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zenoss.endpoint() function

zenoss.endpoint() is a user-contributed function maintained by the package author.

zenoss.endpoint() sends events to Zenoss using data from input rows.

Usage

zenoss.endpoint is a factory function that outputs another function. The output function requires a mapFn parameter.

mapFn

A function that builds the object used to generate the POST request. Requires an r parameter.

mapFn accepts a table row (r) and returns an object that must include the following fields:

  • summary
  • device
  • component
  • severity
  • eventClass
  • eventClassKey
  • collector
  • message

For more information, see zenoss.event() parameters.

Function type signature
(
    url: string,
    ?action: A,
    ?apiKey: B,
    ?method: C,
    ?password: string,
    ?tid: D,
    ?type: E,
    ?username: string,
) => (
    mapFn: (
        r: F,
    ) => {
        G with
        summary: O,
        severity: N,
        message: M,
        eventClassKey: L,
        eventClass: K,
        device: J,
        component: I,
        collector: H,
    },
) => (<-tables: stream[F]) => stream[{F with _sent: string}] where B: Equatable

For more information, see Function type signatures.

Parameters

url

(Required) Zenoss router endpoint URL.

username

Zenoss username to use for HTTP BASIC authentication. Default is "" (no authentication).

password

Zenoss password to use for HTTP BASIC authentication. Default is "" (no authentication).

apiKey

Zenoss cloud API key. Default is "" (no API key).

action

Zenoss router name. Default is "EventsRouter".

method

EventsRouter method. Default is "add_event".

type

Event type. Default is "rpc".

tid

Temporary request transaction ID. Default is 1.

Examples

Send critical events to Zenoss

import "contrib/bonitoo-io/zenoss"
import "influxdata/influxdb/secrets"

url = "https://tenant.zenoss.io:8080/zport/dmd/evconsole_router"
username = secrets.get(key: "ZENOSS_USERNAME")
password = secrets.get(key: "ZENOSS_PASSWORD")
endpoint = zenoss.endpoint(url: url, username: username, password: password)

crit_events =
    from(bucket: "example-bucket")
        |> range(start: -1m)
        |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "statuses" and status == "crit")

crit_events
    |> endpoint(
        mapFn: (r) =>
            ({
                summary: "Critical event for ${r.host}",
                device: r.deviceID,
                component: r.host,
                severity: "Critical",
                eventClass: "/App",
                eventClassKey: "",
                collector: "",
                message: "${r.host} is in a critical state.",
            }),
    )()

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