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authorBinh Le <lebinh.it@gmail.com>2014-04-01 23:09:13 +0700
committerBinh Le <lebinh.it@gmail.com>2014-04-01 23:11:36 +0700
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Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/mcortizo/ngxtop into mcortizo-master
Allow ngxtop to parse logs directly from stdin. Pre-defined common log format for Apache access log.
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-===================================================
-``ngxtop`` - **real-time** metrics for nginx server
-===================================================
+================================================================
+``ngxtop`` - **real-time** metrics for nginx server (and others)
+================================================================
**ngxtop** parses your nginx access log and outputs useful, ``top``-like, metrics of your nginx server.
So you can tell what is happening with your server in real-time.
+``ngxtop`` tries to determine the correct location and format of nginx access log file by default, so you can just run
+``ngxtop`` and having a close look at all requests coming to your nginx server. But it does not limit you to nginx
+and the default top view. ``ngxtop`` is flexible enough for you to configure and change most of its behaviours.
+You can query for different things, specify your log and format, even parse remote Apache common access log with ease.
+See sample usages below for some ideas about what you can do with it.
+
Installation
------------
@@ -44,6 +50,11 @@ Usage
-h, --help print this help message.
--version print version information.
+ Advanced / experimental options:
+ -c <file>, --config <file> allow ngxtop to parse nginx config file for log format and location.
+ -i <filter-expression>, --filter <filter-expression> filter in, records satisfied given expression are processed.
+ -p <filter-expression>, --pre-filter <filter-expression> in-filter expression to check in pre-parsing phase.
+
Samples
-------
@@ -109,3 +120,30 @@ List 4xx or 5xx responses together with HTTP referer
|-----------+----------+----------------|
| - | 400 | - |
+Parse apache log from remote server with `common` format
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+::
+
+ $ ssh user@remote_server tail -f /var/log/apache2/access.log | ngxtop -f common
+ running for 20 seconds, 1068 records processed: 53.01 req/sec
+
+ Summary:
+ | count | avg_bytes_sent | 2xx | 3xx | 4xx | 5xx |
+ |---------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
+ | 1068 | 28026.763 | 1029 | 20 | 19 | 0 |
+
+ Detailed:
+ | request_path | count | avg_bytes_sent | 2xx | 3xx | 4xx | 5xx |
+ |------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
+ | /xxxxxxxxxx | 199 | 55150.402 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+ | /xxxxxxxx/xxxxx | 167 | 47591.826 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+ | /xxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxx | 25 | 7432.200 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+ | /xxxx/xxxxx/x/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxx | 22 | 698.727 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+ | /xxxx/xxxxx/x/xxxxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxx | 19 | 7431.632 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+ | /xxxxx/xxxxx/ | 18 | 7840.889 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+ | /xxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | 15 | 7356.000 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+ | /xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx | 15 | 9978.800 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+ | /xxxxx/ | 14 | 0.000 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
+ | /xxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxx/xxxxx | 13 | 20530.154 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+