Monitoring Syslog Messages
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} Status of device triggering alert
${MessageType} The name of the triggered alert
${Severity}
A number (0-7) corresponding to the designated severity of a
message. For more information, see "Syslog Severities".
${Version} Version of the SolarWinds software package
See also: Syslog Date/Time Variables
Syslog Message Priorities
Included at the beginning of each Syslog message is a priority value. The priority
value range spans between 0 and 191 and is enclosed in angle bracket (< and >)
delimiters. The priority value is calculated using the following formula:
Priority = Facility * 8 + Severity
For more information, see:
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Syslog Facilities
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Syslog Severities
Syslog Facilities
The facility value indicates which machine process created the message. The Syslog
protocol was originally written on BSD Unix, so Facilities reflect the names of UNIX
processes and daemons, as shown in the following table.
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