mihkels / fake-log-generator

Python CLI tool to generate fake Apache logs using the Faker

Fake Apache/Nginx Log Generator

This script generates a boatload of fake apache logs very quickly. Its useful for generating fake workloads for data ingest and/or analytics applications.

It can write log lines to console, to log files or directly to gzip files.

It utilizes the excellent Faker library to generate realistic ip's, URI's etc.

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Basic Usage

Generate a single log line to STDOUT

$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py  

Generate 100 log lines into a .log file

$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 100 -o LOG 

Generate 100 log lines into a .gz file

$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 100 -o GZ 

Infinite log file generation (useful for testing File Tail Readers)

$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 0 -o LOG 

Prefix the output filename

$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 100 -o LOG -p WEB1

Outfile name and directory set and maximum delay between log line writes

$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -n 10 -o LOG -o logs --filename apache-access --max-dealy 1000 

Detailed help

$ python apache-fake-log-gen.py -h
usage: apache-fake-log-gen.py [-h] [--output {LOG,GZ,CONSOLE}]
                              [--num NUM_LINES] [--prefix FILE_PREFIX]

Fake Apache Log Generator

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --output {LOG,GZ,CONSOLE}, -o {LOG,GZ,CONSOLE}
                        Write to a Log file, a gzip file or to STDOUT
  --num NUM_LINES, -n NUM_LINES
                        Number of lines to generate (0 for infinite)
  --prefix FILE_PREFIX, -p FILE_PREFIX
                        Prefix the output file name

Requirements

• Python 3.11
• pip install -r requirements.txt

License

This script is released under the Apache version 2 license.