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# Fake Apache Log Generator
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This script generates a boatload of fake apache logs very quickly. Its useful for generating fake workloads for [data ingest](http://github.com/streamsets/datacollector) and/or analytics applications.
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It can write log lines to console, to log files or directly to gzip files.
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It utilizes the excellent [Faker](https://github.com/joke2k/faker/) library to generate realistic ip's, URI's etc.
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## Basic Usage
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Generate a single log line to STDOUT
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```
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$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py
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```
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Generate 100 log lines into a .log file
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```
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$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 100 -o LOG
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```
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Generate 100 log lines into a .gz file
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```
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$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 100 -o GZ
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```
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Infinite log file generation (useful for testing File Tail Readers)
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```
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$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 0 -o LOG
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```
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Prefix the output filename
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```
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$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 100 -o LOG -p WEB1
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```
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Detailed help
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```
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$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -h
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usage: apache-fake-log-gen.py [-h] [--output {LOG,GZ,CONSOLE}]
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[--num NUM_LINES] [--prefix FILE_PREFIX]
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Fake Apache Log Generator
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optional arguments:
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-h, --help show this help message and exit
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--output {LOG,GZ,CONSOLE}, -o {LOG,GZ,CONSOLE}
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Write to a Log file, a gzip file or to STDOUT
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--num NUM_LINES, -n NUM_LINES
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Number of lines to generate (0 for infinite)
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--prefix FILE_PREFIX, -p FILE_PREFIX
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Prefix the output file name
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```
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## Requirements
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* Python 2.7
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* ```pip install -r requirements.txt```
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## License
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This script is released under the [Apache version 2](LICENSE) license.
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