The LTTng Documentation
=======================
Philippe Proulx <pproulx@efficios.com>
-v2.8, 25 October 2016
+v2.8, 2 December 2016
include::../common/copyright.txt[]
applications.
[role="growable"]
-.Availability of LTTng{nbsp}{revision} for major Linux distributions.
+.Availability of LTTng{nbsp}{revision} for major Linux distributions as of 2 December 2016.
|====
|Distribution |Available in releases |Alternatives
-|Ubuntu
-|<<ubuntu,Ubuntu{nbsp}16.10 _Yakkety Yak_>>
+|https://www.ubuntu.com/[Ubuntu]
+|<<ubuntu,Ubuntu{nbsp}16.10 _Yakkety Yak_>>.
|LTTng{nbsp}{revision} for Ubuntu{nbsp}14.04 _Trusty Tahr_
and Ubuntu{nbsp}16.04 _Xenial Xerus_:
<<ubuntu-ppa,use the LTTng Stable{nbsp}{revision} PPA>>.
+LTTng{nbsp}2.9 for Ubuntu{nbsp}14.04 _Trusty Tahr_
+and Ubuntu{nbsp}16.04 _Xenial Xerus_:
+link:/docs/v2.9#doc-ubuntu-ppa[use the LTTng Stable{nbsp}2.9 PPA].
+
<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for
other Ubuntu releases.
-|Fedora
-|_Not available_
-|LTTng{nbsp}{revision} for Fedora{nbsp}25 and Fedora{nbsp}26 (not
-released yet).
-
-<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for
+|https://getfedora.org/[Fedora]
+|<<fedora,Fedora{nbsp}25>>.
+|<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for
other Fedora releases.
-|Debian
-|<<debian,Debian "stretch" (testing)>>
-|
-<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for
+|https://www.debian.org/[Debian]
+|<<debian,Debian "stretch" (testing)>>.
+|<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for
previous Debian releases.
-|openSUSE
+|https://www.opensuse.org/[openSUSE]
|_Not available_
-|LTTng{nbsp}2.7 for openSUSE Leap{nbsp}42.1.
+|<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>>.
-<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for
-other openSUSE releases.
-
-|Arch Linux
-|Latest AUR packages.
-|
+|https://www.archlinux.org/[Arch Linux]
+|_Not available_
+|link:/docs/v2.9#doc-arch-linux[LTTng{nbsp}2.9 from the AUR].
-|Alpine Linux
-|<<alpine-linux,Alpine Linux "edge">>
+|https://alpinelinux.org/[Alpine Linux]
+|<<alpine-linux,Alpine Linux "edge">>.
|LTTng{nbsp}{revision} for Alpine Linux{nbsp}3.5 (not released yet).
<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for
other Alpine Linux releases.
-|RHEL and SLES
+|https://www.redhat.com/[RHEL] and https://www.suse.com/[SLES]
|See http://packages.efficios.com/[EfficiOS Enterprise Packages].
|
-|Buildroot
-|_Not available_
-|LTTng{nbsp}{revision} for Buildroot{nbsp}2016.11 (not released yet).
-
-LTTng{nbsp}2.7 for Buildroot{nbsp}2016.02, Buildroot{nbsp}2016.05,
-and Buildroot{nbsp}2016.08.
-
-<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for
+|https://buildroot.org/[Buildroot]
+|<<buildroot,Buildroot 2016.11>>.
+|<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for
other Buildroot releases.
-|OpenEmbedded and Yocto
-|<<oe-yocto,Yocto Project{nbsp}2.2 _Morty_>> (`openembedded-core` layer)
+|http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/Main_Page[OpenEmbedded] and
+https://www.yoctoproject.org/[Yocto]
+|<<oe-yocto,Yocto Project{nbsp}2.2 _Morty_>> (`openembedded-core` layer).
|<<building-from-source,Build LTTng{nbsp}{revision} from source>> for
other OpenEmbedded releases.
|====
For previous releases of Ubuntu, <<ubuntu-ppa,use the LTTng
Stable{nbsp}{revision} PPA>>.
-To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} on Ubuntu 16.10{nbsp}_Yakkety Yak_:
+To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} on Ubuntu{nbsp}16.10 _Yakkety Yak_:
. Install the main LTTng{nbsp}{revision} packages:
+
--
. **If you need to instrument and trace
- <<python-application,Python applications>>**, install the
+ <<python-application,Python{nbsp}3 applications>>**, install the
LTTng-UST Python agent:
+
--
--
. **If you need to instrument and trace
- <<python-application,Python applications>>**, install the
+ <<python-application,Python{nbsp}3 applications>>**, install the
LTTng-UST Python agent:
+
--
--
+[[fedora]]
+=== Fedora
+
+To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} on Fedora{nbsp}25:
+
+. Install the LTTng-tools{nbsp}{revision} and LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision}
+ packages:
++
+--
+[role="term"]
+----
+sudo yum install lttng-tools
+sudo yum install lttng-ust
+----
+--
+
+. Download, build, and install the latest LTTng-modules{nbsp}{revision}:
++
+--
+[role="term"]
+----
+cd $(mktemp -d) &&
+wget http://lttng.org/files/lttng-modules/lttng-modules-latest-2.8.tar.bz2 &&
+tar -xf lttng-modules-latest-2.8.tar.bz2 &&
+cd lttng-modules-2.8.* &&
+make &&
+sudo make modules_install &&
+sudo depmod -a
+----
+--
+
+[IMPORTANT]
+.Java and Python application instrumentation and tracing
+====
+If you need to instrument and trace <<java-application,Java
+applications>> on openSUSE, you need to build and install
+LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision} <<building-from-source,from source>> and pass
+the `--enable-java-agent-jul`, `--enable-java-agent-log4j`, or
+`--enable-java-agent-all` options to the `configure` script, depending
+on which Java logging framework you use.
+
+If you need to instrument and trace <<python-application,Python
+applications>> on openSUSE, you need to build and install
+LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision} from source and pass the
+`--enable-python-agent` option to the `configure` script.
+====
+
+
[[debian]]
=== Debian
[[alpine-linux]]
=== Alpine Linux
-To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} (tracing control and user space
-tracing) on Alpine Linux "edge":
+To install LTTng-tools{nbsp}{revision} and LTTng-UST{nbsp}{revision} on
+Alpine Linux "edge":
. Make sure your system is
https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/Edge[configured for "edge"].
--
+[[enterprise-distributions]]
+=== RHEL, SUSE, and other enterprise distributions
+
+To install LTTng on enterprise Linux distributions, such as Red Hat
+Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SUSE), please
+see http://packages.efficios.com/[EfficiOS Enterprise Packages].
+
+
+[[buildroot]]
+=== Buildroot
+
+To install LTTng{nbsp}{revision} on Buildroot{nbsp}2016.11:
+
+. Launch the Buildroot configuration tool:
++
+--
+[role="term"]
+----
+make menuconfig
+----
+--
+
+. In **Kernel**, check **Linux kernel**.
+. In **Toolchain**, check **Enable WCHAR support**.
+. In **Target packages**{nbsp}→ **Debugging, profiling and benchmark**,
+ check **lttng-modules** and **lttng-tools**.
+. In **Target packages**{nbsp}→ **Libraries**{nbsp}→
+ **Other**, check **lttng-libust**.
+
+
[[oe-yocto]]
=== OpenEmbedded and Yocto
====
-[[enterprise-distributions]]
-=== RHEL, SUSE, and other enterprise distributions
-
-To install LTTng on enterprise Linux distributions, such as Red Hat
-Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SUSE), please
-see http://packages.efficios.com/[EfficiOS Enterprise Packages].
-
-
[[building-from-source]]
=== Build from source
The following command lines start with cmd:sudo because you need root
privileges to trace the Linux kernel. You can avoid using cmd:sudo if
-your Unix user is a member of the <<lttng-sessiond,tracing group>>.
+your Unix user is a member of the <<tracing-group,tracing group>>.
. Create a <<tracing-session,tracing session>>:
+
To build the instrumented user library:
. In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the
- following line:
+ following lines:
+
--
[source,c]
To build the instrumented user library:
. In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the
- following line:
+ following lines:
+
--
[source,c]
To build the instrumented user library:
. In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the
- following line:
+ following lines:
+
--
[source,c]
To build the instrumented user library:
. In path:{emon.c}, before including path:{tpp.h}, add the
- following line:
+ following lines:
+
--
[source,c]
belongs to the Linux kernel <<domain,tracing domain>>. However, unlike
other instrumentation points in the kernel tracing domain, **any Unix
user** can <<enabling-disabling-events,create an event rule>> which
-matches its event name, not only the root user or users in the tracing
-group.
+matches its event name, not only the root user or users in the
+<<tracing-group,tracing group>>.
To use the LTTng logger:
<<domain,tracing domain>>::
A namespace for event sources.
-tracing group::
+<<tracing-group,tracing group>>::
The Unix group in which a Unix user can be to be allowed to trace the
Linux kernel.
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