cgroup_memory_recap – Profiles maximum memory usage of tasks and full execution using cgroups

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cgroup_memory_recap – Profiles maximum memory usage of tasks and full execution using cgroups

New in version 2.6.


Synopsis

  • This is an ansible callback plugin that profiles maximum memory usage of ansible and individual tasks, and displays a recap at the end using cgroups

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the local master node that executes this callback.

  • whitelist in configuration
  • cgroups

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments

cur_mem_file

- / required

ini entries: [callback_cgroupmemrecap]cur_mem_file = VALUE


env:CGROUP_CUR_MEM_FILE

Path to memory.usage_in_bytes file. Example /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.usage_in_bytes

max_mem_file

- / required

ini entries: [callback_cgroupmemrecap]max_mem_file = VALUE


env:CGROUP_MAX_MEM_FILE

Path to cgroups memory.max_usage_in_bytes file. Example /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/ansible_profile/memory.max_usage_in_bytes



Notes

Note

  • Requires ansible to be run from within a cgroup, such as with cgexec -g memory:ansible_profile ansible-playbook ...
  • This cgroup should only be used by ansible to get accurate results
  • To create the cgroup, first use a command such as sudo cgcreate -a ec2-user:ec2-user -t ec2-user:ec2-user -g memory:ansible_profile


Status

Authors

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