Crash Upload Feature RDK-B Banana Pi R4

Scope

Goal is to provide a reference crash upload solution to RDK-B community

Architecture

• crashuploadrdkb

How to setup a simple file server in local Host machine(MacBook)

• python3 -m uploadserver 8080 &

  • http://10.2.156.149:8080/upload

•  dmcli eRT getv Device.DeviceInfo.X_RDKCENTRAL-COM_Syndication.CrashPortal
  CR component name is: eRT.com.cisco.spvtg.ccsp.CR
  subsystem_prefix eRT.
  Execution succeed.
  Parameter    1 name: Device.DeviceInfo.X_RDKCENTRAL-COM_Syndication.CrashPortal
                 type:     string,    value: http://10.2.156.149:8080/upload 
  
  
  

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CPE configurations

• ulimit -c unlimited

Process to upload dumps to server in RDK-B Component

• Integrate breakpad for the RDK-B component if it is not already integrated.
• Add crashupload package to the respective .bbappend file
• Make necessary changes in uploadDumps.sh and add it as a patch in crashupload_git.bbappend
• Install the uploadDumps.sh and its dependencies in respective crashupload.bbappend file
• Add requirements and dependencies to coredump-upload.service and coredump-upload.path in the crashupload_git.bbappend file.
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• After building the component, flash the image in RPI4 and check whether coredump-upload.path and coredump-upload.service files were added in systemd or not.
• Check both the files are in active state or not.
• Generate a crash on the component and it will create .dmp file in /minidumps/ folder and coredump-upload.path triggers coredump-upload.service to upload the dump files to crash portal.
• Below logs will be generated during the execution of uploadDumps and same can be seen in /rdklogs/logs/core_log.txt
     
• Check from server side the upload was successful or not.
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• Attached procedure for installing breakpad and generating crash in local machine.
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