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Iguana X IguanaX has a log generator tool built into it which will import and replicate a lot of log data by using the works of Shakespeare. (yes we know you didn’t buy Iguana for Shakespeare but it makes more interesting reading than HL7 or hex data.)How do you use it?

It’s a useful tool to demonstrate how IguanaX can handle gigabytes of log and queue data!

How to use it:

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titleSTEP 1: From the dashboard of IguanaX, click on + Component

In order to use the logging and

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queuing system, first we’ll need a new component.

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titleFrom the dashboard of Iguana X, click on +Component
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titleSTEP 2: In Add Components create a Custom component call Source

  • In the Add Components dialog that pops up, select Custom

  • Change the name of the component to Source

  • Click Add in the bottom right of the dialog.

  • You should see a new component appear in the dashboard.

You will need to edit the URL of your page carefully to have the #log_generator in it.

This might look like
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titleSTEP 3: Change your URL to go to have http://localhost:7654/#log_generator at the end of it
depending on how your Iguana is configured.

In Chrome this looks like:

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In Safari it might look different:

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  • ) into the bar like the screenshot below:

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  • Press Return and a page like the screenshot below should appear!

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titleGenerate the logsSTEP 4: Generate 60 months of logs for your component

  • On this new page, use the dropdown to select the Source component created in the earlier part

  • Also change the number of months of logs to generate to 60:

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  • Note that we are generating approximately 2GB worth of logs for this exercise.

  • Click Run and wait for the log generation to finish

    • When finished, the output looks like this:

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titleGo to the logs section and select your component
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  • Click the View logs for Source link to navigate to the logs

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  • for the Source component.

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titleSTEP 5: Now search for the magic string"magicString" and try log browser features to check performance

  • Copy: magicString

  • Follow these steps:

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  • The logs displayed will jump to the first result and highlight the match, and the search will continue to run and find more results which is what the white expanding region in the control bar is about.

The progress of the search can be seen in two places:

  • Below the search field where it shows how far back in time the search has gone.

  • The up and down arrows show how many hits the search got and can navigate to the next and previous result.

  • The scroll bar on the right will fill up with white as an indication of how far along the search is

The previous and next arrows to the right of the search field can be used to jump between results:

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Go to the dashboard
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titleSTEP 6: Now stop and start Iguana
to check startup time
stop and start Iguana

  • start iguana and see how quickly it starts up.

  • Iguana will start quickly even though you have a lot of log data. We’ve engineered Iguana to handle logs for as

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  • long as you need them, without a performance degradation.

Let's test transferring logs to another component, please continue to our next page Reposition the queue to replay messages.