VARNISHHIST(1)

NAME
varnishhist - Varnish request histogram

SYNOPSIS

varnishhist [-b] [-C] [-c] [-d] [-I regex] [-i tag] [-m tag:regex ...] [-n varnish_name] [-r file] [-V] [-w delay] [-X regex] [-x tag]

DESCRIPTION

The varnishhist utility reads varnishd(1) shared memory logs and presents a continuously updated histogram show‐ ing the distribution of the last N requests by their processing. The value of N and the vertical scale are dis‐ played in the top left corner. The horizontal scale is logarithmic. Hits are marked with a pipe character ("|"), and misses are marked with a hash character ("#").

The following options are available:

-b  Include log entries which result from communication with a backend server. If neither -b nor -c is specified, varnishhist acts as if they both were.

-C  Ignore case when matching regular expressions.

-c  Include log entries which result from communication with a client. If neither -b nor -c is specified, varnishhist acts as if they both were.

-d  Process old log entries on startup. Normally, varnishhist will only process entries which are written to the log after it starts.

-I regex
    Include log entries which match the specified regular expression. If neither -I nor -i is specified, all log entries are included.

-i tag
    Include log entries with the specified tag. If neither -I nor -i is specified, all log entries are included.

-m tag:regex only count transactions where tag matches regex. Multiple
    -m options are AND-ed together.

-n  Specifies the name of the varnishd instance to get logs from. If -n is not specified, the host name is used.

-r file
    Read log entries from file instead of shared memory.

-V  Display the version number and exit.

-w delay
    Wait at least delay seconds between each update. The default is 1. file instead of displaying them. The file will be overwritten unless the -a option was specified.

-X regex
    Exclude log entries which match the specified regular expression.

-x tag
    Exclude log entries with the specified tag.

SEE ALSO

•   varnishd(1)

•   varnishlog(1)

•   varnishncsa(1)

•   varnishstat(1)

•   varnishtop(1)

HISTORY

The varnishhist utility was developed by Poul-Henning Kamp in cooperation with Verdens Gang AS and Varnish Software AS. This manual page was written by Dag-Erling Smørgrav.

COPYRIGHT

This document is licensed under the same licence as Varnish itself. See LICENCE for details.

•   Copyright (c) 2006 Verdens Gang AS

•   Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Varnish Software AS

AUTHOR
Dag-Erling Smørgrav