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+.. _troubleshooting:
+
+Troubleshooting
+===============
+
+Sometimes things break or don't work as expected. This section describes
+several troubleshooting tools provided by VyOS that can help when something
+goes wrong.
+
+Basic Connectivity Verification
+-------------------------------
+
+Verifying connectivity can be done with the familiar `ping` and `traceroute`
+commands. The options for each are shown (the options for each command were
+displayed using the built-in help as described in the :ref:`cli`
+section and are omitted from the output here):
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ ping
+ Possible completions:
+ <hostname> Send Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request
+ <x.x.x.x>
+ <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>
+
+Several options are available when more extensive troubleshooting is needed:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ ping 8.8.8.8
+ Possible completions:
+ <Enter> Execute the current command
+ adaptive Ping options
+ allow-broadcast
+ audible
+ bypass-route
+ count
+ deadline
+ flood
+ interface
+ interval
+ mark
+ no-loopback
+ numeric
+ pattern
+ quiet
+ record-route
+ size
+ timestamp
+ tos
+ ttl
+ verbose
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ traceroute
+ Possible completions:
+ <hostname> Track network path to specified node
+ <x.x.x.x>
+ <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>
+ ipv4 Track network path to <hostname|IPv4 address>
+ ipv6 Track network path to <hostname|IPv6 address>
+
+However, another tool, mtr_, is available which combines ping and traceroute
+into a single tool. An example of its output is shown:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ mtr 10.62.212.12
+
+ My traceroute [v0.85]
+ vyos (0.0.0.0)
+ Keys: Help Display mode Restart statistics Order of fields quit
+ Packets Pings
+ Host Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
+ 1. 10.11.110.4 0.0% 34 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.1
+ 2. 10.62.255.184 0.0% 34 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.4 0.1
+ 3. 10.62.255.71 0.0% 34 1.4 1.4 1.3 2.0 0.1
+ 4. 10.62.212.12 0.0% 34 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 0.0
+
+.. note:: The output of ``mtr`` consumes the screen and will replace your
+ command prompt.
+
+Several options are available for changing the display output. Press `h` to
+invoke the built in help system. To quit, just press `q` and you'll be returned
+to the VyOS command prompt.
+
+Monitoring
+----------
+
+Network Interfaces
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+It's possible to monitor network traffic, either at the flow level or protocol
+level. This can be useful when troubleshooting a variety of protocols and
+configurations. The following interface types can be monitored:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ monitor interfaces
+ Possible completions:
+ <Enter> Execute the current command
+ bonding Monitor a bonding interface
+ bridge Monitor a bridge interface
+ ethernet Monitor a ethernet interface
+ loopback Monitor a loopback interface
+ openvpn Monitor an openvpn interface
+ pppoe Monitor pppoe interface
+ pseudo-ethernet
+ Monitor a pseudo-ethernet interface
+ tunnel Monitor a tunnel interface
+ vrrp Monitor a vrrp interface
+ vti Monitor a vti interface
+ wireless Monitor wireless interface
+
+To monitor traffic flows, issue the :code:`monitor interfaces <type> <name> flow`
+command, replacing `<type>` and `<name>` with your desired interface type and
+name, respectively. Output looks like the following:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ 12.5Kb 25.0Kb 37.5Kb 50.0Kb 62.5Kb
+ ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
+ 10.11.111.255 => 10.11.110.37 0b 0b 0b
+ <= 624b 749b 749b
+ 10.11.110.29 => 10.62.200.11 0b 198b 198b
+ <= 0b 356b 356b
+ 255.255.255.255 => 10.11.110.47 0b 0b 0b
+ <= 724b 145b 145b
+ 10.11.111.255 => 10.11.110.47 0b 0b 0b
+ <= 724b 145b 145b
+ 10.11.111.255 => 10.11.110.255 0b 0b 0b
+ <= 680b 136b 136b
+ ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
+ TX: cumm: 26.7KB peak: 40.6Kb rates: 23.2Kb 21.4Kb 21.4Kb
+ RX: 67.5KB 63.6Kb 54.6Kb 54.0Kb 54.0Kb
+ TOTAL: 94.2KB 104Kb 77.8Kb 75.4Kb 75.4Kb
+
+Several options are available for changing the display output. Press `h` to
+invoke the built in help system. To quit, just press `q` and you'll be returned
+to the VyOS command prompt.
+
+To monitor interface traffic, issue the :code:`monitor interfaces <type> <name>
+traffic` command, replacing `<type>` and `<name>` with your desired interface
+type and name, respectively. This command invokes the familiar tshark_ utility
+and the following options are available:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ monitor interfaces ethernet eth0 traffic
+ Possible completions:
+ <Enter> Execute the current command
+ detail Monitor detailed traffic for the specified ethernet interface
+ filter Monitor filtered traffic for the specified ethernet interface
+ save Save monitored traffic to a file
+ unlimited Monitor traffic for the specified ethernet interface
+
+To quit monitoring, press `Ctrl-c` and you'll be returned to the VyOS command
+prompt. The `detail` keyword provides verbose output of the traffic seen on
+the monitored interface. The `filter` keyword accepts valid `PCAP filter
+expressions`_, enclosed in single or double quotes (e.g. "port 25" or "port 161
+and udp"). The `save` keyword allows you to save the traffic dump to a file.
+The `unlimited` keyword is used to specify that an unlimited number of packets
+can be captured (by default, 1,000 packets are captured and you're returned to
+the VyOS command prompt).
+
+Interface Bandwith
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+to take a quick view on the used bandwith of an interface use the ``monitor bandwith`` command
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ monitor bandwidth interface eth0
+
+show the following:
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ eth0 bmon 3.5
+ Interfaces │ RX bps pps %│ TX bps pps %
+ >eth0 │ 141B 2 │ 272B 1
+ ───────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+ B (RX Bytes/second)
+ 198.00 .|....|.....................................................
+ 165.00 .|....|.....................................................
+ 132.00 ||..|.|.....................................................
+ 99.00 ||..|.|.....................................................
+ 66.00 |||||||.....................................................
+ 33.00 |||||||.....................................................
+ 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
+ KiB (TX Bytes/second)
+ 3.67 ......|.....................................................
+ 3.06 ......|.....................................................
+ 2.45 ......|.....................................................
+ 1.84 ......|.....................................................
+ 1.22 ......|.....................................................
+ 0.61 :::::||.....................................................
+ 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
+
+ ───────────────────────────────────────── Press d to enable detailed statistics ────────────────────────────────────────
+ ─────────────────────────────────────── Press i to enable additional information ───────────────────────────────────────
+ Wed Apr 3 14:46:59 2019 Press ? for help
+
+| Press ``d`` for more detailed informations or ``i`` for additional information.
+| To exit press ``q`` and than ``y``
+
+Interface performance
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+To take a look on the network bandwith between two nodes, the ``monitor bandwidth-test`` command is used to run iperf.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ monitor bandwidth-test
+ Possible completions:
+ accept Wait for bandwidth test connections (port TCP/5001)
+ initiate Initiate a bandwidth test
+
+| The ``accept`` command open a listen iperf server on TCP Port 5001
+| The ``initiate`` command conncet to this server.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ monitor bandwidth-test initiate
+ Possible completions:
+ <hostname> Initiate a bandwidth test to specified host (port TCP/5001)
+ <x.x.x.x>
+ <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>
+
+
+Monitor command
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``monitor command`` command allows you to repeatedly run a command to view a continuously refreshed output.
+The command is run and output every 2 seconds, allowing you to monitor the output continuously without having to re-run the command. This can be useful to follow routing adjacency formation.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@router:~$ monitor command "show interfaces"
+
+Will clear the screen and show you the output of ``show interfaces`` every 2 seconds.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ Every 2.0s: /opt/vyatta/bin/vyatta-op-cmd-wrapper s... Sun Mar 26 02:49:46 2019
+
+ Codes: S - State, L - Link, u - Up, D - Down, A - Admin Down
+ Interface IP Address S/L Description
+ --------- ---------- --- -----------
+ eth0 192.168.1.1/24 u/u
+ eth0.5 198.51.100.4/24 u/u WAN
+ lo 127.0.0.1/8 u/u
+ ::1/128
+ vti0 172.32.254.2/30 u/u
+ vti1 172.32.254.9/30 u/u
+
+Clear Command
+-------------
+
+Sometimes you need to clear counters or statistics to troubleshoot better.
+
+To do this use the ``clear`` command in Operational mode.
+
+to clear the console output
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ clear console
+
+to clear interface counters
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ # clear all interfaces
+ vyos@vyos:~$ clear interface ethernet counters
+ # clear specific interface
+ vyos@vyos:~$ clear interface ehternet eth0 counters
+
+The command follow the same logic as the ``set`` command in configuration mode.
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ # clear all counters of a interface type
+ vyos@vyos:~$ clear interface <interface_type> counters
+ # clear counter of a interface in interface_type
+ vyos@vyos:~$ clear interface <interface_type> <interace_name> counters
+
+
+to clear counters on firewall rulesets or single rules
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ clear firewall name <ipv4 ruleset name> counters
+ vyos@vyos:~$ clear firewall name <ipv4 ruleset name> rule <rule#> counters
+
+ vyos@vyos:~$ clear firewall ipv6-name <ipv6 ruleset name> counters
+ vyos@vyos:~$ clear firewall ipv6-name <ipv6 ruleset name> rule <rule#> counters
+
+
+Basic System Information
+------------------------
+
+Boot steps
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+VyOS 1.2.0+ uses `Debian Jessie`_ as the base Linux operating system.
+Jessie was the first version of Debian that uses `systemd`_ as the default init system.
+
+These are the boot steps for VyOS 1.2.0+
+
+1. The BIOS loads Grub (or isolinux for the Live CD)
+2. Grub then starts the Linux boot and loads the Linux Kernel ``/boot/vmlinuz``
+3. Kernel Launches Systemd ``/lib/systemd/systemd``
+4. Systemd loads the VyOS service file ``/lib/systemd/system/vyos-router.service``
+5. The service file launches the VyOS router init script ``/usr/libexec/vyos/init/vyos-router`` - this is part of the `vyatta-cfg`_ Debian package
+
+ 1. Starts FRR_ - successor to `GNU Zebra`_ and `Quagga`_
+
+ 2. Initialises the boot configuration file - copies over ``config.boot.default`` if there is no configuration
+ 3. Runs the configuration migration, if the configuration is for an older version of VyOS
+ 4. Runs The pre-config script, if there is one ``/config/scripts/vyos-preconfig-bootup.script``
+ 5. If the config file was upgraded, runs any post upgrade scripts ``/config/scripts/post-upgrade.d``
+ 6. Starts **rl-system** and **firewall**
+ 7. Mounts the ``/boot`` partition
+ 8. The boot configuration file is then applied by ``/opt/vyatta/sbin/vyatta-boot-config-loader /opt/vyatta/etc/config/config.boot``
+
+ 1. The config loader script writes log entries to ``/var/log/vyatta-config-loader.log``
+
+ 10. Runs ``telinit q`` to tell the init system to reload ``/etc/inittab``
+ 11. Finally it runs the post-config script ``/config/scripts/vyos-postconfig-bootup.script``
+
+.. _Quagga: http://www.quagga.net/
+.. _`GNU Zebra`: https://www.gnu.org/software/zebra/
+.. _FRR: https://frrouting.org/
+.. _vyatta-cfg: https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-cfg
+.. _systemd: _https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/
+.. _`Debian Jessie`: https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/
+.. _mtr: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/
+.. _tshark: https://www.wireshark.org/docs/man-pages/tshark.html
+.. _`PCAP filter expressions`: http://www.tcpdump.org/manpages/pcap-filter.7.html