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 overriden 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)
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).