abrtd can be configured to collect application core dumps in /var/spool/abrt, below are quick examples on how to configure and to use the product.

set up to capture application core dumps

stop abrtd if it’s running

systemctl stop abrtd

make sure all the packages are installed

yum install abrt abrt-addon-ccpp abrt-tui
abrt-install-ccpp-hook install

configure the packages:

edit the file /etc/abrt/abrtd.conf to change the line

This will make sure that the data is not automatically deleted DeleteUploaded = yes

to
DeleteUploaded = no

Edit the file /etc/abrt/abrt-action-save-package-data.conf to change the line

By default, only executables that come in an RPM package will be processed. This will allow unpackaged executables to be processed also
ProcessUnpackaged = no

ProcessUnpackaged = yes

Start and enable the services

systemctl enable abrtd
systemctl enable abrt-ccpp
systemctl start abrtd
systemctl start abrt-ccpp

Using abrt-cli

check dumps:

use abrt-cli to list previous dumps

 root@ny5-pr-jump01:spool# abrt-cli list
 id a17714cd19d94b606a9664a649d19296c998f585
 reason:         grabber.py:550::ImportError: /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pycurl.so: undefined symbol: CRYPTO_num_locks
 time:           Thu 28 May 2020 02:00:42 PM EDT
 cmdline:        /usr/bin/python -tt /usr/bin/repoquery --show-duplicates --plugins --quiet --disablerepo '' --enablerepo '' --qf %{name}|%{epoch}|%{version}|%{release}|%{arch}|%{repoid} python-virtualenv
 package:        yum-utils-1.1.31-52.el7
 uid:            0 (root)
 count:          3
 Directory:      /var/spool/abrt/Python-2020-05-28-14:00:42-1042
 id 3c289c33b6071aac18a577fc2c49bd3786991af5
 reason:         init.py:925:_open:IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: u'/home/mtucker'
 time:           Sat 18 Apr 2020 09:56:00 AM EDT
 cmdline:        /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/ansible-playbook -i ../hosts.yml gather_facts.yml --extra-vars host_group=prod
 package:        ansible-2.8.5-1.el7
 uid:            0 (root)
 count:          1
 Directory:      /var/spool/abrt/Python-2020-04-18-09:56:00-20162
 id a36d37e023b5fee7c220bced71f6dd14de21c05f
 reason:         bno_plot.py:102::IndexError: list index out of range
 time:           Tue 07 Apr 2020 01:40:43 PM EDT
 cmdline:        python /bin/bno_plot.py jp.py lsusb.py mysqlhotcopy objcopy pathfix.py ptpwatch.py sg_xcopy
 package:        blktrace-1.0.5-9.el7
 uid:            0 (root)
 count:          1
 Directory:      /var/spool/abrt/Python-2020-04-07-13:40:43-23801
 id 44cb6bbd2f85924f072d0ca7a6b91fe335004b4a
 reason:         pssh:93:do_pssh:ValueError: min() arg is an empty sequence
 time:           Tue 10 Dec 2019 12:17:15 PM EST
 cmdline:        /usr/bin/python /bin/pssh -h list -o psshout-geneos id geneos
 package:        pssh-2.3.1-5.el7
 uid:            0 (root)
 count:          1
 Directory:      /var/spool/abrt/Python-2019-12-10-12:17:15-13093

remove a dump file:

use abrt-cli rm <directory>

root@ny5-pr-jump01:abrt# ls -l  /var/spool/abrt/ 
 total 20
 -rw------- 1 root root   32 Aug 24 07:24 last-via-server
 drwxr-x--- 2 root abrt 4096 Nov 25 10:39 Python-2019-12-10-12:17:15-13093
 drwxr-x--- 2 root abrt 4096 Nov 25 10:39 Python-2020-04-07-13:40:43-23801
 drwxr-x--- 2 root abrt 4096 Nov 25 10:39 Python-2020-04-18-09:56:00-20162
 drwxr-x--- 2 root abrt 4096 Nov 25 10:39 Python-2020-05-28-14:00:42-1042

root@ny5-pr-jump01:abrt# abrt-cli rm /var/spool/abrt/Python-2019-12-10-12:17:15-13093


root@ny5-pr-jump01:abrt# ls -l /var/spool/abrt/
 total 16
 -rw------- 1 root root   32 Aug 24 07:24 last-via-server
 drwxr-x--- 2 root abrt 4096 Nov 25 10:39 Python-2020-04-07-13:40:43-23801
 drwxr-x--- 2 root abrt 4096 Nov 25 10:39 Python-2020-04-18-09:56:00-20162
 drwxr-x--- 2 root abrt 4096 Nov 25 10:39 Python-2020-05-28-14:00:42-1042