From 56688f815d42e6aa3e52b5c419ef643a8ebae712 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Florian Forster <octo@leeloo.lan.home.verplant.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:27:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] collectd-unixsock(5): Documented the PUTNOTIF command.

---
 src/collectd-unixsock.pod | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/collectd-unixsock.pod b/src/collectd-unixsock.pod
index 5769329f..1f3f56a2 100644
--- a/src/collectd-unixsock.pod
+++ b/src/collectd-unixsock.pod
@@ -112,6 +112,61 @@ Example:
   -> | PUTVAL testhost/interface/if_octets-test0 interval=10 1179574444:123:456
   <- | 0 Success
 
+=item B<PUTNOTIF> [I<OptionList>] B<message=>I<Message>
+
+Submits a notification to the daemon which will then dispatch it to all plugins
+which have registered for receiving notifications. 
+
+The B<PUTNOTIF> if followed by a list of options which further describe the
+notification. The B<message> option is special in that it will consume the rest
+of the line as its value. The B<message>, B<severity>, and B<time> options are
+mandatory.
+
+Valid options are:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<message=>I<Message> (B<REQUIRED>)
+
+Sets the message of the notification. This is the message that will be made
+accessible to the user, so it should contain some useful information. This
+option must be the last option because the rest of the line will be its value,
+even if there are spaces and equal-signs following it! This option is
+mandatory.
+
+=item B<severity=failure>|B<warning>|B<okay> (B<REQUIRED>)
+
+Sets the severity of the notification. This option is mandatory.
+
+=item B<time=>I<Time> (B<REQUIRED>)
+
+Sets the time of the notification. The time is given as "epoch", i.E<nbsp>e. as
+seconds since January 1st, 1970, 00:00:00. This option is mandatory.
+
+=item B<host=>I<Hostname>
+
+=item B<plugin=>I<Plugin>
+
+=item B<plugin_instance=>I<Plugin-Instance>
+
+=item B<type=>I<Type>
+
+=item B<type_instance=>I<Type-Instance>
+
+These "associative" options establish a relation between this notification and
+collected performance data. This connection is purely informal, i.E<nbsp>e. the
+daemon itself doesn't do anything with this information. However, websites or
+GUIs may use this information to place notifications near the affected graph or
+table. All the options are optional, but B<plugin_instance> without B<plugin>
+or B<type_instance> without B<type> doesn't make much sense and should be
+avoided.
+
+=back
+
+Example:
+  -> | PUTNOTIF type=temperature severity=warning time=1201094702 message=The roof is on fire!
+  <- | 0 Success
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Identifiers
-- 
2.30.2