Defining a file for running an event action

Ops Center Analyzer User Guide

Version
11.0.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99ANA002-06

To run an event action, create a file that defines the commands to run when a specific event is registered.

You can specify any file name. The files must have a file extension of .sh.

In the file for running an event action, you can view information about the event that triggered an event action through environment variables. The following table shows the environment variables that you can specify in a file for running an event action.

Variable name

Description

ANALYTICS_SOURCE

Device name

ANALYTICS_DEVICE

Device type

ANALYTICS_DESCRIPTION

Message

ANALYTICS_CATEGORY

Category

ANALYTICS_SEVERITY

Level

ANALYTICS_DATE

Registration date

ANALYTICS_EVENTID

Event ID

ANALYTICS_GROUPSnnn

Group name. Specify 000 for nnn.

ANALYTICS_NODEID

Node ID

ANALYTICS_COMPONENTID

Component ID

ANALYTICS_PERFCOMPONENTID

Performance

ANALYTICS_NAME

Name of a host where Ops Center Analyzer is running

Example of specifying an environment variable in Linux: ${ANALYTICS_SOURCE}