@sherlog/cli

Unified logs as stream.

Sherlog CLI is bundled with Prisma. Feel free to consume the stream with any other tool or programming language of your preference.

Demo: https://sherlog.sh

Installation

OS X & Linux node >= v10.15.0:

npm install -g @sherlog/cli

Usage

You can use the --help option to get more details about options and commands

Usage: sherlog [options] [command]

Options:
  -v, --version    print version
  -h, --help       display help for command

Commands:
  init [options]   initializes the project
  test [options]   validate your config schema
  start [options]  start the server
  help [command]   display help for command

Getting started

The following command will initialize your project and create a basic .sherlog config file.

sherlog init

{
  "hostname": "",
  "files": [
    {
      "metric": "",
      "file": "",
      "timezone": ""
    }
  ]
}

Config parameters

• hostname: default to your server hostname.
• backpressure: the interval in milliseconds between each websocket message sent (default: 1000).
• chunks: max items stored in buffer for each metric chunk (default: 1).
• compression: uses pako to compress messages sent over to Prisma. Set to false if you wish to consume the stream with a different tool (default: true).
• files: an array of services to monitor. The following options can be configured for each file.
  • metric: supported metrics apache2|monolog|mysql|nginx|php-fpm|redis
  • file: the absolute path to your log file.
  • eventType: apache2 and/or nginx requires this property to be set to one of the following http|error.
  • timezone: IANA time zone in which your logs are stored (e.g UTC, America/New York, etc),
  • fromBeginning: set to true if you wish to read files from the beginning (default: false).

Config example

{
  "hostname": "192.168.10.1",
  "backpressure": 1000,
  "chunks": 500,
  "compression": true,
  "files": [{
    "metric": "nginx",
    "file": "path/to/nginx/access.log",
    "eventType": "http",
    "timezone": "UTC",
    "fromBeginning": true
  },
    {
      "metric": "nginx",
      "file": "path/to/nginx/error.log",
      "eventType": "error",
      "timezone": "UTC",
      "fromBeginning": false
    }]
}

Development setup

npm install
npm run dev
npm run docker:build
npm test

Meta

Bruce Lampson – @Brucelampson

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

https://github.com/BruceLampson

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/fooBar)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some fooBar')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/fooBar)
5. Create a new Pull Request