RDSTail is a tool for tailing or streaming RDS log files. Supports piping to papertrail.
For now, you must compile from source. Install Go.
» go get github.com/litl/rdstail
» ./rdstail -h
NAME:
rdstail - Reads AWS RDS logs
AWS credentials are taken from an ~/.aws/credentials file or the env vars AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY.
USAGE:
./rdstail [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
VERSION:
0.1.0
COMMANDS:
papertrail stream logs into papertrail
watch stream logs to stdout
tail tail the last N lines
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--instance, -i name of the db instance in rds [required]
--region "us-east-1" AWS region [$AWS_REGION]
--max-retries "10" maximium number of retries for rds requests
--help, -h show help
--version, -v print the version
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» ./rdstail papertrail -h
NAME:
./rdstail papertrail - stream logs into papertrail
USAGE:
./rdstail papertrail [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--papertrail, -p papertrail host e.g. logs.papertrailapp.com:8888 [required]
--app, -a "rdstail" app name to send to papertrail
--hostname "os.Hostname()" hostname of the client, sent to papertrail
--rate, -r "3s" rds log polling rate
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» ./rdstail watch -h
NAME:
./rdstail watch - stream logs to stdout
USAGE:
./rdstail watch [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--rate, -r "3s" rds log polling rate
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» ./rdstail tail -h
NAME:
./rdstail tail - tail the last N lines
USAGE:
./rdstail tail [command options] [arguments...]
OPTIONS:
--lines, -n "20" output the last n lines. use 0 for a full dump of the most recent file