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LOGCONV.PY

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
USAGE
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT

NAME

logconv.py - Analyzes Directory Server access log files

SYNOPSIS

logconv.py [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [ -s SIZE_LIMIT ] [ -d ROOT_DN ] [ -B BIND_DN ] [ -X EXCLUDE_IP ] [ -S START_TIME ] [ -E END_TIME ] [ -m SEC_STATS_FILENAME ] [ -M MIN_STATS_FILENAME ] [ access log(s) ]

DESCRIPTION

Analyzes Directory Server access log files for specific information defined on the command line.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

help/usage.

-v, --version

Display log analyzer version.

-V, --verbose

Enable verbose mode for detailed statistic processing.

-s, --sizeLimit SIZE_LIMIT

Number of results to return per category.
DEFAULT: 20

-d, --rootDN ROOT_DN

Directory Managers DN.
DEFAULT: "cn=Directory Manager"

-B, --bind BIND_DN

Generates an activity report based specified bind DN.
Options: <ALL | ANONYMOUS | "Actual bind DN">

-X, --excludeIP EXCLUDE_IP

IP address to exclude from analysis, could be used to exclude load balancers.
To specify multiple IP addresses you could use: -X 192.168.1.1 -X 10.1.2.1

-S, --startTime START_TIME

Time to begin analysing logfile from.
Copy and paste a timestamp from the access logs:
"[04/Jun/2024:10:31:20.014629085 +0200]"
or
Use common log format:
"[04/Jun/2024:10:31:20 +0200]"’

-E, --endTime END_TIME

Time to stop analysing logfile.
Copy and paste a timestamp from the access logs:
"[04/Jun/2024:11:30:05.435779416 +0200]"
or
Use common log format:
"[04/Jun/2024:11:30:05 +0200]"

-m, --reportFileSecs SEC_STATS_FILENAME

Capture operation stats at second intervals and write to csv file.

-M, --reportFileMins MIN_STATS_FILENAME

Capture operation stats at minute intervals and write to csv file.

-j, --recommends

Provide some preformance recommendations post analysis.

USAGE

Examples:

Analyze logs in verbose mode
logconv.py -V /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-host/access*

Limit results to 10 entries per category
logconv.py --sizeLimit 10 /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-host/access*

Specify a custom root DN
logconv.py --rootDN "cn=custom manager" /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-host/access*

Generate a report for anonymous binds
logconv.py -B ANONYMOUS /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-host/access*

Exclude specific IP address(s) from log analysis
logconv.py -X 192.168.1.1 --exclude_ip 11.22.33.44 /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-host/access*

Analyze logs within a specific time range
logconv.py -S "[04/Jun/2024:10:31:20.014629085 +0200]" --endTime "[04/Jun/2024:11:30:05 +0200]" /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-host/access*

Generate performance stats at second intervals
logconv.py -m log-second-stats.csv /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-host/access*

Generate performance stats at minute intervals
logconv.py -M log-minute-stats.csv /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-host/access*

Display recommendations post log analysis
logconv.py -j /var/log/dirsrv/slapd-host/access*

AUTHOR

logconv.py was written by the 389 Project.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/new

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2001 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Used by permission.
Copyright © 2025 Red Hat, Inc.
This manual page was written by Michele Baldessari <michele@pupazzo.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the Directory Server license found in the LICENSE file of this software distribution. This license is essentially the GNU General Public License version 2 with an exception for plug-in distribution.