cw.js

🔥Reading log streams from AWS CloudWatch 🔥

cw.js is written by Typescript and based on AWS SDK CloudWatchLogs and ECS.

It supports reading logs in a cluster mode which means you can read all tasks in a window and has also supported local cache for group names.

Usage

Installing the cw.js as a global package.

$ npm i -g cw.js

$ cw --profile en --region us-east-1

cw --help
Usage: cw [Options]

Options:
  -V, --version                   output the version number
  -a, --access-key-id <type>      specify aws access key id
  -c, --cluster <type>            ECS cluster numbers
  -d, --debug                     output extra debugging
  -g, --group-name <type>         specify group name of cloud-watch service
  -p, --profile <type>            aws credential profile
  -r, --region <type>             specify aws region
  -s, --secret-access-key <type>  specify aws secret access key
  -lc, --local-cache              use local cache, if data are stored in local environment
  -h, --help                      display help for command

Example:
  $cw -a ${awsAccessKeyId} -s ${awsSecretAccessKey} -r ${awsRegion} -g ${groupName}
  $cw -p ${awsCredentialProfile} -r ${awsRegion} -g ${groupName}

There is a thing you need to know which makes sure the credentials are stored to local configuration if you are going to use --profile.