Usage:
loggen [OPTION…] target port
Help Options:
-h, --help Show help options
--help-all Show all help options
--help-ssl-plugin Show options
--help-socket-plugin Show options
--help-file-reader Show options
Application Options:
-r, --rate=<msg/sec/active connection> Number of messages to generate per second
-s, --size=<size> Specify the size of the syslog message
-I, --interval=<sec> Number of seconds to run the test for
-T, --permanent Send logs without time limit
-P, --syslog-proto Use the new syslog-protocol message format (see also framing)
-H, --proxied=<protocol version 1 or 2> Generate PROXY protocol header
--proxy-src-ip=<ip address> Source IP for the PROXY protocol header
--proxy-dst-ip=<ip address> Destination IP for the PROXY protocol header
--proxy-src-port=<port> Source port for the PROXY protocol header
--proxy-dst-port=<port> Destination port for the PROXY protocol header
-p, --sdata Send the given sdata (e.g. "[test name=\"value\"]") in case of syslog-proto
-F, --no-framing Don't use syslog-protocol style framing, even if syslog-proto is set
--active-connections=<number> Number of active connections to the server (default = 1)
--idle-connections=<number> Number of inactive connections to the server (default = 0)
-6, --ipv6 Use AF_INET6 sockets instead of AF_INET (can use both IPv4 & IPv6)
-C, --csv Produce CSV output
-n, --number=<number> Number of messages to generate
-Q, --quiet Don't print the msg/sec data
--debug Enable loggen debug messages
--reconnect Attempt to reconnect when destination connections are lost
Options (25)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|
-h, --help | Show help options | help |
--help-all | Show all help options | help |
--help-ssl-plugin | Show options | help |
--help-socket-plugin | Show options | help |
--help-file-reader | Show options | help |
-r, --rate msg/sec/active | Number of messages to generate per second | help |
-s, --size size | Specify the size of the syslog message | help |
-I, --interval sec | Number of seconds to run the test for | help |
-T, --permanent | Send logs without time limit | help |
-P, --syslog-proto | Use the new syslog-protocol message format (see also framing) | help |
-H, --proxied protocol | Generate PROXY protocol header | help |
--proxy-src-ip ip | Source IP for the PROXY protocol header | help |
--proxy-dst-ip ip | Destination IP for the PROXY protocol header | help |
--proxy-src-port port | Source port for the PROXY protocol header | help |
--proxy-dst-port port | Destination port for the PROXY protocol header | help |
-p, --sdata | Send the given sdata (e.g. "[test name=\"value\"]") in case of syslog-proto | help |
-F, --no-framing | Don't use syslog-protocol style framing, even if syslog-proto is set | help |
--active-connections number | Number of active connections to the server (default = 1) | help |
--idle-connections number | Number of inactive connections to the server (default = 0) | help |
-6, --ipv6 | Use AF_INET6 sockets instead of AF_INET (can use both IPv4 & IPv6) | help |
-C, --csv | Produce CSV output | help |
-n, --number number | Number of messages to generate | help |
-Q, --quiet | Don't print the msg/sec data | help |
--debug | Enable loggen debug messages | help |
--reconnect | Attempt to reconnect when destination connections are lost | help |
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