riemann-c-client 2.2.2
Usage: /usr/bin/riemann-client COMMAND [options...] [HOST] [PORT]
Available commands: send and query.
Sending events (send command):
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Options:
-s, --state=STATE Set the state of the event.
-S, --service=SERVICE Set the service sending the event.
-h, --host=HOST Set the origin host of the event.
-D, --description=DESCRIPTION Set the description of the event.
-a, --attribute=KEY=VALUE Add a new attribute to the event.
-t, --tag=TAG Add a tag to the event.
-i, --metric-sint64=METRIC Set the 64bit integer metric of the event.
-d, --metric-d=METRIC Set the double metric of the event.
-f, --metric-f=METRIC Set the float metric of the event.
-L, --ttl=TTL Set the TTL of the event.
-T, --tcp Send the message over TCP (default).
-U, --udp Send the message over UDP.
-G, --tls Send the message over TLS.
-o, --option option=value Set a client option to a given value.
-0, --stdin Read metric/state from STDIN continuously.
-?, --help This help screen.
Querying events (query command):
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When using the query command, the QUERY argument must immediately follow
the command on the command-line:
riemann-client query QUERY [HOST] [PORT]
Options:
-j, --json Output the results as a JSON array.
-T, --tcp Send the message over TCP (default).
-G, --tls Send the message over TLS.
-o, --option option=value Set a client option to a given value.
-?, --help This help screen.
The HOST and PORT arguments are optional, and they default to
"localhost" and 5555, respectively.
Report riemann-c-client bugs to algernon@madhouse-project.org
Options (17)
| Option | Description | Source |
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-s, --state STATE | The state the event should describe, free-form text, optional. | help + man |
-S, --service SERVICE | The service the event is coming from. | help + man |
-h, --host HOST | The host the event originates from. | help + man |
-D, --description DESCRIPTION | The description of the event, optional. | help + man |
-a, --attribute KEY=VALUE | This option can be used multiple times to add custom attributes to the event. | help + man |
-t, --tag TAG | This option can be used multiple times to add tags to the event. | help + man |
-i, --metric-sint64 METRIC | Sets the metric for the event, using integer precision. | help + man |
-d, --metric-d METRIC | Sets the metric of the event, using double precision. | help + man |
-f, --metric-f METRIC | Sets the metric of the event, using floating point precision. | help + man |
-L, --ttl TTL | An optional time-to-live of the event, in seconds (floating point number). | help + man |
-T, --tcp | Send the event via TCP (the default). | help + man |
-U, --udp | Send the message over UDP. | help + man |
-G, --tls | Send the message over TLS. | help + man |
-o, --option option=value | Set one client option to the given value. | help + man |
-0, --stdin | Continuously read and send metrics and states from standard input. | help + man |
-?, --help | This help screen. | help |
-j, --json | Print the result in JSON format, instead of the default, human-readable one. | help + man |
Examples (4) from the manual page, untested
riemann-client send --state ok \
## Sending an eventecho "1.5 ok" | \
## Sending metrics / state from standard inputriemann-client query 'host = "my-host"'
## Querying Riemannriemann-client query 'host = "my-host"' \
## Using TLS
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