Diplodocus

Diplodocus allows you to tail -F text files over http.

Fast start with docker

Expose files in /var/log/whatever on 192.168.0.7:8000:

docker run -d -p 192.168.0.7:8000:8000 \
    -v /var/log/whatever:/var/log/diplodocus \
    bobrik/diplodocus

Now to follow /var/log/whatever/mylog/mylog-2015-02-24.log:

curl -v http://192.168.0.7:8000/mylog/mylog-2015-02-24.log

You will need go compiler installed.

mkdir diplodocus
cd diplodocus
export GOPATH=`pwd`
go get github.com/Topface/diplodocus/cmd/diplodocus-server

This will give you binary in bin/diplodocus-server that is ready to use.

./bin/diplodocus-server -listen 127.0.0.1:8000 -root /var/log/whatever

This will start http server on 127.0.0.1:8000. Any log in /var/log/whatever can be monitored with command like this:

# monitor /var/log/whatever/example.com/access.log
curl -sN http://127.0.0.1:8000/example.com/access.log

Diplodocus will monitor for file updates, symlink changes and whatever can happen to your logs to provide you with constant stream of updates.

Hide it behind nginx or whatever proxy you like to manage access rights.

Diplodocus also provides a library for you to use, see server code for example.

MIT