Fluent::Tail
Using fluent-tail, you can tail fluentd event stream without any configuration changes.
Caution
Because this tool modify the running fluentd process using drb and instance_eval, there is a potential risk that the process could be broken unexpectedly.
In addition, this tool might degrade the perfermance of the running fluentd process.
Use this tool at your own risk.
Installation
$ fluent-gem install fluent-tail
Prerequisite
in_debug_agent plugin is required to be enabled.
<source>
type debug_agent
</source>
Usage
$ fluent-tail <tag_pattern>
You can specify a pattern of tag with the same format as fluentd match tag.
e.g.
$ fluent-tail foo.**
then events with tag, such as "foo" , "foo.bar" and "foo.bar.foo" etc., will be shown in your console.
2014-03-06 14:22:21 +0900 foo: {"hoge":"fuga"}
2014-03-06 14:22:23 +0900 foo.bar: {"hoge":"fuga"}
2014-03-06 14:22:27 +0900 foo.bar.foo: {"hoge":"fuga"}
Option
| parameter | description | default |
|---|---|---|
| -h, --host HOST | fluent host | 127.0.0.1 |
| -p, --port PORT | debug_agent | 24230 |
| -u, --unix PATH | use unix socket instead of tcp | |
| -t, --output-type TYPE | output format of record. available types are 'json' or 'hash'. | json |
Copyright
See LICENSE.txt
Contributing
- Fork it ( http://github.com/choplin/fluent-tail/fork )
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request