Profiling, Debugging, and Monitoring with JDK Flight Recorder and Cryostat

Java Flight Recorder and JDK Mission Control enable continuous collection of low level, detailed runtime information for incident analysis. JFR is included with the JDK, has a tiny footprint, and

Java Flight Recorder is a profiling and event collection framework built into the JDK.

JDK Mission Control contains a set of tools that enable detailed analysis of the data collected by Java Flight Recorder.

Cryotstat enables secure managemant of JFR recordings for containerized Java apps.

In this presentation, we will dive into Java Flight Recorder, Java Mission Control, and Cryostat. You will leave knowing how start, stop, and visualize data about your Java applications running in and out of containers.

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JDK Flight Recorder
and Cryostat

Jeremy Davis
Chief Architect, Red Hat
[email protected]
@argntprgrmr (Threads, Instagram, x, Twitter, Bluesky)
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JDK Flight Recorder
and Cryostat

Jeremy Davis
Chief Architect, Red Hat
[email protected]
@argntprgrmr (Threads, Instagram, x, Twitter)
@[email protected]

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The TQM Guy
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“Without data you are just
another person with an
opinion”
W. Edwards Deming

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It’s been around a long time
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JDK Flight Recorder

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Really 3 Things
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▸JFR (JDK Flight Recorder)
▸jcmd
▸JMC (Java Mission Control)
Toolkit

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It’s Been Around a Long Time
Background
▸BEA JRockit Flight Recorder
▸Oracle JRockit
▸2018 OpenSource

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It’s Been Around a Long Time
Details
▸Designed for production
▸Event Based
▸Events aggregated as “recordings”
▸API’s for producing and analyzing events and event data
▸CLI, GUI, or custom
▸BEA, Oracle, and Open Source (since 2018)

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Events Are Core
Events
▸Event Id
▸Timestamp (CPU ticks)
▸Duration (CPU ticks)
▸Thread Id
▸Stack Trace Id
▸Event Specific Payload

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Recording
▸java -XX:StartFlightRecording
▸java -XX:StartFlightRecording:filename=myrecording.jfr,dumponexit=true
▸jcmd 60128 JFR.start
▸jcmd 60128 JFR.dump name=1 filename=60128.jfr

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Java Mission Control

Making Sense
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Cryostat

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cryostat.io
Cryostat UI
▸Dashboard
▸Automated Analysis
▸Grafana
▸Automated Rules
▸Recordings
▸Archive

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Finally
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You Can Leave It Running
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< 1% overhead
Make Custom Events!
Kubernetes == Cryostat
All the goodness in k8s

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Links
Agenda
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▸https://docs.oracle.com/javacomponents/jmc-5-4/jfr-runtime-guide/toc.htm
▸https://cryostat.io
▸https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEKkUpPnf4Q
▸https://github.com/theygreystone/jmc-tutorial
▸https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2020/08/25/get-started-with-jdk-flight-recorder-in-openjdk-8u
▸https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPCTkW7S7T4
▸https://inside.java/2021/02/22/podcast-013/