To troubleshoot the errors came during template validation or apply phase, we can enable the logging with debug level, so we can take a look what is going on in background of template validation and apply phase.
To enable the debug level logs, we just need to make sure we pass either --debug or -d flag to proffer command.
Example:
$ proffer validate --debug example.com
or
$ proffer validate -d example.comSimilarly, we can use the debug flag in apply command also.
$ proffer apply --debug example.com
or
$ proffer apply -d example.comEach message printed by proffer has two parts and they are separated by |.
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Prefix :
It represents the operation type that is currently running. For example
+ validate-syntax | Template syntax is valid.validate-syntax is representing that, we are running validate-syntax operation.
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Data : It represents the message send by the current running operation in a particular log level/ color. Data in green color: Information message. Data in Bright Green color: Success message. Data in Bright Yellow color: Warning/Notice message. Data in Red color: Error message. Data in Bright Red color: Fatal/Panic message. With this kind of data , program will exit with status code 1.
- aws-copyami | Invalid AWS AMI ID [ami-07898754ede9e4a342] passed in [config.source.amiFilters] property of Resource: [Copy AMI To Diff AWS Regions]in above logs, aws-copyami tells that we are applying aws-copyami operation and the Data part in Bright Red Color tells that we got an fatal error that caused program to broke with given error message.
When we run the proffer validate or apply command , it generates a output.yml file in the same location from where we are running the proffer. We can take a look at this file to check if the template resolved the dynamic information (env vars) or not.