send_to_stroom.sh (Linux)

A shell script for sending logs to Stroom or one of its proxies

send_to_stroom.sh is a small bash script to make it easier to send data to stroom. To use it download the following files using wget or similar, replacing SEND_TO_STROOM_VER with the latest released version from here :

SEND_TO_STROOM_VER="send-to-stroom-v2.0" && \
    wget "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gchq/stroom-clients/${SEND_TO_STROOM_VER}/bash/send_to_stroom.sh" && \
    wget "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gchq/stroom-clients/${SEND_TO_STROOM_VER}/bash/send_to_stroom_args.sh" && \
    chmod u+x send_to_stroom*.sh

To see the help for send_to_stroom.sh, enter ./send_to_stroom.sh --help

The following is an example of using send_to_stroom.sh to send all logs in a directory:

./send_to_stroom.sh \
    --delete-after-sending \
    --file-regex ".*/access-[0-9]+.*\.log(\.gz)?$" \
    --key ./client..key \
    --cert ./client.pem.crt \
    --cacert ./ca.pem.crt \
    /some_directory/logs \
    MY_FEED \
    MY_SYSTEM \
    DEV \
    https://stroom-host/stroom/datafeed

Last modified October 6, 2025: Add section on v7.10 upgrade path (dcd5ca1)