NAME

       logster - 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.

SEE ALSO

       logtail(1)

AUTHOR

       logster was written by Etsy, Inc.

       This  manual  page  was  written by Andreas Rütten <AndreasRuetten@gmx.de>, for the Debian
       project (and may be used by others).