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VARNISHSTAT(1) VARNISHSTAT(1)

NAME

varnishstat - Varnish Cache statistics

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, Varnish Software AS and Varnish Software. Manual page written by Dag-Erling Smørgrav, and Per Buer.

COPYRIGHT

This document is licensed under the same licence as Varnish itself. See LICENCE for details.
Copyright (c) 2006 Verdens Gang AS
Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Varnish Software AS

AUTHOR

Dag-Erling Smørgrav, Per Buer
2010-06-1 1.0