RDK Remote debugger - Diagnostic Debug Data Collection Tool

Intro

As a Field Triage Engineer and Developer responsible for debugging field issues, having the ability to collect diagnostic/ debug data from the device without requiring SSH access would be beneficial. The Triage Engineer can use WebPA communication to initiate the data reporting process and retrieve the report from the S3 log service

Architecture

• Please refere https://github.com/rdkcentral/remote_debugger/tree/develop

Use case diagram

• rdbg

Samples

• Datamodel command

  • dmcli eRT setv Device.DeviceInfo.X_RDKCENTRAL-COM_RFC.Feature.RDKRemoteDebugger.IssueType string "Device.Uptime"

Code base

• remote debugger

  • Source repo

    • https://github.com/rdkcentral/remote_debugger/tree/develop

  • meta layer

    • https://github.com/rdkcentral/meta-rdk/blob/develop/recipes-extended/remotedebugger/remotedebugger.bb

• rdm agent

  • Source repo

    • https://github.com/rdkcentral/rdm-agent/tree/develop

  • meta layer

    • https://github.com/rdkcentral/meta-rdk/blob/develop/recipes-support/rdmagent/rdmagent.bb

  • Dependencies

    • https://github.com/rdkcentral/common_utilities
    • https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/plugins/gitiles/rdk/components/generic/rdk-oe/meta-rdk/+/refs/heads/rdk-next/recipes-common/utils/commonutilities_git.bb
    • to be moved to common area - https://github.com/rdkcentral/meta-rdk-video/blob/develop/recipes-common/utils/commonutilities_git.bb

Roles and responsibilities of ISP

• Develop your own triaging tool on top of webpa/usp/tr69