Push-vLIMessage.psm1
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function Push-vLIMessage { <# .NOTES =========================================================================== Created by: Markus Kraus Twitter: @VMarkus_K Private Blog: mycloudrevolution.com =========================================================================== Changelog: 2016.08 ver 1.0 Base Release =========================================================================== External Code Sources: =========================================================================== Tested Against Environment: vRealize Log Inisght Version: 3.6 PowerShell Version: 4.0, 5.0 OS Version: Windows 8.1, Server 2012 R2 =========================================================================== Keywords: VMware, vRealize, Log Insight =========================================================================== .SYNOPSIS Push Messages to VMware vRealize Log Inisght. .DESCRIPTION Push Messages to VMware vRealize Log Inisght. .EXAMPLE Push-vLIMessage -vLIServer "loginsight.lan.local -vLIAgentID "12862842-5A6D-679C-0E38-0E2BE888BB28" -Text "My Test" .EXAMPLE Push-vLIMessage -vLIServer "loginsight.lan.local -vLIAgentID "12862842-5A6D-679C-0E38-0E2BE888BB28" -Text "My Test" -Hostname MyTEST -FieldName myTest -FieldContent myTest .PARAMETER vLIServer Specify the vLI FQDN .PARAMETER vLIAgentID Specify the vLI Agent ID .PARAMETER Text Specify the Event Text .PARAMETER Hostname Specify the Hostanme displayed in vLI .PARAMETER FieldName Specify the a Optinal Field Name for vLI .PARAMETER FieldContent Specify the a Optinal FieldContent for the Field in -FieldName for vLI If FielName is missing and FielContent is given, it will be ignored .Link http://mycloudrevolution.com/ #Requires PS -Version 2.0 #> [cmdletbinding()] param ( [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$Text, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$vLIServer, [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string]$vLIAgentID, [parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [string]$Hostname = $env:computername, [parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [string]$FieldName, [parameter(Mandatory=$false)] [string]$FieldContent = "" ) $Field_vLI = [ordered]@{ name = "PS_vLIMessage" content = "true" } $Field_HostName = [ordered]@{ name = "hostname" content = $Hostname } $Fields = @($Field_vLI, $Field_HostName) if ($FieldName) { $Field_Custom = [ordered]@{ name = $FieldName content = $FieldContent } $Fields += @($Field_Custom) } $Restcall = @{ messages = ([Object[]]($Messages = [ordered]@{ text = ($Text) fields = ([Object[]]$Fields) })) } | convertto-json -Depth 4 $Resturl = ("http://" + $vLIServer + ":9000/api/v1/messages/ingest/" + $vLIAgentID) try { $Response = Invoke-RestMethod $Resturl -Method Post -Body $Restcall -ContentType 'application/json' -ErrorAction stop Write-Host "REST Call to Log Insight server successful" Write-Host $Response } catch { Write-Host "REST Call failed to Log Insight server" Write-Host $error[0] Write-Host $Resturl } } |