Bug 1707524 - JOURNAL_READ_FROM_HEAD defaults to true
Summary: JOURNAL_READ_FROM_HEAD defaults to true
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: OpenShift Container Platform
Classification: Red Hat
Component: Logging
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
: 3.11.z
Assignee: Rich Megginson
QA Contact: Anping Li
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Depends On: 1707176
Blocks: 1707556 1707557
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Reported: 2019-05-07 17:09 UTC by Rich Megginson
Modified: 2019-06-26 09:08 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Cause: The environment variable JOURNAL_READ_FROM_HEAD is set to the empty string. This causes the default value of read_from_head for the journald input to be true. When Fluentd starts up for the first time on a node, it reads in the entire journal. Consequence: It may take hours for system messages to show up in Elasticsearch and Kibana. Fix: Fluentd will check if the value is set _and_ is not empty, otherwise, it will use a default of false. Result: Fluentd will read from the tail of the journal when it starts up on a new node.
Clone Of: 1707176
: 1707556 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-06-26 09:08:09 UTC
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Github openshift origin-aggregated-logging pull 1633 0 None closed [release-3.11] Bug 1707524 - JOURNAL_READ_FROM_HEAD defaults to true 2020-11-27 02:24:30 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2019:1605 0 None None None 2019-06-26 09:08:23 UTC

Comment 4 Anping Li 2019-06-12 15:57:02 UTC
Verified with logging-fluentd:v3.11.117

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-06-26 09:08:09 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:1605


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