Sensu Event Wrapper

sensu-event-wrapper.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# Usage: echo 'My Message' | ./sensu-event-wrapper.sh my-event-name
#

NAME=${1:-sensu_event}
SOURCE=$(hostname -f)

# JSON doesnt like newlines, it demands \n - which is suprisingly tricky to do in bash
OUTPUT=$(cat | awk '{printf "%s\\n",$0} END {print ""}' )

# Change localhost/3030 to some.remote.server.com/1234 if you run
# a balancer or change sensu-client to listen on different ports
cat << EOF > /dev/tcp/localhost/3030
{
  "name": "${NAME}",
  "source": "${SOURCE}",
  "output": "${OUTPUT}",
  "handler": "default",
  "status": 0
}
EOF