no dots are visible on map

[madhurtandon]

After running this command on terminal : $ maptail -f nohup.out
it shows only map but no dots are visible on map.

[stagas]

PR please.

[madhurtandon]

Do you mean screen-shot

[stagas]

Pull Request

[madhurtandon]

i have installed the with npm maptail install command.

Now as according to the readme file.
I run the command maptail -f nohup.out

After this command what will be the next step.

Please fins the attached screenshot for reference : http://cl.ly/image/0i2k1m2h1v40%5C

[stagas]

Are you running something with nohup? It needs some output with some IP addresses in it to parse. Point it to a live log file that spits out IP addresses, see if dots appear, if not, there should be an error somewhere. What is the error?

[madhurtandon]

Sorry for stupid kind of question, I am a newbee to it. I only ran the command you mention in README file i.e. maptail -f nohup.out

Do I need to create nohup.out file first (if yes then what should be in it) and then run this command Please help.

[stagas]

nohup.out is generated by the nohup utility usually used to keep an application running in the background between sessions. So if you run a server with it, all its output gets appended in that file automatically. Just point it to a running log file instead of nohup.out that contains IP addresses.

[madhurtandon]

Thanks for the quick responses.

So you mean to say I should run:- maptail -f <any_log_file>

Can I create a simple txt file with some ip address in it. And should I have to keep this file in bin folder or it can be kept anywhere.

[stagas]

A static txt file won't do anything. It needs a file that constantly appends new lines that contain ip addresses. Like a server log file. It can be anywhere. You can do: maptail -f your_file.log or tail -f your_file.log | maptail.

[madhurtandon]

I Have created the empty log file in the bin folder, and then run the command maptail -f your_file.log command. but i find the same state of the map.

[madhurtandon]

I also run the command :- maptail -f /Applications/XAMPP/logs/access_log.

The access_log file contains data given below :-

127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:15:31:09 +0530] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 302 -
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:15:31:09 +0530] "GET /xampp/ HTTP/1.1" 200 590
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:15:31:09 +0530] "GET /xampp/head.php HTTP/1.1" 200 1363
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:15:31:09 +0530] "GET /xampp/navi.php HTTP/1.1" 200 2367
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:15:31:09 +0530] "GET /xampp/start.php HTTP/1.1" 200 813
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:04:09 +0530] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 302 -
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:04:09 +0530] "GET /xampp/ HTTP/1.1" 200 590
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:04:09 +0530] "GET /xampp/head.php HTTP/1.1" 200 1363
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:04:09 +0530] "GET /xampp/navi.php HTTP/1.1" 200 2367
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:04:09 +0530] "GET /xampp/start.php HTTP/1.1" 200 813
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:09:01 +0530] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 302 -
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:09:01 +0530] "GET /xampp/ HTTP/1.1" 200 590
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:09:01 +0530] "GET /xampp/head.php HTTP/1.1" 200 1363
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:09:01 +0530] "GET /xampp/navi.php HTTP/1.1" 200 2367
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:09:01 +0530] "GET /xampp/start.php HTTP/1.1" 200 813
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:09:08 +0530] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 302 -
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:09:08 +0530] "GET /xampp/ HTTP/1.1" 200 590
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:09:08 +0530] "GET /xampp/head.php HTTP/1.1" 200 1363
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:09:08 +0530] "GET /xampp/start.php HTTP/1.1" 200 813
127.0.0.1 - - [18/Apr/2013:16:09:08 +0530] "GET /xampp/navi.php HTTP/1.1" 200 2367

But still don't see the map with no dots on it.

Am I wrong some where.

Thanks

[stagas]

It needs real ip addresses, ones that can be traced back to their geographic location. 127.0.0.1 is ignored.

[stagas]

Did you try running the examples and see if they show dots?

[madhurtandon]

ok so you mean to say I should run the command :- maptail -f ../examples / extreme-traffic.js

If no then can you please guide me to run this example.

Thanks

[stagas]

node examples/extreme-traffic.js should do it

[madhurtandon]

Thanks a lot for your help... It Works

[madhurtandon]

But we are getting this error

http://cl.ly/image/2Z1O1W0j2W41

http://cl.ly/image/3J0O1U223x47

At line number 143

[stagas]

No idea. Works here.