Debug builds of MaxScale

MaxScale debug builds

If you are having trouble with MaxScale and it crashes and the crash can be reproduced, you should install the debug build of MaxScale. The debug build has extra checks in place to catch possible error conditions early on. This will help the people debugging the crashes to solve the problems faster.

Downloading and installing the packages

You can get the debug builds of MaxScale from the MariaDB Portal.

• Log in with your MariaDB account
• Click on the Older Releases link on the right side of the page
• You should see a link to the 1.2-debug page where there will be folders for each supported distribution.
• Pick your distribution and download the package
• Back up any configuration files and remove your non-debug installation of MaxScale
• Install the debug version of MaxScale
• Add log_debug=0 and log_trace=0 under the [maxscale] section

Now you should have the debug build of MaxScale installed. Try to repeat the actions that caused the crash and report your findings on the MariaDB Jira.