lestream (Logentries stream for Node.JS)

lestream is a stream client for Logentries token based TCP endpoints for continuous log shipping. It has auto reconnect and buffering semantics. lestream does not provide object serialization or timestamping. It is intended for low level usage. I created it to use the cli interface and tail log files easily to logentries.

install

local

npm install lestream

global (cli tool)

npm install -g lestream

usage

cli

Cli tool can read stdlib and stream logs to Logentries. It autoreconnects / buffers data and runs until the input stream is closed.

$ tail -f log.txt | lestream -t <TOKEN>

$ lestream -h

  Usage: lestream [options]

  Options:

    -h, --help           output usage information
    -t, --token [token]  logentries host token
    --host [hostname]    logentries hostname (default: data.logentries.com)
    --port <port>        logentries port (default: 10000)
    -b, --maxbuffer <len>  maximum buffered line count before starting to drop log entries (default: none)

api

var lestream = require("lestream");

var logstream = lestream({
  token: "TOKEN",
  host: "data.logentries.com", //optional
  port: 10000 //optional
})

logstream.write("Log line");

author

Ekin Koc ekin@eknkc.com

license

MIT