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README.md

frontail(1) tail -F output in browser

frontail is node.js application for serving tail -F output to browser.

Features

  • search
  • user authentication
  • log rotation
  • autoscrolling
  • marking logs

Installation

npm install frontail -g

Usage

frontail [options] [file ...]

Options:

  -h, --help                    output usage information
  -V, --version                 output the version number
  -p, --port <port>             server port, default 9001
  -n, --number <number>         starting lines number, default 10
  -l, --lines <lines>           number on lines stored in browser, default 2000
  -d, --daemonize               run as daemon
  -U, --user <username>         Basic Authentication username, this option works only along with -P option
  -P, --password <password>     Basic Authentication password, this option works only along with -U option
  -k, --key <key.pem>           private key for HTTPS
  -c, --certificate <cert.pem>  certificate for HTTPS
  --pid-path <path>             if run as daemon file that will store the process id, default /var/run/frontail.pid
  --log-path <path>             if run as daemon file that will be used as a log, default /dev/null

Web interface is on http://localhost:[port]

Screenshot

screenshot1

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright 2013 Maciej Winnicki http://maciejwinnicki.pl

This project is free software released under the MIT/X11 license:

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.