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An active log monitor based on the tail command.

Why use log-monitor?

Sometimes we want to know what is happening when crontab task is running or what errors had been written into the php error log by php script, and we want to know quickly. log-monitor can help you to monitor the log and notify the users who want to know.

What can log-monitor do?

• monitor the log by the tail command
• notify users when there is an error
• custom log filter interface, which will check the log is error or not
• custom notification interface, which will notify the users
• custom reader interface, if you do not want to use the tail command

How to use log-monitor?

talk is cheap, show you the code:

$reader = new \Jenner\LogMonitor\Reader\Reader('/var/log/messages');
$filter = new Jenner\LogMonitor\Filter\MatchFilter("exception");
$notify = new \Jenner\LogMonitor\Notification\EchoNotification();

$process = new \Jenner\LogMonitor\MonitorTask($reader, $filter, $notify);
$process->run();
$process->wait();

There are three interfaces:AbstractReader, NotificationInterface, FilterInterface.
If you want to read log for somewhere else, you can create a class which extends AbstractReader.
If you want to filter your log in different way, you can create a class which implements FilterInterface.
If you want to send message to somewhere else, you can create a class which implements NotificationInterface.

How it works?

When you have created a MonitorTask object and call the run method, it will start a sub process and call the tail command in the sub process. Then it will read from the pipe and check the log by filter that if it is error or not. If there is an error, it will call the notification to notify the users who want to know. Just do not forget to call wait method to wait the sub process.

If you have many logs to monitor, you can use the Monitor to manage them. show you the code:

$reader = new \Jenner\LogMonitor\Reader\Reader('/var/log/messages');
$filter = new Jenner\LogMonitor\Filter\MatchFilter("exception");
$notify = new \Jenner\LogMonitor\Notification\EchoNotification();

$task = new \Jenner\LogMonitor\MonitorTask($reader, $filter, $notify);
$monitor = new \Jenner\LogMonitor\Monitor();
$monitor->addTask($task);
$monitor->start();

Just remember that when you call the start method, do not forget to call wait method.