Webtail is an Open Source tool I wrote, for tailing files on multiple servers and displaying content in a browser in real time.
Using an agent on each server, it can be used for tailing logs and pushing new lines to a server and distributing content to browsers.
Source code and install instructions can be found here:
https://github.com/fgheorghe/webtail
Below is a screenshot of this tool tailing Apache2 logs:
As described in the project’s README, some items are left to be done: Persist data using ElasticSearch Allow for searching historic content Add proper authentication mechanism Add SSL certificate support Add specific IP address server binding Create a JS component, to allow code re-use
Create UI for searching content and filtering by file and server