isbkch/laravel5-tail

A tail command for Laravel 5

A tail command for Laravel 5

This package adds the tail command to Laravel 5. This package works for daily and single logs and has support for tailing local and the remote logs., _(*1)

Install

You can install the package via composer:, _(*2)

``` bash composer require isbkch/laravel5-tail, <sub>(*3)</sub>

You must install this service provider:
```php
// config/app.php

'providers' => [
    ...
    Isbkch\Tail\TailServiceProvider::class,
    ...
];

If you're planning on tailing remote logs you must publish the config file with this command: ``` bash php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Isbkch\Tail\TailServiceProvider", <sub>(*4)</sub>

A file named ``tail.php`` will be created in the config directory. The options you can set in the file should be self-explanatory.
PS: You can get the username from the .env file
```php

return [


    'connections' => [

        /*
         * The environment name. You can use this value in the tail command.
         */
        'production' => [

             // Hostname of the server where the logs are located
            'host' => '',


             // Username to be used when connecting to the server where the logs are located
            'user'  => env('TAIL_USERNAME', 'isbkch'),

             // Full path to the directory where the logs are located
            'logDirectory' => '',
        ],

        // Change it to 'true' if you have grc (Generic Colouriser) installed in your system
        // To install grc on Debian based: sudo apt-get install grc
        'grc' => 'false'
    ],
];

Usage

To tail the local log you can use this command: ``` bash php artisan tail, <sub>(*5)</sub>

By default the last 20 lines will be shown. You can change that number by using the ```lines```-option.
``` bash
php artisan tail --lines=50

To tail a remote log you must first specify hostname and logDirectory in the config-file. After you've done that you can tail the remote logs by specify the environment as an argument. bash php artisan tail production, <sub>(*6)</sub>

Credits

• Freek Van der Herten
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information., <sub>(*7)</sub>