juju-lnav

A script to look at logs from multiple Juju units

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Description

The juju-lnav command displays multiple log files from multiple machines in one view. For example,

juju-lnav octavia:/var/log/octavia/*.log{,1}

will open the current and the first rotated log files from all of the octavia units.

Likewise

juju-lnav octavia:/var/log/octavia/*.log \
  nova-cloud-controller:/var/log/nova

Will load the logs on all octavia ending in .log and all files on nova-cloud-controller units.

Installation

The script is a shell script and requires bash.

In order to install the script do one of the following:

  1. Clone this repository or download the script itself

  2. Install the Debian package

Dependencies

The lnav log viewer needs to be installed separately either via snap

sudo snap install lnav

The snap needs to be connected to the ssh-keys interface:

sudo snap connect lnav:ssh-keys

or via package

sudo apt install lnav

For more information on how to use lnav please visit lnav.org.