Chapter 7. Automation controller logfiles Automation controller logfiles can be accessed from two centralized locations: /var/log/tower/ /var/log/supervisor/ In the /var/log/tower/ directory, you can view logfiles captured by: tower.log: Captures the log messages such as runtime errors that occur when the job is executed. callback_receiver.log: Captures callback receiver logs that handles callback events when running ansible jobs. dispatcher.log: Captures log messages for the automation controller dispatcher worker service. job_lifecycle.log: Captures details of the job run, whether it is blocked, and what condition is blocking it. management_playbooks.log: Captures the logs of management playbook runs, and isolated job runs such as copying the metadata. rsyslog.err: Captures rsyslog errors authenticating with external logging services when sending logs to them. task_system.log: Captures the logs of tasks that automation controller is running in the background, such as adding cluster instances and logs related to information gathering or processing for analytics. tower_rbac_migrations.log: Captures the logs for rbac database migration or upgrade. tower_system_tracking_migrations.log: Captures the logs of the controller system tracking migration or upgrade. wsbroadcast.log: Captures the logs of websocket connections in the controller nodes. In the /var/log/supervisor/ directory, you can view logfiles captured by: awx-callback-receiver.log: Captures the log of callback receiver that handles callback events when running ansible jobs, managed by supervisord . awx-daphne.log: Captures the logs of Websocket communication of WebUI. awx-dispatcher.log: Captures the logs that occur when dispatching a task to an automation controller instance, such as when running a job. awx-rsyslog.log: Captures the logs for the rsyslog service. awx-uwsgi.log: Captures the logs related to uWSGI, which is an application server. awx-wsbroadcast.log: Captures the logs of the websocket service that is used by automation controller. failure-event-handler.stderr.log: Captures the standard errors for /usr/bin/failure-event-handler supervisord's subprocess. supervisord.log: Captures the logs related to supervisord itself. wsrelay.log: Captures the communication logs within the websocket relay server. ws_heartbeat.log: Captures the periodic checks on the health of services running on the host. rsyslog_configurer.log: Captures rsyslog configuration activity associated with authenticating with external logging services. The /var/log/supervisor/ directory includes stdout files for all services as well. You can expect the following log paths to be generated by services used by automation controller (and Ansible Automation Platform): /var/log/nginx/ /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_log/ /var/log/redis/ Troubleshooting Error logs can be found in the following locations: Automation controller server errors are logged in /var/log/tower . Supervisors logs can be found in /var/log/supervisor/ . Nginx web server errors are logged in the httpd error log. Configure other automation controller logging needs in /etc/tower/conf.d/ . Explore client-side issues using the JavaScript console built into most browsers and report any errors to Ansible through the Red Hat Customer portal at: https://access.redhat.com/ .

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