README.md

Fake apache Log Generator

Based On

Fake-ELB-Log-Generator library

This script generates a boatload of fake apache2 logs very quickly.

It can write log lines to console, to log files or directly to gzip files.

It utilizes the excellent Faker library to generate realistic ip's, URI's etc.

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Basic Usage

Generate a single log line to STDOUT

$ python3 apache-fake-log-gen.py

Generate 100 log lines into a .log file

$ python3 -fake-log-gen.py -n 100 -o LOG

Generate 100 log lines into a .gz file at intervals of 10 seconds

$ python3 apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 100 -o GZ -s 10

Infinite log file generation (useful for testing File Tail Readers)

$ python3 apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 0 -o LOG

Prefix the output filename

$ python3 apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 100 -o LOG -p WEB1

Detailed help

$ python3 apache-fake-log-gen.py -h
usage: apache-fake-log-gen.py [-h] [--output {LOG,GZ,CONSOLE}]
                              [--num NUM_LINES] [--prefix FILE_PREFIX]
                              [--sleep SLEEP]

Fake apache Log Generator

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --output {LOG,GZ,CONSOLE}, -o {LOG,GZ,CONSOLE}
                        Write to a Log file, a gzip file or to STDOUT
  --num NUM_LINES, -n NUM_LINES
                        Number of lines to generate (0 for infinite)
  --prefix FILE_PREFIX, -p FILE_PREFIX
                        Prefix the output file name
  --sleep SLEEP, -s SLEEP
                        Sleep this long between lines (in seconds)

Requirements

• Python 3
• pip install -r requirements.txt

License

This script is released under the Apache version 2 license.