Debug Mode

ctop comes with a built-in logging facility and local socket server to simplify debugging at run time. Debug mode can be enabled via the CTOP_DEBUG environment variable:

CTOP_DEBUG=1 ./ctop

While ctop is running, you can connect to the logging socket via socat or similar tools:

socat unix-connect:./ctop.sock stdio

example output:

15:06:43.881 ▶ NOTI 002 logger initialized
15:06:43.881 ▶ INFO 003 loaded config param: "filterStr": ""
15:06:43.881 ▶ INFO 004 loaded config param: "sortField": "state"
15:06:43.881 ▶ INFO 005 loaded config switch: "sortReversed": false
15:06:43.881 ▶ INFO 006 loaded config switch: "allContainers": true
15:06:43.881 ▶ INFO 007 loaded config switch: "enableHeader": true
15:06:43.883 ▶ INFO 008 collector started for container: 7120f83ca...
...

TCP Logging Socket

In lieu of using a local unix socket, TCP logging can be enabled via the CTOP_DEBUG_TCP environment variable:

CTOP_DEBUG=1 CTOP_DEBUG_TCP=1 ./ctop

Messages can be followed by connecting to the default listen address:

curl -s localhost:9000

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