SyslogClient

Passive check support via Syslog

Queries (commands)

• syslog_help? Help on using NRPE Client
• syslog_submit Submit (via query) remote NRPE host
• syslog_exec? Execute (via query) remote NRPE host
• syslog_query? Check remote NRPE host
• syslog_forward? Forward query to remote NRPE host

Commands (executable)

TODO: Add command list

Configuration

SYSLOG CLIENT SECTION

Section for SYSLOG passive check module.

Section: /settings/syslog/client

Keys:

Key	Title	Description
hostname	HOSTNAME	The host name of this host if set to blank (default) the windows name of the computer will be used.
channel	CHANNEL	The channel to listen to.

HOSTNAME

Description: The host name of this host if set to blank (default) the windows name of the computer will be used.

Key: hostname

Sample:

# HOSTNAME
# The host name of this host if set to blank (default) the windows name of the computer will be used.
[/settings/syslog/client]
hostname=

CHANNEL

Description: The channel to listen to.

Key: channel

Default value: syslog

Sample:

# CHANNEL
# The channel to listen to.
[/settings/syslog/client]
channel=syslog

TARGET DEFENITION

Target definition for: default

Section: /settings/syslog/client/targets/default

Keys:

Key	Title	Description
ok severity	TODO
severity	TODO
facility	TODO
critical severity	TODO
message_syntax	TODO
unknown severity	TODO
tag_syntax	TODO
address	TARGET ADDRESS	Target host address
warning severity	TODO

Advanced Keys:

Key	Title	Description
parent	TARGET PARENT	The parent the target inherits from
port	TARGET PORT	The target server port
alias	TARGET ALIAS	The alias for the target
host	TARGET HOST	The target server to report results to.
is template	IS TEMPLATE	Declare this object as a template (this means it will not be avalible as a separate object)

TODO

Description:

Key: ok severity

Default value: informational

Sample:

# TODO
# 
[/settings/syslog/client/targets/default]
ok severity=informational

TODO

Description:

Key: severity

Default value: error

Sample:

# TODO
# 
[/settings/syslog/client/targets/default]
severity=error

TODO

Description:

Key: facility

Default value: kernel

Sample:

# TODO
# 
[/settings/syslog/client/targets/default]
facility=kernel

TODO

Description:

Key: critical severity

Default value: critical

Sample:

# TODO
# 
[/settings/syslog/client/targets/default]
critical severity=critical

TODO

Description:

Key: message_syntax

Default value: %message%

Sample:

# TODO
# 
[/settings/syslog/client/targets/default]
message_syntax=%message%

TODO

Description:

Key: unknown severity

Default value: emergency

Sample:

# TODO
# 
[/settings/syslog/client/targets/default]
unknown severity=emergency

TODO

Description:

Key: tag_syntax

Default value: NSCA

Sample:

# TODO
# 
[/settings/syslog/client/targets/default]
tag_syntax=NSCA

TARGET ADDRESS

Description: Target host address

Key: address

Sample:

# TARGET ADDRESS
# Target host address
[/settings/syslog/client/targets/default]
address=

TODO

Description:

Key: warning severity

Default value: warning

Sample:

# TODO
# 
[/settings/syslog/client/targets/default]
warning severity=warning

REMOTE TARGET DEFINITIONS

Section: /settings/syslog/client/targets

CLIENT HANDLER SECTION

Section: /settings/syslog/client/handlers