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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
Post your comments here or discuss in the mailing list.
You can now create host groups that show all messages of hosts you added. This can be useful if you want to get an overview of all messages of a cluster or type of hosts.