# cernan - telemetry aggregation and shipping, last up the ladder
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Cernan is a telemetry and logging aggregation server. It exposes multiple
interfaces for ingestion and can emit to multiple aggregation sources while doing
in-flight manipulation of data. Cernan has minimal CPU and memory requirements
and is intended to service bursty telemetry _without_ load shedding. Cernan aims
to be _reliable_ and _convenient_ to use, both for application engineers and
operations staff.
Why you might choose to use cernan:
* You need to ingest telemetry from multiple protocols.
* You need to multiplex telemetry over aggregation services.
* You want to convert log lines into telemetry.
* You want to convert telemetry into log lines.
* You want to transform telemetry or log lines in-flight.
If you'd like to learn more, please do have a look in
our [wiki](https://github.com/postmates/cernan/wiki/).
# Quickstart
To build cernan you will need to
have [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/). This should be as simple as:
> curl -sSf https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | sh
Once Rust is installed, from the root of this project run:
> cargo run -- --config examples/configs/quickstart.toml
and you're good to go. Cernan will report to stdout what ports it is now
listening on. If you would like to debug your service--to determine if the
telemetry you intend is issued--run cernan like:
> cargo run -- -vvvv --config examples/configs/quickstart.toml
and full trace output will be reported to stdout.
# Usage
The cernan server has a few command-line toggles to control its behaviour:
```
-C, --config <config> The config file to feed in.
-v Turn on verbose output.
```
The verbose flag `-v` allows multiples, each addition cranking up the verbosity
by one. So:
* `-v` -- error, warning
* `-vv` -- error, warning, info
* `-vvv` -- error, warning, info, debug
* `-vvvv` -- error, warning, info, debug, trace
# License
cernan is copyright © 2017 Postmates, Inc and released to the public under the
terms of the MIT license.