# debug daemon (debugd) Debugd is a tool we built to allow for shorter iteration cycles during development. The debugd gets embedded into OS images at the place where the bootstrapper normally sits. Therefore, when a debug image is started, the debugd starts executing instead of the bootstrapper. The debugd will then wait for a request from the `cdbg` tool to upload a bootstrapper binary. Once the upload is finished debugd will start the bootstrapper. Subsequently you can initialize your cluster with `constellation init` as usual. ## Build cdbg ```shell mkdir -p build cmake .. make cdbg ``` ## debugd & cdbg usage Before continuing, remeber to [set up](https://docs.edgeless.systems/constellation/getting-started/install#set-up-cloud-credentials) your cloud credentials for the CLI to work. With `cdbg` and `yq` installed in your path: 1. Run `constellation config generate` to create a new default configuration 2. Locate the latest debugd images by running `(cd internal/api/versionsapi/cli && go build -o versionsapi . && ./versionsapi latest --ref main --stream debug)` 3. Modify the `constellation-conf.yaml` to use an image with the debugd already included and add required firewall rules: ```shell-session # Set full reference of cloud provider image name export IMAGE_URI= ``` ```shell-session yq -i \ ".image = \"${IMAGE_URI}\" | \ .debugCluster = true" \ constellation-conf.yaml ``` 4. Run `constellation create […]` 5. Run `./cdbg deploy` By default, `cdbg` searches for the bootstrapper in the current path (`./bootstrapper`). You can define a custom path by appending the argument `--bootstrapper ` to `cdbg deploy`. 6. Run `constellation init […]` as usual ### Logcollection to Opensearch You can enable the logcollection of debugd to send logs to Opensearch. On Azure, ensure your user assigned identity has the `Key Vault Secrets User` role assigned on the key vault `opensearch-creds`. On AWS, attach the `SecretManagerE2E` policy to your control-plane and worker node role. When deploying with cdbg, enable by setting the `logcollect=true` and your name `logcollect.admin=yourname`. ```shell-session ./cdbg deploy --info logcollect=true,logcollect.admin=yourname # OR ./cdbg deploy --info logcollect=true --info logcollect.admin=yourname ``` Other available fields can be found in [the filed list](/debugd/internal/debugd/logcollector/fields.go) For QEMU, the credentials for Opensearch must be parsed via the info flag as well: ```shell-session ./cdbg deploy \ --info logcollect=true \ --info logcollect.admin=yourname \ --info qemu.opensearch-pw='xxxxxxx' ``` Remember to use single quotes for the password. You will also need to increase the memory size of QEMU to 4GB.