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message create

Create dashboard message

Syntax

message create <id> [<prop>=<val>*] --fail-existing.

Parameters

<id>

Message ID - must be in the form 'NNN<text>' where <text> is one or more alphanumeric characters, '-' or '_'.

<prop>=<val>

Message parameters. The following parameters may be specified:

• severity message severity, may be 'info' or 'alert'; default is 'info'
• text- printf-style message format string
• t_arg1...t_arg10 - insertion strings for 'text' format string
• append printf-style message format string to be appended to text or appended to existing text
• a_arg1...a_arg10- Insertion strings for 'append' format string

--fail-existing

Fail request if there is already a message with the same ID; otherwise, overwrite the message.

Examples

message create 123BMC severity=alert text="Failed to collect metering data"
message create 123MSG severity=info text="Failed to start %s components on %t." t_arg1=2 t_arg2=1289607952 

Note:

• The format string specified for the 'text' and 'append' arguments may only specify '%s' and '%t' formats where '%s' is a string and '%t' represents a timestamp (seconds since epoch) that is to be converted to a date/time string and '%%' represents a '%' character.