balachandran

Comment 1 Worker Ant 2017-11-06 04:35:34 UTC
REVIEW: https://review.gluster.org/18667 (cli: gluster help changes) posted (#1) for review on release-3.13 by N Balachandran

Comment 2 Worker Ant 2017-11-16 14:38:12 UTC
COMMIT: https://review.gluster.org/18667 committed in release-3.13 by \"N Balachandran\" <nbalacha> with a commit message- cli: gluster help changes

gluster cli help now shows only the top level
help commands. gluster <component> help will now show
help commands for <component>.

> BUG: 1474768
> Signed-off-by: N Balachandran <nbalacha>
(cherry picked from commit 89dc54f50c9f800ca4446ea8fe736e4860588845)
Change-Id: I263f53a0870d80ef4cfaad455fdaa47e2ac4423b
BUG: 1509789
Signed-off-by: N Balachandran <nbalacha>

Comment 3 Shyamsundar 2017-12-08 17:45:38 UTC
This bug is getting closed because a release has been made available that should address the reported issue. In case the problem is still not fixed with glusterfs-3.13.0, please open a new bug report.

glusterfs-3.13.0 has been announced on the Gluster mailinglists [1], packages for several distributions should become available in the near future. Keep an eye on the Gluster Users mailinglist [2] and the update infrastructure for your distribution.

[1] http://lists.gluster.org/pipermail/announce/2017-December/000087.html
[2] https://www.gluster.org/pipermail/gluster-users/


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