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Command: alloc fs

Alias: nomad fs

The alloc fs command allows a user to navigate an allocation working directory on a Nomad client. The following functionalities are available - cat, tail, ls and stat.

  • cat: If the target path is a file, Nomad will cat the file.

  • tail: If the target path is a file and -tail flag is specified, Nomad will tail the file.

  • ls: If the target path is a directory, Nomad displays the name of a file and directories and their associated information.

  • stat: If the -stat flag is used, Nomad will display information about a file.

Usage

nomad alloc fs [options] <allocation> <path>

This command accepts a single allocation ID (unless the -job flag is specified, in which case an allocation is chosen from the given job) and a path. The path is optional and relative to the root of the allocation working directory.

When ACLs are enabled, this command requires a token with the read-fs, read-job, and list-jobs capabilities for the allocation's namespace.

General Options

  • -address=<addr>: The address of the Nomad server. Overrides the NOMAD_ADDR environment variable if set. Defaults to http://127.0.0.1:4646.

  • -region=<region>: The region of the Nomad server to forward commands to. Overrides the NOMAD_REGION environment variable if set. Defaults to the Agent's local region.

  • -namespace=<namespace>: The target namespace for queries and actions bound to a namespace. Overrides the NOMAD_NAMESPACE environment variable if set. If set to '*', subcommands which support this functionality query all namespaces authorized to user. Defaults to the "default" namespace.

  • -no-color: Disables colored command output. Alternatively, NOMAD_CLI_NO_COLOR may be set. This option takes precedence over -force-color.

  • -force-color: Forces colored command output. This can be used in cases where the usual terminal detection fails. Alternatively, NOMAD_CLI_FORCE_COLOR may be set. This option has no effect if -no-color is also used.

  • -ca-cert=<path>: Path to a PEM encoded CA cert file to use to verify the Nomad server SSL certificate. Overrides the NOMAD_CACERT environment variable if set.

  • -ca-path=<path>: Path to a directory of PEM encoded CA cert files to verify the Nomad server SSL certificate. If both -ca-cert and -ca-path are specified, -ca-cert is used. Overrides the NOMAD_CAPATH environment variable if set.

  • -client-cert=<path>: Path to a PEM encoded client certificate for TLS authentication to the Nomad server. Must also specify -client-key. Overrides the NOMAD_CLIENT_CERT environment variable if set.

  • -client-key=<path>: Path to an unencrypted PEM encoded private key matching the client certificate from -client-cert. Overrides the NOMAD_CLIENT_KEY environment variable if set.

  • -tls-server-name=<value>: The server name to use as the SNI host when connecting via TLS. Overrides the NOMAD_TLS_SERVER_NAME environment variable if set.

  • -tls-skip-verify: Do not verify TLS certificate. This is highly not recommended. Verification will also be skipped if NOMAD_SKIP_VERIFY is set.

  • -token: The SecretID of an ACL token to use to authenticate API requests with. Overrides the NOMAD_TOKEN environment variable if set.

Fs Options

  • -H: Machine friendly output.

  • -verbose: Display verbose output.

  • -job: Use a random allocation from the specified job or job ID prefix, preferring a running allocation.

  • -stat: Show stat information instead of displaying the file, or listing the directory.

  • -f: Causes the output to not stop when the end of the file is reached, but rather to wait for additional output.

  • -tail: Show the files contents with offsets relative to the end of the file. If no offset is given, -n is defaulted to 10.

  • -n: Sets the tail location in best-efforted number of lines relative to the end of the file.

  • -c: Sets the tail location in number of bytes relative to the end of the file.

Examples

$ nomad alloc fs eb17e557
Mode        Size  Modified Time        Name
drwxrwxr-x  4096  28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC  alloc/
drwxrwxr-x  4096  28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC  redis/
-rw-rw-r--  0     28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC  redis_exit_status


$ nomad alloc fs eb17e557 redis/local
Mode        Size  Modified Time        Name
-rw-rw-rw-  0     28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC  redis.stderr
-rw-rw-rw-  17    28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC  redis.stdout


$ nomad alloc fs -stat eb17e557 redis/local/redis.stdout
Mode        Size  Modified Time        Name
-rw-rw-rw-  17    28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC  redis.stdout


$ nomad alloc fs eb17e557 redis/local/redis.stdout
foobar
baz

$ nomad alloc fs -tail -f -n 3 eb17e557 redis/local/redis.stdout
foobar
baz
bam
<blocking>

Using Job ID instead of Allocation ID

Setting the -job flag causes a random allocation of the specified job to be selected. Nomad will prefer to select a running allocation ID for the job, but if no running allocations for the job are found, Nomad will use a dead allocation.

nomad alloc fs -job <job-id> <path>

This can be useful for debugging a job that has multiple allocations, and it is not required to observe a specific allocation.

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