Monitor folder with logs

[ageorgios]

Is there a way to monitor multiple .log files in a folder?

[megastef]

Hi,

pls. check logagent-js examples , plays well with rtail. It ships logs via rtail protocol to rtail server (and could store it in paralel to Elasticsearch or Logsene). You will ses each file as a separate stream.
To ship you logs to rtail (without storage option):
Install logagent:
npm i logagent -g
forward logs, file names selected by a glob pattern:
logagent --rtail-host myrtailserver --rtail-port 9999 -g "{/var/log/*.log,/Users/stefan/myapp/*.log}
To disable parsing of messages (to get the complete text in rtail, when message is broken down to multiple fields by logagent, use export PATTERN_MATCHING_ENABLED=false.

I hope this helps.

[Garulf]

Stumbled upon this issue and megastef's solution seems perfect! Except no matter how i format the port or host (0.0.0.0, 127.0.0.1) rTail just sits there empty. I can send rTail logs manually however.

[megastef]

Please note logagent made some progress:

• package name changed
• cli arguments changed

npm i -g @sematext/logagent
logagent  --rtailWebPort 8080 --rtailPort 9999 -g '/var/log/**/*.log'
firefox http://localhost:8080