--- title: Troubleshooting Weave Net menu_order: 110 search_type: Documentation --- * [Basic Diagnostics](#diagnostics) * [Status Reporting](#weave-status) - [List connections](#weave-status-connections) - [List peers](#weave-status-peers) - [List DNS entries](#weave-status-dns) - [JSON report](#weave-report) - [List attached containers](#list-attached-containers) * [Stopping Weave](#stop) * [Reboots](#reboots) * [Troubleshooting the V2 plugin](#v2plugin) * [Snapshot Releases](#snapshots) ## Basic Diagnostics Check the version of Weave Net you are running using: weave version If it is not the latest version, as shown in the list of [releases](https://github.com/rajch/weave/releases), then it is recommended you upgrade using the [installation instructions]({{ '/install/installing-weave' | relative_url }}). To check the Weave Net container logs: docker logs weave A reasonable amount of information, and all errors, get logged there. The log verbosity may be increased by using the `--log-level=debug` option during `weave launch`. To log information on a per-packet basis use `--pktdebug` - but be warned, as this can produce a lot of output. Another useful debugging technique is to attach standard packet capture and analysis tools, such as tcpdump and wireshark, to the `weave` network bridge on the host. ## Status Reporting A status summary can be obtained using `weave status`: ``` $ weave status Version: 1.1.0 (up to date; next check at 2016/04/06 12:30:00) Service: router Protocol: weave 1..2 Name: 4a:0f:f6:ec:1c:93(host1) Encryption: disabled PeerDiscovery: enabled Targets: [192.168.48.14 192.168.48.15] Connections: 5 (1 established, 1 pending, 1 retrying, 1 failed, 1 connecting) Peers: 3 (with 5 established, 1 pending connections) TrustedSubnets: none Service: ipam Status: ready Range: 10.32.0.0-10.47.255.255 DefaultSubnet: 10.32.0.0/12 Service: dns Domain: weave.local. TTL: 1 Entries: 9 Service: proxy Address: tcp://127.0.0.1:12375 Service: plugin (legacy) DriverName: weave ``` The terms used here are explained further at [How Weave Net Works]({{ '/concepts/how-it-works' | relative_url }}). * **Version** - shows the Weave Net version. If checkpoint is enabled (i.e. `CHECKPOINT_DISABLE` is not set), information about existence of a new version will be shown. * **Protocol**- indicates the Weave Router inter-peer communication protocol name and supported versions (min..max). * **Name** - identifies the local Weave Router as a peer on the Weave network. The nickname shown in parentheses defaults to the name of the host on which the Weave container was launched. It can be overridden by using the `--nickname` argument at `weave launch`. * **Encryption** - indicates whether [encryption]({{ '/concepts/encryption' | relative_url }}) is in use for communication between peers. * **PeerDiscovery** - indicates whether [automatic peer discovery]({{ '/tasks/ipam/allocation-multi-ipam' | relative_url }}) is enabled (which is the default). * **Targets** - are the number of hosts that the local Weave Router has been asked to connect to at `weave launch` and `weave connect`. The complete list can be obtained using `weave status targets`. * **Connections** - show the total number connections between the local Weave Router and other peers, and a break down of that figure by connection state. Further details are available with [`weave status connections`](#weave-status-connections). * **Peers** - show the total number of peers in the network, and the total number of connections peers have to other peers. Further details are available with [`weave status peers`](#weave-status-peers). * **TrustedSubnets** - show subnets which the router trusts as specified by the `--trusted-subnets` option at `weave launch`. ### List Connections Connections between Weave Net peers carry control traffic over TCP and data traffic over UDP. For a connection to be fully established, the TCP connection and UDP datapath must be able to transmit information in both directions. Weave Net routers check this regularly with heartbeats. Failed connections are automatically retried, with an exponential back-off. To view detailed information on the local Weave Net router's type `weave status connections`: ``` $ weave status connections <- 192.168.48.12:33866 established unencrypted fastdp 7e:21:4a:70:2f:45(host2) mtu=1410 <- 192.168.48.13:60773 pending encrypted fastdp 7e:ae:cd:d5:23:8d(host3) -> 192.168.48.14:6783 retrying dial tcp4 192.168.48.14:6783: no route to host -> 192.168.48.15:6783 failed dial tcp4 192.168.48.15:6783: no route to host, retry: 2015-08-06 18:55:38.246910357 +0000 UTC -> 192.168.48.16:6783 connecting ``` The columns are as follows: * Connection origination direction (`->` for outbound, `<-` for inbound) * Remote TCP address * Status * `connecting` - first connection attempt in progress * `failed` - TCP connection or UDP heartbeat failed * `retrying` - retry of a previously failed connection attempt in progress; reason for previous failure follows * `pending` - TCP connection up, waiting for confirmation of UDP heartbeat * `established` - TCP connection and corresponding UDP path are up * Info - the failure reason for failed and retrying connections, or the encryption mode, data transport method, remote peer name and nickname for pending and established connections, mtu if known Specific error messages: * `IP allocation was seeded by different peers` - [more details here]({{ '/tasks/ipam/troubleshooting-ipam#seeded-different-peers' | relative_url }}) ### List Peers Detailed information on peers can be obtained with `weave status peers`: ``` $ weave status peers ce:31:e0:06:45:1a(host1) <- 192.168.48.12:39634 ea:2d:b2:e6:e4:f5(host2) established <- 192.168.48.13:49619 ee:38:33:a7:d9:71(host3) established ea:2d:b2:e6:e4:f5(host2) -> 192.168.48.11:6783 ce:31:e0:06:45:1a(host1) established <- 192.168.48.13:58181 ee:38:33:a7:d9:71(host3) established ee:38:33:a7:d9:71(host3) -> 192.168.48.12:6783 ea:2d:b2:e6:e4:f5(host2) established -> 192.168.48.11:6783 ce:31:e0:06:45:1a(host1) established ``` This lists all peers known to this router, including itself. Each peer is shown with its name and nickname, then each line thereafter shows another peer that it is connected to, with the direction, IP address and port number of the connection. In the above example, `host3` has connected to `host1` at `192.168.48.11:6783`; `host1` sees the `host3` end of the same connection as `192.168.48.13:49619`. ### Listing DNS Entries Detailed information on DNS registrations can be obtained with `weave status dns`: ``` $ weave status dns one 10.32.0.1 eebd81120ee4 4a:0f:f6:ec:1c:93 one 10.43.255.255 4fcec78d2a9b 66:c4:47:c6:65:bf one 10.40.0.0 bab69d305cba ba:98:d0:37:4f:1c three 10.32.0.3 7615b6537f74 4a:0f:f6:ec:1c:93 three 10.44.0.1 c0b39dc52f8d 66:c4:47:c6:65:bf three 10.40.0.2 8a9c2e2ef00f ba:98:d0:37:4f:1c two 10.32.0.2 83689b8f34e0 4a:0f:f6:ec:1c:93 two 10.44.0.0 7edc306cb668 66:c4:47:c6:65:bf two 10.40.0.1 68a5e9c2641b ba:98:d0:37:4f:1c ``` The columns are as follows: * Unqualified hostname * IPv4 address * Registering entity identifier (typically a container ID) * Name of peer from which the registration originates ### Producing a JSON Report weave report Produces a comprehensive dump of the internal state of the router, IPAM and DNS services in JSON format, including all the information available from the `weave status` commands. You can also supply a Golang text template to `weave report` in a similar fashion to `docker inspect`: {% raw %} $ weave report -f '{{.DNS.Domain}}' weave.local.{% endraw %} Weave Net adds a template function, `json`, which can be applied to get results in JSON format. {% raw %} $ weave report -f '{{json .DNS}}'{% endraw %} {"Domain":"weave.local.","Upstream":["8.8.8.8","8.8.4.4"],"Address":"172.17.0.1:53","TTL":1,"Entries":null} ### Listing Attached Containers weave ps Produces a list of all containers running on this host that are connected to the Weave network, like this: weave:expose 7a:c4:8b:a1:e6:ad 10.2.5.2/24 b07565b06c53 ae:e3:07:9c:8c:d4 5245643870f1 ce:15:34:a9:b5:6d 10.2.5.1/24 e32a7d37a93a 7a:61:a2:49:4b:91 10.2.8.3/24 caa1d4ee2570 ba:8c:b9:dc:e1:c9 10.2.1.1/24 10.2.2.1/24 On each line are the container ID, its MAC address, then the list of IP address/routing prefix length ([CIDR notation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing)) assigned on the Weave network. The special container name `weave:expose` displays the Weave bridge MAC and any IP addresses added to it via the `weave expose` command. You can also supply a list of container IDs/names to `weave ps`, like this: $ weave ps able baker able ce:15:34:a9:b5:6d 10.2.5.1/24 baker 7a:61:a2:49:4b:91 10.2.8.3/24 ## Stopping Weave Net To stop Weave Net, if you have configured your environment to use the Weave Docker API Proxy, e.g. by running `eval $(weave env)` in your shell, you must first restore the environment using: eval $(weave env --restore) Then run: weave stop Note that this leaves the local application container network intact. Containers on the local host can continue to communicate, whereas communication with containers on different hosts, as well as service export/import, is disrupted but resumes once Weave is relaunched. To stop Weave Net and to completely remove all traces of the Weave network on the local host, run: weave reset Any running application containers permanently lose connectivity with the Weave network and will have to be restarted in order to re-connect. ## Reboots All the containers started by `weave launch` are configured with the Docker restart policy `--restart=always`, so they will come back again on reboot. This can be disabled via: weave launch --no-restart Note that the Weave Net router creates the `weave` network bridge if necessary when it restarts. The [Weave Net Docker API Proxy]({{ '/tasks/weave-docker-api/weave-docker-api' | relative_url }}) then re-attaches any application containers that it originally attached to the Weave network when they restart. ## Troubleshooting the V2 plugin If Weave Net is installed via `docker plugin install`, download the `weave` script to run `weave status`, `weave ps` or `weave report` as above. Install Weave Net by following the [install instructions]({{ '/install/installing-weave' | relative_url }}). Docker "v2" plugins do run as containers, but at a lower level within the Docker environment. Because of this, you cannot view them with `docker ps`, `docker inspect`, etc. Do not run `weave launch`, `weave stop` or similar commands when using this plugin; use the `docker plugin` commands instead. You can run `weave reset`, but only after disabling the plugin via `docker plugin disable`. Diagnostic logs from the plugin go to the same place as the Docker daemon, which will depend on your Linux install. For example, if it uses `systemd`, then do this to view the Docker and plugin logs: sudo journalctl -u docker ## Snapshot Releases Snapshot releases are published at times to provide previews of new features, assist in the validation of bug fixes, etc. One can install the latest snapshot release using: sudo curl -L git.io/weave-snapshot -o /usr/local/bin/weave sudo chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/weave weave setup Snapshot releases report the script version as "unreleased", and the container image versions as git hashes. **See Also** * [Troubleshooting the Kubernetes Addon]({{ '/kubernetes/kube-addon#troubleshooting' | relative_url }}) * [Troubleshooting IPAM]({{ '/tasks/ipam/troubleshooting-ipam' | relative_url }}) * [Troubleshooting the Proxy]({{ '/tasks/weave-docker-api/using-proxy' | relative_url }}) * [Weave Net monitoring setup in Kubernetes using kube-prometheus]({{ '/tasks/manage/metrics#weave-net-monitoring-setup-in-kubernetes-using-kube-prometheus' | relative_url }})