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Alerts Syslog Legacy Format

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Alerts Syslog Legacy Format

Alerts may be published to a Syslog server using legacy format.

Syslog Legacy Format for Flatline/Frequency Alerts

An example of an alert:

<16>Oct 23 15:40:43 dpod [0x00a0001a][DPOD-alert][info] AlertName:(Devices CPU Metric) AlertDesc:(Alert on Devices CPU over 80%) on:(idg77) Subject:(Device:idg77) Value:(85.0) Threshold:(75.0) TimeInterval:(timestampStart:10/23/2018 15:35:43.714,timestampStartLong:1540298143714,timestampEnd:10/23/2018 15:40:43.714,timestampEndLong:1540298443714) InvestigateUrl:(https://<IP ADDRESS>/op/#deviceResources:-deviceNameOp:eq-deviceName:idg77-productView:idg-timeRangeType:custom-timeRangeStart:1663599211803-timeRangeEnd:1663599511803)

 

Field Name

Example

Description

Field Name

Example

Description

Syslog facility code

<16>

Always <16>.

Time

Oct 23 15:40:43

The alert's execution time.

DPOD server host name

dpod 

The host name of DPOD server that generated the alert.

Alerts Syslog Message ID

[0x00a0001a]

Always [0x00a0001a].

Category

[DPOD-alert]

Always [DPOD-alert].

Severity Level

[info]

May be set via System Parameters ("Syslog Severity Field Value").

Alert Name

AlertName:(Devices CPU Metric)

The alert name as defined in Alerts Setup.

Alert Description

AlertDesc:(Alert on Devices CPU over 80%)

The alert description as defined in Alerts Setup.

Alerted Object

on:(idg77)

The object (device, service, message, etc.) the alert was generated on.

Alert Subject

Device:idg77

A list of properties for the object the alert was generated on.

Alert Value

Value:(85.0)

The query's result value.

Alert Threshold

Threshold:(75.0)

The alert error threshold as defined in Alerts Setup.

Time Range

timeInterval:(timestampStart:10/23/2018 15:35:43.714,timestampStartLong:1540298143714,
timestampEnd:10/23/2018 15:40:43.714,timestampEndLong:1540298443714)

The time frame for the alert's execution.

Investigate URL

InvestigateUrl:(https://<IP ADDRESS>/op/#deviceResources:-deviceNameOp:eq-deviceName:idg77-productView:idg-timeRangeType:custom-timeRangeStart:1663599211803-timeRangeEnd:1663599511803)

An investigate link that displays the data that triggered each alert in DPOD Web Console.

Syslog Legacy Format for Any/List Alerts

An example of an alert:

<16>Oct 24 08:30:23 dpod[0x00a0001a][DPOD-alert][info] AlertName:(Objects Down Alert) AlertDesc:(Alert on any DP object that is enabled but down) on:([LogTarget, The initial server connection could not be started., apic2018_compat_idg2, DPOD-MSC-1805-2, SideCalls_Domain]) Subject:(objectStatusObjectClass:LogTarget,objectStatusErrorCode:The initial server connection could not be started.,objectStatusDeviceName:apic2018_compat_idg2,objectStatusName:DPOD-MSC-1805-2,objectStatusDomainName:SideCalls_Domain) TimeInterval:(timestampStart:09/19/2022 18:20:40.034,timestampStartLong:1663600840034,timestampEnd:09/19/2022 18:25:40.034,timestampEndLong:1663601140034) InvestigateUrl:(https://<IP ADDRESS>/op/#apicFailedObjects:-deviceNameOp:eq-deviceName:apic2018_ucompat_uidg2-domainNameOp:eq-domainName:SideCalls_uDomain-objectTypeOp:eq-objectType:LogTarget-objectNameOp:eq-objectName:DPOD_dMSC_d1805_d2-productView:apic)

Field Name

Example

Description

Field Name

Example

Description

Syslog facility code

<16>

Always <16>

Time

Oct 24 08:30:23

The alert's execution time.

DPOD server host name

dpod 

The host name of DPOD server that generated the alert.

Alerts Syslog Message ID

[0x00a0001a]

Always [0x00a0001a].

Category

[DPOD-alert]

Always [DPOD-alert].

Severity Level

[info]

May be set via System Parameters ("Syslog Severity Field Value").

Alert Name

AlertName:(Objects Down Alert)

The alert name as defined in Alerts Setup.

Alert Description

AlertDesc:(Alert on any DP object that is enabled but down)

The alert description as defined in Alerts Setup.

Alerted Object

on:([LogTarget, The initial server connection could not be started., apic2018_compat_idg2, DPOD-MSC-1805-2, SideCalls_Domain])

The object (device, service, message, etc.) the alert was generated on.

Time Range

TimeInterval:(timestampStart:09/19/2022 18:20:40.034,timestampStartLong:1663600840034,timestampEnd:09/19/2022 18:25:40.034,timestampEndLong:1663601140034)

The time frame for the alert's execution.

Investigate URL

InvestigateUrl:(https://<IP ADDRESS DPOD>/op/#apicFailedObjects:-deviceNameOp:eq-deviceName:apic2018_ucompat_uidg2-domainNameOp:eq-domainName:SideCalls_uDomain-objectTypeOp:eq-objectType:LogTarget-objectNameOp:eq-objectName:DPOD_dMSC_d1805_d2-productView:apic)

An investigate link that displays the data that triggered each alert in DPOD Web Console.

 

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