logster(1) generate metrics from logfiles

SYNOPSIS

logster [options] parser logfile

DESCRIPTION

Tail a log file and filter each line to generate metrics that can be sent to common monitoring packages.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--logtail=LOGTAIL
Specify location of logtail. Default /usr/sbin/logtail2
-p METRIC_PREFIX, --metric-prefix=METRIC_PREFIX
Add prefix to all published metrics. This is for people that may multiple instances of same service on same host.
-x METRIC_SUFFIX, --metric-suffix=METRIC_SUFFIX
Add suffix to all published metrics. This is for people that may add suffix at the end of their metrics.
--parser-help
Print usage and options for the selected parser
--parser-options=PARSER_OPTIONS
Options to pass to the logster parser such as "-o VALUE --option2 VALUE". These are parser-specific and passed directly to the parser.
--gmetric-options=GMETRIC_OPTIONS
Options to pass to gmetric such as "-d 180 -c /etc/ganglia/gmond.conf" (default). These are passed directly to gmetric.
--graphite-host=GRAPHITE_HOST
Hostname and port for Graphite collector, e.g. graphite.example.com:2003
-s STATE_DIR, --state-dir=STATE_DIR
Where to store the logtail state file. Default location /var/run
-o OUTPUT, --output=OUTPUT
Where to send metrics (can specify multiple times). Choices are 'graphite', 'ganglia', or 'stdout'.
-d, --dry-run
Parse the log file but send stats to standard output.
-D, --debug
Provide more verbose logging for debugging.

AUTHOR

logster was written by Etsy, Inc.

This manual page was written by Andreas Rütten <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).