README.md

logstalgia-scripts

Batch and shell scripts to pipe remote logs into local instance of logstalgia

These scripts make an ssh connection to a server and tail a designated Apache log file, piping the output into a local instance of Logstalgia. This gives you a visualization like this:

Steps

• Download and install logstalgia
• edit one of these scripts to point to your server log and your logstalgia instance
• enjoy

This process assumes you are set up for public key authentication to get access to your account on the server.

*nix

#!/bin/sh   
USER=xxxxx
SERVER=my.server.org
LOG=/var/apache2/logs/access_log
ssh $USER@$SERVER "tail -f $LOG" | logstalgia -x -1400x800 -

Copy that to a file named SERVER.sh, edit the USER, SERVER and LOG values, and make it executable.

Windows

@echo off
echo Running Logstalgia for xxxx logs
set PLINK="c:\Program Files (x86)\PuTTY\plink.exe"
set USER=xxxxxxx
set SERVER=my.server.org
set LOG=/var/apache2/logs/access_log
%PLINK% %USER%@%SERVER% tail -f %LOG% | logstalgia.exe --sync

Save that as a .bat file, edit the variables, and run it.

This assumes you are running Pageant, and that you have created a PuTTY session that enables you to log into your server with a public key. See the plink documentation for further information.