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Version: 8.7.x

Query Analyzer Tool Usage

The ep-query-analyzer-0.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar can be found under the </ep-commerce/commerce-engine/ep-query-analyzer/target folder.

The tool uses the trace lines that are found in <USER_HOME/ep/logs/ep-cortex.log>, or any other Elastic Path application log, enabled through a JMX connection to the Logback MBean or through log4j2.xml.

The following loggers provide the trace output:

openjpa
com.elasticpath.rest.resource.dispatch.operator.AnnotatedMethodDispatcher
com.elasticpath.rest.resource.dispatch.linker.ResourceLinker
com.elasticpath.rest.helix.runtime.server.PrototypeDispatcherResourceServer

All JPA classes, AnnotatedMethodDispatcher, ResourceLinker, and PrototypeDispatcherResourceServer classes provide trace output for Query Analyzer. The OpenJPA trace lines provide JPA and SQL statistics. The Cortex traces provide correlation between Cortex requests and JPA/DB queries, so that Cortex operation can report the database statistics.

For more information about the details provided, see Overview

The tool can be deployed as a bundle, within an OSGi container, or can run from the command line, as any other executable JAR. Regardless of the usage, only one JAR is created.

Command Line Usage​

The command line tool can be useful when Cortex or any other application log already contains the required trace lines. In this case, the TRACE level needs to be manually enabled for the loggers mentioned previously, in the log4j2.xml file.

To use the tool from the command line, run the following command:

java -jar </ep-commerce/commerce-engine/ep-query-analyzer/target/ep-query-analyzer-0.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar>

You can override the following default values using system properties:

  • -Dlog.file.path=<ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_CORTEX_LOG>

    Specifies the default location of Cortex log file. The parser accesses the Cortex log file at this location if you set the location. If not, parser reads the default Cortex log file, USER_HOME/ep/logs/ep-cortex.log.

java -Dlog.file.path=<ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO_CORTEX_LOG> -jar </ep-commerce/commerce-engine/ep-query-analyzer/target/ep-query-analyzer-0.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar>

  • -Dprint.json.to.console.only

    Displays JSON output only in console.

    If this property is set to any, non-empty, value, such as -Dprint.json.to.console.only=X or -Dprint.json.to.console.only=EP, the system displays the JSON output only in the console and does not save the output to a file irrespective of the value.

  • -Doutput.json.file.path

    Saves the output in an external file at the specified path. By default, the output is saved at USER_HOME/cortex_db_statistics.json

All system properties are defined in the com.elasticpath.repo.performancetools.queryanalyzer.utils.SystemProperties module.

OSGi Bundle Usage​

If the tool is deployed as an OSGi bundle, ensure that the Cortex application is started with JMX support enabled.

The JMX support can be enabled using the following system properties:

-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=<PORT>
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
-Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false

Where PORT is the port number, for example 6969. When you start Cortex using Maven, add the parameters to the MAVEN_OPTS environment variable. Otherwise, modify the environment variable that contains the system properties, such as, CATALINA_OPTS.

  • For Windows, open command prompt and run the following:

    set MAVEN_OPTS=%MAVEN_OPTS% -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=6969 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false

  • For Linux/Mac, start a terminal and run the following:

    export MAVEN_OPTS="$MAVEN_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=6969 -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false"

This enables remote JMX connections, so that Cortex can configure logging as required. The above settings are only temporary and valid for the current command prompt/terminal window. It is a good practice to make the settings permanent.

To use the tool as an OSGi bundle, follow these steps:

  1. Access the Felix console through http://localhost:<CORTEX_PORT>/cortex/system/console/bundles.

    note

    The login is admin/admin. The default CORTEX_PORT is 9080.

  2. Click Install\Update (1). Upload QA Bundle.

  3. Select the /ep-commerce/commerce-engine/ep-query-analyzer/target/ep-query-analyzer-0.0.0-SNAPSHOT.jar file (2).

  4. Click Install or Update (3).

  5. If the Query Analyzer is not visible, reload the bundles (4) and order the bundles by ID in the descending order by clicking on the ID column.

    The Query Analyzer bundle will appear on the top and will not be started by default.

  6. Prepare the Cortex request, such as through Postman or Studio, but do not execute it.

  7. Click Start(5).

    The tool is ready for logging, the main ep-cortex.log file is cleaned and other logs deleted to avoid noise from previous requests. Start QA Bundle

  8. Run the request.

  9. Click Stop button (6).

    The tool parses all Cortex logs, however, there could be one or more logs created Stop QA Bundle

  10. Open USER_HOME/cortex_db_statistics.json file in a text editor.

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