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-rw-r--r--cloudinit/analyze/__main__.py88
-rw-r--r--cloudinit/analyze/show.py202
-rw-r--r--cloudinit/analyze/tests/test_boot.py170
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/analyze.rst84
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/capabilities.rst1
-rw-r--r--doc/rtd/topics/debugging.rst13
6 files changed, 546 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/cloudinit/analyze/__main__.py b/cloudinit/analyze/__main__.py
index f8613656..99e5c203 100644
--- a/cloudinit/analyze/__main__.py
+++ b/cloudinit/analyze/__main__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import re
import sys
from cloudinit.util import json_dumps
-
+from datetime import datetime
from . import dump
from . import show
@@ -52,9 +52,93 @@ def get_parser(parser=None):
dest='outfile', default='-',
help='specify where to write output. ')
parser_dump.set_defaults(action=('dump', analyze_dump))
+ parser_boot = subparsers.add_parser(
+ 'boot', help='Print list of boot times for kernel and cloud-init')
+ parser_boot.add_argument('-i', '--infile', action='store',
+ dest='infile', default='/var/log/cloud-init.log',
+ help='specify where to read input. ')
+ parser_boot.add_argument('-o', '--outfile', action='store',
+ dest='outfile', default='-',
+ help='specify where to write output.')
+ parser_boot.set_defaults(action=('boot', analyze_boot))
return parser
+def analyze_boot(name, args):
+ """Report a list of how long different boot operations took.
+
+ For Example:
+ -- Most Recent Boot Record --
+ Kernel Started at: <time>
+ Kernel ended boot at: <time>
+ Kernel time to boot (seconds): <time>
+ Cloud-init activated by systemd at: <time>
+ Time between Kernel end boot and Cloud-init activation (seconds):<time>
+ Cloud-init start: <time>
+ """
+ infh, outfh = configure_io(args)
+ kernel_info = show.dist_check_timestamp()
+ status_code, kernel_start, kernel_end, ci_sysd_start = \
+ kernel_info
+ kernel_start_timestamp = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(kernel_start)
+ kernel_end_timestamp = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(kernel_end)
+ ci_sysd_start_timestamp = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(ci_sysd_start)
+ try:
+ last_init_local = \
+ [e for e in _get_events(infh) if e['name'] == 'init-local' and
+ 'starting search' in e['description']][-1]
+ ci_start = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(last_init_local['timestamp'])
+ except IndexError:
+ ci_start = 'Could not find init-local log-line in cloud-init.log'
+ status_code = show.FAIL_CODE
+
+ FAILURE_MSG = 'Your Linux distro or container does not support this ' \
+ 'functionality.\n' \
+ 'You must be running a Kernel Telemetry supported ' \
+ 'distro.\nPlease check ' \
+ 'https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest' \
+ '/topics/analyze.html for more ' \
+ 'information on supported distros.\n'
+
+ SUCCESS_MSG = '-- Most Recent Boot Record --\n' \
+ ' Kernel Started at: {k_s_t}\n' \
+ ' Kernel ended boot at: {k_e_t}\n' \
+ ' Kernel time to boot (seconds): {k_r}\n' \
+ ' Cloud-init activated by systemd at: {ci_sysd_t}\n' \
+ ' Time between Kernel end boot and Cloud-init ' \
+ 'activation (seconds): {bt_r}\n' \
+ ' Cloud-init start: {ci_start}\n'
+
+ CONTAINER_MSG = '-- Most Recent Container Boot Record --\n' \
+ ' Container started at: {k_s_t}\n' \
+ ' Cloud-init activated by systemd at: {ci_sysd_t}\n' \
+ ' Cloud-init start: {ci_start}\n' \
+
+ status_map = {
+ show.FAIL_CODE: FAILURE_MSG,
+ show.CONTAINER_CODE: CONTAINER_MSG,
+ show.SUCCESS_CODE: SUCCESS_MSG
+ }
+
+ kernel_runtime = kernel_end - kernel_start
+ between_process_runtime = ci_sysd_start - kernel_end
+
+ kwargs = {
+ 'k_s_t': kernel_start_timestamp,
+ 'k_e_t': kernel_end_timestamp,
+ 'k_r': kernel_runtime,
+ 'bt_r': between_process_runtime,
+ 'k_e': kernel_end,
+ 'k_s': kernel_start,
+ 'ci_sysd': ci_sysd_start,
+ 'ci_sysd_t': ci_sysd_start_timestamp,
+ 'ci_start': ci_start
+ }
+
+ outfh.write(status_map[status_code].format(**kwargs))
+ return status_code
+
+
def analyze_blame(name, args):
"""Report a list of records sorted by largest time delta.
@@ -119,7 +203,7 @@ def analyze_dump(name, args):
def _get_events(infile):
rawdata = None
- events, rawdata = show.load_events(infile, None)
+ events, rawdata = show.load_events_infile(infile)
if not events:
events, _ = dump.dump_events(rawdata=rawdata)
return events
diff --git a/cloudinit/analyze/show.py b/cloudinit/analyze/show.py
index 3e778b8b..511b808e 100644
--- a/cloudinit/analyze/show.py
+++ b/cloudinit/analyze/show.py
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ import base64
import datetime
import json
import os
+import time
+import sys
from cloudinit import util
+from cloudinit.distros import uses_systemd
# An event:
'''
@@ -49,6 +52,10 @@ format_key = {
formatting_help = " ".join(["{0}: {1}".format(k.replace('%', '%%'), v)
for k, v in format_key.items()])
+SUCCESS_CODE = 'successful'
+FAIL_CODE = 'failure'
+CONTAINER_CODE = 'container'
+TIMESTAMP_UNKNOWN = (FAIL_CODE, -1, -1, -1)
def format_record(msg, event):
@@ -125,9 +132,175 @@ def total_time_record(total_time):
return 'Total Time: %3.5f seconds\n' % total_time
+class SystemctlReader(object):
+ '''
+ Class for dealing with all systemctl subp calls in a consistent manner.
+ '''
+ def __init__(self, property, parameter=None):
+ self.epoch = None
+ self.args = ['/bin/systemctl', 'show']
+ if parameter:
+ self.args.append(parameter)
+ self.args.extend(['-p', property])
+ # Don't want the init of our object to break. Instead of throwing
+ # an exception, set an error code that gets checked when data is
+ # requested from the object
+ self.failure = self.subp()
+
+ def subp(self):
+ '''
+ Make a subp call based on set args and handle errors by setting
+ failure code
+
+ :return: whether the subp call failed or not
+ '''
+ try:
+ value, err = util.subp(self.args, capture=True)
+ if err:
+ return err
+ self.epoch = value
+ return None
+ except Exception as systemctl_fail:
+ return systemctl_fail
+
+ def parse_epoch_as_float(self):
+ '''
+ If subp call succeeded, return the timestamp from subp as a float.
+
+ :return: timestamp as a float
+ '''
+ # subp has 2 ways to fail: it either fails and throws an exception,
+ # or returns an error code. Raise an exception here in order to make
+ # sure both scenarios throw exceptions
+ if self.failure:
+ raise RuntimeError('Subprocess call to systemctl has failed, '
+ 'returning error code ({})'
+ .format(self.failure))
+ # Output from systemctl show has the format Property=Value.
+ # For example, UserspaceMonotonic=1929304
+ timestamp = self.epoch.split('=')[1]
+ # Timestamps reported by systemctl are in microseconds, converting
+ return float(timestamp) / 1000000
+
+
+def dist_check_timestamp():
+ '''
+ Determine which init system a particular linux distro is using.
+ Each init system (systemd, upstart, etc) has a different way of
+ providing timestamps.
+
+ :return: timestamps of kernelboot, kernelendboot, and cloud-initstart
+ or TIMESTAMP_UNKNOWN if the timestamps cannot be retrieved.
+ '''
+
+ if uses_systemd():
+ return gather_timestamps_using_systemd()
+
+ # Use dmesg to get timestamps if the distro does not have systemd
+ if util.is_FreeBSD() or 'gentoo' in \
+ util.system_info()['system'].lower():
+ return gather_timestamps_using_dmesg()
+
+ # this distro doesn't fit anything that is supported by cloud-init. just
+ # return error codes
+ return TIMESTAMP_UNKNOWN
+
+
+def gather_timestamps_using_dmesg():
+ '''
+ Gather timestamps that corresponds to kernel begin initialization,
+ kernel finish initialization using dmesg as opposed to systemctl
+
+ :return: the two timestamps plus a dummy timestamp to keep consistency
+ with gather_timestamps_using_systemd
+ '''
+ try:
+ data, _ = util.subp(['dmesg'], capture=True)
+ split_entries = data[0].splitlines()
+ for i in split_entries:
+ if i.decode('UTF-8').find('user') != -1:
+ splitup = i.decode('UTF-8').split()
+ stripped = splitup[1].strip(']')
+
+ # kernel timestamp from dmesg is equal to 0,
+ # with the userspace timestamp relative to it.
+ user_space_timestamp = float(stripped)
+ kernel_start = float(time.time()) - float(util.uptime())
+ kernel_end = kernel_start + user_space_timestamp
+
+ # systemd wont start cloud-init in this case,
+ # so we cannot get that timestamp
+ return SUCCESS_CODE, kernel_start, kernel_end, \
+ kernel_end
+
+ except Exception:
+ pass
+ return TIMESTAMP_UNKNOWN
+
+
+def gather_timestamps_using_systemd():
+ '''
+ Gather timestamps that corresponds to kernel begin initialization,
+ kernel finish initialization. and cloud-init systemd unit activation
+
+ :return: the three timestamps
+ '''
+ kernel_start = float(time.time()) - float(util.uptime())
+ try:
+ delta_k_end = SystemctlReader('UserspaceTimestampMonotonic')\
+ .parse_epoch_as_float()
+ delta_ci_s = SystemctlReader('InactiveExitTimestampMonotonic',
+ 'cloud-init-local').parse_epoch_as_float()
+ base_time = kernel_start
+ status = SUCCESS_CODE
+ # lxc based containers do not set their monotonic zero point to be when
+ # the container starts, instead keep using host boot as zero point
+ # time.CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW is only available in python 3.3
+ if util.is_container():
+ # clock.monotonic also uses host boot as zero point
+ if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
+ base_time = float(time.time()) - float(time.monotonic())
+ # TODO: lxcfs automatically truncates /proc/uptime to seconds
+ # in containers when https://github.com/lxc/lxcfs/issues/292
+ # is fixed, util.uptime() should be used instead of stat on
+ try:
+ file_stat = os.stat('/proc/1/cmdline')
+ kernel_start = file_stat.st_atime
+ except OSError as err:
+ raise RuntimeError('Could not determine container boot '
+ 'time from /proc/1/cmdline. ({})'
+ .format(err))
+ status = CONTAINER_CODE
+ else:
+ status = FAIL_CODE
+ kernel_end = base_time + delta_k_end
+ cloudinit_sysd = base_time + delta_ci_s
+
+ except Exception as e:
+ # Except ALL exceptions as Systemctl reader can throw many different
+ # errors, but any failure in systemctl means that timestamps cannot be
+ # obtained
+ print(e)
+ return TIMESTAMP_UNKNOWN
+ return status, kernel_start, kernel_end, cloudinit_sysd
+
+
def generate_records(events, blame_sort=False,
print_format="(%n) %d seconds in %I%D",
dump_files=False, log_datafiles=False):
+ '''
+ Take in raw events and create parent-child dependencies between events
+ in order to order events in chronological order.
+
+ :param events: JSONs from dump that represents events taken from logs
+ :param blame_sort: whether to sort by timestamp or by time taken.
+ :param print_format: formatting to represent event, time stamp,
+ and time taken by the event in one line
+ :param dump_files: whether to dump files into JSONs
+ :param log_datafiles: whether or not to log events generated
+
+ :return: boot records ordered chronologically
+ '''
sorted_events = sorted(events, key=lambda x: x['timestamp'])
records = []
@@ -189,19 +362,28 @@ def generate_records(events, blame_sort=False,
def show_events(events, print_format):
+ '''
+ A passthrough method that makes it easier to call generate_records()
+
+ :param events: JSONs from dump that represents events taken from logs
+ :param print_format: formatting to represent event, time stamp,
+ and time taken by the event in one line
+
+ :return: boot records ordered chronologically
+ '''
return generate_records(events, print_format=print_format)
-def load_events(infile, rawdata=None):
- if rawdata:
- data = rawdata.read()
- else:
- data = infile.read()
+def load_events_infile(infile):
+ '''
+ Takes in a log file, read it, and convert to json.
+
+ :param infile: The Log file to be read
- j = None
+ :return: json version of logfile, raw file
+ '''
+ data = infile.read()
try:
- j = json.loads(data)
+ return json.loads(data), data
except ValueError:
- pass
-
- return j, data
+ return None, data
diff --git a/cloudinit/analyze/tests/test_boot.py b/cloudinit/analyze/tests/test_boot.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..706e2cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloudinit/analyze/tests/test_boot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+import os
+from cloudinit.analyze.__main__ import (analyze_boot, get_parser)
+from cloudinit.tests.helpers import CiTestCase, mock
+from cloudinit.analyze.show import dist_check_timestamp, SystemctlReader, \
+ FAIL_CODE, CONTAINER_CODE
+
+err_code = (FAIL_CODE, -1, -1, -1)
+
+
+class TestDistroChecker(CiTestCase):
+
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.system_info', return_value={'dist': ('', '',
+ ''),
+ 'system': ''})
+ @mock.patch('platform.linux_distribution', return_value=('', '', ''))
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.is_FreeBSD', return_value=False)
+ def test_blank_distro(self, m_sys_info, m_linux_distribution, m_free_bsd):
+ self.assertEqual(err_code, dist_check_timestamp())
+
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.system_info', return_value={'dist': ('', '',
+ '')})
+ @mock.patch('platform.linux_distribution', return_value=('', '', ''))
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.is_FreeBSD', return_value=True)
+ def test_freebsd_gentoo_cant_find(self, m_sys_info,
+ m_linux_distribution, m_is_FreeBSD):
+ self.assertEqual(err_code, dist_check_timestamp())
+
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.subp', return_value=(0, 1))
+ def test_subp_fails(self, m_subp):
+ self.assertEqual(err_code, dist_check_timestamp())
+
+
+class TestSystemCtlReader(CiTestCase):
+
+ def test_systemctl_invalid_property(self):
+ reader = SystemctlReader('dummyProperty')
+ with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+ reader.parse_epoch_as_float()
+
+ def test_systemctl_invalid_parameter(self):
+ reader = SystemctlReader('dummyProperty', 'dummyParameter')
+ with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+ reader.parse_epoch_as_float()
+
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.subp', return_value=('U=1000000', None))
+ def test_systemctl_works_correctly_threshold(self, m_subp):
+ reader = SystemctlReader('dummyProperty', 'dummyParameter')
+ self.assertEqual(1.0, reader.parse_epoch_as_float())
+ thresh = 1.0 - reader.parse_epoch_as_float()
+ self.assertTrue(thresh < 1e-6)
+ self.assertTrue(thresh > (-1 * 1e-6))
+
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.subp', return_value=('U=0', None))
+ def test_systemctl_succeed_zero(self, m_subp):
+ reader = SystemctlReader('dummyProperty', 'dummyParameter')
+ self.assertEqual(0.0, reader.parse_epoch_as_float())
+
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.subp', return_value=('U=1', None))
+ def test_systemctl_succeed_distinct(self, m_subp):
+ reader = SystemctlReader('dummyProperty', 'dummyParameter')
+ val1 = reader.parse_epoch_as_float()
+ m_subp.return_value = ('U=2', None)
+ reader2 = SystemctlReader('dummyProperty', 'dummyParameter')
+ val2 = reader2.parse_epoch_as_float()
+ self.assertNotEqual(val1, val2)
+
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.subp', return_value=('100', None))
+ def test_systemctl_epoch_not_splittable(self, m_subp):
+ reader = SystemctlReader('dummyProperty', 'dummyParameter')
+ with self.assertRaises(IndexError):
+ reader.parse_epoch_as_float()
+
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.subp', return_value=('U=foobar', None))
+ def test_systemctl_cannot_convert_epoch_to_float(self, m_subp):
+ reader = SystemctlReader('dummyProperty', 'dummyParameter')
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ reader.parse_epoch_as_float()
+
+
+class TestAnalyzeBoot(CiTestCase):
+
+ def set_up_dummy_file_ci(self, path, log_path):
+ infh = open(path, 'w+')
+ infh.write('2019-07-08 17:40:49,601 - util.py[DEBUG]: Cloud-init v. '
+ '19.1-1-gbaa47854-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 running \'init-local\' '
+ 'at Mon, 08 Jul 2019 17:40:49 +0000. Up 18.84 seconds.')
+ infh.close()
+ outfh = open(log_path, 'w+')
+ outfh.close()
+
+ def set_up_dummy_file(self, path, log_path):
+ infh = open(path, 'w+')
+ infh.write('dummy data')
+ infh.close()
+ outfh = open(log_path, 'w+')
+ outfh.close()
+
+ def remove_dummy_file(self, path, log_path):
+ if os.path.isfile(path):
+ os.remove(path)
+ if os.path.isfile(log_path):
+ os.remove(log_path)
+
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.analyze.show.dist_check_timestamp',
+ return_value=err_code)
+ def test_boot_invalid_distro(self, m_dist_check_timestamp):
+
+ path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+ log_path = path + '/boot-test.log'
+ path += '/dummy.log'
+ self.set_up_dummy_file(path, log_path)
+
+ parser = get_parser()
+ args = parser.parse_args(args=['boot', '-i', path, '-o',
+ log_path])
+ name_default = ''
+ analyze_boot(name_default, args)
+ # now args have been tested, go into outfile and make sure error
+ # message is in the outfile
+ outfh = open(args.outfile, 'r')
+ data = outfh.read()
+ err_string = 'Your Linux distro or container does not support this ' \
+ 'functionality.\nYou must be running a Kernel ' \
+ 'Telemetry supported distro.\nPlease check ' \
+ 'https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics' \
+ '/analyze.html for more information on supported ' \
+ 'distros.\n'
+
+ self.remove_dummy_file(path, log_path)
+ self.assertEqual(err_string, data)
+
+ @mock.patch("cloudinit.util.is_container", return_value=True)
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.subp', return_value=('U=1000000', None))
+ def test_container_no_ci_log_line(self, m_is_container, m_subp):
+ path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+ log_path = path + '/boot-test.log'
+ path += '/dummy.log'
+ self.set_up_dummy_file(path, log_path)
+
+ parser = get_parser()
+ args = parser.parse_args(args=['boot', '-i', path, '-o',
+ log_path])
+ name_default = ''
+
+ finish_code = analyze_boot(name_default, args)
+
+ self.remove_dummy_file(path, log_path)
+ self.assertEqual(FAIL_CODE, finish_code)
+
+ @mock.patch("cloudinit.util.is_container", return_value=True)
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.util.subp', return_value=('U=1000000', None))
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.analyze.__main__._get_events', return_value=[{
+ 'name': 'init-local', 'description': 'starting search', 'timestamp':
+ 100000}])
+ @mock.patch('cloudinit.analyze.show.dist_check_timestamp',
+ return_value=(CONTAINER_CODE, 1, 1, 1))
+ def test_container_ci_log_line(self, m_is_container, m_subp, m_get, m_g):
+ path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+ log_path = path + '/boot-test.log'
+ path += '/dummy.log'
+ self.set_up_dummy_file_ci(path, log_path)
+
+ parser = get_parser()
+ args = parser.parse_args(args=['boot', '-i', path, '-o',
+ log_path])
+ name_default = ''
+ finish_code = analyze_boot(name_default, args)
+
+ self.remove_dummy_file(path, log_path)
+ self.assertEqual(CONTAINER_CODE, finish_code)
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/analyze.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/analyze.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cf38bd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/analyze.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+*************************
+Cloud-init Analyze Module
+*************************
+
+Overview
+========
+The analyze module was added to cloud-init in order to help analyze cloud-init boot time
+performance. It is loosely based on systemd-analyze where there are 4 main actions:
+show, blame, dump, and boot.
+
+The 'show' action is similar to 'systemd-analyze critical-chain' which prints a list of units, the
+time they started and how long they took. For cloud-init, we have four stages, and within each stage
+a number of modules may run depending on configuration. ‘cloudinit-analyze show’ will, for each
+boot, print this information and a summary total time, per boot.
+
+The 'blame' action matches 'systemd-analyze blame' where it prints, in descending order,
+the units that took the longest to run. This output is highly useful for examining where cloud-init
+is spending its time during execution.
+
+The 'dump' action simply dumps the cloud-init logs that the analyze module is performing
+the analysis on and returns a list of dictionaries that can be consumed for other reporting needs.
+
+The 'boot' action prints out kernel related timestamps that are not included in any of the
+cloud-init logs. There are three different timestamps that are presented to the user:
+kernel start, kernel finish boot, and cloud-init start. This was added for additional
+clarity into the boot process that cloud-init does not have control over, to aid in debugging of
+performance issues related to cloudinit startup or tracking regression.
+
+Usage
+=====
+Using each of the printing formats is as easy as running one of the following bash commands:
+
+.. code-block:: shell-session
+
+ cloud-init analyze show
+ cloud-init analyze blame
+ cloud-init analyze dump
+ cloud-init analyze boot
+
+Cloud-init analyze boot Timestamp Gathering
+===========================================
+The following boot related timestamps are gathered on demand when cloud-init analyze boot runs:
+- Kernel Startup, which is inferred from system uptime
+- Kernel Finishes Initialization, which is inferred from systemd UserSpaceMonotonicTimestamp property
+- Cloud-init activation, which is inferred from the property InactiveExitTimestamp of the cloud-init
+local systemd unit.
+
+In order to gather the necessary timestamps using systemd, running the commands
+
+.. code-block:: shell-session
+
+ systemctl show -p UserspaceTimestampMonotonic
+ systemctl show cloud-init-local -p InactiveExitTimestampMonotonic
+
+will gather the UserspaceTimestamp and InactiveExitTimestamp.
+The UserspaceTimestamp tracks when the init system starts, which is used as an indicator of kernel
+finishing initialization. The InactiveExitTimestamp tracks when a particular systemd unit transitions
+from the Inactive to Active state, which can be used to mark the beginning of systemd's activation
+of cloud-init.
+
+Currently this only works for distros that use systemd as the init process. We will be expanding
+support for other distros in the future and this document will be updated accordingly.
+
+If systemd is not present on the system, dmesg is used to attempt to find an event that logs the
+beginning of the init system. However, with this method only the first two timestamps are able to be found;
+dmesg does not monitor userspace processes, so no cloud-init start timestamps are emitted like when
+using systemd.
+
+List of Cloud-init analyze boot supported distros
+=================================================
+- Arch
+- CentOS
+- Debian
+- Fedora
+- OpenSuSE
+- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
+- Ubuntu
+- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
+- CoreOS
+
+List of Cloud-init analyze boot unsupported distros
+===================================================
+- FreeBSD
+- Gentoo \ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/capabilities.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/capabilities.rst
index 0d8b8947..6d85a99c 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/capabilities.rst
+++ b/doc/rtd/topics/capabilities.rst
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ Get detailed reports of where cloud-init spends most of its time. See
* **dump** Machine-readable JSON dump of all cloud-init tracked events.
* **show** show time-ordered report of the cost of operations during each
boot stage.
+* **boot** show timestamps from kernel initialization, kernel finish initialization, and cloud-init start.
.. _cli_devel:
diff --git a/doc/rtd/topics/debugging.rst b/doc/rtd/topics/debugging.rst
index 51363ea5..e13d9151 100644
--- a/doc/rtd/topics/debugging.rst
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@@ -68,6 +68,19 @@ subcommands default to reading /var/log/cloud-init.log.
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+* ``analyze boot`` Make subprocess calls to the kernel in order to get relevant
+ pre-cloud-init timestamps, such as the kernel start, kernel finish boot, and cloud-init start.
+
+.. code-block:: shell-session
+
+ $ cloud-init analyze boot
+ -- Most Recent Boot Record --
+ Kernel Started at: 2019-06-13 15:59:55.809385
+ Kernel ended boot at: 2019-06-13 16:00:00.944740
+ Kernel time to boot (seconds): 5.135355
+ Cloud-init start: 2019-06-13 16:00:05.738396
+ Time between Kernel boot and Cloud-init start (seconds): 4.793656
+
Analyze quickstart - LXC
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