This grabs the same OS commands as we use in riak-debug without any Riak specific commands.

riak-debug-lite

#!/bin/sh

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## riak-debug-lite: Gather info from a node for troubleshooting.
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# If you start to think "We should execute some Erlang in here", then go work
# on Riaknostic, which is called with `riak-admin diag` below.

# /bin/sh on Solaris is not a POSIX compatible shell, but /usr/bin/ksh is.
if [ `uname -s` = 'SunOS' -a "${POSIX_SHELL}" != "true" ]; then
    POSIX_SHELL="true"
    export POSIX_SHELL
    # To support 'whoami' add /usr/ucb to path
    PATH=/usr/ucb:$PATH
    export PATH
    exec /usr/bin/ksh $0 "$@"
fi
unset POSIX_SHELL # clear it so if we invoke other scripts, they run as ksh as well

###
### Function declarations
###

echoerr () { echo "$@" 1>&2; }

mkdir_or_die () {
    # If the dir already exists, just return
    [ -d "$1" ] && return

    mkdir -p "$1"
    if [ 0 -ne $? ]; then
        echoerr "Error creating riak-debug directories. Aborting."
        echoerr "$1"
        exit 1
    fi
}

dump () {
    # first argument is the filename to hold the command output
    out=$1
    shift

    # next argument is the base command to execute. skip dump if not available.
    [ -z "`command -v $1`" ] && return

    # execute the rest of the arguments as the command
    $* >> "$out" 2>&1

    # grab the return value
    retval=$?

    # put the command and the retval in the .info/$out file to aid automation.
    # note: this will miss some escaping for, e.g., find, but it's not critical.
    # get command that was run with `head -1 .info/$out`
    # get return value from command with `tail -1 .info/$out`
    echo "$*" > .info/"$out"
    echo $retval >> .info/"$out"

    if [ 0 -eq $retval ]; then
        printf '.' 1>&2
    else
        printf 'E' 1>&2
    fi

    return $retval
}

usage () {
cat << 'EOF'
riak-debug: Gather info from a node for troubleshooting. See 'man riak-debug'.

Usage: riak-debug-lite [-s] [-e] [FILENAME | -]

-h, --help      Help - you are here.
-s, --syscmds   Gather general system commands.
FILENAME        Output filename for the tar.gz archive. Use - to specify stdout.

Defaults: Get system commands.
          Output in current directory to NODE_NAME-riak-debug.tar.gz or
          HOSTNAME-riak-debug.tar.gz if NODE_NAME cannot be found.
EOF
exit
}

###
### Set up variables
###
get_syscmds=0

###
### Parse options
###

while [ -n "$1" ]; do
    case "$1" in
        -h|--help)
            usage
            ;;
        -s|--syscmds)
            get_syscmds=1
            ;;
        -)
            # If truly specifying stdout as the output file, it should be last
            if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
                echoerr "Trailing options following filename $1. Aborting."
                echoerr "See 'riak-debug -h' and manpage for help."
                exit 1
            fi

            outfile="-"
            ;;
        *)
            # Shouldn't get here until the last option, the output filename.
            if [ '-' = "$outfile" ]; then
                echoerr "Filename $1 given but stdout, -, already specified."
                echoerr "Aborting. See 'riak-debug -h' and manpage for help."
                exit 1
            fi

            # The filename shouldn't start with a '-'. The single character '-'
            # is handled as a special case above.
            if [ '-' =  `echo "$1" | awk 'BEGIN {FS=""} {print $1}'` ]; then
                echoerr "Unrecognized option $1. Aborting"
                echoerr "See 'riak-debug -h' and manpage for help."
                exit 1
            fi

            if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
                echoerr "Trailing options following filename $1. Aborting."
                echoerr "See 'riak-debug -h' and manpage for help."
                exit 1
            fi

            outfile="$1"
            ;;
    esac
    shift
done

###
### Finish setting up variables and overrides
###

if [ 0 -eq $(($get_syscmds)) ]; then
    # Nothing specific was requested, so get everything except extracmds
    get_syscmds=1
fi

start_dir="$TMPDIR"

if [ -z "$start_dir" ]; then
    start_dir=/tmp
fi

# Strip any trailing slash from TMPDIR
start_dir="`echo $start_dir | sed 's#/$##'`"

debug_dir="`hostname`-riak-debug"

if [ -d "${start_dir}"/"${debug_dir}" ]; then
    echoerr "Temporary directory already exists. Aborting."
    echoerr "${start_dir}"/"${debug_dir}"
    exit 1
fi

if [ -z "$outfile" ]; then
    # If output file not specified, output to the default
    outfile="`pwd`"/"${debug_dir}".tar.gz
fi

if [ '-' != "$outfile" ] && [ -f "$outfile" ]; then
    echoerr "Output file already exists. Aborting."
    echoerr "$outfile"
    exit 1
fi

###
### Gather system commands
###

if [ 1 -eq $get_syscmds ]; then
    mkdir_or_die "${start_dir}"/"${debug_dir}"/commands/.info
    cd "${start_dir}"/"${debug_dir}"/commands

    # System info
    dump date date
    dump w w
    dump last last
    dump hostname hostname
    dump uname uname -a
    dump lsb_release lsb_release
    dump ps ps aux
    dump vmstat vmstat 1 5
    dump free free -m
    dump df df
    dump df_i df -i
    dump dmesg dmesg
    dump mount mount
    dump sysctl sysctl -a
    dump rpm rpm -qa
    dump dpkg dpkg -l
    dump pkg_info pkg_info
    dump sestatus sestatus -v
    dump ifconfig ifconfig -a
    dump netstat_i netstat -i
    dump netstat_an netstat -an
    dump netstat_rn netstat -rn
    dump pfctl_rules pfctl -s rules
    dump pfctl_nat pfctl -s nat

    # If swapctl exists, prefer it over swapon
    if [ -n "`command -v swapctl`" ]; then
        dump swapctl swapctl -s
    else
        dump swapon swapon -s
    fi

    BLOCKDEV=/sbin/blockdev
    if [ -e $BLOCKDEV ]; then
        for mount_point in `mount | egrep '^/' | awk '{print $1}'`; do
            flat_point=`echo $mount_point | sed 's:/:_:g'`
            dump blockdev.$flat_point $BLOCKDEV --getra $mount_point
        done
    else
        dump blockdev._ echo $BLOCKDEV is not available
    fi

    # Running iptables commands if the module is not loaded can automatically
    # load them. This is rarely desired and can even cause connectivity
    # problems if, e.g., nf_conntrack gets autoloaded and autoenabled.
    if [ -n "`command -v lsmod`" ]; then
        if [ -n "`lsmod 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}' | grep iptable_filter`" ]; then
            dump iptables_rules iptables -n -L
        else
            dump iptables_rules echo "iptables module not loaded"
        fi

        if [ -n "`lsmod 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $1}' | grep nf_conntrack`" ]; then
            dump iptables_nat iptables -t nat -n -L
        else
            dump iptables_nat echo "nf_conntrack module not loaded"
        fi
    fi

    if [ -f /proc/diskstats ]; then
        # Linux iostat
        dump iostat_linux iostat -mx 1 5
    elif [ -d /proc ]; then
        # No diskstats, but proc, probably Solaris or SmartOS
        dump iostat_smartos iostat -xnz 1 5
    else
        # BSD style iostat
        dump iostat_bsd iostat -dIw 1 -c 5
    fi

    # Dump files
    [ -f /etc/release ] && dump release cat /etc/release
    [ -f /etc/redhat-release ] && dump redhat_release cat /etc/redhat-release
    [ -f /etc/debian_version ] && dump debian_version cat /etc/debian_version
    [ -f /etc/security/limits.conf ] && dump limits.conf cat /etc/security/limits.conf
    [ -f /var/log/messages ] && dump messages cat /var/log/messages
    [ -f /var/log/syslog ] && dump messages cat /var/log/syslog
    [ -f /proc/diskstats ] && dump diskstats cat /proc/diskstats
    [ -f /proc/cpuinfo ] && dump cpuinfo cat /proc/cpuinfo
    [ -f /proc/meminfo ] && dump meminfo cat /proc/meminfo

    # Dump directories and finds
    [ -d /dev/disk/by-id ] && dump disk_by_id ls -l /dev/disk/by-id
    [ -d /sys/block ] && dump schedulers find /sys/block/ -type l -print -exec cat {}/queue/scheduler \;
    [ -d /proc/net/bonding ] && dump bonding find /proc/net/bonding/ -type f -print -exec cat {} \;
    [ -d /sys/class/net ] && dump rx_crc_errors find /sys/class/net/ -type l -print -exec cat {}/statistics/rx_crc_errors \;

    # A bit more complicated, but let's get all of limits.d if it's there
    if [ -d /etc/security/limits.d ]; then
        # check to ensure there is at least something to get
        if [ -n "`find /etc/security/limits.d -maxdepth 1 -name '*.conf' -print -quit`" ]; then
            mkdir_or_die "${start_dir}"/"${debug_dir}"/commands/limits.d

            # Mirror the directory, only copying files that match the pattern
            cd /etc/security/limits.d
            find . -type f -name '*.conf' -exec sh -c '
                mkdir -p "$0/${1%/*}";
                cp "$1" "$0/$1"
                ' "${start_dir}"/"${debug_dir}"/commands/limits.d {} \;
        fi
    fi
fi

###
### Produce the output file
###

# One last sanity check before transferring or removing anything
cd "${start_dir}"
if [ -z "$debug_dir" ] || [ ! -d "$debug_dir" ]; then
    echoerr "Couldn't find ${start_dir}/${debug_dir}. Aborting"
    exit 1
fi

if [ '-' = "$outfile" ]; then
    # So we don't get a file literally named -
    tar zcf - "${debug_dir}"
else
    tar zcf "$outfile" "${debug_dir}"

    # provide some indication of the output filename
    printf " $outfile" 1>&2
fi
rm -rf "${debug_dir}"

# keep things looking pretty
echoerr ""