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The lc-admin command allows you to remotely (or locally) connect to a running
Log Courier instance to monitor and control log shipping.
To enable a Log Courier instance to receive administration connections, set the
admin enabled general configuration entry to true. To specify a custom
listen address, set the admin listen address entry. See
Configuration for more information on these options and the
default listen address.
The lc-admin utility aims to be always backwards compatible whenever possible.
This means a newer version of lc-admin should be able to connect to any older
version of log-courier. The same is not true in reverse, and an older
lc-admin may be unable to connect or communicate with a newer log-courier.
Displays a list of available commands.
Requests Log Courier to reload its configuration.
Syntax: status []
Displays Log Courier's current shipping status in the requested format.
must be yaml or json. If not specified, the default format is yaml.
Following is an example of the output this command provides.
"State: /var/log/nginx/access.log (0xc2080681e0)":
Status: Running
Harvester:
Speed (Lps): 20205.40
Speed (Bps): 1627565.16
Processed lines: 43024
Current offset: 3473919
Last EOF Offset: Never
Status: Alive
Prospector:
Watched files: 1
Active states: 1
Publisher:
Status: Connected
Speed (Lps): 8735.15
Published lines: 23552
Pending Payloads: 10
Timeouts: 0
Retransmissions: 0
The lc-admin command accepts the following command line options.
-connect="tcp:127.0.0.1:1234": the Log Courier address to connect to
-quiet=false: quietly execute the command line argument and output only the result
-version=false: display the Log Courier client version
-watch=false: repeat the command specified on the command line every second