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Steps for use: 1.) Download zip file from github 2.) Unzip where ever you please 3.) Create gendata.conf in /tmp/ directory (following specification will detail configurations) 4.) Run "python gendatad.py start" to start generating data 5.) Run "python gendatad.py stop" to stop generating data * stdout and stderr are redirected to log files in /tmp/ called gendata_stdout.log and gendata_stderr.log * If you stop gendata and then start it again, it will start appending to the same file. It will not truncate. In order to use gendata, create a gendata.conf file in the directory /tmp. gendata.conf spec: filename = <path-of-logfile> * This is the name of the logfile that you will be generating. * Defaults to /tmp/test.log numfields = <int> * This is the number of fields that will be generated. * Fields will be named field0=<int> field1=<int> etc. * Field values will be in a range from 100 to 999 * Defaults to 10 multiline = <boolean> * Determines if using multiline events or single line events * This parameter should be used with fieldsPerLine * Defaults to False fieldsPerLine = <int> * Determines how many fields to use per line when using multiline=True * Defaults to 1 filetype = log|csv|xml * Determines the type of log file to generate * Defaults to log
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A configurable python daemon to generate random timestamped data.
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