Documentation forSolarWinds Platform Self-Hosted

Syslog alert variables in the SolarWinds Platform

This topic applies to the following products if you are NOT using the Orion Log Viewer to monitor syslogs.

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The following variables can be used in syslog alert messages. Each variable must begin with a dollar sign and be enclosed in curly braces as, for example, ${VariableName}. Syslog alerts also support the use of Node alert variables.

For more information on the use of variables, see Variables in the SolarWinds Platform.

Syslog date and time variables

Syslog Date/Time Variable

Description

${AbbreviatedDOW}

Current day of the week. Three character abbreviation.

${AMPM}

AM or PM corresponding to current time (before or after noon)

${D}

Current day of the month

${DD}

Current day of the month (two digit number, zero padded)

${Date}

Current date. (Short Date format)

${DateTime}

Current date and time. (Windows control panel defined "Short Date" and "Short Time" format)

${DayOfWeek}

Current day of the week.

${DayOfYear}

Numeric day of the year

${H}

Current hour

${HH}

Current hour. Two digit format, zero padded.

${Hour}

Current hour. 24-hour format

${LocalDOW}

Current day of the week. Localized language format.

${LongDate}

Current date. (Long Date format)

${LocalMonthName}

Current month name in the local language.

${LongTime}

Current Time. (Long Time format)

${M}

Current numeric month

${MM}

Current month. Two digit number, zero padded.

${MMM}

Current month. Three character abbreviation.

${MediumDate}

Current date. (Medium Date format)

${Minute}

Current minute. Two digit format, zero padded.

${Month}

Full name of the current month

${N}

Current month and day

${S}

Current second.

${Second}

Current second. Two digit format, zero padded.

${Time}

Current Time. (Short Time format)

${Year2}

Two digit year

${Year}

Four digit year

Other Syslog variables

Syslog Variable

Description

${Application}

SolarWinds application information

${Copyright}

Copyright information

${DNS}

Fully qualified node name

${Hostname}

Host name of the device triggering the alert

${IP_Address}

IP address of device triggering alert

${Message}

Content of the syslog message

${MessageType}

The name of the triggered alert

${Severity}

A network health score indicating node states as follows:

INTERFACE_UNKNOWN = 1

INTERFACE_WARNING = 1

INTERFACE_DOWN = 1000

NODE_UNKNOWN = 1000000

NODE_WARNING = 1000000

NODE_DOWN = 100000000

 

The Up score for Nodes and Interfaces is zero.

${Version}

Version of the SolarWinds software package