log-to-slack

Log to Slack

Loads and parses logs from remote servers over SSH and sends new messages to a specified Slack channel

Installing

npm install -g log-to-slack
cp /path/to/node/install/config/example.json /path/to/node/install/config/default.json
vim /path/to/node/install/config/default.json
log-to-slack

If you are on ubuntu you might need to symlink node to nodejs http://stackoverflow.com/a/18130296/1223319

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/bin/nodejs 10

Available options

Command line

--debug Run in debug mode

• Disables posting to Slack
• Outputs more stuff in the console

Config file

host What host to use for the connection username What username to use when connecting password What password to use when connecting

Available modules

Apache2 error logs

Apache2 access logs (4xx & 5xx)

lineCount: The number of lines to lookback when parsing the log Example

"lineCount": 50000

Default: 500000

skipFiles: Array of filenames to match and skip if found. Example

"skipFiles": [
    "robots.txt",
    "favicon.ico"
]

skipCodes: Array of response codes that we shouldn't report. Example

"skipCodes": [
    408
]

Symfony logs

path: The path to the log file Example

"path": "/my/path/to/my/prod.log"

nginx error logs

Example config

{
    "slackApiToken": "my-slack-api-key",

    "slackChannel": "#syslog",
    "slackUsername": "Logan",
    "slackIconUrl": "http://i.imgur.com/JKDkKU0.png",

    "checkInterval": 30000,

    "servers": [
        {
            "host": "myserver.myhost.com",
            "username": "username",
            "password": "password",
            "services": {
                "apache2": true,
                "symfony": {
                    "path": "/path/to/my/prod.log"
                }
            }
        },
        {
            "host": "54.175.129.157",
            "username": "anotheruser",
            "password": "anotherpassword",
            "services": {
                "apache2": true,
                "apache2Access": {
                    "skipCodes": [
                        408
                    ],
                    "skipFiles": [
                        "favicon.ico",
                        "robots.txt"
                    ],
                    "lineCount": 50000
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}