11.20. Trigger Thread Dump

Description

Trigger application thread dump.

Method and URL Structure

Method Resource URL
POST /broker/rest/application/:id/events

Request Parameters

Name Description Required Default
event Event Yes

See Section A.6, “Applications” for more information about the valid options applicable to these request parameters.
Request

{
  "event": "thread-dump"
}

cURL Command Example

$ curl -X POST https://openshift.redhat.com/broker/rest/application/534253991015616165707776/events --user user@example.com --data-urlencode event=thread-dump

JSON Response

The API returns the application resource. Unnecessary information and related resource links returned by the API have been removed for brevity. See Chapter 11, Applications for more information on all application parameters. 

{
  "api_version": 1.6,
  "data": {
    "aliases": [

    ],
    "app_url": "http://myapp-mydomain.rhcloud.com/",
    "build_job_url": null,
    "building_app": null,
    "building_with": null,
    "creation_time": "2013-08-21T01:58:41Z",
    "domain_id": "mydomain",
    "embedded": {
      "haproxy-1.4": {
      }
    },
    "framework": "ruby-2.0",
    "gear_count": 1,
    "gear_profile": "small",
    "git_url": "ssh://534253991015616165707776@myapp-mydomain.rhcloud.com/~/git/myapp.git/",
    "health_check_path": "health",
    "id": "534253991015616165707776",
    "initial_git_url": null,
    "members": [
      {
        "explicit_role": null,
        "from": [
          {
            "type": "domain",
            "role": "admin"
          }
        ],
        "id": "5213a826e499b22f15000001",
        "name": "user@example.com",
        "owner": true,
        "role": "admin",
        "type": "user"
      }
    ],
    "name": "myapp",
    "scalable": true,
    "ssh_url": "ssh://534253991015616165707776@myapp-mydomain.rhcloud.com"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "exit_code": 0,
      "field": null,
      "severity": "info",
      "text": ""
    },
    {
      "exit_code": 0,
      "field": null,
      "severity": "result",
      "text": "Success\nThe thread dump file will be available via: rhc tail myapp -f /var/lib/openshift/534253991015616165707776/ruby//logs//error_log-20130821-* -o '-n 250'\n"
    }
  ],
  "status": "ok",
  "supported_api_versions": [
    1.0,
    1.1,
    1.2,
    1.3,
    1.4,
    1.5,
    1.6
  ],
  "type": "application",
  "version": "1.6"
}