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title: Profiling
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parent: Development
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permalink: /development/profiling
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---
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# Profiling Dendrite
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If you are running into problems with Dendrite using excessive resources (e.g. CPU or RAM) then you can use the profiler to work out what is happening.
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Dendrite contains an embedded profiler called `pprof`, which is a part of the standard Go toolchain.
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## Enable the profiler
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To enable the profiler, start Dendrite with the `PPROFLISTEN` environment variable. This variable specifies which address and port to listen on, e.g.
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```
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PPROFLISTEN=localhost:65432 ./bin/dendrite-monolith-server ...
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```
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If pprof has been enabled successfully, a log line at startup will show that pprof is listening:
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```
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WARN[2020-12-03T13:32:33.669405000Z] [/Users/neilalexander/Desktop/dendrite/internal/log.go:87] SetupPprof
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Starting pprof on localhost:65432
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```
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All examples from this point forward assume `PPROFLISTEN=localhost:65432` but you may need to adjust as necessary for your setup.
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## Profiling CPU usage
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To examine where CPU time is going, you can call the `profile` endpoint:
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```
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http://localhost:65432/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=30
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```
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The profile will run for the specified number of `seconds` and then will produce a result.
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### Examine a profile using the Go toolchain
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If you have Go installed and want to explore the profile, you can invoke `go tool pprof` to start the profile directly. The `-http=` parameter will instruct `go tool pprof` to start a web server providing a view of the captured profile:
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```
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go tool pprof -http=localhost:23456 http://localhost:65432/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=30
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```
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You can then visit `http://localhost:23456` in your web browser to see a visual representation of the profile. Particularly usefully, in the "View" menu, you can select "Flame Graph" to see a proportional interactive graph of CPU usage.
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### Download a profile to send to someone else
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If you don't have the Go tools installed but just want to capture the profile to send to someone else, you can instead use `curl` to download the profiler results:
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```
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curl -O http://localhost:65432/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=30
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```
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This will block for the specified number of seconds, capturing information about what Dendrite is doing, and then produces a `profile` file, which you can send onward.
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## Profiling memory usage
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To examine where memory usage is going, you can call the `heap` endpoint:
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```
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http://localhost:65432/debug/pprof/heap
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```
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The profile will return almost instantly.
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### Examine a profile using the Go toolchain
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If you have Go installed and want to explore the profile, you can invoke `go tool pprof` to start the profile directly. The `-http=` parameter will instruct `go tool pprof` to start a web server providing a view of the captured profile:
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go tool pprof -http=localhost:23456 http://localhost:65432/debug/pprof/heap
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```
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You can then visit `http://localhost:23456` in your web browser to see a visual representation of the profile. The "Sample" menu lets you select between four different memory profiles:
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* `inuse_space`: Shows how much actual heap memory is allocated per function (this is generally the most useful profile when diagnosing high memory usage)
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* `inuse_objects`: Shows how many heap objects are allocated per function
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* `alloc_space`: Shows how much memory has been allocated per function (although that memory may have since been deallocated)
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* `alloc_objects`: Shows how many allocations have been made per function (although that memory may have since been deallocated)
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Also in the "View" menu, you can select "Flame Graph" to see a proportional interactive graph of the memory usage.
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### Download a profile to send to someone else
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If you don't have the Go tools installed but just want to capture the profile to send to someone else, you can instead use `curl` to download the profiler results:
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```
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curl -O http://localhost:65432/debug/pprof/heap
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```
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This will almost instantly produce a `heap` file, which you can send onward.
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