sosdiff 0.4.1

Compare two sosreports and show the differences.

sosdiff

Compare two sosreport and show the differences.

• To compare them sosdiff reads the file sos_reports/sos.json and lists the differences:
  • ***[-] :: Plugin is missing on sosreport2.
  • ***[--] :: Entity is missing on sosreport2.
  • ***[---] :: File is missing on sosreport2.
  • ***[/] :: File content is different. Optionally show diff command output.
  • ***[+] :: Plugin is present on sosreport2 and missing on sosreport1.
  • ***[++] :: Entity is present on sosreport2 and missing on sosreport1.
  • ***[+++] :: File is present on sosreport2 and missing on sosreport1.
• Some files are exluded to avoid "Too many levels of symbolic links" errors. [r'^/sys/class/.*$', r'^/sys/devices/.*$',]
  • Refer to excluded_href
• The configuration file is ~/.sosdiff/configuration.ini. Alternative configuration can be used. E.g:

  sosdiff -c ~/.sosdiff/troubleshoot_netwoking.ini
  

Installation

There are multiple ways to to install sosdiff.

• Using pip.

  pip install sosdiff
  

• Using the prebuild packages at Latest Release

Usage

usage: sosdiff [-h] [-c <config_file>] [-d] [-f] [-e EXCLUDE_FILES] [-i INCLUDE_FILES] [-n SKIP_PLUGINS] [-o ONLY_PLUGINS] [-s] [-t]
               sospath1 sospath2

Compare two sosreports and show the differences.

positional arguments:
  sospath1              Path to first sosreport folder.
  sospath2              Path to second sosreport folder.

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -c <config_file>, --configuration <config_file>
                        Configuration file. Defaults to `/home/pablofr/.sosdiff/configuration.ini`
  -d, --diff            Show `diff` when files content don't match.
  -f, --no-diff         Hide `diff` when files content don't match.
  -e EXCLUDE_FILES, --exclude-files EXCLUDE_FILES
                        Exclude files matching this regexp. Can be used multiple times.
  -i INCLUDE_FILES, --include-files INCLUDE_FILES
                        Include files matching this regexp. Can be used multiple times.
  -n SKIP_PLUGINS, --skip-plugins SKIP_PLUGINS
                        Disable these plugins. Can be used multiple times.
  -o ONLY_PLUGINS, --only-plugins ONLY_PLUGINS
                        Enable these plugins only. Can be used multiple times.
  -s, --no-text         Show colors in the output.
  -t, --text            Hide colors in the outuput.