varnishstat(1) - Linux man page

Name

varnishstat - HTTP accelerator statistics

Synopsis

varnishstat [-1] [-x] [-f field_list] [-l] [-n varnish_name] [-V] [-w delay]

Description

The varnishstat utility displays statistics from a running varnishd(1) instance.

The following options are available:

-1

Instead of presenting of a continuously updated display, print the statistics once and exit.

-f

A comma separated list of the fields to display. If it starts with '^' it is used as an exclusion list.

-l

Lists the available fields to use with the -f option.

-n

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

-V

Display the version number and exit.

-w delay

Wait delay seconds between updates. The default is 1.

-x

Displays the result as XML once.

The columns in the main display are, from left to right:

1.

Value

2.

Per-second average in the period since last update, or a period if the value can not be averaged

3.

Per-second average over process lifetime, or a period if the value can not be averaged

4.

Descriptive text

When using the -1 option, the columns in the output are, from left to right:

1.

Symbolic entry name

2.

Value

3.

Per-second average over process lifetime, or a period if the value can not be averaged

4.

Descriptive text

When using the -x option, the output is:

<stat>
  <name>FIELD NAME</name>
  <value>FIELD VALUE</value>
  <description>FIELD DESCRIPTION</description>
</stat>

See Also

• varnishd(1)

• varnishhist(1)

• varnishlog(1)

• varnishncsa(1)

• varnishtop(1)

• curses(3)

History

The varnishstat utility was originally developed by Poul-Henning Kamp ⟨phk@phk.freebsd.dk⟩ in cooperation with Verdens Gang AS, Linpro AS and Varnish Software. Manual page written by Dag-Erling Smørgrav, and Per Buer.

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, Per Buer

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