NXLog Documentation

NXLog Agent Minder command line interface

The command line interface is currently a shell script based prototype. Its functionality is expected to change. It will eventually be replaced.

cli.sh dependencies

It relies on the presence of the following command line tools:

  • curl

  • jq

  • sed

  • grep

  • cat

  • edit

The edit command will start the editor specified in your $EDITOR variable.

The script uses the public API’s provided by the product.

Using the command line interface

cli.sh invocation takes the following general format

cli.sh command [target] [parameters]

Please refer to the built-in help for details:

> cli.sh help

Usage cli.sh [minder-url] command [target] [parameters]

minder-url is the optional API URL of minder. Defaults to https://127.0.0.1:8080

command is one of
  info target
    print serverinfo JSON for target
  state target
    print operational state for target
  agentstats
    print agent status grid
  edit-agent agent-id
    loads config from agent, edits it locally,
    pushes it back, then restarts agent
  edit-collector agent-id
    loads collector.conf from agent, edits it locally,
    pushes it back, then restarts agent
  restart target
    restart agents
  start target
    start agents
  stop target
    stop agents
  persist_id target
    persist id and signature on agents
  list [filter]
    print a list of agent ids for filter
  count [filter]
    print the number of agents matching filter
  getlog target
    pull and print log. The third argument can optionally provide the number of bytes to read
  getconf target
    pull and print config from target. In case of an agent name the literal contents of the file are returned.
    When a filter is used a JSON structure is returner
  enroll target agent_manager_address
    deploy key/cert and connection configuration to agents. Only connect mode agents supported.
  getfile target ACL file-name
    get and print file contents from target
  putfile target ACL file-name
    put file on the agent's specified ACL
  putconfig filter file-name
    put the file on the specifed agents as the config file
  checkconfig agent-id file-name
    get and compare the agent's config file to the local file
  issues
    print all non-OK agents' status

target is a
  MQL filter or
  agent id

See the Minder documentation for instructions on how to construct an MQL filter.