Python to emulate remote tail -f?

Question

We have several application servers, and a central monitoring server.

We are currently running ssh with \"tail -f\" from the monitoring server to stream several text

Answer 1

I know this doesn't answer your questions, but...

Maybe you could try using screen. If your session drops, you can always reattach and the tail will still be running. It also supports multiuser, so 2 users can view the same tail command.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen

create with the name "log":

screen -S log

disconnect:

[CTRL]+A D

reattach

screen -r log

list when you can remember the name

screen -list

To get rid of the session, just type exit while in it.