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Logs

All the list_*logs calls are aliased to list_logs.

Retrieve all logs or logs for a specific device.

  • id or hostname is the specific device

Input:

  • start: The page number to request.
  • limit: The limit of results to be returned.
  • from: The date and time or the event id to search from.
  • to: The data and time or the event id to search to.

list_eventlog

Route: /api/v0/logs/eventlog/:hostname

list_syslog

Route: /api/v0/logs/syslog/:hostname

list_alertlog

Route: /api/v0/logs/alertlog/:hostname

list_authlog

Route: /api/v0/logs/authlog/:hostname

Example:

curl -H 'X-Auth-Token: YOURAPITOKENHERE' https://librenms.org/api/v0/logs/eventlog/:hostname
curl -H 'X-Auth-Token: YOURAPITOKENHERE' https://librenms.org/api/v0/logs/syslog/:hostname?limit=20
curl -H 'X-Auth-Token: YOURAPITOKENHERE' https://librenms.org/api/v0/logs/eventlog/:hostname?limit=20&start=5&from=2017-07-22%2023:00:00
curl -H 'X-Auth-Token: YOURAPITOKENHERE' https://librenms.org/api/v0/logs/eventlog/:hostname?sortorder=DESC

Output:

{
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "",
    "count": 5,
    "total": "15",
    "logs": [
        {
            "hostname": "localhost",
            "sysName": "web01.1.novalocal",
            "event_id": "10050349",
            "host": "279",
            "device_id": "279",
            "datetime": "2017-07-22 19:57:47",
            "message": "ifAlias:  ->  <pptp-something-something-tunnel-something>",
            "type": "interface",
            "reference": "NULL",
            "username": "",
            "severity": "3"
        },
        ....
        {
            "hostname": "localhost",
            "sysName": "web01.1.novalocal",
            "event_id": "10050353",
            "host": "279",
            "device_id": "279",
            "datetime": "2017-07-22 19:57:47",
            "message": "ifHighSpeed:  ->  0",
            "type": "interface",
            "reference": "NULL",
            "username": "",
            "severity": "3"
        }
    ]
}

syslogsink

Route: /api/v0/logs/syslogsink

Accept any json messages and passes to further syslog processing. single messages or an array of multiple messages is accepted. see Syslog for more details and logstash integration

Example

curl -L -X POST 'https://sink.librenms.org/api/v0/syslogsink/' -H 'X-Auth-Token: xxxxxxxLibreNMSApiToken' --data-raw '[   
    {
        "msg": "kernel: minimum Message",
        "host": "mydevice.fqdn.com"
    },
    {
        "msg": "Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet1/0/41, changed state to up",
        "facility": 23,
        "priority": "189",
        "program": "LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN",
        "host": "172.29.10.24",
        "@timestamp": "2022-12-01T20:14:28.257Z",
        "severity": 5,
        "level": "ERROR"
    },
    {
        "msg": "kernel: a unknown host",
        "host": "unknown.fqdn.com"
    }
]'