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• The CommandFragment element is used to execute an operating system command that e.g. forwards notifications to a System Monitor.
• This fragment type is frequently used to implement passive checks with a System Monitor.
• In addition this fragment type can be used e.g. to write individual log files that can be parsed more easily by Log Analyzer products such as Splunk®, AWS® Elastic Search etc.

CommandFragment

• The CommandFragment requires two nested elements:
  • MessageRef: specifies a reference to the Message element that holds a string that is forwarded to the System Monitor.
  • Command: the operating system command that is executed and parameterized with the content of the Message element that is available from the ${MESSAGE} Monitor Variable.

Examples

Nagios / op5

The following is an excerpt from an XML configuration for notification with passive checks for the Nagios® and op5® System Monitors using CommandFragment.

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