# Quick Start

## 1. Start math-game

```bash
curl -O https://arthas.aliyun.com/math-game.jar
java -jar math-game.jar
```

`math-game` is a simple program that generates a random number every second, then it finds all prime factors of that number.

The source code of `math-game`: [View](https://github.com/alibaba/arthas/blob/master/math-game/src/main/java/demo/MathGame.java)

## 2. Start Arthas

### Linux/Unix/Mac

Execute the following command in the command line:

```bash
curl -O https://arthas.aliyun.com/arthas-boot.jar
java -jar arthas-boot.jar
```

- The user to run this command _MUST_ have the same privilege as the owner of the target process, as a simple example you can try the following command if the target process is managed by user `admin`: `sudo su admin && java -jar arthas-boot.jar` or `sudo -u admin -EH java -jar arthas-boot.jar`
- If you cannot be able to attach to the target process, please check the logs under `~/logs/arthas` for troubleshooting.
- `java -jar arthas-boot.jar -h` print usage.

Select the target Java process to attach:

```bash
$ $ java -jar arthas-boot.jar
* [1]: 35542
  [2]: 71560 math-game.jar
```

The `math-game` process is the second as shown above, press '2' then 'Enter'. Arthas will attach to the target process, and start to output:

```bash
[INFO] Try to attach process 71560
[INFO] Attach process 71560 success.
[INFO] arthas-client connect 127.0.0.1 3658
  ,---.  ,------. ,--------.,--.  ,--.  ,---.   ,---.
 /  O  \ |  .--. ''--.  .--'|  '--'  | /  O  \ '   .-'
|  .-.  ||  '--'.'   |  |   |  .--.  ||  .-.  |`.  `-.
|  | |  ||  |\  \    |  |   |  |  |  ||  | |  |.-'    |
`--' `--'`--' '--'   `--'   `--'  `--'`--' `--'`-----'


wiki: https://arthas.aliyun.com/doc
version: 3.0.5.20181127201536
pid: 71560
time: 2018-11-28 19:16:24

$
```

## 3. Check the Dashboard

Type '[dashboard](dashboard.md)' and hit 'ENTER', a brief report on the current process will be shown as below, pls. `Ctrl+C` to stop:

```bash
$ dashboard
ID     NAME                   GROUP          PRIORI STATE  %CPU    TIME   INTERRU DAEMON
17     pool-2-thread-1        system         5      WAITIN 67      0:0    false   false
27     Timer-for-arthas-dashb system         10     RUNNAB 32      0:0    false   true
11     AsyncAppender-Worker-a system         9      WAITIN 0       0:0    false   true
9      Attach Listener        system         9      RUNNAB 0       0:0    false   true
3      Finalizer              system         8      WAITIN 0       0:0    false   true
2      Reference Handler      system         10     WAITIN 0       0:0    false   true
4      Signal Dispatcher      system         9      RUNNAB 0       0:0    false   true
26     as-command-execute-dae system         10     TIMED_ 0       0:0    false   true
13     job-timeout            system         9      TIMED_ 0       0:0    false   true
1      main                   main           5      TIMED_ 0       0:0    false   false
14     nioEventLoopGroup-2-1  system         10     RUNNAB 0       0:0    false   false
18     nioEventLoopGroup-2-2  system         10     RUNNAB 0       0:0    false   false
23     nioEventLoopGroup-2-3  system         10     RUNNAB 0       0:0    false   false
15     nioEventLoopGroup-3-1  system         10     RUNNAB 0       0:0    false   false
Memory             used   total max    usage GC
heap               32M    155M  1820M  1.77% gc.ps_scavenge.count  4
ps_eden_space      14M    65M   672M   2.21% gc.ps_scavenge.time(m 166
ps_survivor_space  4M     5M    5M           s)
ps_old_gen         12M    85M   1365M  0.91% gc.ps_marksweep.count 0
nonheap            20M    23M   -1           gc.ps_marksweep.time( 0
code_cache         3M     5M    240M   1.32% ms )
Runtime
os.name                Mac OS X
os.version             10.13.4
java.version           1.8.0_162
java.home              /Library/Java/JavaVir
                       tualMachines/jdk1.8.0
                       _162.jdk/Contents/Hom
                       e/jre
```

## 4. Get the Main Class of the `math-game` process with the thread command

`thread 1` will print the stack of the thread with ID 1, which usually the main function thread.

```bash
$ thread 1 | grep 'main('
    at demo.MathGame.main(MathGame.java:17)
```

## 5. Decompile Main Class with jad command

```java
$ jad demo.MathGame

ClassLoader:
+-sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader@3d4eac69
  +-sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader@66350f69

Location:
/tmp/math-game.jar

/*
 * Decompiled with CFR 0_132.
 */
package demo;

import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class MathGame {
    private static Random random = new Random();
    private int illegalArgumentCount = 0;

    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        MathGame game = new MathGame();
        do {
            game.run();
            TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(1L);
        } while (true);
    }

    public void run() throws InterruptedException {
        try {
            int number = random.nextInt();
            List<Integer> primeFactors = this.primeFactors(number);
            MathGame.print(number, primeFactors);
        }
        catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(String.format("illegalArgumentCount:%3d, ", this.illegalArgumentCount) + e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    public static void print(int number, List<Integer> primeFactors) {
        StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("" + number + "=");
        Iterator<Integer> iterator = primeFactors.iterator();
        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
            int factor = iterator.next();
            sb.append(factor).append('*');
        }
        if (sb.charAt(sb.length() - 1) == '*') {
            sb.deleteCharAt(sb.length() - 1);
        }
        System.out.println(sb);
    }

    public List<Integer> primeFactors(int number) {
        if (number < 2) {
            ++this.illegalArgumentCount;
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("number is: " + number + ", need >= 2");
        }
        ArrayList<Integer> result = new ArrayList<Integer>();
        int i = 2;
        while (i <= number) {
            if (number % i == 0) {
                result.add(i);
                number /= i;
                i = 2;
                continue;
            }
            ++i;
        }
        return result;
    }
}

Affect(row-cnt:1) cost in 970 ms.
```

## 6. watch

Use '[watch](watch.md)' to view the return object of `demo.MathGame#primeFactors`:

```bash
$ watch demo.MathGame primeFactors returnObj
Press Ctrl+C to abort.
Affect(class-cnt:1 , method-cnt:1) cost in 107 ms.
ts=2018-11-28 19:22:30; [cost=1.715367ms] result=null
ts=2018-11-28 19:22:31; [cost=0.185203ms] result=null
ts=2018-11-28 19:22:32; [cost=19.012416ms] result=@ArrayList[
    @Integer[5],
    @Integer[47],
    @Integer[2675531],
]
ts=2018-11-28 19:22:33; [cost=0.311395ms] result=@ArrayList[
    @Integer[2],
    @Integer[5],
    @Integer[317],
    @Integer[503],
    @Integer[887],
]
ts=2018-11-28 19:22:34; [cost=10.136007ms] result=@ArrayList[
    @Integer[2],
    @Integer[2],
    @Integer[3],
    @Integer[3],
    @Integer[31],
    @Integer[717593],
]
ts=2018-11-28 19:22:35; [cost=29.969732ms] result=@ArrayList[
    @Integer[5],
    @Integer[29],
    @Integer[7651739],
]
```

Pls. refer to [advanced usages](advanced-use.md) for more information.

## 7. Exit Arthas

Use `quit` or `exit` to disconnect from the current process. The Arthas instance attached to the target process continues to live inside the process, and its port is standby for further connection.

Use `stop` command to have Arthas completely quit from the target process.
