(checked in beta logastash but I imagine the production config is the same)
A DB error results in two events (DBQuery and exception), neither of which actually shows the error message in a readable format.
The raw logstash records are fine:
{ "_index": "logstash-2017.02.08", "_type": "mediawiki", "_id": "AVogBUK0Ysi3jGukZ3F6", "_score": 1, "_source": { "message": "CentralAuthUser::localUserData\t10.68.18.35\t1054\tUnknown column 'ug_expiry' in 'where clause' (10.68.18.35)\tSELECT ug_group FROM `user_groups` WHERE ug_user = '300' AND (ug_expiry IS NULL OR ug_expiry >= '20170208231819') ", "@version": 1, "@timestamp": "2017-02-08T23:18:19.000Z", "type": "mediawiki", "host": "deployment-mediawiki04", "level": "ERROR", "tags": [ "syslog", "es", "es" ], "channel": "DBQuery", "shard": "s3", "normalized_message": "{fname}\t{db_server}\t{errno}\t{error}\t{sql1line}", "url": "/w/index.php?title=Special%3ACentralAuth&target=Tgr", "ip": "10.68.18.103", "http_method": "GET", "server": "en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org", "referrer": "https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth", "unique_id": "WJunOwpEE4AAAAeY6NEAAAAM", "wiki": "enwiki", "mwversion": "1.29.0-alpha", "reqId": "WJunOwpEE4AAAAeY6NEAAAAM", "db_server": "10.68.18.35", "db_name": "ee_prototypewiki", "db_user": "wikiuser", "method": "Database::reportQueryError", "errno": 1054, "error": "Unknown column 'ug_expiry' in 'where clause' (10.68.18.35)", "sql1line": "SELECT ug_group FROM `user_groups` WHERE ug_user = '300' AND (ug_expiry IS NULL OR ug_expiry >= '20170208231819') ", "fname": "CentralAuthUser::localUserData" }, "fields": { "@timestamp": [ 1486595899000 ] } }
{ "_index": "logstash-2017.02.08", "_type": "mediawiki", "_id": "AVogBUK0Ysi3jGukZ3F7", "_score": 1, "_source": { "message": "A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after upgrading? \nQuery: SELECT ug_group FROM `user_groups` WHERE ug_user = '300' AND (ug_expiry IS NULL OR ug_expiry >= '20170208231819') \nFunction: CentralAuthUser::localUserData\nError: 1054 Unknown column 'ug_expiry' in 'where clause' (10.68.18.35)\n", "@version": 1, "@timestamp": "2017-02-08T23:18:19.000Z", "type": "mediawiki", "host": "deployment-mediawiki04", "level": "ERROR", "tags": [ "syslog", "es", "es", "exception-json" ], "channel": "exception", "shard": "s3", "normalized_message": "{\"id\":\"WJunOwpEE4AAAAeY6NEAAAAM\",\"type\":\"DBQueryError\",\"file\":\"/srv/mediawiki/php-master/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php\",\"line\":1057,\"message\":\"A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema update", "url": "/w/index.php?title=Special%3ACentralAuth&target=Tgr", "ip": "10.68.18.103", "http_method": "GET", "server": "en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org", "referrer": "https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth", "unique_id": "WJunOwpEE4AAAAeY6NEAAAAM", "wiki": "enwiki", "mwversion": "1.29.0-alpha", "reqId": "WJunOwpEE4AAAAeY6NEAAAAM", "private": true, "file": "/srv/mediawiki/php-master/includes/libs/rdbms/database/Database.php", "line": 1057, "code": 0, "caught_by": "mwe_handler", "backtrace": [ .. ], "exception_id": "WJunOwpEE4AAAAeY6NEAAAAM", "class": "mediawiki", "message_checksum": "abf09740ec54e49a772a9260dc6e1e26" }, "fields": { "@timestamp": [ 1486595899000 ] } }
but then the dashboard just shows A database query error has occurred. Did you forget to run your application's database schema updater after up... and CentralAuthUser::localUserData 10.68.18.35 1054 Unknown column 'ug_expiry' in 'where clause' (10.68.18.35) SEL... respectively. The stack trace does get displayed in full, so this not some software-level kibana limitation.