README.md

Rtail

Remote multiplex server tailing & command execution runner

Install

OSX Install with Homebrew

brew tap chonthu/tap
brew install rtail

From source

go get github.com/chonthu/rtail
go install

Usage

Use it just as you would regular tail locally

rtail will stream the log down locally from the remote client, by default the command your running is tail -f

rtail ec2-user@webserver1.myserver.com:/var/log/httpd/error_log

You can run any command you want by using a '%' istead of ':' in the rtail parameter

rtail "ec2-user@webserver1.myserver.com%cat /var/log/mail.log"

Works with multiple servers!

Pass as many server as you would like

rtail ec2-user@webserver1.myserver.com:/var/log/httpd/error_log johndoe@webserver2.myserver.com:/var/log/httpd/access_log

Allows custom range selector

rtail "root@webserver[1-5].myserver.com:/var/log/httpd/error_log"

Custom aliases & commands

create a rtail.yml file in your working directory or in your home folder

or use the built in shortcut rtail init

---
aliases:
	error_log: /var/log/httpd/error_log

commands:
	varnish: varnishlog

Now you can run these custom command like so:

rtail myserver.web1:error_log
rtail myserver.web2%varnish