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ProcDump - A Linux Version Of The ProcDump Sysinternals Tool

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ProcDump is a Linux reimagining of the classic ProcDump tool from the Sysinternals suite of tools for Windows. ProcDump provides a convenient way for Linux developers to create core dumps of their application based on performance triggers.

Installation & Usage

Requirements
  • Minimum OS:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS 7
    • Fedora 26
    • Mageia 6
    • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
    • We are actively testing against other Linux distributions. If you have requests for specific distros, please let us know (or create a pull request with the necessary changes).
  • gdb >= 7.6.1
  • zlib (build-time only)

Install ProcDump

Via Package Manager [prefered method]

1. Add the Microsoft Product feed
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | gpg --dearmor > microsoft.gpg
sudo mv microsoft.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.gpg

Register the Microsoft Product feed

Ubuntu 16.04
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-xenial-prod xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list'

Ubuntu 14.04
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-trusty-prod trusty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list'

2. Install Procdump
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install procdump

Via .deb Package
Pre-Depends: dpkg(>=1.17.5)

1. Download .deb Package

Ubuntu 16.04
wget https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-xenial-prod/pool/main/p/procdump/procdump_1.0.1_amd64.deb

Ubuntu 14.04
wget https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-ubuntu-trusty-prod/pool/main/p/procdump/procdump_1.0.1_amd64.deb

2. Install Procdump
sudo dpkg -i procdump_1.0.1_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

Uninstall

Ubuntu 14.04+
sudo apt-get purge procdump

Usage
Usage: procdump [OPTIONS...] TARGET
   OPTIONS
      -C          CPU threshold at which to create a dump of the process from 0 to 100 * nCPU
      -c          CPU threshold below which to create a dump of the process from 0 to 100 * nCPU
      -M          Memory commit threshold in MB at which to create a dump
      -m          Trigger when memory commit drops below specified MB value.
      -n          Number of dumps to write before exiting
      -s          Consecutive seconds before dump is written (default is 10)
   TARGET must be exactly one of these:
      -p          pid of the process
      -w          Name of the process executable

Examples
The following examples all target a process with pid == 1234
The following will create a core dump immediately.
sudo procdump -p 1234
The following will create 3 core dumps 10 seconds apart.
sudo procdump -n 3 -p 1234
The following will create 3 core dumps 5 seconds apart.
sudo procdump -n 3 -s 5 -p 1234
The following will create a core dump each time the process has CPU usage >= 65%, up to 3 times, with at least 10 seconds between each dump.
sudo procdump -C 65 -n 3 -p 1234
The following will create a core dump each time the process has CPU usage >= 65%, up to 3 times, with at least 5 seconds between each dump.
sudo procdump -C 65 -n 3 -s 5 -p 1234
The following will create a core dump when CPU usage is outside the range [10,65].
sudo procdump -c 10 -C 65 -p 1234
The following will create a core dump when CPU usage is >= 65% or memory usage is >= 100 MB.
sudo procdump -C 65 -M 100 -p 1234
All options can also be used with -w instead of -p. -w will wait for a process with the given name.
The following waits for a process named my_application and creates a core dump immediately when it is found.
sudo procdump -w my_application

Current Limitations
  • Currently will only run on Linux Kernels version 3.5+
  • Does not have full feature parity with Windows version of ProcDump, specifically, stay alive functionality, and custom performance counters


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