nrds plugins multi-line output to XI server

[Box293]

I believe there might be an issue with Core 4 which could be causing the issue.

If you are writing the plugin, instead of a new line, what happens if you put a BR tag there instead?

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<BR>

[lmiltchev]

In addition to this, do you have the "Allow HTML Tags in Host/Service Status" check-box selected under the "System Settings" in Nagios XI (Admin->Manage System Config)?

[grenley]

I tried appending a <br> on every output line:

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this is a test: vx_disable - occurred 6 times since Thu Oct  2 23:29:18 2014 (pattern: vx_disable)<br>
this is a test: vx_dataioerr - occurred 6 times since Thu Oct  2 23:29:18 2014 (pattern: vx_dataioerr)<br>

Here's what I get back when I run nrds.pl from the command line:

ERROR: The NRDP Server said BAD XML

Also, what if there happened to be html tags embedded in the log message I capture, wouldn't these be inadvertently interpreted, as well?

[ss6396]

In addition to this, do you have the "Allow HTML Tags in Host/Service Status" check-box selected under the "System Settings" in Nagios XI (Admin->Manage System Config)?

Yes, Allow HTML Tags in Host/Service Status is checked.

[Box293]

Well that suggestion didn't work.

I'll do some more research.

[grenley]

Hi. Any luck?
I can't believe we're the only ones facing this issue.

[tmcdonald]

You might need to escape the <br> tags like so:

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<![CDATA[<br />]]>

It's gross, but HTML will break XML so you'd need to work around that.

[grenley]

well, it's not pretty, but it did the trick.
My internal users are happy, so I am too.
Thanks very much!
You can close this as resolved.

[tmcdonald]

well, it's not pretty, but it did the trick..

I deal with perl a lot. Comparatively, this solution is a fine piece of art. Glad it worked out for you =)