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Logfiles Made Interesting with glTail

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-you-can dept.

Fudgie writes "My boss claimed it was pretty much impossible to create an entertaining way to visualize server traffic and events in a short time frame, so of course I had to prove him wrong. A weekend of neglecting my family produced a small ruby program which connects to your servers via SSH, grabs and parses data from Apaches access log and Ruby on Rails production log, and displays your traffic and statistics in real-time using a simple OpenGL interface (tested under Linux and Mac OS/X). It's a bit hard to explain over text, so please have a look at fudgie.org for an example movie, and more information."

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  1. Oh dear... by DamonHD · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I'm afraid that's the nearest I've seen to a simulated pissing contest ever! B^>

    Rgds

    Damon

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  2. Oh great... by GodlikeDoglike · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...we just made his log screen look like a bukkake flick.

  3. Just took a look at the video by Centurix · · Score: 2, Funny

    And it looks like lots of things taking a wee. Once the site is slashdotted, it'll be a veritable golden shower...

    Nice work though.

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  4. engineering management 101 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    tell the engineer it can't be done

    1. Re:engineering management 101 by H310iSe · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just want to give props, very nice you made my morning. Now to convert this to a heads up display for my helmet and I'm 1 step closer to becoming the motorcycle hacker I always dreamed I could be. And 1 step closer to earning a darwin award...

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  5. Oh, Sweeeetness! by avirrey · · Score: 5, Funny

    You gotta add an 'Asteroids' ship on the screen that lets you shoot down connections!

    "Oh, look! Bob just logged on... let's get 'em!"

    ...

    "IT support. How can I help you?"

    "Hi, this is Bob..."

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    1. Re:Oh, Sweeeetness! by NFN_NLN · · Score: 2, Funny

      We're finally catching up to movies now... you know the cheesy and disconnected from reality sequence where some hackers enters a system by navigating a 3D maze... and the firewall is a monster you have to literally kill. The movie Masterminds comes to mind.

  6. Compiz for syslogs - ohmygawd ! by udippel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Luckily, I saw the movie before the meltdown of the server. It always pays to be on time. ;)

    For those unlucky and late, actually, you missed a competition of peeing coloured snowflakes from the right versus doing the same from the left.
    Only, the sources on the left are much better at aiming.
    Plus, you have some 'Login ...' scrolling top to bottom; like the cast of a movie.

    Heads up, Fudgie, it is truely the most amazing display of log files ever creeping across my eyes.
    Keep the good work up, and please post again when you have something actually useful for the sysadmin.

    I declare you 'King of Log Candy' !

  7. Ob quote by Provocateur · · Score: 4, Funny

    All I see now is blonde, brunette, redhead.

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  8. I loved this line: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I loved this line:

    "Certain processes are vital to the computer's operation and should not be killed. For example, after I took the screenshot of myself being attacked by csh, csh was shot by friendly fire from behind, possibly by tcsh or xv, and my session was abruptly terminated."

  9. Re:Not "Fudgie", glTail by nacturation · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also, "slash" is also British slang for "urinate". And backslash is what happens if you urinate onto a parabolic surface?
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  10. Re:Looks promising by DudeTheMath · · Score: 3, Funny

    So...how many hours of unpaid overtime did your boss get out of you?

    I like getting paid for my awesome work. Kudos, though.

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  11. Google called by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    They heard about your cool project and want to subject you to a series of tedious interviews, ultimately not offering you a job because you didn't go to stanford.