openshift_checks: refactor logging checks

Turn failure messages into exceptions that tests can look for without
depending on text meant for humans.
Turn logging_namespace property into a method.
Get rid of _exec_oc and just use logging.exec_oc.

15 files changed, 699 insertions, 616 deletions

diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/__init__.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/__init__.py
index 5d289e522..f26008c9f 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/__init__.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/__init__.py
@@ -13,8 +13,30 @@ from ansible.module_utils.six.moves import reduce  # pylint: disable=import-erro
 
 
 class OpenShiftCheckException(Exception):
-    """Raised when a check cannot proceed."""
-    pass
+    """Raised when a check encounters a failure condition."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name, msg=None):
+        # msg is for the message the user will see when this is raised.
+        # name is for test code to identify the error without looking at msg text.
+        if msg is None:  # for parameter backward compatibility
+            msg = name
+            name = self.__class__.__name__
+        self.name = name
+        super(OpenShiftCheckException, self).__init__(msg)
+
+
+class OpenShiftCheckExceptionList(OpenShiftCheckException):
+    """A container for multiple logging errors that may be detected in one check."""
+    def __init__(self, errors):
+        self.errors = errors
+        super(OpenShiftCheckExceptionList, self).__init__(
+            'OpenShiftCheckExceptionList',
+            '\n'.join(str(msg) for msg in errors)
+        )
+
+    # make iterable
+    def __getitem__(self, index):
+        return self.errors[index]
 
 
 @six.add_metaclass(ABCMeta)
@@ -34,7 +56,8 @@ class OpenShiftCheck(object):
         self._execute_module = execute_module
         self.task_vars = task_vars or {}
         self.tmp = tmp
-        # set True when the check makes a change to the host so it can be reported to the user:
+
+        # set to True when the check changes the host, for accurate total "changed" count
         self.changed = False
 
     @abstractproperty
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/curator.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/curator.py
index 32a92c909..b27f97172 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/curator.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/curator.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Check for an aggregated logging Curator deployment"""
 
-from openshift_checks.logging.logging import LoggingCheck
+from openshift_checks.logging.logging import OpenShiftCheckException, LoggingCheck
 
 
 class Curator(LoggingCheck):
@@ -12,27 +12,17 @@ class Curator(LoggingCheck):
     def run(self):
         """Check various things and gather errors. Returns: result as hash"""
 
-        self.logging_namespace = self.get_var("openshift_logging_namespace", default="logging")
-        curator_pods, error = self.get_pods_for_component(
-            self.logging_namespace,
-            "curator",
-        )
-        if error:
-            return {"failed": True, "msg": error}
-        check_error = self.check_curator(curator_pods)
-
-        if check_error:
-            msg = ("The following Curator deployment issue was found:"
-                   "{}".format(check_error))
-            return {"failed": True, "msg": msg}
-
+        curator_pods = self.get_pods_for_component("curator")
+        self.check_curator(curator_pods)
         # TODO(lmeyer): run it all again for the ops cluster
-        return {"failed": False, "msg": 'No problems found with Curator deployment.'}
+
+        return {}
 
     def check_curator(self, pods):
         """Check to see if curator is up and working. Returns: error string"""
         if not pods:
-            return (
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                "MissingComponentPods",
                 "There are no Curator pods for the logging stack,\n"
                 "so nothing will prune Elasticsearch indexes.\n"
                 "Is Curator correctly deployed?"
@@ -40,14 +30,14 @@ class Curator(LoggingCheck):
 
         not_running = self.not_running_pods(pods)
         if len(not_running) == len(pods):
-            return (
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                "CuratorNotRunning",
                 "The Curator pod is not currently in a running state,\n"
                 "so Elasticsearch indexes may increase without bound."
             )
         if len(pods) - len(not_running) > 1:
-            return (
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                "TooManyCurators",
                 "There is more than one Curator pod running. This should not normally happen.\n"
                 "Although this doesn't cause any problems, you may want to investigate."
             )
-
-        return None
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/elasticsearch.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/elasticsearch.py
index b2e9a8f49..7fc843fd7 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/elasticsearch.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/elasticsearch.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import json
 import re
 
+from openshift_checks import OpenShiftCheckException, OpenShiftCheckExceptionList
 from openshift_checks.logging.logging import LoggingCheck
 
 
@@ -15,168 +16,178 @@ class Elasticsearch(LoggingCheck):
     def run(self):
         """Check various things and gather errors. Returns: result as hash"""
 
-        self.logging_namespace = self.get_var("openshift_logging_namespace", default="logging")
-        es_pods, error = self.get_pods_for_component(
-            self.logging_namespace,
-            "es",
-        )
-        if error:
-            return {"failed": True, "msg": error}
-        check_error = self.check_elasticsearch(es_pods)
-
-        if check_error:
-            msg = ("The following Elasticsearch deployment issue was found:"
-                   "{}".format(check_error))
-            return {"failed": True, "msg": msg}
-
+        es_pods = self.get_pods_for_component("es")
+        self.check_elasticsearch(es_pods)
         # TODO(lmeyer): run it all again for the ops cluster
-        return {"failed": False, "msg": 'No problems found with Elasticsearch deployment.'}
 
-    def _not_running_elasticsearch_pods(self, es_pods):
-        """Returns: list of pods that are not running, list of errors about non-running pods"""
-        not_running = self.not_running_pods(es_pods)
-        if not_running:
-            return not_running, [(
-                'The following Elasticsearch pods are not running:\n'
-                '{pods}'
-                'These pods will not aggregate logs from their nodes.'
-            ).format(pods=''.join(
-                "  {} ({})\n".format(pod['metadata']['name'], pod['spec'].get('host', 'None'))
-                for pod in not_running
-            ))]
-        return not_running, []
+        return {}
 
     def check_elasticsearch(self, es_pods):
-        """Various checks for elasticsearch. Returns: error string"""
-        not_running_pods, error_msgs = self._not_running_elasticsearch_pods(es_pods)
-        running_pods = [pod for pod in es_pods if pod not in not_running_pods]
+        """Perform checks for Elasticsearch. Raises OpenShiftCheckExceptionList on any errors."""
+        running_pods, errors = self.running_elasticsearch_pods(es_pods)
         pods_by_name = {
             pod['metadata']['name']: pod for pod in running_pods
             # Filter out pods that are not members of a DC
             if pod['metadata'].get('labels', {}).get('deploymentconfig')
         }
         if not pods_by_name:
-            return 'No logging Elasticsearch pods were found. Is logging deployed?'
-        error_msgs += self._check_elasticsearch_masters(pods_by_name)
-        error_msgs += self._check_elasticsearch_node_list(pods_by_name)
-        error_msgs += self._check_es_cluster_health(pods_by_name)
-        error_msgs += self._check_elasticsearch_diskspace(pods_by_name)
-        return '\n'.join(error_msgs)
+            # nothing running, cannot run the rest of the check
+            errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'NoRunningPods',
+                'No logging Elasticsearch pods were found running, so no logs are being aggregated.'
+            ))
+            raise OpenShiftCheckExceptionList(errors)
+
+        errors += self.check_elasticsearch_masters(pods_by_name)
+        errors += self.check_elasticsearch_node_list(pods_by_name)
+        errors += self.check_es_cluster_health(pods_by_name)
+        errors += self.check_elasticsearch_diskspace(pods_by_name)
+        if errors:
+            raise OpenShiftCheckExceptionList(errors)
+
+    def running_elasticsearch_pods(self, es_pods):
+        """Returns: list of running pods, list of errors about non-running pods"""
+        not_running = self.not_running_pods(es_pods)
+        running_pods = [pod for pod in es_pods if pod not in not_running]
+        if not_running:
+            return running_pods, [OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'PodNotRunning',
+                'The following Elasticsearch pods are defined but not running:\n'
+                '{pods}'.format(pods=''.join(
+                    "  {} ({})\n".format(pod['metadata']['name'], pod['spec'].get('host', 'None'))
+                    for pod in not_running
+                ))
+            )]
+        return running_pods, []
 
     @staticmethod
     def _build_es_curl_cmd(pod_name, url):
         base = "exec {name} -- curl -s --cert {base}cert --key {base}key --cacert {base}ca -XGET '{url}'"
         return base.format(base="/etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-", name=pod_name, url=url)
 
-    def _check_elasticsearch_masters(self, pods_by_name):
-        """Check that Elasticsearch masters are sane. Returns: list of error strings"""
+    def check_elasticsearch_masters(self, pods_by_name):
+        """Check that Elasticsearch masters are sane. Returns: list of errors"""
         es_master_names = set()
-        error_msgs = []
+        errors = []
         for pod_name in pods_by_name.keys():
             # Compare what each ES node reports as master and compare for split brain
             get_master_cmd = self._build_es_curl_cmd(pod_name, "https://localhost:9200/_cat/master")
-            master_name_str = self.exec_oc(self.logging_namespace, get_master_cmd, [])
+            master_name_str = self.exec_oc(get_master_cmd, [])
             master_names = (master_name_str or '').split(' ')
             if len(master_names) > 1:
                 es_master_names.add(master_names[1])
             else:
-                error_msgs.append(
-                    'No master? Elasticsearch {pod} returned bad string when asked master name:\n'
+                errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    'NoMasterName',
+                    'Elasticsearch {pod} gave unexpected response when asked master name:\n'
                     '  {response}'.format(pod=pod_name, response=master_name_str)
-                )
+                ))
 
         if not es_master_names:
-            error_msgs.append('No logging Elasticsearch masters were found. Is logging deployed?')
-            return '\n'.join(error_msgs)
+            errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'NoMasterFound',
+                'No logging Elasticsearch masters were found.'
+            ))
+            return errors
 
         if len(es_master_names) > 1:
-            error_msgs.append(
+            errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'SplitBrainMasters',
                 'Found multiple Elasticsearch masters according to the pods:\n'
                 '{master_list}\n'
                 'This implies that the masters have "split brain" and are not correctly\n'
                 'replicating data for the logging cluster. Log loss is likely to occur.'
                 .format(master_list='\n'.join('  ' + master for master in es_master_names))
-            )
+            ))
 
-        return error_msgs
+        return errors
 
-    def _check_elasticsearch_node_list(self, pods_by_name):
-        """Check that reported ES masters are accounted for by pods. Returns: list of error strings"""
+    def check_elasticsearch_node_list(self, pods_by_name):
+        """Check that reported ES masters are accounted for by pods. Returns: list of errors"""
 
         if not pods_by_name:
-            return ['No logging Elasticsearch masters were found. Is logging deployed?']
+            return [OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'MissingComponentPods',
+                'No logging Elasticsearch pods were found.'
+            )]
 
         # get ES cluster nodes
         node_cmd = self._build_es_curl_cmd(list(pods_by_name.keys())[0], 'https://localhost:9200/_nodes')
-        cluster_node_data = self.exec_oc(self.logging_namespace, node_cmd, [])
+        cluster_node_data = self.exec_oc(node_cmd, [])
         try:
             cluster_nodes = json.loads(cluster_node_data)['nodes']
         except (ValueError, KeyError):
-            return [
+            return [OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'MissingNodeList',
                 'Failed to query Elasticsearch for the list of ES nodes. The output was:\n' +
                 cluster_node_data
-            ]
+            )]
 
         # Try to match all ES-reported node hosts to known pods.
-        error_msgs = []
+        errors = []
         for node in cluster_nodes.values():
             # Note that with 1.4/3.4 the pod IP may be used as the master name
             if not any(node['host'] in (pod_name, pod['status'].get('podIP'))
                        for pod_name, pod in pods_by_name.items()):
-                error_msgs.append(
+                errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    'EsPodNodeMismatch',
                     'The Elasticsearch cluster reports a member node "{node}"\n'
                     'that does not correspond to any known ES pod.'.format(node=node['host'])
-                )
+                ))
 
-        return error_msgs
+        return errors
 
-    def _check_es_cluster_health(self, pods_by_name):
+    def check_es_cluster_health(self, pods_by_name):
         """Exec into the elasticsearch pods and check the cluster health. Returns: list of errors"""
-        error_msgs = []
+        errors = []
         for pod_name in pods_by_name.keys():
             cluster_health_cmd = self._build_es_curl_cmd(pod_name, 'https://localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty=true')
-            cluster_health_data = self.exec_oc(self.logging_namespace, cluster_health_cmd, [])
+            cluster_health_data = self.exec_oc(cluster_health_cmd, [])
             try:
                 health_res = json.loads(cluster_health_data)
                 if not health_res or not health_res.get('status'):
                     raise ValueError()
             except ValueError:
-                error_msgs.append(
+                errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    'BadEsResponse',
                     'Could not retrieve cluster health status from logging ES pod "{pod}".\n'
                     'Response was:\n{output}'.format(pod=pod_name, output=cluster_health_data)
-                )
+                ))
                 continue
 
             if health_res['status'] not in ['green', 'yellow']:
-                error_msgs.append(
+                errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    'EsClusterHealthRed',
                     'Elasticsearch cluster health status is RED according to pod "{}"'.format(pod_name)
-                )
+                ))
 
-        return error_msgs
+        return errors
 
-    def _check_elasticsearch_diskspace(self, pods_by_name):
+    def check_elasticsearch_diskspace(self, pods_by_name):
         """
         Exec into an ES pod and query the diskspace on the persistent volume.
         Returns: list of errors
         """
-        error_msgs = []
+        errors = []
         for pod_name in pods_by_name.keys():
             df_cmd = 'exec {} -- df --output=ipcent,pcent /elasticsearch/persistent'.format(pod_name)
-            disk_output = self.exec_oc(self.logging_namespace, df_cmd, [])
+            disk_output = self.exec_oc(df_cmd, [])
             lines = disk_output.splitlines()
             # expecting one header looking like 'IUse% Use%' and one body line
             body_re = r'\s*(\d+)%?\s+(\d+)%?\s*$'
             if len(lines) != 2 or len(lines[0].split()) != 2 or not re.match(body_re, lines[1]):
-                error_msgs.append(
+                errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    'BadDfResponse',
                     'Could not retrieve storage usage from logging ES pod "{pod}".\n'
                     'Response to `df` command was:\n{output}'.format(pod=pod_name, output=disk_output)
-                )
+                ))
                 continue
             inode_pct, disk_pct = re.match(body_re, lines[1]).groups()
 
             inode_pct_thresh = self.get_var('openshift_check_efk_es_inode_pct', default='90')
             if int(inode_pct) >= int(inode_pct_thresh):
-                error_msgs.append(
+                errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    'InodeUsageTooHigh',
                     'Inode percent usage on the storage volume for logging ES pod "{pod}"\n'
                     '  is {pct}, greater than threshold {limit}.\n'
                     '  Note: threshold can be specified in inventory with {param}'.format(
@@ -184,10 +195,11 @@ class Elasticsearch(LoggingCheck):
                         pct=str(inode_pct),
                         limit=str(inode_pct_thresh),
                         param='openshift_check_efk_es_inode_pct',
-                    ))
+                    )))
             disk_pct_thresh = self.get_var('openshift_check_efk_es_storage_pct', default='80')
             if int(disk_pct) >= int(disk_pct_thresh):
-                error_msgs.append(
+                errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    'DiskUsageTooHigh',
                     'Disk percent usage on the storage volume for logging ES pod "{pod}"\n'
                     '  is {pct}, greater than threshold {limit}.\n'
                     '  Note: threshold can be specified in inventory with {param}'.format(
@@ -195,6 +207,6 @@ class Elasticsearch(LoggingCheck):
                         pct=str(disk_pct),
                         limit=str(disk_pct_thresh),
                         param='openshift_check_efk_es_storage_pct',
-                    ))
+                    )))
 
-        return error_msgs
+        return errors
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/fluentd.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/fluentd.py
index 69c7b4392..3b192a281 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/fluentd.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/fluentd.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import json
 
+
+from openshift_checks import OpenShiftCheckException, OpenShiftCheckExceptionList
 from openshift_checks.logging.logging import LoggingCheck
 
 
@@ -12,57 +14,96 @@ class Fluentd(LoggingCheck):
     tags = ["health", "logging"]
 
     def run(self):
-        """Check various things and gather errors. Returns: result as hash"""
+        """Check the Fluentd deployment and raise an error if any problems are found."""
+
+        fluentd_pods = self.get_pods_for_component("fluentd")
+        self.check_fluentd(fluentd_pods)
+        return {}
+
+    def check_fluentd(self, pods):
+        """Verify fluentd is running everywhere. Raises OpenShiftCheckExceptionList if error(s) found."""
 
-        self.logging_namespace = self.get_var("openshift_logging_namespace", default="logging")
-        fluentd_pods, error = super(Fluentd, self).get_pods_for_component(
-            self.logging_namespace,
-            "fluentd",
+        node_selector = self.get_var(
+            'openshift_logging_fluentd_nodeselector',
+            default='logging-infra-fluentd=true'
         )
-        if error:
-            return {"failed": True, "msg": error}
-        check_error = self.check_fluentd(fluentd_pods)
 
-        if check_error:
-            msg = ("The following Fluentd deployment issue was found:"
-                   "{}".format(check_error))
-            return {"failed": True, "msg": msg}
+        nodes_by_name = self.get_nodes_by_name()
+        fluentd_nodes = self.filter_fluentd_labeled_nodes(nodes_by_name, node_selector)
 
-        # TODO(lmeyer): run it all again for the ops cluster
-        return {"failed": False, "msg": 'No problems found with Fluentd deployment.'}
+        errors = []
+        errors += self.check_node_labeling(nodes_by_name, fluentd_nodes, node_selector)
+        errors += self.check_nodes_have_fluentd(pods, fluentd_nodes)
+        errors += self.check_fluentd_pods_running(pods)
+
+        # Make sure there are no extra fluentd pods
+        if len(pods) > len(fluentd_nodes):
+            errors.append(OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'TooManyFluentdPods',
+                'There are more Fluentd pods running than nodes labeled.\n'
+                'This may not cause problems with logging but it likely indicates something wrong.'
+            ))
+
+        if errors:
+            raise OpenShiftCheckExceptionList(errors)
+
+    def get_nodes_by_name(self):
+        """Retrieve all the node definitions. Returns: dict(name: node)"""
+        nodes_json = self.exec_oc("get nodes -o json", [])
+        try:
+            nodes = json.loads(nodes_json)
+        except ValueError:  # no valid json - should not happen
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                "BadOcNodeList",
+                "Could not obtain a list of nodes to validate fluentd.\n"
+                "Output from oc get:\n" + nodes_json
+            )
+        if not nodes or not nodes.get('items'):  # also should not happen
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                "NoNodesDefined",
+                "No nodes appear to be defined according to the API."
+            )
+        return {
+            node['metadata']['name']: node
+            for node in nodes['items']
+        }
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _filter_fluentd_labeled_nodes(nodes_by_name, node_selector):
-        """Filter to all nodes with fluentd label. Returns dict(name: node), error string"""
+    def filter_fluentd_labeled_nodes(nodes_by_name, node_selector):
+        """Filter to all nodes with fluentd label. Returns dict(name: node)"""
         label, value = node_selector.split('=', 1)
         fluentd_nodes = {
             name: node for name, node in nodes_by_name.items()
             if node['metadata']['labels'].get(label) == value
         }
         if not fluentd_nodes:
-            return None, (
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'NoNodesLabeled',
                 'There are no nodes with the fluentd label {label}.\n'
-                'This means no logs will be aggregated from the nodes.'
-            ).format(label=node_selector)
-        return fluentd_nodes, None
+                'This means no logs will be aggregated from the nodes.'.format(label=node_selector)
+            )
+        return fluentd_nodes
 
-    def _check_node_labeling(self, nodes_by_name, fluentd_nodes, node_selector):
-        """Note if nodes are not labeled as expected. Returns: error string"""
+    def check_node_labeling(self, nodes_by_name, fluentd_nodes, node_selector):
+        """Note if nodes are not labeled as expected. Returns: error list"""
         intended_nodes = self.get_var('openshift_logging_fluentd_hosts', default=['--all'])
         if not intended_nodes or '--all' in intended_nodes:
             intended_nodes = nodes_by_name.keys()
         nodes_missing_labels = set(intended_nodes) - set(fluentd_nodes.keys())
         if nodes_missing_labels:
-            return (
+            return [OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'NodesUnlabeled',
                 'The following nodes are supposed to be labeled with {label} but are not:\n'
                 '  {nodes}\n'
-                'Fluentd will not aggregate logs from these nodes.'
-            ).format(label=node_selector, nodes=', '.join(nodes_missing_labels))
-        return None
+                'Fluentd will not aggregate logs from these nodes.'.format(
+                    label=node_selector, nodes=', '.join(nodes_missing_labels)
+                ))]
+
+        return []
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _check_nodes_have_fluentd(pods, fluentd_nodes):
-        """Make sure fluentd is on all the labeled nodes. Returns: error string"""
+    def check_nodes_have_fluentd(pods, fluentd_nodes):
+        """Make sure fluentd is on all the labeled nodes. Returns: error list"""
         unmatched_nodes = fluentd_nodes.copy()
         node_names_by_label = {
             node['metadata']['labels']['kubernetes.io/hostname']: name
@@ -82,80 +123,32 @@ class Fluentd(LoggingCheck):
             ]:
                 unmatched_nodes.pop(name, None)
         if unmatched_nodes:
-            return (
+            return [OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'MissingFluentdPod',
                 'The following nodes are supposed to have a Fluentd pod but do not:\n'
-                '{nodes}'
-                'These nodes will not have their logs aggregated.'
-            ).format(nodes=''.join(
-                "  {}\n".format(name)
-                for name in unmatched_nodes.keys()
-            ))
-        return None
+                '  {nodes}\n'
+                'These nodes will not have their logs aggregated.'.format(
+                    nodes='\n  '.join(unmatched_nodes.keys())
+                ))]
+
+        return []
 
-    def _check_fluentd_pods_running(self, pods):
+    def check_fluentd_pods_running(self, pods):
         """Make sure all fluentd pods are running. Returns: error string"""
         not_running = super(Fluentd, self).not_running_pods(pods)
         if not_running:
-            return (
+            return [OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'FluentdNotRunning',
                 'The following Fluentd pods are supposed to be running but are not:\n'
-                '{pods}'
-                'These pods will not aggregate logs from their nodes.'
-            ).format(pods=''.join(
-                "  {} ({})\n".format(pod['metadata']['name'], pod['spec'].get('host', 'None'))
-                for pod in not_running
-            ))
-        return None
-
-    def check_fluentd(self, pods):
-        """Verify fluentd is running everywhere. Returns: error string"""
-
-        node_selector = self.get_var(
-            'openshift_logging_fluentd_nodeselector',
-            default='logging-infra-fluentd=true'
-        )
-
-        nodes_by_name, error = self.get_nodes_by_name()
-
-        if error:
-            return error
-        fluentd_nodes, error = self._filter_fluentd_labeled_nodes(nodes_by_name, node_selector)
-        if error:
-            return error
-
-        error_msgs = []
-        error = self._check_node_labeling(nodes_by_name, fluentd_nodes, node_selector)
-        if error:
-            error_msgs.append(error)
-        error = self._check_nodes_have_fluentd(pods, fluentd_nodes)
-        if error:
-            error_msgs.append(error)
-        error = self._check_fluentd_pods_running(pods)
-        if error:
-            error_msgs.append(error)
-
-        # Make sure there are no extra fluentd pods
-        if len(pods) > len(fluentd_nodes):
-            error_msgs.append(
-                'There are more Fluentd pods running than nodes labeled.\n'
-                'This may not cause problems with logging but it likely indicates something wrong.'
-            )
-
-        return '\n'.join(error_msgs)
-
-    def get_nodes_by_name(self):
-        """Retrieve all the node definitions. Returns: dict(name: node), error string"""
-        nodes_json = self.exec_oc(
-            self.logging_namespace,
-            "get nodes -o json",
-            []
-        )
-        try:
-            nodes = json.loads(nodes_json)
-        except ValueError:  # no valid json - should not happen
-            return None, "Could not obtain a list of nodes to validate fluentd. Output from oc get:\n" + nodes_json
-        if not nodes or not nodes.get('items'):  # also should not happen
-            return None, "No nodes appear to be defined according to the API."
-        return {
-            node['metadata']['name']: node
-            for node in nodes['items']
-        }, None
+                '  {pods}\n'
+                'These pods will not aggregate logs from their nodes.'.format(
+                    pods='\n'.join(
+                        "  {name} ({host})".format(
+                            name=pod['metadata']['name'],
+                            host=pod['spec'].get('host', 'None')
+                        )
+                        for pod in not_running
+                    )
+                ))]
+
+        return []
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/fluentd_config.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/fluentd_config.py
index 0970f0a63..d783e6760 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/fluentd_config.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/fluentd_config.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class FluentdConfig(LoggingCheck):
 
     def run(self):
         """Check that Fluentd has running pods, and that its logging config matches Docker's logging config."""
-        self.logging_namespace = self.get_var("openshift_logging_namespace", default=self.logging_namespace)
         config_error = self.check_logging_config()
         if config_error:
             msg = ("The following Fluentd logging configuration problem was found:"
@@ -120,19 +119,13 @@ class FluentdConfig(LoggingCheck):
 
     def running_fluentd_pods(self):
         """Return a list of running fluentd pods."""
-        fluentd_pods, error = self.get_pods_for_component(
-            self.logging_namespace,
-            "fluentd",
-        )
-        if error:
-            msg = 'Unable to retrieve any pods for the "fluentd" logging component: {}'.format(error)
-            raise OpenShiftCheckException(msg)
+        fluentd_pods = self.get_pods_for_component("fluentd")
 
         running_fluentd_pods = [pod for pod in fluentd_pods if pod['status']['phase'] == 'Running']
         if not running_fluentd_pods:
-            msg = ('No Fluentd pods were found to be in the "Running" state. '
-                   'At least one Fluentd pod is required in order to perform this check.')
-
-            raise OpenShiftCheckException(msg)
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'No Fluentd pods were found to be in the "Running" state. '
+                'At least one Fluentd pod is required in order to perform this check.'
+            )
 
         return running_fluentd_pods
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/kibana.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/kibana.py
index c600bb47e..3b1cf8baa 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/kibana.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/kibana.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
     import urllib.request as urllib2
 
-from openshift_checks.logging.logging import LoggingCheck
+from openshift_checks.logging.logging import LoggingCheck, OpenShiftCheckException
 
 
 class Kibana(LoggingCheck):
@@ -24,25 +24,12 @@ class Kibana(LoggingCheck):
     def run(self):
         """Check various things and gather errors. Returns: result as hash"""
 
-        self.logging_namespace = self.get_var("openshift_logging_namespace", default="logging")
-        kibana_pods, error = self.get_pods_for_component(
-            self.logging_namespace,
-            "kibana",
-        )
-        if error:
-            return {"failed": True, "msg": error}
-        check_error = self.check_kibana(kibana_pods)
-
-        if not check_error:
-            check_error = self._check_kibana_route()
-
-        if check_error:
-            msg = ("The following Kibana deployment issue was found:"
-                   "{}".format(check_error))
-            return {"failed": True, "msg": msg}
-
+        kibana_pods = self.get_pods_for_component("kibana")
+        self.check_kibana(kibana_pods)
+        self.check_kibana_route()
         # TODO(lmeyer): run it all again for the ops cluster
-        return {"failed": False, "msg": 'No problems found with Kibana deployment.'}
+
+        return {}
 
     def _verify_url_internal(self, url):
         """
@@ -65,7 +52,7 @@ class Kibana(LoggingCheck):
     def _verify_url_external(url):
         """
         Try to reach a URL from ansible control host.
-        Returns: success (bool), reason (for failure)
+        Raise an OpenShiftCheckException if anything goes wrong.
         """
         # This actually checks from the ansible control host, which may or may not
         # really be "external" to the cluster.
@@ -91,130 +78,149 @@ class Kibana(LoggingCheck):
         return None
 
     def check_kibana(self, pods):
-        """Check to see if Kibana is up and working. Returns: error string."""
+        """Check to see if Kibana is up and working. Raises OpenShiftCheckException if not."""
 
         if not pods:
-            return "There are no Kibana pods deployed, so no access to the logging UI."
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                "MissingComponentPods",
+                "There are no Kibana pods deployed, so no access to the logging UI."
+            )
 
         not_running = self.not_running_pods(pods)
         if len(not_running) == len(pods):
-            return "No Kibana pod is in a running state, so there is no access to the logging UI."
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                "NoRunningPods",
+                "No Kibana pod is in a running state, so there is no access to the logging UI."
+            )
         elif not_running:
-            return (
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                "PodNotRunning",
                 "The following Kibana pods are not currently in a running state:\n"
-                "{pods}"
-                "However at least one is, so service may not be impacted."
-            ).format(pods="".join("  " + pod['metadata']['name'] + "\n" for pod in not_running))
-
-        return None
+                "  {pods}\n"
+                "However at least one is, so service may not be impacted.".format(
+                    pods="\n  ".join(pod['metadata']['name'] for pod in not_running)
+                )
+            )
 
     def _get_kibana_url(self):
         """
         Get kibana route or report error.
-        Returns: url (or empty), reason for failure
+        Returns: url
         """
 
         # Get logging url
-        get_route = self.exec_oc(
-            self.logging_namespace,
-            "get route logging-kibana -o json",
-            [],
-        )
+        get_route = self.exec_oc("get route logging-kibana -o json", [])
         if not get_route:
-            return None, 'no_route_exists'
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'no_route_exists',
+                'No route is defined for Kibana in the logging namespace,\n'
+                'so the logging stack is not accessible. Is logging deployed?\n'
+                'Did something remove the logging-kibana route?'
+            )
 
-        route = json.loads(get_route)
+        try:
+            route = json.loads(get_route)
+            # check that the route has been accepted by a router
+            ingress = route["status"]["ingress"]
+        except (ValueError, KeyError):
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'get_route_failed',
+                '"oc get route" returned an unexpected response:\n' + get_route
+            )
 
-        # check that the route has been accepted by a router
-        ingress = route["status"]["ingress"]
         # ingress can be null if there is no router, or empty if not routed
         if not ingress or not ingress[0]:
-            return None, 'route_not_accepted'
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'route_not_accepted',
+                'The logging-kibana route is not being routed by any router.\n'
+                'Is the router deployed and working?'
+            )
 
         host = route.get("spec", {}).get("host")
         if not host:
-            return None, 'route_missing_host'
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'route_missing_host',
+                'The logging-kibana route has no hostname defined,\n'
+                'which should never happen. Did something alter its definition?'
+            )
 
-        return 'https://{}/'.format(host), None
+        return 'https://{}/'.format(host)
 
-    def _check_kibana_route(self):
+    def check_kibana_route(self):
         """
         Check to see if kibana route is up and working.
-        Returns: error string
+        Raises exception if not.
         """
-        known_errors = dict(
-            no_route_exists=(
-                'No route is defined for Kibana in the logging namespace,\n'
-                'so the logging stack is not accessible. Is logging deployed?\n'
-                'Did something remove the logging-kibana route?'
-            ),
-            route_not_accepted=(
-                'The logging-kibana route is not being routed by any router.\n'
-                'Is the router deployed and working?'
-            ),
-            route_missing_host=(
-                'The logging-kibana route has no hostname defined,\n'
-                'which should never happen. Did something alter its definition?'
-            ),
-        )
 
-        kibana_url, error = self._get_kibana_url()
-        if not kibana_url:
-            return known_errors.get(error, error)
+        kibana_url = self._get_kibana_url()
 
         # first, check that kibana is reachable from the master.
         error = self._verify_url_internal(kibana_url)
         if error:
             if 'urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused' in error:
-                error = (
+                raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    'FailedToConnectInternal',
                     'Failed to connect from this master to Kibana URL {url}\n'
-                    'Is kibana running, and is at least one router routing to it?'
-                ).format(url=kibana_url)
+                    'Is kibana running, and is at least one router routing to it?'.format(url=kibana_url)
+                )
             elif 'urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known' in error:
-                error = (
+                raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    'FailedToResolveInternal',
                     'Failed to connect from this master to Kibana URL {url}\n'
                     'because the hostname does not resolve.\n'
-                    'Is DNS configured for the Kibana hostname?'
-                ).format(url=kibana_url)
+                    'Is DNS configured for the Kibana hostname?'.format(url=kibana_url)
+                )
             elif 'Status code was not' in error:
-                error = (
+                raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    'WrongReturnCodeInternal',
                     'A request from this master to the Kibana URL {url}\n'
                     'did not return the correct status code (302).\n'
                     'This could mean that Kibana is malfunctioning, the hostname is\n'
                     'resolving incorrectly, or other network issues. The output was:\n'
-                    '  {error}'
-                ).format(url=kibana_url, error=error)
-            return 'Error validating the logging Kibana route:\n' + error
+                    '  {error}'.format(url=kibana_url, error=error)
+                )
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'MiscRouteErrorInternal',
+                'Error validating the logging Kibana route internally:\n' + error
+            )
 
         # in production we would like the kibana route to work from outside the
         # cluster too; but that may not be the case, so allow disabling just this part.
-        if not self.get_var("openshift_check_efk_kibana_external", default=True):
-            return None
+        if self.get_var("openshift_check_efk_kibana_external", default="True").lower() != "true":
+            return
         error = self._verify_url_external(kibana_url)
-        if error:
-            if 'urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused' in error:
-                error = (
-                    'Failed to connect from the Ansible control host to Kibana URL {url}\n'
-                    'Is the router for the Kibana hostname exposed externally?'
-                ).format(url=kibana_url)
-            elif 'urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known' in error:
-                error = (
-                    'Failed to resolve the Kibana hostname in {url}\n'
-                    'from the Ansible control host.\n'
-                    'Is DNS configured to resolve this Kibana hostname externally?'
-                ).format(url=kibana_url)
-            elif 'Expected success (200)' in error:
-                error = (
-                    'A request to Kibana at {url}\n'
-                    'returned the wrong error code:\n'
-                    '  {error}\n'
-                    'This could mean that Kibana is malfunctioning, the hostname is\n'
-                    'resolving incorrectly, or other network issues.'
-                ).format(url=kibana_url, error=error)
-            error = (
-                'Error validating the logging Kibana route:\n{error}\n'
-                'To disable external Kibana route validation, set in your inventory:\n'
-                '  openshift_check_efk_kibana_external=False'
-            ).format(error=error)
-            return error
-        return None
+
+        if not error:
+            return
+
+        error_fmt = (
+            'Error validating the logging Kibana route:\n{error}\n'
+            'To disable external Kibana route validation, set the variable:\n'
+            '  openshift_check_efk_kibana_external=False'
+        )
+        if 'urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused' in error:
+            msg = (
+                'Failed to connect from the Ansible control host to Kibana URL {url}\n'
+                'Is the router for the Kibana hostname exposed externally?'
+            ).format(url=kibana_url)
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException('FailedToConnect', error_fmt.format(error=msg))
+        elif 'urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known' in error:
+            msg = (
+                'Failed to resolve the Kibana hostname in {url}\n'
+                'from the Ansible control host.\n'
+                'Is DNS configured to resolve this Kibana hostname externally?'
+            ).format(url=kibana_url)
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException('FailedToResolve', error_fmt.format(error=msg))
+        elif 'Expected success (200)' in error:
+            msg = (
+                'A request to Kibana at {url}\n'
+                'returned the wrong error code:\n'
+                '  {error}\n'
+                'This could mean that Kibana is malfunctioning, the hostname is\n'
+                'resolving incorrectly, or other network issues.'
+            ).format(url=kibana_url, error=error)
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException('WrongReturnCode', error_fmt.format(error=msg))
+        raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+            'MiscRouteError',
+            'Error validating the logging Kibana route externally:\n' + error
+        )
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/logging.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/logging.py
index 43ba6c406..3b7c39760 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/logging.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/logging.py
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ import os
 from openshift_checks import OpenShiftCheck, OpenShiftCheckException
 
 
+class MissingComponentPods(OpenShiftCheckException):
+    """Raised when a component has no pods in the namespace."""
+    pass
+
+
+class CouldNotUseOc(OpenShiftCheckException):
+    """Raised when ocutil has a failure running oc."""
+    pass
+
+
 class LoggingCheck(OpenShiftCheck):
     """Base class for OpenShift aggregated logging component checks"""
 
@@ -15,7 +25,6 @@ class LoggingCheck(OpenShiftCheck):
     # run by itself.
 
     name = "logging"
-    logging_namespace = "logging"
 
     def is_active(self):
         logging_deployed = self.get_var("openshift_hosted_logging_deploy", default=False)
@@ -32,22 +41,24 @@ class LoggingCheck(OpenShiftCheck):
     def run(self):
         return {}
 
-    def get_pods_for_component(self, namespace, logging_component):
-        """Get all pods for a given component. Returns: list of pods for component, error string"""
+    def get_pods_for_component(self, logging_component):
+        """Get all pods for a given component. Returns: list of pods."""
         pod_output = self.exec_oc(
-            namespace,
             "get pods -l component={} -o json".format(logging_component),
             [],
         )
         try:
-            pods = json.loads(pod_output)
-            if not pods or not pods.get('items'):
+            pods = json.loads(pod_output)  # raises ValueError if deserialize fails
+            if not pods or not pods.get('items'):  # also a broken response, treat the same
                 raise ValueError()
         except ValueError:
-            # successful run but non-parsing data generally means there were no pods in the namespace
-            return None, 'No pods were found for the "{}" logging component.'.format(logging_component)
+            # successful run but non-parsing data generally means there were no pods to be found
+            raise MissingComponentPods(
+                'There are no "{}" component pods in the "{}" namespace.\n'
+                'Is logging deployed?'.format(logging_component, self.logging_namespace())
+            )
 
-        return pods['items'], None
+        return pods['items']
 
     @staticmethod
     def not_running_pods(pods):
@@ -63,15 +74,19 @@ class LoggingCheck(OpenShiftCheck):
             )
         ]
 
-    def exec_oc(self, namespace="logging", cmd_str="", extra_args=None):
+    def logging_namespace(self):
+        """Returns the namespace in which logging is configured to deploy."""
+        return self.get_var("openshift_logging_namespace", default="logging")
+
+    def exec_oc(self, cmd_str="", extra_args=None):
         """
         Execute an 'oc' command in the remote host.
         Returns: output of command and namespace,
-        or raises OpenShiftCheckException on error
+        or raises CouldNotUseOc on error
         """
         config_base = self.get_var("openshift", "common", "config_base")
         args = {
-            "namespace": namespace,
+            "namespace": self.logging_namespace(),
             "config_file": os.path.join(config_base, "master", "admin.kubeconfig"),
             "cmd": cmd_str,
             "extra_args": list(extra_args) if extra_args else [],
@@ -79,17 +94,16 @@ class LoggingCheck(OpenShiftCheck):
 
         result = self.execute_module("ocutil", args)
         if result.get("failed"):
-            msg = (
-                'Unexpected error using `oc` to validate the logging stack components.\n'
-                'Error executing `oc {cmd}`:\n'
-                '{error}'
-            ).format(cmd=args['cmd'], error=result['result'])
-
             if result['result'] == '[Errno 2] No such file or directory':
-                msg = (
+                raise CouldNotUseOc(
                     "This host is supposed to be a master but does not have the `oc` command where expected.\n"
                     "Has an installation been run on this host yet?"
                 )
-            raise OpenShiftCheckException(msg)
+
+            raise CouldNotUseOc(
+                'Unexpected error using `oc` to validate the logging stack components.\n'
+                'Error executing `oc {cmd}`:\n'
+                '{error}'.format(cmd=args['cmd'], error=result['result'])
+            )
 
         return result.get("result", "")
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/logging_index_time.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/logging_index_time.py
index b24e88e05..d781db649 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/logging_index_time.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/openshift_checks/logging/logging_index_time.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ class LoggingIndexTime(LoggingCheck):
     name = "logging_index_time"
     tags = ["health", "logging"]
 
-    logging_namespace = "logging"
-
     def run(self):
         """Add log entry by making unique request to Kibana. Check for unique entry in the ElasticSearch pod logs."""
         try:
@@ -28,29 +26,25 @@ class LoggingIndexTime(LoggingCheck):
                 self.get_var("openshift_check_logging_index_timeout_seconds", default=ES_CMD_TIMEOUT_SECONDS)
             )
         except ValueError:
-            return {
-                "failed": True,
-                "msg": ('Invalid value provided for "openshift_check_logging_index_timeout_seconds". '
-                        'Value must be an integer representing an amount in seconds.'),
-            }
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'InvalidTimeout',
+                'Invalid value provided for "openshift_check_logging_index_timeout_seconds". '
+                'Value must be an integer representing an amount in seconds.'
+            )
 
         running_component_pods = dict()
 
         # get all component pods
-        self.logging_namespace = self.get_var("openshift_logging_namespace", default=self.logging_namespace)
         for component, name in (['kibana', 'Kibana'], ['es', 'Elasticsearch']):
-            pods, error = self.get_pods_for_component(self.logging_namespace, component)
-
-            if error:
-                msg = 'Unable to retrieve pods for the {} logging component: {}'
-                return {"failed": True, "changed": False, "msg": msg.format(name, error)}
-
+            pods = self.get_pods_for_component(component)
             running_pods = self.running_pods(pods)
 
             if not running_pods:
-                msg = ('No {} pods in the "Running" state were found.'
-                       'At least one pod is required in order to perform this check.')
-                return {"failed": True, "changed": False, "msg": msg.format(name)}
+                raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    component + 'NoRunningPods',
+                    'No {} pods in the "Running" state were found.'
+                    'At least one pod is required in order to perform this check.'.format(name)
+                )
 
             running_component_pods[component] = running_pods
 
@@ -65,8 +59,11 @@ class LoggingIndexTime(LoggingCheck):
         interval = 1
         while not self.query_es_from_es(es_pod, uuid):
             if time.time() + interval > deadline:
-                msg = "expecting match in Elasticsearch for message with uuid {}, but no matches were found after {}s."
-                raise OpenShiftCheckException(msg.format(uuid, timeout_secs))
+                raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                    "NoMatchFound",
+                    "expecting match in Elasticsearch for message with uuid {}, "
+                    "but no matches were found after {}s.".format(uuid, timeout_secs)
+                )
             time.sleep(interval)
 
     def curl_kibana_with_uuid(self, kibana_pod):
@@ -76,22 +73,23 @@ class LoggingIndexTime(LoggingCheck):
         exec_cmd = "exec {pod_name} -c kibana -- curl --max-time 30 -s http://localhost:5601/{uuid}"
         exec_cmd = exec_cmd.format(pod_name=pod_name, uuid=uuid)
 
-        error_str = self.exec_oc(self.logging_namespace, exec_cmd, [])
+        error_str = self.exec_oc(exec_cmd, [])
 
         try:
             error_code = json.loads(error_str)["statusCode"]
-        except KeyError:
-            msg = ('invalid response returned from Kibana request (Missing "statusCode" key):\n'
-                   'Command: {}\nResponse: {}').format(exec_cmd, error_str)
-            raise OpenShiftCheckException(msg)
-        except ValueError:
-            msg = ('invalid response returned from Kibana request (Non-JSON output):\n'
-                   'Command: {}\nResponse: {}').format(exec_cmd, error_str)
-            raise OpenShiftCheckException(msg)
+        except (KeyError, ValueError):
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'kibanaInvalidResponse',
+                'invalid response returned from Kibana request:\n'
+                'Command: {}\nResponse: {}'.format(exec_cmd, error_str)
+            )
 
         if error_code != 404:
-            msg = 'invalid error code returned from Kibana request. Expecting error code "404", but got "{}" instead.'
-            raise OpenShiftCheckException(msg.format(error_code))
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'kibanaInvalidReturnCode',
+                'invalid error code returned from Kibana request.\n'
+                'Expecting error code "404", but got "{}" instead.'.format(error_code)
+            )
 
         return uuid
 
@@ -105,17 +103,18 @@ class LoggingIndexTime(LoggingCheck):
             "--key /etc/elasticsearch/secret/admin-key "
             "https://logging-es:9200/project.{namespace}*/_count?q=message:{uuid}"
         )
-        exec_cmd = exec_cmd.format(pod_name=pod_name, namespace=self.logging_namespace, uuid=uuid)
-        result = self.exec_oc(self.logging_namespace, exec_cmd, [])
+        exec_cmd = exec_cmd.format(pod_name=pod_name, namespace=self.logging_namespace(), uuid=uuid)
+        result = self.exec_oc(exec_cmd, [])
 
         try:
             count = json.loads(result)["count"]
-        except KeyError:
-            msg = 'invalid response from Elasticsearch query:\n"{}"\nMissing "count" key:\n{}'
-            raise OpenShiftCheckException(msg.format(exec_cmd, result))
-        except ValueError:
-            msg = 'invalid response from Elasticsearch query:\n"{}"\nNon-JSON output:\n{}'
-            raise OpenShiftCheckException(msg.format(exec_cmd, result))
+        except (KeyError, ValueError):
+            raise OpenShiftCheckException(
+                'esInvalidResponse',
+                'Invalid response from Elasticsearch query:\n'
+                '  {}\n'
+                'Response was:\n{}'.format(exec_cmd, result)
+            )
 
         return count
 
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/curator_test.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/curator_test.py
index ae108c96e..62c680b74 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/curator_test.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/curator_test.py
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
-from openshift_checks.logging.curator import Curator
-
-
-def canned_curator(exec_oc=None):
-    """Create a Curator check object with canned exec_oc method"""
-    check = Curator("dummy")  # fails if a module is actually invoked
-    if exec_oc:
-        check._exec_oc = exec_oc
-    return check
-
-
-def assert_error(error, expect_error):
-    if expect_error:
-        assert error
-        assert expect_error in error
-    else:
-        assert not error
+from openshift_checks.logging.curator import Curator, OpenShiftCheckException
 
 
 plain_curator_pod = {
@@ -44,25 +28,30 @@ not_running_curator_pod = {
 }
 
 
+def test_get_curator_pods():
+    check = Curator()
+    check.get_pods_for_component = lambda *_: [plain_curator_pod]
+    result = check.run()
+    assert "failed" not in result or not result["failed"]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('pods, expect_error', [
     (
         [],
-        "no Curator pods",
-    ),
-    (
-        [plain_curator_pod],
-        None,
+        'MissingComponentPods',
     ),
     (
         [not_running_curator_pod],
-        "not currently in a running state",
+        'CuratorNotRunning',
     ),
     (
         [plain_curator_pod, plain_curator_pod],
-        "more than one Curator pod",
+        'TooManyCurators',
     ),
 ])
-def test_get_curator_pods(pods, expect_error):
-    check = canned_curator()
-    error = check.check_curator(pods)
-    assert_error(error, expect_error)
+def test_get_curator_pods_fail(pods, expect_error):
+    check = Curator()
+    check.get_pods_for_component = lambda *_: pods
+    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as excinfo:
+        check.run()
+    assert excinfo.value.name == expect_error
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/elasticsearch_test.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/elasticsearch_test.py
index 67408609a..09bacd9ac 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/elasticsearch_test.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/elasticsearch_test.py
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 import pytest
 import json
 
-from openshift_checks.logging.elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
+from openshift_checks.logging.elasticsearch import Elasticsearch, OpenShiftCheckExceptionList
+
 
 task_vars_config_base = dict(openshift=dict(common=dict(config_base='/etc/origin')))
 
 
-def assert_error(error, expect_error):
-    if expect_error:
-        assert error
-        assert expect_error in error
-    else:
-        assert not error
+def canned_elasticsearch(task_vars=None, exec_oc=None):
+    """Create an Elasticsearch check object with stubbed exec_oc method"""
+    check = Elasticsearch(None, task_vars or {})
+    if exec_oc:
+        check.exec_oc = exec_oc
+    return check
+
+
+def assert_error_in_list(expect_err, errorlist):
+    assert any(err.name == expect_err for err in errorlist), "{} in {}".format(str(expect_err), str(errorlist))
+
+
+def pods_by_name(pods):
+    return {pod['metadata']['name']: pod for pod in pods}
 
 
 plain_es_pod = {
@@ -19,6 +28,7 @@ plain_es_pod = {
         "labels": {"component": "es", "deploymentconfig": "logging-es"},
         "name": "logging-es",
     },
+    "spec": {},
     "status": {
         "conditions": [{"status": "True", "type": "Ready"}],
         "containerStatuses": [{"ready": True}],
@@ -32,6 +42,7 @@ split_es_pod = {
         "labels": {"component": "es", "deploymentconfig": "logging-es-2"},
         "name": "logging-es-2",
     },
+    "spec": {},
     "status": {
         "conditions": [{"status": "True", "type": "Ready"}],
         "containerStatuses": [{"ready": True}],
@@ -40,12 +51,28 @@ split_es_pod = {
     "_test_master_name_str": "name logging-es-2",
 }
 
+unready_es_pod = {
+    "metadata": {
+        "labels": {"component": "es", "deploymentconfig": "logging-es-3"},
+        "name": "logging-es-3",
+    },
+    "spec": {},
+    "status": {
+        "conditions": [{"status": "False", "type": "Ready"}],
+        "containerStatuses": [{"ready": False}],
+        "podIP": "10.10.10.10",
+    },
+    "_test_master_name_str": "BAD_NAME_RESPONSE",
+}
+
 
 def test_check_elasticsearch():
-    assert 'No logging Elasticsearch pods' in Elasticsearch().check_elasticsearch([])
+    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckExceptionList) as excinfo:
+        canned_elasticsearch().check_elasticsearch([])
+    assert_error_in_list('NoRunningPods', excinfo.value)
 
     # canned oc responses to match so all the checks pass
-    def _exec_oc(ns, cmd, args):
+    def exec_oc(cmd, args):
         if '_cat/master' in cmd:
             return 'name logging-es'
         elif '/_nodes' in cmd:
@@ -57,35 +84,41 @@ def test_check_elasticsearch():
         else:
             raise Exception(cmd)
 
-    check = Elasticsearch(None, {})
-    check.exec_oc = _exec_oc
-    assert not check.check_elasticsearch([plain_es_pod])
+    check = canned_elasticsearch({}, exec_oc)
+    check.get_pods_for_component = lambda *_: [plain_es_pod]
+    assert {} == check.run()
 
 
-def pods_by_name(pods):
-    return {pod['metadata']['name']: pod for pod in pods}
+def test_check_running_es_pods():
+    pods, errors = Elasticsearch().running_elasticsearch_pods([plain_es_pod, unready_es_pod])
+    assert plain_es_pod in pods
+    assert_error_in_list('PodNotRunning', errors)
+
+
+def test_check_elasticsearch_masters():
+    pods = [plain_es_pod]
+    check = canned_elasticsearch(task_vars_config_base, lambda *_: plain_es_pod['_test_master_name_str'])
+    assert not check.check_elasticsearch_masters(pods_by_name(pods))
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('pods, expect_error', [
     (
         [],
-        'No logging Elasticsearch masters',
+        'NoMasterFound',
     ),
     (
-        [plain_es_pod],
-        None,
+        [unready_es_pod],
+        'NoMasterName',
     ),
     (
         [plain_es_pod, split_es_pod],
-        'Found multiple Elasticsearch masters',
+        'SplitBrainMasters',
     ),
 ])
-def test_check_elasticsearch_masters(pods, expect_error):
+def test_check_elasticsearch_masters_error(pods, expect_error):
     test_pods = list(pods)
-    check = Elasticsearch(None, task_vars_config_base)
-    check.execute_module = lambda cmd, args: {'result': test_pods.pop(0)['_test_master_name_str']}
-    errors = check._check_elasticsearch_masters(pods_by_name(pods))
-    assert_error(''.join(errors), expect_error)
+    check = canned_elasticsearch(task_vars_config_base, lambda *_: test_pods.pop(0)['_test_master_name_str'])
+    assert_error_in_list(expect_error, check.check_elasticsearch_masters(pods_by_name(pods)))
 
 
 es_node_list = {
@@ -95,83 +128,76 @@ es_node_list = {
         }}}
 
 
+def test_check_elasticsearch_node_list():
+    check = canned_elasticsearch(task_vars_config_base, lambda *_: json.dumps(es_node_list))
+    assert not check.check_elasticsearch_node_list(pods_by_name([plain_es_pod]))
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('pods, node_list, expect_error', [
     (
         [],
         {},
-        'No logging Elasticsearch masters',
-    ),
-    (
-        [plain_es_pod],
-        es_node_list,
-        None,
+        'MissingComponentPods',
     ),
     (
         [plain_es_pod],
         {},  # empty list of nodes triggers KeyError
-        "Failed to query",
+        'MissingNodeList',
     ),
     (
         [split_es_pod],
         es_node_list,
-        'does not correspond to any known ES pod',
+        'EsPodNodeMismatch',
     ),
 ])
-def test_check_elasticsearch_node_list(pods, node_list, expect_error):
-    check = Elasticsearch(None, task_vars_config_base)
-    check.execute_module = lambda cmd, args: {'result': json.dumps(node_list)}
+def test_check_elasticsearch_node_list_errors(pods, node_list, expect_error):
+    check = canned_elasticsearch(task_vars_config_base, lambda cmd, args: json.dumps(node_list))
+    assert_error_in_list(expect_error, check.check_elasticsearch_node_list(pods_by_name(pods)))
 
-    errors = check._check_elasticsearch_node_list(pods_by_name(pods))
-    assert_error(''.join(errors), expect_error)
+
+def test_check_elasticsearch_cluster_health():
+    test_health_data = [{"status": "green"}]
+    check = canned_elasticsearch(exec_oc=lambda *_: json.dumps(test_health_data.pop(0)))
+    assert not check.check_es_cluster_health(pods_by_name([plain_es_pod]))
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('pods, health_data, expect_error', [
     (
         [plain_es_pod],
-        [{"status": "green"}],
-        None,
-    ),
-    (
-        [plain_es_pod],
         [{"no-status": "should bomb"}],
-        'Could not retrieve cluster health status',
+        'BadEsResponse',
     ),
     (
         [plain_es_pod, split_es_pod],
         [{"status": "green"}, {"status": "red"}],
-        'Elasticsearch cluster health status is RED',
+        'EsClusterHealthRed',
     ),
 ])
-def test_check_elasticsearch_cluster_health(pods, health_data, expect_error):
+def test_check_elasticsearch_cluster_health_errors(pods, health_data, expect_error):
     test_health_data = list(health_data)
-    check = Elasticsearch(None, task_vars_config_base)
-    check.execute_module = lambda cmd, args: {'result': json.dumps(test_health_data.pop(0))}
+    check = canned_elasticsearch(exec_oc=lambda *_: json.dumps(test_health_data.pop(0)))
+    assert_error_in_list(expect_error, check.check_es_cluster_health(pods_by_name(pods)))
 
-    errors = check._check_es_cluster_health(pods_by_name(pods))
-    assert_error(''.join(errors), expect_error)
+
+def test_check_elasticsearch_diskspace():
+    check = canned_elasticsearch(exec_oc=lambda *_: 'IUse% Use%\n 3%  4%\n')
+    assert not check.check_elasticsearch_diskspace(pods_by_name([plain_es_pod]))
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('disk_data, expect_error', [
     (
         'df: /elasticsearch/persistent: No such file or directory\n',
-        'Could not retrieve storage usage',
-    ),
-    (
-        'IUse% Use%\n 3%  4%\n',
-        None,
+        'BadDfResponse',
     ),
     (
         'IUse% Use%\n 95%  40%\n',
-        'Inode percent usage on the storage volume',
+        'InodeUsageTooHigh',
     ),
     (
         'IUse% Use%\n 3%  94%\n',
-        'Disk percent usage on the storage volume',
+        'DiskUsageTooHigh',
     ),
 ])
-def test_check_elasticsearch_diskspace(disk_data, expect_error):
-    check = Elasticsearch(None, task_vars_config_base)
-    check.execute_module = lambda cmd, args: {'result': disk_data}
-
-    errors = check._check_elasticsearch_diskspace(pods_by_name([plain_es_pod]))
-    assert_error(''.join(errors), expect_error)
+def test_check_elasticsearch_diskspace_errors(disk_data, expect_error):
+    check = canned_elasticsearch(exec_oc=lambda *_: disk_data)
+    assert_error_in_list(expect_error, check.check_elasticsearch_diskspace(pods_by_name([plain_es_pod])))
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/fluentd_config_test.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/fluentd_config_test.py
index 8a2d8b72b..10db253bc 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/fluentd_config_test.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/fluentd_config_test.py
@@ -198,12 +198,9 @@ def test_check_logging_config_master(name, pods, logging_driver, extra_words):
         ),
     )
 
-    def get_pods(namespace, logging_component):
-        return pods, None
-
     check = FluentdConfig(execute_module, task_vars)
     check.execute_module = execute_module
-    check.get_pods_for_component = get_pods
+    check.get_pods_for_component = lambda _: pods
     error = check.check_logging_config()
 
     assert error is None
@@ -283,12 +280,9 @@ def test_check_logging_config_master_failed(name, pods, logging_driver, words):
         ),
     )
 
-    def get_pods(namespace, logging_component):
-        return pods, None
-
     check = FluentdConfig(execute_module, task_vars)
     check.execute_module = execute_module
-    check.get_pods_for_component = get_pods
+    check.get_pods_for_component = lambda _: pods
     error = check.check_logging_config()
 
     assert error is not None
@@ -343,11 +337,8 @@ def test_check_logging_config_master_fails_on_unscheduled_deployment(name, pods,
         ),
     )
 
-    def get_pods(namespace, logging_component):
-        return pods, None
-
     check = FluentdConfig(execute_module, task_vars)
-    check.get_pods_for_component = get_pods
+    check.get_pods_for_component = lambda _: pods
 
     with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as error:
         check.check_logging_config()
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/fluentd_test.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/fluentd_test.py
index a84d89cef..e7bf9818b 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/fluentd_test.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/fluentd_test.py
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 import pytest
 import json
 
-from openshift_checks.logging.fluentd import Fluentd
+from openshift_checks.logging.fluentd import Fluentd, OpenShiftCheckExceptionList, OpenShiftCheckException
 
 
-def assert_error(error, expect_error):
-    if expect_error:
-        assert error
-        assert expect_error in error
-    else:
-        assert not error
+def assert_error_in_list(expect_err, errorlist):
+    assert any(err.name == expect_err for err in errorlist), "{} in {}".format(str(expect_err), str(errorlist))
 
 
 fluentd_pod_node1 = {
@@ -57,45 +53,60 @@ fluentd_node3_unlabeled = {
 }
 
 
+def test_get_fluentd_pods():
+    check = Fluentd()
+    check.exec_oc = lambda *_: json.dumps(dict(items=[fluentd_node1]))
+    check.get_pods_for_component = lambda *_: [fluentd_pod_node1]
+    assert not check.run()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('pods, nodes, expect_error', [
     (
         [],
         [],
-        'No nodes appear to be defined',
+        'NoNodesDefined',
     ),
     (
         [],
         [fluentd_node3_unlabeled],
-        'There are no nodes with the fluentd label',
+        'NoNodesLabeled',
     ),
     (
         [],
         [fluentd_node1, fluentd_node3_unlabeled],
-        'Fluentd will not aggregate logs from these nodes.',
+        'NodesUnlabeled',
     ),
     (
         [],
         [fluentd_node2],
-        "nodes are supposed to have a Fluentd pod but do not",
+        'MissingFluentdPod',
     ),
     (
         [fluentd_pod_node1, fluentd_pod_node1],
         [fluentd_node1],
-        'more Fluentd pods running than nodes labeled',
+        'TooManyFluentdPods',
     ),
     (
         [fluentd_pod_node2_down],
         [fluentd_node2],
-        "Fluentd pods are supposed to be running",
-    ),
-    (
-        [fluentd_pod_node1],
-        [fluentd_node1],
-        None,
+        'FluentdNotRunning',
     ),
 ])
-def test_get_fluentd_pods(pods, nodes, expect_error):
+def test_get_fluentd_pods_errors(pods, nodes, expect_error):
+    check = Fluentd()
+    check.exec_oc = lambda *_: json.dumps(dict(items=nodes))
+
+    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as excinfo:
+        check.check_fluentd(pods)
+    if isinstance(excinfo.value, OpenShiftCheckExceptionList):
+        assert_error_in_list(expect_error, excinfo.value)
+    else:
+        assert expect_error == excinfo.value.name
+
+
+def test_bad_oc_node_list():
     check = Fluentd()
-    check.exec_oc = lambda ns, cmd, args: json.dumps(dict(items=nodes))
-    error = check.check_fluentd(pods)
-    assert_error(error, expect_error)
+    check.exec_oc = lambda *_: "this isn't even json"
+    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as excinfo:
+        check.get_nodes_by_name()
+    assert 'BadOcNodeList' == excinfo.value.name
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/kibana_test.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/kibana_test.py
index 0bf492511..04a5e89c4 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/kibana_test.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/kibana_test.py
@@ -8,15 +8,7 @@ except ImportError:
     from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
     import urllib.request as urllib2
 
-from openshift_checks.logging.kibana import Kibana
-
-
-def assert_error(error, expect_error):
-    if expect_error:
-        assert error
-        assert expect_error in error
-    else:
-        assert not error
+from openshift_checks.logging.kibana import Kibana, OpenShiftCheckException
 
 
 plain_kibana_pod = {
@@ -41,39 +33,45 @@ not_running_kibana_pod = {
 }
 
 
+def test_check_kibana():
+    # should run without exception:
+    Kibana().check_kibana([plain_kibana_pod])
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('pods, expect_error', [
     (
         [],
-        "There are no Kibana pods deployed",
-    ),
-    (
-        [plain_kibana_pod],
-        None,
+        "MissingComponentPods",
     ),
     (
         [not_running_kibana_pod],
-        "No Kibana pod is in a running state",
+        "NoRunningPods",
     ),
     (
         [plain_kibana_pod, not_running_kibana_pod],
-        "The following Kibana pods are not currently in a running state",
+        "PodNotRunning",
     ),
 ])
-def test_check_kibana(pods, expect_error):
-    check = Kibana()
-    error = check.check_kibana(pods)
-    assert_error(error, expect_error)
+def test_check_kibana_error(pods, expect_error):
+    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as excinfo:
+        Kibana().check_kibana(pods)
+    assert expect_error == excinfo.value.name
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('route, expect_url, expect_error', [
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('comment, route, expect_error', [
     (
+        "No route returned",
         None,
-        None,
-        'no_route_exists',
+        "no_route_exists",
     ),
 
-    # test route with no ingress
     (
+        "broken route response",
+        {"status": {}},
+        "get_route_failed",
+    ),
+    (
+        "route with no ingress",
         {
             "metadata": {
                 "labels": {"component": "kibana", "deploymentconfig": "logging-kibana"},
@@ -86,12 +84,11 @@ def test_check_kibana(pods, expect_error):
                 "host": "hostname",
             }
         },
-        None,
-        'route_not_accepted',
+        "route_not_accepted",
     ),
 
-    # test route with no host
     (
+        "route with no host",
         {
             "metadata": {
                 "labels": {"component": "kibana", "deploymentconfig": "logging-kibana"},
@@ -104,12 +101,21 @@ def test_check_kibana(pods, expect_error):
             },
             "spec": {},
         },
-        None,
-        'route_missing_host',
+        "route_missing_host",
     ),
+])
+def test_get_kibana_url_error(comment, route, expect_error):
+    check = Kibana()
+    check.exec_oc = lambda *_: json.dumps(route) if route else ""
+
+    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as excinfo:
+        check._get_kibana_url()
+    assert excinfo.value.name == expect_error
 
-    # test route that looks fine
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('comment, route, expect_url', [
     (
+        "test route that looks fine",
         {
             "metadata": {
                 "labels": {"component": "kibana", "deploymentconfig": "logging-kibana"},
@@ -125,62 +131,57 @@ def test_check_kibana(pods, expect_error):
             },
         },
         "https://hostname/",
-        None,
     ),
 ])
-def test_get_kibana_url(route, expect_url, expect_error):
+def test_get_kibana_url(comment, route, expect_url):
     check = Kibana()
-    check.exec_oc = lambda ns, cmd, args: json.dumps(route) if route else ""
-
-    url, error = check._get_kibana_url()
-    if expect_url:
-        assert url == expect_url
-    else:
-        assert not url
-    if expect_error:
-        assert error == expect_error
-    else:
-        assert not error
+    check.exec_oc = lambda *_: json.dumps(route)
+    assert expect_url == check._get_kibana_url()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('exec_result, expect', [
     (
         'urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused',
-        'at least one router routing to it?',
+        'FailedToConnectInternal',
     ),
     (
         'urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known',
-        'DNS configured for the Kibana hostname?',
+        'FailedToResolveInternal',
     ),
     (
         'Status code was not [302]: HTTP Error 500: Server error',
-        'did not return the correct status code',
+        'WrongReturnCodeInternal',
     ),
     (
         'bork bork bork',
-        'bork bork bork',  # should pass through
+        'MiscRouteErrorInternal',
     ),
 ])
 def test_verify_url_internal_failure(exec_result, expect):
     check = Kibana(execute_module=lambda *_: dict(failed=True, msg=exec_result))
-    check._get_kibana_url = lambda: ('url', None)
+    check._get_kibana_url = lambda: 'url'
 
-    error = check._check_kibana_route()
-    assert_error(error, expect)
+    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as excinfo:
+        check.check_kibana_route()
+    assert expect == excinfo.value.name
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('lib_result, expect', [
     (
-        HTTPError('url', 500, "it broke", hdrs=None, fp=None),
-        'it broke',
+        HTTPError('url', 500, 'it broke', hdrs=None, fp=None),
+        'MiscRouteError',
+    ),
+    (
+        URLError('urlopen error [Errno 111] Connection refused'),
+        'FailedToConnect',
     ),
     (
-        URLError('it broke'),
-        'it broke',
+        URLError('urlopen error [Errno -2] Name or service not known'),
+        'FailedToResolve',
     ),
     (
         302,
-        'returned the wrong error code',
+        'WrongReturnCode',
     ),
     (
         200,
@@ -204,8 +205,40 @@ def test_verify_url_external_failure(lib_result, expect, monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setattr(urllib2, 'urlopen', urlopen)
 
     check = Kibana()
-    check._get_kibana_url = lambda: ('url', None)
+    check._get_kibana_url = lambda: 'url'
     check._verify_url_internal = lambda url: None
 
-    error = check._check_kibana_route()
-    assert_error(error, expect)
+    if not expect:
+        check.check_kibana_route()
+        return
+
+    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as excinfo:
+        check.check_kibana_route()
+    assert expect == excinfo.value.name
+
+
+def test_verify_url_external_skip():
+    check = Kibana(lambda *_: {}, dict(openshift_check_efk_kibana_external="false"))
+    check._get_kibana_url = lambda: 'url'
+    check.check_kibana_route()
+
+
+# this is kind of silly but it adds coverage for the run() method...
+def test_run():
+    pods = ["foo"]
+    ran = dict(check_kibana=False, check_route=False)
+
+    def check_kibana(pod_list):
+        ran["check_kibana"] = True
+        assert pod_list == pods
+
+    def check_kibana_route():
+        ran["check_route"] = True
+
+    check = Kibana()
+    check.get_pods_for_component = lambda *_: pods
+    check.check_kibana = check_kibana
+    check.check_kibana_route = check_kibana_route
+
+    check.run()
+    assert ran["check_kibana"] and ran["check_route"]
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/logging_check_test.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/logging_check_test.py
index 6f1697ee6..1a1c190f6 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/logging_check_test.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/logging_check_test.py
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 import pytest
 import json
 
-from openshift_checks.logging.logging import LoggingCheck, OpenShiftCheckException
+from openshift_checks.logging.logging import LoggingCheck, MissingComponentPods, CouldNotUseOc
 
 task_vars_config_base = dict(openshift=dict(common=dict(config_base='/etc/origin')))
 
 
-logging_namespace = "logging"
-
-
-def canned_loggingcheck(exec_oc=None):
+def canned_loggingcheck(exec_oc=None, execute_module=None):
     """Create a LoggingCheck object with canned exec_oc method"""
-    check = LoggingCheck()  # fails if a module is actually invoked
-    check.logging_namespace = 'logging'
+    check = LoggingCheck(execute_module)
     if exec_oc:
         check.exec_oc = exec_oc
     return check
@@ -97,8 +93,8 @@ def test_oc_failure(problem, expect):
 
     check = LoggingCheck(execute_module, task_vars_config_base)
 
-    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as excinfo:
-        check.exec_oc(logging_namespace, 'get foo', [])
+    with pytest.raises(CouldNotUseOc) as excinfo:
+        check.exec_oc('get foo', [])
     assert expect in str(excinfo)
 
 
@@ -124,25 +120,32 @@ def test_is_active(groups, logging_deployed, is_active):
     assert LoggingCheck(None, task_vars).is_active() == is_active
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('pod_output, expect_pods, expect_error', [
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('pod_output, expect_pods', [
+    (
+        json.dumps({'items': [plain_es_pod]}),
+        [plain_es_pod],
+    ),
+])
+def test_get_pods_for_component(pod_output, expect_pods):
+    check = canned_loggingcheck(lambda *_: pod_output)
+    pods = check.get_pods_for_component("es")
+    assert pods == expect_pods
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('exec_oc_output, expect_error', [
     (
         'No resources found.',
-        None,
-        'No pods were found for the "es"',
+        MissingComponentPods,
     ),
     (
-        json.dumps({'items': [plain_kibana_pod, plain_es_pod, plain_curator_pod, fluentd_pod_node1]}),
-        [plain_es_pod],
-        None,
+        '{"items": null}',
+        MissingComponentPods,
     ),
 ])
-def test_get_pods_for_component(pod_output, expect_pods, expect_error):
-    check = canned_loggingcheck(lambda namespace, cmd, args: pod_output)
-    pods, error = check.get_pods_for_component(
-        logging_namespace,
-        "es",
-    )
-    assert_error(error, expect_error)
+def test_get_pods_for_component_fail(exec_oc_output, expect_error):
+    check = canned_loggingcheck(lambda *_: exec_oc_output)
+    with pytest.raises(expect_error):
+        check.get_pods_for_component("es")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('name, pods, expected_pods', [
@@ -159,7 +162,7 @@ def test_get_pods_for_component(pod_output, expect_pods, expect_error):
 
 ], ids=lambda argvals: argvals[0])
 def test_get_not_running_pods_no_container_status(name, pods, expected_pods):
-    check = canned_loggingcheck(lambda exec_module, namespace, cmd, args, task_vars: '')
+    check = canned_loggingcheck(lambda *_: '')
     result = check.not_running_pods(pods)
 
     assert result == expected_pods
diff --git a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/logging_index_time_test.py b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/logging_index_time_test.py
index 178d7cd84..22566b295 100644
--- a/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/logging_index_time_test.py
+++ b/roles/openshift_health_checker/test/logging_index_time_test.py
@@ -69,7 +69,29 @@ def test_check_running_pods(pods, expect_pods):
     assert pods == expect_pods
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('name, json_response, uuid, timeout, extra_words', [
+def test_bad_config_param():
+    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as error:
+        LoggingIndexTime(task_vars=dict(openshift_check_logging_index_timeout_seconds="foo")).run()
+    assert 'InvalidTimeout' == error.value.name
+
+
+def test_no_running_pods():
+    check = LoggingIndexTime()
+    check.get_pods_for_component = lambda *_: [not_running_kibana_pod]
+    with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as error:
+        check.run()
+    assert 'kibanaNoRunningPods' == error.value.name
+
+
+def test_with_running_pods():
+    check = LoggingIndexTime()
+    check.get_pods_for_component = lambda *_: [plain_running_kibana_pod, plain_running_elasticsearch_pod]
+    check.curl_kibana_with_uuid = lambda *_: SAMPLE_UUID
+    check.wait_until_cmd_or_err = lambda *_: None
+    assert not check.run().get("failed")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('name, json_response, uuid, timeout', [
     (
         'valid count in response',
         {
@@ -77,94 +99,72 @@ def test_check_running_pods(pods, expect_pods):
         },
         SAMPLE_UUID,
         0.001,
-        [],
     ),
 ], ids=lambda argval: argval[0])
-def test_wait_until_cmd_or_err_succeeds(name, json_response, uuid, timeout, extra_words):
+def test_wait_until_cmd_or_err_succeeds(name, json_response, uuid, timeout):
     check = canned_loggingindextime(lambda *_: json.dumps(json_response))
     check.wait_until_cmd_or_err(plain_running_elasticsearch_pod, uuid, timeout)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('name, json_response, uuid, timeout, extra_words', [
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('name, json_response, timeout, expect_error', [
     (
         'invalid json response',
         {
             "invalid_field": 1,
         },
-        SAMPLE_UUID,
         0.001,
-        ["invalid response", "Elasticsearch"],
+        'esInvalidResponse',
     ),
     (
         'empty response',
         {},
-        SAMPLE_UUID,
         0.001,
-        ["invalid response", "Elasticsearch"],
+        'esInvalidResponse',
     ),
     (
         'valid response but invalid match count',
         {
             "count": 0,
         },
-        SAMPLE_UUID,
         0.005,
-        ["expecting match", SAMPLE_UUID, "0.005s"],
+        'NoMatchFound',
     )
 ], ids=lambda argval: argval[0])
-def test_wait_until_cmd_or_err(name, json_response, uuid, timeout, extra_words):
+def test_wait_until_cmd_or_err(name, json_response, timeout, expect_error):
     check = canned_loggingindextime(lambda *_: json.dumps(json_response))
     with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as error:
-        check.wait_until_cmd_or_err(plain_running_elasticsearch_pod, uuid, timeout)
+        check.wait_until_cmd_or_err(plain_running_elasticsearch_pod, SAMPLE_UUID, timeout)
 
-    for word in extra_words:
-        assert word in str(error)
+    assert expect_error == error.value.name
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('name, json_response, uuid, extra_words', [
-    (
-        'correct response code, found unique id is returned',
-        {
-            "statusCode": 404,
-        },
-        "sample unique id",
-        ["sample unique id"],
-    ),
-], ids=lambda argval: argval[0])
-def test_curl_kibana_with_uuid(name, json_response, uuid, extra_words):
-    check = canned_loggingindextime(lambda *_: json.dumps(json_response))
-    check.generate_uuid = lambda: uuid
-
-    result = check.curl_kibana_with_uuid(plain_running_kibana_pod)
-
-    for word in extra_words:
-        assert word in result
+def test_curl_kibana_with_uuid():
+    check = canned_loggingindextime(lambda *_: json.dumps({"statusCode": 404}))
+    check.generate_uuid = lambda: SAMPLE_UUID
+    assert SAMPLE_UUID == check.curl_kibana_with_uuid(plain_running_kibana_pod)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('name, json_response, uuid, extra_words', [
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('name, json_response, expect_error', [
     (
         'invalid json response',
         {
             "invalid_field": "invalid",
         },
-        SAMPLE_UUID,
-        ["invalid response returned", 'Missing "statusCode" key'],
+        'kibanaInvalidResponse',
     ),
     (
         'wrong error code in response',
         {
             "statusCode": 500,
         },
-        SAMPLE_UUID,
-        ["Expecting error code", "500"],
+        'kibanaInvalidReturnCode',
     ),
 ], ids=lambda argval: argval[0])
-def test_failed_curl_kibana_with_uuid(name, json_response, uuid, extra_words):
+def test_failed_curl_kibana_with_uuid(name, json_response, expect_error):
     check = canned_loggingindextime(lambda *_: json.dumps(json_response))
-    check.generate_uuid = lambda: uuid
+    check.generate_uuid = lambda: SAMPLE_UUID
 
     with pytest.raises(OpenShiftCheckException) as error:
         check.curl_kibana_with_uuid(plain_running_kibana_pod)
 
-    for word in extra_words:
-        assert word in str(error)
+    assert expect_error == error.value.name