Introducing the Graylog2 Analytics Shell
I spent my last evenings hacking on a new Graylog2 feature which will be very useful for running powerful analytics on your log messages: The Graylog2 Analytics Shell. The detailled description is in the wiki.
Use this shell to extract information from your log messages. I always like the use case of API monitoring. You could easily find out if that one call is still used by consumers - Or even which consumers are still using it with a simple distinct call:
all.distinct({_oauth_consumer_key}, processed_controller = /^PrivateMessages#.+/)
Watch the shell in action in this short screencast: (Try the full screen mode and HD video)
This is the first working implementation but there is still stuff missing. For example:
- Shell history available with up and down arrow keys
- Improved design and layout
- A history of count and distinct results
- Tab completion (ZOMG!!)
- Saving and sharing of commands
- Short names for streams, to avoid typing the raw stream ID
The shell will be included in the next version: 0.9.6
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