varnishncsa(1) - Linux man page

Name

varnishncsa - Display Varnish logs in Apache / NCSA combined log format

Synopsis

varnishncsa [-a] [-b] [-C] [-c] [-D] [-d] [-f] [-I regex] [-i tag] [-n varnish_name] [-P file] [-r file] [-V] [-w file] [-X regex] [-x tag]

Description

The varnishncsa utility reads varnishd(1) shared memory logs and presents them in the Apache / NCSA "combined" log format.

The following options are available:

-a

When writing to a file, append to it rather than overwrite it.

-b

Include log entries which result from communication with a backend server. If neither -b nor -c is specified, varnishncsa acts as if they both were.

-C

Ignore case when matching regular expressions.

-c

Include log entries which result from communication with a client. If neither -b nor -c is specified, varnishncsa acts as if they both were.

-D

Daemonize.

-d

Process old log entries on startup. Normally, varnishncsa will only process entries which are written to the log after it starts.

-f

Prefer the X-Forwarded-For HTTP header over client.ip in the log output.

-I regex
Include log entries which match the specified regular expression. If neither -I nor -i is specified, all log entries are included.
-i tag

Include log entries with the specified tag. If neither -I nor -i is specified, all log entries are included.

-n

Specifies the name of the varnishd instance to get logs from. If -n is not specified, the host name is used.

-P file
Write the process's PID to the specified file.
-r file
Read log entries from file instead of shared memory.
-V

Display the version number and exit.

-w file
Write log entries to file instead of displaying them. The file will be overwritten unless the -a option was specified.

If varnishncsa receives a SIGHUP while writing to a file, it will reopen the file, allowing the old one to be rotated away.

-X regex
Exclude log entries which match the specified regular expression.
-x tag

Exclude log entries with the specified tag.

See Also

varnishd(1)

varnishhist(1)

varnishlog(1)

varnishstat(1)

varnishtop(1)

History

The varnishncsa utility was developed by Poul-Henning Kamp in cooperation with Verdens Gang AS and Linpro AS. This manual page was written by Dag-Erling Smørgrav ⟨des@des.no⟩.

Copyright

This document is licensed under the same licence as Varnish itself. See LICENCE for details.

• Copyright © 2006 Verdens Gang AS

• Copyright © 2006-2008 Linpro AS

• Copyright © 2008-2010 Redpill Linpro AS

• Copyright © 2010 Varnish Software AS

Author

Dag-Erling Smørgrav

Referenced By

varnishsizes(1), varnishtest(1)