Script inspired by logster that takes a log file and sends all output periodically to a Graylog2 server via running on cron.
Usage: graylogtail [options] logfile
Tail a log file and filter each line to generate log lines that can be sent to
gralog2.
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s STATE_DIR, --state-dir=STATE_DIR
Where to store the logtail state file. Default
location /var/run
-d, --dry-run Parse the log file but send stats to standard output.
--graylog-host=GRAYLOG_HOST
Hostname for Graylog, e.g. graylog.example.com
--graylog-port=GRAYLOG_PORT
Hostname for Graylog, e.g. graylog.example.com
--facility=FACILITY Facility for filtering messages in graylog
-D, --debug Provide more verbose logging for debugging.
--level=LEVEL Specify the level messages should be logged at.
Default to info
-x, --exclude-string="excluded string"
if the line(=message) contains string same as in variable,
line will not be sent to graylog server