Birdwatcher debugging tool

Birdwatcher is a command-line debugging tool for Milvus. Using Birdwatcher, you can connect to etcd or Milvus or both and check the state of the Milvus system.

etcd is a metadata engine that manages the storage and access of metadata. This topic explains how to connect and execute Birdwatcher with etcd.

Procedure

Birdwatcher is available inside the management container in etcd pod. Complete the following steps to log into etcd management container and execute Birdwatcher.

Run the following command to Get the etcd pod details based on the formation-id.
```
i f <formation_id>
```
Example:
```
i f f70eac82-0577-4887-a091-52aa2bc08463
```

kubectl exec –it <etcd-pod> –c mgmt – bash

Example:

kubectl exec –it c-f70eac82-0577-4887-a091-52aa2bc08463-etcd-m-0 –c mgmt – bash

Run the following command to change the path.
```
cd /temp
```
Run the following command to execute Birdwatcher CLI.
```
./birdwatcher
```

Run the following command to connect to etcd.

connect --etcd <pod-dns-name>:2379 --enableTLS true --etcdCert /root/cert/tls.crt --etcdKey /root/cert/tls.key --rootCAPem /root/cert/ca.crt

Example:

connect --etcd c-f70eac82-0577-4887-a091-52aa2bc08463-etcd-m.f70eac209152aabc0863eac2a0f8.svc.cluster.local:2379 --enableTLS true --etcdCert /root/cert/tls.crt --etcdKey /root/cert/tls.key --rootCAPem /root/cert/ca.crt