varnishstat

HTTP accelerator statistics

Author:Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Author:Per Buer
Date:2010-06-1
Version:1.0
Manual section:1

SYNOPSIS

varnishstat [-1] [-x] [-f field_list] [-l] [-n varnish_name] [-V] [-w delay]

DESCRIPTION

The varnishstat utility displays statistics from a running varnishd(1) instance.

The following options are available:

-1 Instead of presenting of a continuously updated display, print the statistics once and exit.
-f A comma separated list of the fields to display. If it starts with ‘^’ it is used as an exclusion list.
-l Lists the available fields to use with the -f option.
-n Specifies the name of the varnishd instance to get logs from. If -n is not specified, the host name is used.
-V Display the version number and exit.
-w delay Wait delay seconds between updates. The default is 1.
-x Displays the result as XML once.

The columns in the main display are, from left to right:

  1. Value
  2. Per-second average in the period since last update, or a period if the value can not be averaged
  3. Per-second average over process lifetime, or a period if the value can not be averaged
  4. Descriptive text

When using the -1 option, the columns in the output are, from left to right:

  1. Symbolic entry name
  2. Value
  3. Per-second average over process lifetime, or a period if the value can not be averaged
  4. Descriptive text

When using the -x option, the output is:

<stat>
  <name>FIELD NAME</name>
  <value>FIELD VALUE</value>
  <description>FIELD DESCRIPTION</description>
</stat>

SEE ALSO

  • varnishd(1)
  • varnishhist(1)
  • varnishlog(1)
  • varnishncsa(1)
  • varnishtop(1)
  • curses(3)

HISTORY

The varnishstat utility was originally developed by Poul-Henning Kamp ⟨phk@phk.freebsd.dk⟩ in cooperation with Verdens Gang AS, Linpro AS and Varnish Software. Manual page written by Dag-Erling Smørgrav, and Per Buer.

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