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feat: flip swap mechanism on sagitta — MD as primary, RST as override
Mirror of #1899 (current) and #1900 (circinus) for sagitta. Same logic, same scripts, per-branch file set. Changes: - Rename docs/**/md-<stem>.md to docs/**/<stem>.md (drop md- prefix) for all 210 stems previously listed in docs/_swap.txt - Rename docs/**/<stem>.rst to docs/**/rst-<stem>.rst (add rst- prefix) for the same 210 stems - Repurpose docs/_swap.txt as docs/_rst_overrides.txt; initially empty - conf.py exclude_patterns flipped: rst-*.rst excluded by default - conf.py runtime-artifact references updated to _rst_override_state.json and _md_exclude.txt - scripts/swap_sources.py imported from current (post-#1899 rewrite, with inverted rename direction) - scripts/import_myst.py and tests/test_import_myst.py deleted (obsolete) - tests/test_swap_sources.py imported from current (post-#1899 rewrite) Side-effect: fixes the same 404 on /en/1.4/ View page source links that #1899 fixed for /en/rolling/ and #1900 fixed for /en/1.5/. Per-branch differences vs #1899: - sagitta has 210 stems vs current's 254 (sagitta has no vpp pages and fewer current-only features; cli + installation/cloud/aws are still RST-only on sagitta pending the title-level fix follow-up) - otherwise the script/conf.py/test changes are byte-identical with current Generated by robots https://vyos.io
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-(debugging)=
-
-# Debugging
-
-There are two flags available to aid in debugging configuration scripts.
-Since configuration loading issues will manifest during boot, the flags are
-passed as kernel boot parameters.
-
-## ISO image build
-
-When having trouble compiling your own ISO image or debugging Jenkins issues
-you can follow the steps at {ref}`iso_build_issues`.
-
-## System Startup
-
-The system startup can be debugged (like loading in the configuration
-file from `/config/config.boot`. This can be achieve by extending the
-Kernel command-line in the bootloader.
-
-### Kernel
-
-- `vyos-debug` - Adding the parameter to the linux boot line will produce
- timing results for the execution of scripts during commit. If one is seeing
- an unexpected delay during manual or boot commit, this may be useful in
- identifying bottlenecks. The internal flag is `VYOS_DEBUG`, and is found
- in [vyatta-cfg]. Output is directed to `/var/log/vyatta/cfg-stdout.log`.
-- `vyos-config-debug` - During development, coding errors can lead to a
- commit failure on boot, possibly resulting in a failed initialization of the
- CLI. In this circumstance, the kernel boot parameter `vyos-config-debug`
- will ensure access to the system as user `vyos`, and will log a Python
- stack trace to the file `/tmp/boot-config-trace`.
- File `boot-config-trace` will generate only if config loaded with a failure
- status.
-
-## Live System
-
-A number of flags can be set up to change the behaviour of VyOS at runtime.
-These flags can be toggled using either environment variables or creating
-files.
-
-For each feature, a file called `vyos.feature.debug` can be created to
-toggle the feature on. If a parameter is required it can be placed inside
-the file as its first line.
-
-The file can be placed in `/tmp` for one time debugging (as the file
-will be removed on reboot) or placed in '/config' to stay permanently.
-
-For example, `/tmp/vyos.ifconfig.debug` can be created to enable
-interface debugging.
-
-It is also possible to set up the debugging using environment variables.
-In that case, the name will be (in uppercase) VYOS_FEATURE_DEBUG.
-
-For example running, `export VYOS_IFCONFIG_DEBUG=""` on your vbash,
-will have the same effect as `touch /tmp/vyos.ifconfig.debug`.
-
-- `ifconfig` - Once set, all commands used, and their responses received
- from the OS, will be presented on the screen for inspection.
-- `command` - Once set, all commands used, and their responses received
- from the OS, will be presented on the screen for inspection.
-- `developer` - Should a command fail, instead of printing a message to the
- user explaining how to report issues, the python interpreter will start a
- PBD post-mortem session to allow the developer to debug the issue. As the
- debugger will wait from input from the developer, it has the capacity to
- prevent a router to boot and therefore should only be permanently set up
- on production if you are ready to see the OS fail to boot.
-- `log` - In some rare cases, it may be useful to see what the OS is doing,
- including during boot. This option sends all commands used by VyOS to a
- file. The default file is `/tmp/full-log` but it can be changed.
-
-:::{note}
-In order to retrieve the debug output on the command-line you need to
-disable `vyos-configd` in addition. This can be run either one-time by
-calling `sudo systemctl stop vyos-configd` or make this reboot-safe by
-calling `sudo systemctl disable vyos-configd`.
-:::
-
-### FRR
-
-Recent versions use the `vyos.frr` framework. The Python class is located
-inside our `vyos-1x:python/vyos/frr.py`. It comes with an embedded debugging/
-(print style) debugger as vyos.ifconfig does.
-
-To enable debugging just run: `$ touch /tmp/vyos.frr.debug`
-
-### Debugging Python Code with PDB
-
-Sometimes it might be useful to debug Python code interactively on the live
-system rather than a IDE. This can be achieved using pdb.
-
-Let us assume you want to debug a Python script that is called by an op-mode
-command. After you found the script by looking up the op-mode-defitions you
-can edit the script in the live system using e.g. vi:
-`vi /usr/libexec/vyos/op_mode/show_xyz.py`
-
-Insert the following statement right before the section where you want to
-investigate a problem (e.g. a statement you see in a backtrace):
-`import pdb; pdb.set_trace()`
-Optionally you can surrounded this statement by an `if` which only triggers
-under the condition you are interested in.
-
-Once you run `show xyz` and your condition is triggered you should be dropped
-into the python debugger:
-
-```none
-> /usr/libexec/vyos/op_mode/show_nat_translations.py(109)process()
--> rule_type = rule.get('type', '')
-(Pdb)
-```
-
-You can type `help` to get an overview of the available commands, and
-`help command` to get more information on each command.
-
-Useful commands are:
-
-- examine variables using `pp(var)`
-- continue execution using `cont`
-- get a backtrace using `bt`
-
-### Config Migration Scripts
-
-When writing a new configuration migrator it may happen that you see an error
-when you try to invoke it manually on a development system. This error will
-look like:
-
-```none
-vyos@vyos:~$ /opt/vyatta/etc/config-migrate/migrate/ssh/0-to-1 /tmp/config.boot
-Traceback (most recent call last):
- File "/opt/vyatta/etc/config-migrate/migrate/ssh/0-to-1", line 31, in <module>
- config = ConfigTree(config_file)
- File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/vyos/configtree.py", line 134, in __init__
- raise ValueError("Failed to parse config: {0}".format(msg))
-ValueError: Failed to parse config: Syntax error on line 240, character 1: Invalid syntax.
-```
-
-The reason is that the configuration migration backend is rewritten and uses
-a new form of "magic string" which is applied on demand when real config
-migration is run on boot. When running individual migrators for testing,
-you need to convert the "magic string" on your own by:
-
-```none
-vyos@vyos:~$ /usr/libexec/vyos/run-config-migration.py --virtual --set-vintage vyos /tmp/config.boot
-```
-
-### Configuration Error on System Boot
-
-Being brave and running the latest rolling releases will sometimes trigger
-bugs due to corner cases we missed in our design. Those bugs should be filed
-via [Phabricator] but you can help us to narrow down the issue. Login to your
-VyOS system and change into configuration mode by typing `configure`. Now
-re-load your boot configuration by simply typing `load` followed by return.
-
-You should now see a Python backtrace which will help us to handle the issue,
-please attach it to the [Phabricator] task.
-
-### Boot Timing
-
-During the migration and extensive rewrite of functionality from Perl into
-Python a significant increase in the overall system boottime was noticed. The
-system boot time can be analysed and a graph can be generated in the end which
-shows in detail who called whom during the system startup phase.
-
-This is done by utilizing the `systemd-bootchart` package which is now
-installed by default on the VyOS 1.3 (equuleus) branch. The configuration is
-also versioned so we get comparable results. `systemd-bootchart` is configured
-using this file: [bootchart.conf]
-
-To enable boot time graphing change the Kernel commandline and add the following
-string: `init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-bootchart`
-
-This can also be done permanently by changing `/boot/grub/grub.cfg`.
-
-## Priorities
-
-VyOS CLI is all about priorities. Every CLI node has a corresponding
-`node.def` file and possibly an attached script that is executed when the
-node is present. Nodes can have a priority, and on system bootup - or any
-other `commit` to the config all scripts are executed from lowest to highest
-priority. This is good as this gives a deterministic behavior.
-
-To debug issues in priorities or to see what's going on in the background
-you can use the `/opt/vyatta/sbin/priority.pl` script which lists to you
-the execution order of the scripts.
-
-
-```{include} /_include/common-references.txt
-```
-
-
-[bootchart.conf]: https://github.com/vyos/vyos-build/blob/current/data/live-build-config/includes.chroot/etc/systemd/bootchart.conf
-[vyatta-cfg]: https://github.com/vyos/vyatta-cfg