Summary

In most cases, the re-indexing can be monitored using the UI. However, there are scenarios when this is not possible, such as when there is a need to track the first re-index after upgrading form 8.x to 9.x.

The contents of this KB is to provide an way to check details of the re-indexing, as well as track progress using the application log.

Environment

Jira 9.x

Steps

1. Navigate to $localjirahome/logs directory. The application log atlassian-jira.log by default can be found here as mentioned in Useful log files in Jira.

2. Use the grep command to search for the string ReindexAll

   % grep -i "ReindexAll" atlassian-jira.log
   2023-08-04 09:22:40,163+1000 JiraTaskExecutionThread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.issue.index.DefaultIndexManager] ReindexAll in foreground: {indexIssues=true, indexChangeHistory=true, indexComments=true, indexWorklogs=true}
   2023-08-04 09:22:48,593+1000 JiraTaskExecutionThread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.issue.index.DefaultIndexManager] ReindexAll took: 8426 ms in the foreground, index size is 80 KB

3. To read this sample log snippet, the start of the re-index from the DefaultIndexManager was at 9:22:40, when it mentions ReindexAll in foreground with all the parameters related to the full lock re-index {indexIssues=true, indexChangeHistory=true, indexComments=true, indexWorklogs=true}.

   2023-08-04 09:22:40,163+1000 JiraTaskExecutionThread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.issue.index.DefaultIndexManager] ReindexAll in foreground: {indexIssues=true, indexChangeHistory=true, indexComments=true, indexWorklogs=true}

4. The end of the re-index is when it mentions ReindexAll took xxx in the foreground.

   2023-08-04 09:22:48,593+1000 JiraTaskExecutionThread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.issue.index.DefaultIndexManager] ReindexAll took: 8426 ms in the foreground, index size is 80 KB

5. To monitor the progress, the grep command can make use of REGEX to watch the percentage of the progress. Please note that this sample was taken from a small instance which explains why the re-index finished very quickly. Larger instances will take significantly longer time compared to this sample snippet.

   % grep -E "Re-indexing is.*complete" atlassian-jira.log*
   2023-08-04 09:22:40,147+1000 JiraTaskExecutionThread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 0% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,137+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 4% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,212+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 8% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,219+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 12% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,230+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 16% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,234+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 20% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,240+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 24% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,249+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 28% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,254+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 32% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,256+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 36% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,260+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 40% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,263+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 44% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,268+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 48% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,277+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 52% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,436+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 56% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,441+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 60% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,445+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 64% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,448+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 68% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,451+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 72% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,455+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 76% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,459+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 80% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,462+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 84% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,465+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 88% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:47,468+1000 IssueIndexer:thread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 92% complete. Current index: Issue
   2023-08-04 09:22:48,748+1000 JiraTaskExecutionThread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 92% complete. Current index: SearchRequest
   2023-08-04 09:22:48,789+1000 JiraTaskExecutionThread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 96% complete. Current index: SearchRequest
   2023-08-04 09:22:48,924+1000 JiraTaskExecutionThread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 96% complete. Current index: PortalPage
   2023-08-04 09:22:48,930+1000 JiraTaskExecutionThread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 100% complete. Current index: PortalPage
   2023-08-04 09:22:48,971+1000 JiraTaskExecutionThread-1 INFO anonymous     [c.a.j.index.request.DefaultReindexRequestManager] Re-indexing is 100% complete. Current index: