NAME
send_nsca - send passive check results to an NSCA daemon
SYNOPSIS
send_nsca -H <host_address> [-p port] [-to to_sec] [-d delim] [ -c config_file]
DESCRIPTION
send_nsca This utility is used to send passive check results to the NSCA daemon. Host and Service check data that is to be sent to the NSCA daemon is read from standard input. Input should be provided in the following format (tab-delimited unless overridden with -d command line argument, one entry per line):
- Service Checks
-
<host>\t<svc_description>\t<return_code>\t<plugin_output>\n
- Host Checks:
-
<host>\t<return_code>\t<plugin_output>\n
OPTIONS
- host_address
-
The IP address of the host running the NSCA daemon
- port
-
The port on which the daemon is running - default is 5667
- to_sec
-
Number of seconds before connection attempt times out. (default timeout is 10 seconds)
- delim
-
Delimiter to use when parsing input (defaults to a tab)
- config_file
-
Name of config file to use
SEE ALSO
- nsca(1)
FILES
- /etc/nsca.cfg
-
nsca server configuration
- /etc/send_nsca.cfg
-
send_nsca configuration
AUTHOR
NSCA was written by Ethan Galstad <[email protected]>. This manpage was written by sean finney <[email protected]> for Debian (but it may be freely used, modified, and redistributed by others).