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NAME
varnishlog - Display Varnish logs
SYNOPSIS
varnishlog [-a] [-b] [-C] [-c] [-D] [-d] [-I regex] [-i tag] [-k keep] [-n varnish_name] [-o] [-O] [-m
tag:regex ...] [-P file] [-r file] [-s num] [-u] [-V] [-w file] [-X regex] [-x tag]
DESCRIPTION
The varnishlog utility reads and presents varnishd(1) shared memory logs.
The following options are available:
-a When writing to a file, append to it rather than overwrite it.
-b Include log entries which result from communication with a backend server. If neither -b nor -c
is specified, varnishlog acts as if they both were.
-C Ignore case when matching regular expressions.
-c Include log entries which result from communication with a client. If neither -b nor -c is
specified, varnishlog acts as if they both were.
-D Daemonize.
-d Process old log entries on startup. Normally, varnishlog will only process entries which are
written to the log after it starts.
-I regex
Include log entries which match the specified regular expression. If neither -I nor -i is
specified, all log entries are included.
-i tag Include log entries with the specified tag. If neither -I nor -i is specified, all log entries
are included.
-k num Only show the first num log records.
-m tag:regex only list transactions where tag matches regex. Multiple
-m options are AND-ed together. Can not be combined with -O
-n Specifies the name of the varnishd instance to get logs from. If -n is not specified, the host
name is used.
-o Ignored for compatibility with earlier versions.
-O Do not group log entries by request ID. Can not be combined with -m.
-P file
Write the process's PID to the specified file.
-r file
Read log entries from file instead of shared memory.
-s num Skip the first num log records.
-u Unbuffered output.
-V Display the version number and exit.
-w file
Write log entries to file instead of displaying them. The file will be overwritten unless the -a
option was specified. If varnishlog receives a SIGHUP while writing to a file, it will reopen the
file, allowing the old one to be rotated away.
-X regex
Exclude log entries which match the specified regular expression.
-x tag Exclude log entries with the specified tag.
TAGS
The following log entry tags are currently defined:
• Backend
• BackendClose
• BackendOpen
• BackendReuse
• BackendXID
• CLI
• ClientAddr
• Debug
• Error
• ExpBan
• ExpKill
• ExpPick
• Hit
• HitPass
• HttpError
• HttpGarbage
• Length
• ObjHeader
• ObjLostHeader
• ObjProtocol
• ObjRequest
• ObjResponse
• ObjStatus
• ObjURL
• ReqEnd
• ReqStart
• RxHeader
• RxLostHeader
• RxProtocol
• RxRequest
• RxResponse
• RxStatus
• RxURL
• SessionClose
• SessionOpen
• StatAddr
• StatSess
• TTL
• TxHeader
• TxLostHeader
• TxProtocol
• TxRequest
• TxResponse
• TxStatus
• TxURL
• VCL_acl
• VCL_call
• VCL_return
• VCL_trace
• WorkThread
EXAMPLES
The following command line simply copies all log entries to a log file:
$ varnishlog -w /var/log/varnish.log
The following command line reads that same log file and displays requests for the front page:
$ varnishlog -r /var/log/varnish.log -c -m 'RxURL:^/$'
SEE ALSO
• varnishd(1)
• varnishhist(1)
• varnishncsa(1)
• varnishstat(1)
• varnishtop(1)
HISTORY
The varnishlog utility was developed by Poul-Henning Kamp ⟨phk@phk.freebsd.dk⟩ in cooperation with
Verdens Gang AS, Varnish Software AS and Varnish Software. This manual page was initially written by
Dag-Erling Smørgrav.
COPYRIGHT
This document is licensed under the same licence as Varnish itself. See LICENCE for details.
• Copyright (c) 2006 Verdens Gang AS
• Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Varnish Software AS
AUTHOR
Dag-Erling Smørgrav, Per Buer
0.2 2010-05-31 VARNISHLOG(1)