logcat-socket.io

Project logcat-socket.io uses nc command to redirect output from server's console to web front-end.

Requiement:

• nodejs / npm
• nc: netcat
• nginx (optional)

Usage:

Clone this repo, execute npm install from the project's directory.

nginx

If you use nginx, the following will be helpful:

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name your.domain-name.com;
  root PATH_TO_PROJECT/public;
  index index.html;

  location /socket.io/ {
    proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:3080;
    proxy_http_version 1.1;
    proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
    proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
  }
}

config.js

This file controls how many socket listener should be there, and its style ( the color shown on the webpage ).

The name of each socket item will be used to create UNIX socket under the directory PROJECT/sockets/.

Start Up

After editing config.js, use node app.js to start the service.

Then you should navigate to the webpage http://your.domain-name.com/index.html.

Choosing the socket by clicking the its name, will toggle the output state.

nc

Command nc can write to the UNIX socket if the argument -U is given.

The most easy way to test whether the service is working, is just run

echo 'Hello World' | nc -U 'PATH_TO_PROJECT/sockets/SOCKET_NAME.socket'

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