From c4d54cc42bc755f9e8ec01af147e34947c015d79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mycloudrevolution <mycloudrevolution@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 23:04:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Push-vLIMessage

---
 Modules/PSvLIMessage.psm1 | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 122 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Modules/PSvLIMessage.psm1

diff --git a/Modules/PSvLIMessage.psm1 b/Modules/PSvLIMessage.psm1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9752e16
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+++ b/Modules/PSvLIMessage.psm1
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+add-type @"
+    using System.Net;
+    using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
+    public class TrustAllCertsPolicy : ICertificatePolicy {
+        public bool CheckValidationResult(
+            ServicePoint srvPoint, X509Certificate certificate,
+            WebRequest request, int certificateProblem) {
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+"@
+[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object TrustAllCertsPolicy
+
+<#
+	.NOTES
+	===========================================================================
+	 Created by: Markus Kraus
+	 Organization: Private
+     Personal Blog: mycloudrevolution.com
+     Twitter: @vMarkus_K
+	===========================================================================
+	Tested Against Environment:
+	vRealize Log Insight 3.3.1
+	PowerShell Version: 4.0, 5.0
+	OS Version: Windows 8.1, Server 2012 R2
+	Keyword: vRealize, RestAPI
+
+	Dependencies:
+	PowerCLI Version: PowerCLI 6.3 R1
+  .SYNOPSIS
+    Push Messages to VMware vRealize Log Insight.
+  
+  .DESCRIPTION
+  	Push Messages to VMware vRealize Log Insight.
+
+  .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 FQDN of your vRealize Log Insight Appliance	
+
+  .PARAMETER vLIAgentID
+    Specify the vRealize Log Insight Agent ID, e.g. "12862842-5A6D-679C-0E38-0E2BE888BB28"
+
+  .PARAMETER Text
+    Specify the Event Text
+
+  .PARAMETER Hostname
+    Specify the Hostanme displayed in vRealize Log Insight
+
+  .PARAMETER FieldName
+    Specify the a Optional Field Name for vRealize Log Insight
+	
+  .PARAMETER FieldContent
+    Specify the a Optional FieldContent for the Field in -FieldName for vRealize Log Insight
+	If FielName is missing and FieldContent is given, it will be ignored
+	
+ #Requires PS -Version 2.0
+ 
+ #>
+function Push-vLIMessage {
+
+	[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 = ""
+	)
+	Process {
+		$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)
+			}
+			
+		$Restcall = @{
+					messages =    ([Object[]]([ordered]@{
+							text = ($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-Information "REST Call to Log Insight server successful"
+			Write-Verbose $Response
+		}
+		catch
+		{
+			Write-Error "REST Call failed to Log Insight server"
+			Write-Verbose $error[0]
+			Write-Verbose $Resturl
+		}
+	}
+}
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