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Installation and Usage

DBX for Cloud, DBXC consists of two main components.

  • dbxc-agent: A background service (agent) that monitors cloud metrics
  • dbxc-ctl: A CLI tool to control the agent (start, stop, check status, view logs)

Agent Installation​

OSArchitecturePackage
Linuxamd64, arm64.tar.gz
Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 or lateramd64.zip

The installation script detects the architecture (x86_64, aarch64) and installs the agent in the dbxc directory under the current path.

curl -fsSL https://repo.whatap.io/agent/dbx/cloud/install.sh | bash
cd dbxc

After the installation, create config.yaml in the dbxc directory and run ./dbxc-ctl start.

Configuration File Structure​

DBXC defines runtime configurations through a YAML configuration file.

Supported Formats​

DBXC supports both single-project and multi-project agents.

  • YAML format (.yaml, .yml)
  • Single file: Run a single agent
  • Directory: Run multiple agents

Automatic Search Order for Configuration Files​

  1. File or directory specified with the c option
  2. config.yaml, config.yml (default files)
  3. All .yaml, .yml files in the current directory

Example Configuration Files​

Directory tree example
❯ tree
.
├── configs
│   ├── project-1.yml
│   └── project-2.yml
├── dbxc-agent
├── dbxc-ctl
├── dbxc.log
├── dbxc.pid

❯ ls -al
total 68456
drwxr-xr-x  8 kyw  staff       256  7 18 20:23 .
drwxr-xr-x  9 kyw  staff       288  7 18 20:10 ..
drwxr-xr-x  4 kyw  staff       128  7 18 20:23 configs
-rwxr-xr-x  1 kyw  staff  20174450  7 18 20:09 dbxc-agent
-rwxr-xr-x  1 kyw  staff   8565570  7 18 20:09 dbxc-ctl
-rw-------  1 kyw  staff   5574908  7 18 20:30 dbxc.log
-rw-r--r--  1 kyw  staff         5  7 18 20:23 dbxc.pid
yml example
input:
  csp: "aws" # Enter the cloud service provider.
  namespace: "rds"
  region: "us-east-1"
  instances: # Always collect the specified instances. If you specify an instance inside a cluster here, it will always be collected regardless of autoscale.
    - name: "mysql-rds"
      slow_query: true # Set this to true if you want to use the slow query page.
  clusters:
    autoscale:
      enabled: false # When autoscale is enabled, scaled instances are added to or removed from the collection targets.
      interval: 60 # Autoscale check interval for the specified clusters (unit: seconds).
    names:
      - "database-cluster-name"
  metrics: # Enter the metrics to collect.
    - "CPUUtilization"
    - "FreeStorageSpace"
    - "FreeableMemory"
    - "ReadLatency"
    - "WriteLatency"
    - "ReadIOPS"
    - "WriteIOPS"
    - "NetworkReceiveThroughput"
    - "NetworkTransmitThroughput"
    - "FreeLocalStorage"
  logs:
    enabled: false # Can be enabled/disabled. Select true/false.
    groups: # Add the desired AWS log groups.
      - "/aws/rds/cluster/database-cluster-name/error"
      - "/aws/lambda/MyLambda"

output: # Enter the WhaTap information to receive the collected metric data.
  license: "abcdefg-higjgkgjk-zxcvnbnbmc"
  host: "127.0.0.1"

Agent Execution and Control Commands​

The CLI provides various commands for starting the agent, checking its status, and viewing logs.

Start/Stop​

# Start agent
dbxc-ctl start -c project.yaml        # Specific config file
dbxc-ctl start --config configs      # Multiple projects (directory)
dbxc-ctl start                       # Automatically search for default config file

# Stop agent
dbxc-ctl stop

# Restart agent
dbxc-ctl restart -c project.yaml

Check Status​

# Quick status check
dbxc-ctl status
dbxc-ctl describe

View Logs​

# View logs in real time
dbxc-ctl logs -f

# View logs for a specific project only
dbxc-ctl logs -c project.yaml

# Filter logs by level
dbxc-ctl logs --level error

# View the last 100 logs
dbxc-ctl logs --tail 100

If Agent Startup Fails​

# Check logs
dbxc-ctl logs --level error

Check Agent Status​

# Check all statuses
dbxc-ctl describe

# Check logs for a specific agent
dbxc-ctl logs -c specific-config.yaml -f
Tip

Common Troubleshooting

  • Port conflict: Check if the default port 53200 is in use
  • Configuration file errors: Verify YAML syntax
  • Permission issues: Check file read permissions
  • PID file lock: Force stop and delete the PID file

Technical Details​

Detailed command structure and internal system behavior of DBXC.

Command Structure​

dbxc-ctl supports the following commands:

  • start: Start DBXC agent
  • stop: Stop DBXC agent
  • restart: Restart DBXC agent
  • logs: View logs
  • status or describe: Check agent status
  • version: Check version information
  • help: Display help

HTTP API Endpoints​

The agent provides HTTP endpoints:

  • http://localhost:53200/health: Health check
  • http://localhost:53200/status: Status information
  • http://localhost:53200/logs: Log viewing

Logging System​

  • File name: dbxc.log
  • Maximum size: 10MB per file
  • Maximum number of backup files: 7 (dbxc.log.1, dbxc.log.2, ... dbxc.log.7)
  • Retention period: 14 days
  • Compression: Automatic compression enabled (.gz for old logs)
  • Timezone: Local time

When the log file reaches 10MB, it rotates automatically. Up to 7 backup files are retained, and logs older than 14 days are deleted. Old logs are compressed to save disk space.

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