send_nsca(1)

send_nsca1

Send passive check results to an nsca daemon

Usage

send_nsca -H <host_address> [-p port] [-to to_sec] [-d delim] [-c config_file]

Overview

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

Files

/etc/nsca.cfg

nsca server configuration

/etc/send_nsca.cfg

send_nsca configuration

Releases

7 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 4.0–8
  2. 9–10

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).

From nsca-client 2.9.2-2 in Debian 10 (Buster). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.