---
name: "send_nsca"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "nsca-client"
version: "2.10.3-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/send_nsca/8"
---

# send\_nsca(8)

send passive check results to an NSCA daemon

## 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)](/nsca/1.md)

  ## FILES

- /etc/nsca.cfg

  nsca server configuration

- /etc/send\_nsca.cfg

  send\_nsca configuration

## AUTHOR

NSCA was written by Ethan Galstad \<nagios@nagios.org\>. This manpage was written by sean finney \<seanius@debian.org\> for  Debian (but it may be freely used, modified, and redistributed by others).