The Logging actions types consist of two action groups: Local and Remote.
Local
The Local group contains the following actions:
- Write to File
- This action writes information about generated event to a selected file on the computer where the monitoring program is running. Defining this type of action is useful if you want to keep information about certain nodes in a single file. When defining this action, you can specify the file name to use (including its path) and file type (text, XML or HTML format), and you can even limit its size (if the file exceeds this value, the oldest alert data will be discarded) and assign the message format. If the action is selected on a remote Administration Console, the file is written on the NetCrunch Server machine.
- Write to Windows Event Log
- This action writes information about the generated event into the Windows Event Log.
- Write to Unique File
- This action writes detailed information about each generated event to a separate (unique) file. The user specifies a message format and directory where unique files will be written by the program. The user can specify a different message format and directory location for each event with assigned Write to Unique File action. It is important to notice that the program creates a separate file for each generated event to which the Write to Unique File action is assigned. The file name is also unique and automatically created by the program. The file name consists of date and time when a particular file was created and subsequent file number. If the action is selected on a remote Administration Console, the file is written on the NetCrunch Server machine.
Remote
The Remote group contains the following actions:
- Send SNMP Trap
- If you plan to forward notifications to other external applications, you can use an SNMP alert for this purpose. You must specify the destination host name or IP address, the port number to connect on and the SNMP trap community to use.
- Send Syslog Message
- A Syslog message is another simple type of notification that you can setup in NetCrunch. Several options need to be specified during its definition: the host name or IP address and port number to send the Syslog message to and two Syslog specific fields to be included in the message itself: the facility and severity.
- Trigger Webhook
- Another type of notification is sending HTTP POST request. You have to specify the URL, to which event data will be send and choose one of two supported formats: XML or JSON.
See Also: Alerting Action Types Basic Action Types Control Action Types Scripts Action Types
