maxlog is a command-line tool that retrieves and displays logs from the Maximo Application Suite (MAS). It supports multiple operating modes and provides straightforward commands for inspection and troubleshooting.

go build

This will generate the maxlog executable.

maxlog [action] [options]

• logs – Show container or pod logs
• inspect – Inspect pods or containers
• version – Display the current version
• help – Show help information

maxlog logs --tag=mytag --tail=100

• MAXLOG_MODE
  Sets the operation mode (k8s for Kubernetes, pod for Podman)
• MAXLOG_TAIL
  Number of log lines to display (default: 40)
• MAXLOG_K8S_NAMESPACE
  Namespace for Kubernetes logs
• MAXLOG_K8S_APPTYPE - optional
  This is the pod selector for Kubernetes logs. The default value is all, ui, cron, mea, rpt, jms. This is only required in k8s mode.
• MAXLOG_CONTAINER
  Container name in Podman mode
• MAXLOG_USE_NERDFONT - optional
  With the values 1 or true, symbols can be activated via a NerdFont (see Nerd Fonts). This option is disabled by default.
• MAXLOG_FOCUS - optional
  It hides all lines that do not contain the word. It is not case-sensitive.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
export MAXLOG_MODE="k8s"
export MAXLOG_TAIL="100"
export MAXLOG_K8S_NAMESPACE="mas-demo-manage"
export MAXLOG_K8S_APPTYPE="all"
export MAXLOG_USE_NERDFONT="true"

After setting the mode and selector via environment variables, maxlog can be used without restrictions. See the section on environment variables for more information. Without Command, the logs command is used:

maxlog

Only debug information should be displayed and one tag highlighted:

maxlog logs focus=debug tag=ZZTEST

The flags tag and focus make the command logs unnecessary:

maxlog focus=debug tag=ZZTEST

In the Go programming language, the following command is generally executed within the cloned directory:

go build

This will provide an example of cross-compiling a release:

GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags "-s -w"

See the LICENSE file in the project.