CheckLogFile
File for checking log files and various other forms of updating text files

CheckLogFile — CheckLogFile

File for checking log files and various other forms of updating text files

Queries (Overview):

A list of all available queries (check commands)

Command Description
check_logfile Check for errors in log file or generic pattern matching in text files.

Aliases (Overview):

A list of all short hand aliases for queries (check commands)

Command Description
checklogfile Alias for: check_logfile

Commands (Overview):

TODO: Add a list of all external commands (this is not check commands)

Configuration (Overview):

Common Keys:

Path / Section Key Description
/settings/logfile/real-time enabled REAL TIME CHECKING

Queries

A quick reference for all available queries (check commands) in the CheckLogFile module.

check_logfile

CheckLogFilecheck_logfile
Check for errors in log file or generic pattern matching in text files.

Usage:

Option Default Value Description
filter   Filter which marks interesting items.
warning   Filter which marks items which generates a warning state.
warn   Short alias for warning
critical   Filter which marks items which generates a critical state.
crit   Short alias for critical.
ok   Filter which marks items which generates an ok state.
debug N/A Show debugging information in the log
show-all N/A Show details for all matches regardless of status (normally details are only showed for warnings and criticals).
empty-state ignored Return status to use when nothing matched filter.
perf-config   Performance data generation configuration
escape-html N/A Escape any < and > characters to prevent HTML encoding
help N/A Show help screen (this screen)
help-pb N/A Show help screen as a protocol buffer payload
show-default N/A Show default values for a given command
help-short N/A Show help screen (short format).
top-syntax ${count}/${total} (${problem_list}) Top level syntax.
ok-syntax   ok syntax.
empty-syntax %(status): Nothing found Empty syntax.
detail-syntax ${column1} Detail level syntax.
perf-syntax ${column1} Performance alias syntax.
line-split n Character string used to split a file into several lines (default n)
column-split t Character string to split a line into several columns (default t)
split   Alias for split-column
file   File to read (can be specified multiple times to check multiple files.
files   A comma separated list of files to scan (same as file except a list)

Arguments

filter (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Filter which marks interesting items.
Interesting items are items which will be included in the check.
They do not denote warning or critical state instead it defines which items are relevant and you can remove unwanted items.
Available options :

count total ok_count warn_count crit_count problem_count list ok_list warn_list crit_list problem_list detail_list status column1 column2 column3 column4 column5 column6 column7 column8 column9 file filename line column() Syntax: column(<coulmn number>) ================================

warning (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Filter which marks items which generates a warning state.
If anything matches this filter the return status will be escalated to warning.
Available options :

count total ok_count warn_count crit_count problem_count list ok_list warn_list crit_list problem_list detail_list status column1 column2 column3 column4 column5 column6 column7 column8 column9 file filename line column() Syntax: column(<coulmn number>) ================================

warn (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Short alias for warning
critical (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Filter which marks items which generates a critical state.
If anything matches this filter the return status will be escalated to critical.
Available options :

count total ok_count warn_count crit_count problem_count list ok_list warn_list crit_list problem_list detail_list status column1 column2 column3 column4 column5 column6 column7 column8 column9 file filename line column() Syntax: column(<coulmn number>) ================================

crit (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Short alias for critical.
ok (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Filter which marks items which generates an ok state.
If anything matches this any previous state for this item will be reset to ok.
Available options :

count total ok_count warn_count crit_count problem_count list ok_list warn_list crit_list problem_list detail_list status column1 column2 column3 column4 column5 column6 column7 column8 column9 file filename line column() Syntax: column(<coulmn number>) ================================

debug (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Show debugging information in the log
show-all (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Show details for all matches regardless of status (normally details are only showed for warnings and criticals).
empty-state (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Return status to use when nothing matched filter.
If no filter is specified this will never happen unless the file is empty.
perf-config (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Performance data generation configuration
TODO: obj ( key: value; key: value) obj (key:valuer;key:value)
escape-html (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Escape any < and > characters to prevent HTML encoding
help (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Show help screen (this screen)
help-pb (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Show help screen as a protocol buffer payload
show-default (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Show default values for a given command
help-short (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Show help screen (short format).
top-syntax (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Top level syntax.
Used to format the message to return can include text as well as special keywords which will include information from the checks.
To add a keyword to the message you can use two syntaxes either ${keyword} or %(keyword) (there is no difference between them apart from ${} can be difficult to excpae on linux).
The available keywords are:
Key Value
count Number of items matching the filter. Common option for all checks.
total Total number of items. Common option for all checks.
ok_count Number of items matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_count Number of items matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_count Number of items matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_count Number of items matched either warning or critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
list A list of all items which matched the filter. Common option for all checks.
ok_list A list of all items which matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_list A list of all items which matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_list A list of all items which matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_list A list of all items which matched either the critical or the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
detail_list A special list with critical, then warning and finally ok. Common option for all checks.
status The returned status (OK/WARN/CRIT/UNKNOWN). Common option for all checks.
ok-syntax (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
ok syntax.
DEPRECATED! This is the syntax for when an ok result is returned.
This value will not be used if your syntax contains %(list) or %(count).
empty-syntax (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Empty syntax.
DEPRECATED! This is the syntax for when nothing matches the filter.
Possible values are:
Key Value
count Number of items matching the filter. Common option for all checks.
total Total number of items. Common option for all checks.
ok_count Number of items matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_count Number of items matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_count Number of items matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_count Number of items matched either warning or critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
list A list of all items which matched the filter. Common option for all checks.
ok_list A list of all items which matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_list A list of all items which matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_list A list of all items which matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_list A list of all items which matched either the critical or the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
detail_list A special list with critical, then warning and finally ok. Common option for all checks.
status The returned status (OK/WARN/CRIT/UNKNOWN). Common option for all checks.
detail-syntax (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Detail level syntax.
Used to format each resulting item in the message.
%(list) will be replaced with all the items formated by this syntax string in the top-syntax.
To add a keyword to the message you can use two syntaxes either ${keyword} or %(keyword) (there is no difference between them apart from ${} can be difficult to excpae on linux).
The available keywords are:

column1 column2 column3 column4 column5 column6 column7 column8 column9 file filename line column() Syntax: column(<coulmn number>) ================================

perf-syntax (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Performance alias syntax.
This is the syntax for the base names of the performance data.
Possible values are:

column1 column2 column3 column4 column5 column6 column7 column8 column9 file filename line column() Syntax: column(<coulmn number>) ================================

line-split (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Character string used to split a file into several lines (default n)
column-split (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Character string to split a line into several columns (default t)
split (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
Alias for split-column
file (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
File to read (can be specified multiple times to check multiple files.
Notice that specifying multiple files will create an aggregate set it will not check each file individually.
In other words if one file contains an error the entire check will result in error or if you check the count it is the global count which is used.
files (CheckLogFile, check_logfile)
A comma separated list of files to scan (same as file except a list)

/ settings/ logfile

/settings/logfile (CheckLogFile)

LOG FILE SECTION

Section for log file checker

Sample:

# LOG FILE SECTION
# Section for log file checker
[/settings/logfile]

… / real-time

/settings/logfile/real-time (CheckLogFile)

CONFIGURE REALTIME CHECKING

A set of options to configure the real time checks
Key Default Value Description
enabled 0 REAL TIME CHECKING

Sample:

# CONFIGURE REALTIME CHECKING
# A set of options to configure the real time checks
[/settings/logfile/real-time]
enabled=0
enabled (CheckLogFile, /settings/logfile/real-time)

REAL TIME CHECKING

Spawns a background thread which waits for file changes.

Path: /settings/logfile/real-time

Key: enabled

Default value: 0

Used by: CheckLogFile

Sample:

[/settings/logfile/real-time]
# REAL TIME CHECKING
enabled=0

… / real-time / checks

/settings/logfile/real-time/checks (CheckLogFile)

REALTIME FILTERS

A set of filters to use in real-time mode

Sample:

# REALTIME FILTERS
# A set of filters to use in real-time mode
[/settings/logfile/real-time/checks]
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