Logging System Messages to a File

For more information, see the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html

Configuring the Persistent Logging Utilization Alert Threshold in Percentage

Configuring the Persistent Logging Utilization Alert Threshold in Percentage

POST http://<mgmt0_IP>/api/mo/sys/syslog.json

{
  "syslogSyslog": {
    "children": [
      {
        "syslogFile": {
          "attributes": {
            "adminState": "enabled",
            "name": "messages",
            "persistentThreshold": "99",
            "severity": "notifications",
            "size": "4194304"
}}}]}}

{
    imdata:[]
}

<System>
  <syslog-items>
    <file-items>
      <adminState>enabled</adminState>
      <name>messages</name>
      <persistentThreshold>99</persistentThreshold>
      <severity>notifications</severity>
      <size>4194304</size>
    </file-items>
  </syslog-items>
</System>

Note: This example was added in Release 9.3(5).

CLI Commands

The CLI commands are equivalent to the payload examples displayed in the pane on the right. Click the DME tab in the top-left corner of the right pane to view the JSON payload. Click the YANG tab to view the XML payload.

logging logfile messages 5 persistent threshold 99

Verifying a DME Configuration

The following table contains the distinguished name (DN) for each managed object (MO) in the DME payload. Issue a GET request using the DN to verify the configuration was posted or to get information about the configured properties of a particular object.

MO	DN
syslogSyslog	sys/syslog
syslogFile	sys/syslog/file

syslogFile Properties

The following table contains information about the syslogFile properties in the DME payload. For more information about the properties and MOs, see the NX-API DME Model Reference linked in the Related Documentation section below.

Property Name	Data Type	Description	Values
adminState	mon:AdminState (scalar:Enum8)	The administrative state of the local file.	SELECTION: 1 - enabled 2 - disabled DEFAULT: enabled
name	pol:ObjName (naming:Name256)	Object name	MAX SIZE: 199 DEFAULT: messages
persistentThreshold	syslog:ThresholdPercent (scalar:Uint32)	Set persistent logging utilization alert threshold in percentage	RANGE: [0 , 99] DEFAULT: 0
severity	syslog:Severity (scalar:Enum8)	The severity of the event, alert, or issue that caused the syslog entry to be generated.	SELECTION: 0 - emergencies 1 - alerts 2 - critical 3 - errors 4 - warnings 5 - notifications 6 - information 7 - debugging DEFAULT: information
size	syslog:FileSize (scalar:Uint32)	Specifies the maximum file size.	RANGE: [4096 , 4194304] DEFAULT: 4194304

Related Documentation

For other CLI options, see the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Command Reference:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/products-command-reference-list.html

See the NX-API DME Model Reference for detailed information about classes and attributes described in the payload:

https://developer.cisco.com/site/nx-os/docs/nexus-model-reference/

For information about using the payloads, see the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/products-programming-reference-guides-list.html

Unconfiguring the Persistent Logging Utilization Alert Threshold in Percentage

Unconfiguring  the Persistent Logging Utilization Alert Threshold in Percentage

POST http://<mgmt0_IP>/api/mo/sys/syslog.json

{
  "syslogSyslog": {
    "children": [
      {
        "syslogFile": {
          "attributes": {
            "adminState": "disabled",
            "name": "messages",
            "persistentThreshold": "99",
            "severity": "notifications",
            "size": "4194304"
}}}]}}

{
    imdata:[]
}

<System>
  <syslog-items>
    <file-items>
      <adminState>disabled</adminState>
      <name>messages</name>
      <persistentThreshold>99</persistentThreshold>
      <severity>notifications</severity>
      <size>4194304</size>
    </file-items>
  </syslog-items>
</System>