logtailer

Overview ¶

Command logtailer is designed to process log files for consumption.

When provided a file for the `log_file` argument it invokes logtail2 to peform log file checkpointing including rotation detection.

The first argument must be the profile identifier.

When running as with `-` for the `log_file` argument it consumes stdin.

Example invokation via cron:

• * * * * /usr/bin/logtailer nginx -log_file=/mnt/log/nginx/access.log

See profile_dummy.go for an example of adding your own profile.