Checking Salt Logs
Logs are the most critical resource for diagnosing the reason for a state (such as a Cloudera Manager installation) failure.
On the nodes (local logs)
The default log directory for Salt is /var/log/salt/.
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Master logs directory - /var/log/salt/master
Contains errors regarding key exchange and command distribution.
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Minion logs director - /var/log/salt/minion
Contains errors regarding state execution and local package installation.
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Bootstrap logs directory - /var/log/salt-bootstrap.log or /var/log/cloud-init-output.log
Useful for failures that happen before Salt is fully installed.
On cloud storage
Cloudera environments are often configured to bundle and
upload logs to cloud storage (S3, ADLS, or GCS) if a cluster creation fails.
- Location: Look in your environment's logging bucket to find salt logs.
- Content: You will find
salt-masterorsalt-minionbundles containing the logs from all nodes, often indexed by their private IP.
