debug: use the new metrics stream in debug command

agent/agent_endpoint.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package agent
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"strconv"
@@ -166,6 +167,54 @@ func (s *HTTPHandlers) AgentMetrics(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
 	return s.agent.baseDeps.MetricsHandler.DisplayMetrics(resp, req)
 }
 
+func (s *HTTPHandlers) AgentMetricsStream(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface{}, error) {
+	// Fetch the ACL token, if any, and enforce agent policy.
+	var token string
+	s.parseToken(req, &token)
+	rule, err := s.agent.delegate.ResolveTokenAndDefaultMeta(token, nil, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if rule != nil && rule.AgentRead(s.agent.config.NodeName, nil) != acl.Allow {
+		return nil, acl.ErrPermissionDenied
+	}
+
+	flusher, ok := resp.(http.Flusher)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Streaming not supported")
+	}
+
+	resp.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+
+	// 0 byte write is needed before the Flush call so that if we are using
+	// a gzip stream it will go ahead and write out the HTTP response header
+	resp.Write([]byte(""))
+	flusher.Flush()
+
+	enc := metricsEncoder{
+		logger:  s.agent.logger,
+		encoder: json.NewEncoder(resp),
+		flusher: flusher,
+	}
+	s.agent.baseDeps.MetricsHandler.Stream(req.Context(), enc)
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+type metricsEncoder struct {
+	logger  hclog.Logger
+	encoder *json.Encoder
+	flusher http.Flusher
+}
+
+func (m metricsEncoder) Encode(summary interface{}) error {
+	if err := m.encoder.Encode(summary); err != nil {
+		m.logger.Error("failed to encode metrics summary", "error", err)
+		return err
+	}
+	m.flusher.Flush()
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (s *HTTPHandlers) AgentReload(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface{}, error) {
 	// Fetch the ACL token, if any, and enforce agent policy.
 	var token string

agent/http.go

@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func (s *HTTPHandlers) handler(enableDebug bool) http.Handler {
 
 		var gzipHandler http.Handler
 		minSize := gziphandler.DefaultMinSize
-		if pattern == "/v1/agent/monitor" {
+		if pattern == "/v1/agent/monitor" || pattern == "/v1/agent/metrics/stream" {
 			minSize = 0
 		}
 		gzipWrapper, err := gziphandler.GzipHandlerWithOpts(gziphandler.MinSize(minSize))

agent/http_register.go

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func init() {
 	registerEndpoint("/v1/agent/reload", []string{"PUT"}, (*HTTPHandlers).AgentReload)
 	registerEndpoint("/v1/agent/monitor", []string{"GET"}, (*HTTPHandlers).AgentMonitor)
 	registerEndpoint("/v1/agent/metrics", []string{"GET"}, (*HTTPHandlers).AgentMetrics)
+	registerEndpoint("/v1/agent/metrics/stream", []string{"GET"}, (*HTTPHandlers).AgentMetricsStream)
 	registerEndpoint("/v1/agent/services", []string{"GET"}, (*HTTPHandlers).AgentServices)
 	registerEndpoint("/v1/agent/service/", []string{"GET"}, (*HTTPHandlers).AgentService)
 	registerEndpoint("/v1/agent/checks", []string{"GET"}, (*HTTPHandlers).AgentChecks)

agent/setup.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package agent
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net"
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/armon/go-metrics"
 	"github.com/armon/go-metrics/prometheus"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog"
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ type BaseDeps struct {
 // MetricsHandler provides an http.Handler for displaying metrics.
 type MetricsHandler interface {
 	DisplayMetrics(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (interface{}, error)
+	Stream(ctx context.Context, encoder metrics.Encoder)
 }
 
 type ConfigLoader func(source config.Source) (config.LoadResult, error)

api/agent.go

@@ -487,6 +487,19 @@ func (a *Agent) Metrics() (*MetricsInfo, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
+// MetricsStream returns an io.ReadCloser which will emit a stream of metrics
+// until the context is cancelled. The metrics are json encoded.
+// The caller is responsible for closing the returned io.ReadCloser.
+func (a *Agent) MetricsStream(ctx context.Context) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	r := a.c.newRequest("GET", "/v1/agent/metrics/stream")
+	r.ctx = ctx
+	_, resp, err := requireOK(a.c.doRequest(r))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return resp.Body, nil
+}
+
 // Reload triggers a configuration reload for the agent we are connected to.
 func (a *Agent) Reload() error {
 	r := a.c.newRequest("PUT", "/v1/agent/reload")

command/debug/debug.go

@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ package debug
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"compress/gzip"
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
 
@@ -386,14 +388,6 @@ func captureShortLived(c *cmd) error {
 			return c.captureGoRoutines(timestampDir)
 		})
 	}
-
-	// Capture metrics
-	if c.configuredTarget("metrics") {
-		g.Go(func() error {
-			return c.captureMetrics(timestampDir)
-		})
-	}
-
 	return g.Wait()
 }
 
@@ -412,7 +406,6 @@ func (c *cmd) captureLongRunning() error {
 	timestamp := time.Now().Local().Unix()
 
 	timestampDir, err := c.createTimestampDir(timestamp)
-
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -423,7 +416,6 @@ func (c *cmd) captureLongRunning() error {
 	if s < 1 {
 		s = 1
 	}
-	// Capture pprof
 	if c.configuredTarget("pprof") {
 		g.Go(func() error {
 			return c.captureProfile(s, timestampDir)
@@ -433,12 +425,20 @@ func (c *cmd) captureLongRunning() error {
 			return c.captureTrace(s, timestampDir)
 		})
 	}
-	// Capture logs
 	if c.configuredTarget("logs") {
 		g.Go(func() error {
 			return c.captureLogs(timestampDir)
 		})
 	}
+	if c.configuredTarget("metrics") {
+		// TODO: pass in context from caller
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), c.duration)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		g.Go(func() error {
+			return c.captureMetrics(ctx, timestampDir)
+		})
+	}
 
 	return g.Wait()
 }
@@ -515,20 +515,33 @@ func (c *cmd) captureLogs(timestampDir string) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *cmd) captureMetrics(timestampDir string) error {
-
-	metrics, err := c.client.Agent().Metrics()
+func (c *cmd) captureMetrics(ctx context.Context, timestampDir string) error {
+	stream, err := c.client.Agent().MetricsStream(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer stream.Close()
 
-	marshaled, err := json.MarshalIndent(metrics, "", "\t")
+	filename := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s.json", timestampDir, "metrics")
+	fh, err := os.Create(filename)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create metrics file: %w", err)
 	}
+	defer fh.Close()
 
-	err = ioutil.WriteFile(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s.json", timestampDir, "metrics"), marshaled, 0644)
-	return err
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(stream)
+	encoder := json.NewEncoder(fh)
+	// TODO: is More() correct here?
+	for decoder.More() {
+		var raw interface{}
+		if err := decoder.Decode(&raw); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to decode metrics: %w", err)
+		}
+		if err := encoder.Encode(raw); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write metrics to file: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // allowedTarget returns a boolean if the target is able to be captured

command/debug/debug_test.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/google/pprof/profile"
+
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk/testutil"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/testrpc"
@@ -55,18 +56,16 @@ func TestDebugCommand(t *testing.T) {
 		"-output=" + outputPath,
 		"-duration=100ms",
 		"-interval=50ms",
+		"-archive=false",
 	}
 
 	code := cmd.Run(args)
+	require.Equal(t, 0, code)
+	require.Equal(t, "", ui.ErrorWriter.String())
 
-	if code != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("should exit 0, got code: %d", code)
-	}
-
-	errOutput := ui.ErrorWriter.String()
-	if errOutput != "" {
-		t.Errorf("expected no error output, got %q", errOutput)
-	}
+	metricsFiles, err := filepath.Glob(fmt.Sprintf("%s/*/%s", outputPath, "metrics.json"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, metricsFiles, 1)
 }
 
 func TestDebugCommand_Archive(t *testing.T) {
@@ -79,6 +78,7 @@ func TestDebugCommand_Archive(t *testing.T) {
 	a := agent.NewTestAgent(t, `
 	enable_debug = true
 	`)
+
 	defer a.Shutdown()
 	testrpc.WaitForLeader(t, a.RPC, "dc1")
 
@@ -93,28 +93,24 @@ func TestDebugCommand_Archive(t *testing.T) {
 		"-capture=agent",
 	}
 
-	if code := cmd.Run(args); code != 0 {
-		t.Fatalf("should exit 0, got code: %d", code)
-	}
+	code := cmd.Run(args)
+	require.Equal(t, 0, code)
+	require.Equal(t, "", ui.ErrorWriter.String())
 
-	archivePath := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", outputPath, debugArchiveExtension)
+	archivePath := outputPath + debugArchiveExtension
 	file, err := os.Open(archivePath)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to open archive: %s", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
 	gz, err := gzip.NewReader(file)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to read gzip archive: %s", err)
-	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tr := tar.NewReader(gz)
 
 	for {
 		h, err := tr.Next()
-
-		if err == io.EOF {
-			break
-		}
-		if err != nil {
+		switch {
+		case err == io.EOF:
+			return
+		case err != nil:
 			t.Fatalf("failed to read file in archive: %s", err)
 		}
 
@@ -128,7 +124,6 @@ func TestDebugCommand_Archive(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("archive contents do not match: %s", h.Name)
 		}
 	}
-
 }
 
 func TestDebugCommand_ArgsBad(t *testing.T) {