Tailon

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Overview

Tailon is an application that tails log files in the web browser.

The application is preconfigured with many log files, but can be customized for addditional files.

Configuration

tailon.yaml file

bind: 0.0.0.0:5000          # address and port to bind on
allow-transfers: true       # allow log file downloads
follow-names: false         # allow tailing of not-yet-existent files
relative-root: /            # web app root path (default: '')
commands: [tail, grep, awk] # allowed commands
tail-lines: 10              # number of lines to tail initially
wrap-lines: true            # initial line-wrapping state

files:
  - 'Amahi':                # it's possible to add sub-sections
      - '/var/log/amahi-app-installer.log'
      - '/var/log/greyhole.log'
      - '/var/log/amahi-sync.log'
      - '/var/log/amahi-anywhere.log'
      - '/var/log/hda-updates.log'
      - '/var/hda/platform/html/log/production.log'
  - 'Apache':
      - '/var/log/httpd/*_log'
  - 'Samba':
      - '/var/log/samba/?mbd.log'
  - 'MariaDB':
      - '/var/log/mariadb/mariadb.log'      
  - 'System':
      - '/var/log/boot.log'
      - '/var/log/cron'
      - '/var/log/dnf.log'
      - '/var/log/maillog'
      - '/var/log/messages'
      - '/var/log/monit.log'
      - '/var/log/openvpn-status.log'
      - '/var/log/secure'
  - 'Tailon':
      - '/var/log/tailon.log'

  
http-auth: basic            # enable authentication (optional)
users:                      # password access (optional)
  admin: admin