opEvents FAQ

1 Why is an event not being created?

Why is an event not being created?

If you expect that an event would be generated but it is not, please check the following:

The file log where the event is that is being processed. You can check in the log/opEvents.log:

[Mon Apr  6 19:38:03 2020] [info] tail[19520] starting up, tailing /usr/local/nmis9/logs/cisco.log, parser cisco_compatible
[Mon Apr  6 19:38:03 2020] [info] tail[19526] starting up, tailing /usr/local/nmis9/logs/poller_event.log, parser nmis_slavelog
[Mon Apr  6 19:38:03 2020] [info] tail[19526] processing /usr/local/nmis9/logs/poller_event.log, parser=nmis_slavelog
[Mon Apr  6 19:38:03 2020] [info] tail[19519] starting up, tailing /usr/local/nmis9/logs/event.log, parser nmis_eventlog
[Mon Apr  6 19:38:03 2020] [info] tail[19522] starting up, tailing /usr/local/nmis9/logs/tivoli.log, parser tivoli_log
[Mon Apr  6 19:38:03 2020] [info] tail[19523] starting up, tailing /usr/local/nmis9/logs/winlogd.log, parser winlogd

If the input source is not included, here you can check how to add one.

The node for the event should be set to Active, and opEvents Activation set to Enabled (Can be checked in System > Edit Nodes):

The event is not older than the specified value opevents_max_event_age (found in opCommon.json)

"opevents_max_event_age" : 7200