Send-Syslog Cmdlet

Parameters   Output Objects   Config Settings  

The Send-Syslog component is used to send network system log packets.

Syntax

Send-Syslog [parameters]

Remarks

This cmdlet implements a lightweight BSD syslog client as specified in RFC 3164. The cmdlet is used to send BSD system network logging packets.

To use the cmdlet, first set the destination Server. Put the text you wish to send in Message, indicate the type of message you're sending with Facility, and set the importance of the message with Severity. Any response received will be returned in one or more Syslog objects.

The cmdlets support pipeline input for some of their parameters. Prebuilding an object and piping it to the cmdlet is very useful, but should be used with caution to prevent security conflicts. Steps have been taken to decrease the risk of a possibly accidental pipe to the cmdlet, for instance, the Credential parameter cannot be piped to the cmdlet and must be specified manually.

# send a syslog message with default severity (alert) and default type (user-level) send-syslog 10.0.1.173 -message "test from NetCmdlets"

Parameter List

The following is the full list of the parameters of the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

LogFileThe location of a file to which debug information is written.
ConfigSpecifies one or more configuration settings.
FacilityType of message to be sent.
LocalIPThe IP address of the local interface to use.
LocalPortThe local port that the component should use.
LogFileThe location of a file to which debug information is written.
MessageSyslog message to send.
RemotePortThe remote port to send the message to.
ServerThe address of the Server.
SeverityImportance of message.
TimeoutThe maximum time allowed for the operation.

Output Objects

The following is the full list of the output objects returned by the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

SyslogCreated whenever a system log packet is sent.

Config Settings

The following is a list of config settings for the cmdlet with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.

AcceptDataWhether the component can accept/receive data.
AppNameSets the App-Name field in RFC 5424.
DelayHostResolutionWhether the hostname is resolved when RemoteHost is set.
MsgIdSets the MsgId field in RFC 5424.
ProcIdSets the ProcId field in RFC 5424.
ReceivedAppNameReturns the value of the App-Name field in RFC 5424.
ReceivedMsgIdReturns the value of the MsgId field in RFC 5424.
ReceivedProcIdReturns the value of the ProcId field in RFC 5424.
ReceivedSDElementCountReturns the number of Structured-data elements in RFC 5424.
ReceivedSDElementIdReturns the Sd-Id value of the Sd-element with the specified SDElementIndex in RFC 5424.
ReceivedSDElementIndexReturns the index of the Structured-Data element in RFC 5424.
ReceivedSDParamCountReturns the number of the Sd-param values for the specified SDElementIndex in RFC 5424.
ReceivedSDParamNameReturns the name of the SD-Param field in RFC 5424.
ReceivedSDParamValueReturns the value of the SD-Param field in RFC 5424.
SDElementCountSets the number of Structured-data elements in RFC 5424.
SDElementIdSets the Sd-Id value of the Sd-element with the specified SDElementIndex in RFC 5424.
SDElementIndexSets the index of the Structured-Data element in RFC 5424.
SDParamCountSets the number of the Sd-param values for the specified SDElementIndex in RFC 5424.
SDParamNameSets the name of the SD-Param field in RFC 5424.
SDParamValueSets the value of the SD-Param field in RFC 5424.
TCPMessageDelimiterThe message delimiter to use (if any) when sending and receiving over TCP.
UseHostnameDetermines if the local host name or IP address is used in the Syslog header.
UseLocalTimeIndicates whether to use local time or GMT time for packet timestamps.
VersionDetermines which Syslog version to use.
CaptureIPPacketInfoUsed to capture the packet information.
DelayHostResolutionWhether the hostname is resolved when RemoteHost is set.
DestinationAddressUsed to get the destination address from the packet information.
DontFragmentUsed to set the Don't Fragment flag of outgoing packets.
LocalHostThe name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.
LocalPortThe port in the local host where the component binds.
MaxPacketSizeThe maximum length of the packets that can be received.
QOSDSCPValueUsed to specify an arbitrary QOS/DSCP setting (optional).
QOSTrafficTypeUsed to specify QOS/DSCP settings (optional).
ShareLocalPortIf set to True, allows more than one instance of the component to be active on the same local port.
UseConnectionDetermines whether to use a connected socket.
UseIPv6Whether or not to use IPv6.
AbsoluteTimeoutDetermines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.
FirewallDataUsed to send extra data to the firewall.
InBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.
OutBufferSizeThe size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.
BuildInfoInformation about the product's build.
CodePageThe system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.
LicenseInfoInformation about the current license.
MaskSensitiveWhether sensitive data is masked in log messages.
UseInternalSecurityAPITells the component whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

LogFile Parameter (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

The location of a file to which debug information is written.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -LogFile string

Remarks

When specified, the cmdlet will log debug information to the file. If the file exists, the information will be appended.

Default Value

null

Config Property (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

Specifies one or more configuration settings.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -Config string[]

Remarks

The Config parameter takes one or more name-value pairs that represent the name of the configuration setting and value, i.e.: -config "Name=Value"

Default Value

null

Facility Property (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

Type of message to be sent.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -Facility int

Remarks

System log packets are composed of three main sections, each of which can be broken down into two smaller pieces.

The first section is the PRI, which contains the originating Facility and Severity of the Message. Facility is a value from 0 to 23, with each value being a different part of the system:

0Kernel messages
1User-level messages
2Mail system
3System daemons
4Security/authorization messages
5Messages generated internally by syslogd
6Line printer subsystem
7Network news subsystem
8UUCP subsystem
9Clock daemon
10Security/authorization messages
11FTP daemon
12NTP subsystem
13Log audit
14Log alert
15Clock daemon
16Local use
17Local use
18Local use
19Local use
20Local use
21Local use
22Local use
23Local use

The second section contains a timestamp and hostname, both of which are automatically generated by the cmdlet. The third section is the Message itself.

Default Value

1

LocalIP Property (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

The IP address of the local interface to use.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -LocalIP string

Remarks

This parameter is useful when the cmdlet is running on a machine that has more than one network interface (each with its own IP address and network access privileges).

Default Value

""

Parameter Alias

LocalAddress

LocalPort Property (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

The local port that the component should use.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -LocalPort int

Remarks

If set to 0, the cmdlet will pick the first available port.

Default Value

0

LogFile Property (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

The location of a file to which debug information is written.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -LogFile string

Remarks

When specified, the cmdlet will log debug information to the file. If the file exists, the information will be appended.

Default Value

""

Message Property (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

Syslog message to send.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -Message string

Remarks

System log packets are composed of three main sections, each of which can be broken down into two smaller pieces.

The first section is the PRI, which contains the originating Facility and Severity of the Message. The second section contains a timestamp and hostname, both of which are automatically generated by the cmdlet.

The third section is the Message itself.

Default Value

""

RemotePort Property (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

The remote port to send the message to.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -RemotePort int

Remarks

By default the message is sent on port 514.

Default Value

514

Parameter Alias

Port

Server Property (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

The address of the Server.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -Server string

Remarks

The cmdlet requires a server address to be provided. Either an IP address or the server host name can be provided.

Default Value

""

Parameter Position

0

This is a required parameter.

Severity Property (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

Importance of message.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -Severity int

Remarks

System log packets are composed of three main sections, each of which can be broken down into two smaller pieces.

The first section is the PRI, which contains the originating Facility and Severity of the Message. Severity is a value from 0 to 7 using the following convention:

0Emergency - the system is unusable
1Alert - action must be taken immediately
2Critical - critical conditions exist
3Error - error conditions exist
4Warning - warning conditions exist
5Notice - normal but significant condition
6Informational - informative message
7Debug - debug-level messages

The second section contains a timestamp and hostname, both of which are automatically generated by the cmdlet. The third section is the Message itself.

Default Value

6

Timeout Property (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

The maximum time allowed for the operation.

Syntax

Send-Syslog -Timeout int

Remarks

After the specified interval in seconds, the cmdlet will throw a Timeout error if the operation is not completed.

Default Value

10

Syslog Output Object (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

Created whenever a system log packet is sent.

Syntax

Object Syslog {
   string Server;
   string Facility;
   string Severity;
   string Message;
}

Remarks

System log packets are composed of three main sections, each of which can be broken down into two smaller pieces.

The first section is the PRI, which contains the originating FacilityCode and SeverityCode of the Message. FacilityCode is a value from 0 to 23, with each value being a different part of the system. Facility is a string representation of FacilityCode based on the following convention:

0Kernel messages
1User-level messages
2Mail system
3System daemons
4Security/authorization messages
5Messages generated internally by syslogd
6Line printer subsystem
7Network news subsystem
8UUCP subsystem
9Clock daemon
10Security/authorization messages
11FTP daemon
12NTP subsystem
13Log audit
14Log alert
15Clock daemon
16Local use
17Local use
18Local use
19Local use
20Local use
21Local use
22Local use
23Local use
SeverityCode is a value from 0 to 7. Severity is a string representation of SeverityCode using the following convention:
0Emergency - the system is unusable.
1Alert - action must be taken immediately.
2Critical - critical conditions exist.
3Error - error conditions exist.
4Warning - warning conditions exist.
5Notice - normal but significant condition.
6Informational - informative message.
7Debug - debug-level messages.

The second section contains the Timestamp and Server. Timestamp is ignored, but Server indicates the host which generated this syslog packet.

Config Settings (Send-Syslog Cmdlet)

The cmdlet accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the cmdlet, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.

Syslog Config Settings

AcceptData:   Whether the component can accept/receive data.

When set to false the cmdlet will no longer be able to accept any data. The PacketIn event will not fire.

The default is true.

AppName:   Sets the App-Name field in RFC 5424.

This setting specifies the App-Name field of the message as defined in RFC 5424

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

DelayHostResolution:   Whether the hostname is resolved when RemoteHost is set.

This setting specifies whether a hostname is resolved immediately when RemoteHost is set. If true the cmdlet will resolve the hostname and the IP address will be present in the RemoteHost property. If false, the hostname is not resolved until needed by the component when a method to connect or send data is called. If desired, ResolveRemoteHost may called to manually resolve the value in RemoteHost at any time.

The default value is false for the default library and true for the Async library. The default value is false.

MsgId:   Sets the MsgId field in RFC 5424.

This setting specifies the MsgId field as defined in RFC 5424.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

ProcId:   Sets the ProcId field in RFC 5424.

This setting specifies the ProcId field as defined in RFC 5424.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

ReceivedAppName:   Returns the value of the App-Name field in RFC 5424.

This setting returns the value of the App-Name field in RFC 5424.

This setting is applicable when receiving messages.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

ReceivedMsgId:   Returns the value of the MsgId field in RFC 5424.

This setting returns the value of the MsgId field in RFC 5424.

This setting is applicable when receiving messages.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

ReceivedProcId:   Returns the value of the ProcId field in RFC 5424.

This setting returns the value of the ProcId field in RFC 5424.

This setting is applicable when receiving messages.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

ReceivedSDElementCount:   Returns the number of Structured-data elements in RFC 5424.

This setting returns the number of Structured-data elements in RFC 5424.

This setting is applicable when receiving messages.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

ReceivedSDElementId:   Returns the Sd-Id value of the Sd-element with the specified SDElementIndex in RFC 5424.

This setting returns the Sd-Id value of the SD-element with the specified SDElementIndex.

This setting is applicable when receiving messages.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

ReceivedSDElementIndex:   Returns the index of the Structured-Data element in RFC 5424.

This setting returns the index of the Structured-Data element as defined in RFC 5424.

This setting is applicable when receiving messages.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

ReceivedSDParamCount:   Returns the number of the Sd-param values for the specified SDElementIndex in RFC 5424.

This setting returns the number of the SD-param values for the specified SDElementIndex.

This setting is applicable when receiving messages.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

ReceivedSDParamName:   Returns the name of the SD-Param field in RFC 5424.

This setting returns the name of the SD-Param field as defined in RFC 5424. Append the index in square brackets to refer to the SD-Param field in the specified index: SDParamName[index]

This setting is applicable when receiving messages.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

ReceivedSDParamValue:   Returns the value of the SD-Param field in RFC 5424.

This setting returns the value of the SD-Param field as defined in RFC 5424. Append the index in square brackets to refer to the SD-Param field in the specified index: SDParamValue[index]

This setting is applicable when receiving messages.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

The example below demonstrates how to obtain the structured data information from a received message: int ReceivedSDElementCount = Int32.Parse(syslog.Config("ReceivedSDElementCount")); for(int i=0; i < ReceivedSDElementCount; i++) { syslog.Config("ReceivedSDElementIndex="+ i.ToString()); int ReceivedSDParamCount = Int32.Parse(syslog.Config("ReceivedSDParamCount")); for(int j=0; j < ReceivedSDParamCount; j++) { Console.WriteLine("Param Name: " + syslog.Config("ReceivedSDParamName[" + j.ToString() + "]")); Console.WriteLine("Param Value: " + syslog.Config("ReceivedSDParamValue[" + j.ToString() + "]")); } }

SDElementCount:   Sets the number of Structured-data elements in RFC 5424.

This setting specifies the number of Structured-data elements in RFC 5424.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

SDElementId:   Sets the Sd-Id value of the Sd-element with the specified SDElementIndex in RFC 5424.

This setting specifies the Sd-Id value of the SD-element with the specified SDElementIndex.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

SDElementIndex:   Sets the index of the Structured-Data element in RFC 5424.

This setting specifies the index of the Structured-Data element as defined in RFC 5424.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

SDParamCount:   Sets the number of the Sd-param values for the specified SDElementIndex in RFC 5424.

This setting specifies the number of the SD-param values for the specified SDElementIndex.

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

SDParamName:   Sets the name of the SD-Param field in RFC 5424.

This setting specifies the name of the SD-Param field as defined in RFC 5424. Append the index in square brackets to refer to the SD-Param field in the specified index: SDParamName[index]

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

SDParamValue:   Sets the value of the SD-Param field in RFC 5424.

This setting specifies the value of the SD-Param field as defined in RFC 5424. Append the index in square brackets to refer to the SD-Param field in the specified index: SDParamValue[index]

Note: This setting is only applicable when Version is set to 1 (RFC 5424)

The example below demonstrates how to set the Struct-Data configs: syslog.Config("SDElementCount=2"); syslog.Config("SDElementIndex=0"); syslog.Config("SDElementID=examplePriority@32473"); syslog.Config("SDParamCount=1"); syslog.Config("SDParamName[0]=class"); syslog.Config("SDParamValue[0]=high"); syslog.Config("SDElementIndex=1"); syslog.Config("SDElementID=exampleSDID@32473"); syslog.Config("SDParamCount=2"); syslog.Config("SDParamName[0]=iut"); syslog.Config("SDParamValue[0]=3"); syslog.Config("SDParamName[1]=eventSource"); syslog.Config("SDParamValue[1]=Application");

TCPMessageDelimiter:   The message delimiter to use (if any) when sending and receiving over TCP.

When UseTCP is set to True messages may be sent and received using either Octet Counting or Non-Transparent-Framing schemes to separate mesagges sent over the wire. This setting defines the delimiter to use in the Non-Transparent-Framing scheme when sending messages. Possible values are:

0 (None - Default) Octet Counting is used, there is no delimiter character
1 (Cr) The carriage return character is used as a message delimiter
2 (Lf) The line feed character is used as a message delimiter
3 (CrLf) The two character carriage return line feed sequence is used as a message delimiter
4 (Null) A single null byte is used as a message delimiter

This setting is only applicable when sending a message and UseTCP is set to True.

UseHostname:   Determines if the local host name or IP address is used in the Syslog header.

If set to false the cmdlet will use the IP address of the local host name in the header of the Syslog packet. The default value is true.

UseLocalTime:   Indicates whether to use local time or GMT time for packet timestamps.

Setting this to True will generate timestamps based on the time in your locality, taking into account your time zone. When this option is False (default), GMT timestamps are generated.

Version:   Determines which Syslog version to use.

0 (RFC 3164 - Default) Uses RFC 3164
1 (RFC 5424) Uses RFC 5424
This setting specifies which version of Syslog will be used.

Note: This setting should be set before setting any of the AppName, MsgId, ProcId

UDP Config Settings

CaptureIPPacketInfo:   Used to capture the packet information.

If this is set to true, the component will capture the IP packet information.

The default value for this setting is False.

Note: This setting is only available in Windows.

DelayHostResolution:   Whether the hostname is resolved when RemoteHost is set.

This setting specifies whether a hostname is resolved immediately when RemoteHost is set. If true the cmdlet will resolve the hostname and the IP address will be present in the RemoteHost property. If false, the hostname is not resolved until needed by the component when a method to connect or send data is called. If desired, ResolveRemoteHost may called to manually resolve the value in RemoteHost at any time.

The default value is false for the default library and true for the Async library. The default value is false.

DestinationAddress:   Used to get the destination address from the packet information.

If CaptureIPPacketInfo is set to true, then this will be populated with the packet's destination address when a packet is received. This information will be accessible in the DataIn event.

Note: This setting is only available in Windows.

DontFragment:   Used to set the Don't Fragment flag of outgoing packets.

When set to True, packets sent by the cmdlet will have the Don't Fragment flag set. The default value is False.

LocalHost:   The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted.

The LocalHost setting contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.

In multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the cmdlet initiate connections (or accept in the case of server cmdlets) only through that interface.

If the cmdlet is connected, the LocalHost setting shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multi-homed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).

LocalPort:   The port in the local host where the cmdlet binds.

This must be set before a connection is attempted. It instructs the cmdlet to bind to a specific port (or communication endpoint) in the local machine.

Setting this to 0 (default) enables the system to choose a port at random. The chosen port will be shown by LocalPort after the connection is established.

LocalPort cannot be changed once a connection is made. Any attempt to set this when a connection is active will generate an error.

This; setting is useful when trying to connect to services that require a trusted port in the client side. An example is the remote shell (rsh) service in UNIX systems.

MaxPacketSize:   The maximum length of the packets that can be received.

This setting specifies the maximum size of the datagrams that the cmdlet will accept without truncation.

QOSDSCPValue:   Used to specify an arbitrary QOS/DSCP setting (optional).

UseConnection must be True to use this setting. This option allows you to specify an arbitrary DSCP value between 0 and 63. The default is 0. When set to the default value the component will not set a DSCP value.

Note: This setting uses the qWAVE API is only available on Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and later.

QOSTrafficType:   Used to specify QOS/DSCP settings (optional).

UseConnection must be True to use this setting. You may specify either the text or integer values: BestEffort (0), Background (1), ExcellentEffort (2), AudioVideo (3), Voice (4), and Control (5).

Note: This setting uses the qWAVE API which is only available on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 or above.

Note: QOSTrafficType must be set before setting Active to true.

ShareLocalPort:   If set to True, allows more than one instance of the cmdlet to be active on the same local port.

This option must be set before the cmdlet is activated through the Active property or it will have no effect.

The default value for this setting is False.

UseConnection:   Determines whether to use a connected socket.

UseConnection specifies whether the cmdlet should use a connected socket or not. The connection is defined as an association in between the local address/port and the remote address/port. As such, this is not a connection in the traditional TCP sense. What it means is only that the cmdlet will send and receive data only to and from the specified destination.

The default value for this setting is False.

UseIPv6:   Whether or not to use IPv6.

By default, the component expects an IPv4 address for local and remote host properties, and will create an IPv4 socket. To use IPv6 instead, set this to True.

Socket Config Settings

AbsoluteTimeout:   Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts.

If AbsoluteTimeout is set to True, any method which does not complete within Timeout seconds will be aborted. By default, AbsoluteTimeout is False, and the timeout is an inactivity timeout.

Note: This option is not valid for UDP ports.

FirewallData:   Used to send extra data to the firewall.

When the firewall is a tunneling proxy, use this property to send custom (additional) headers to the firewall (e.g. headers for custom authentication schemes).

InBufferSize:   The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket.

This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be receiving. Increasing the value of the InBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance in some cases.

Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the cmdlet is activated the InBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

OutBufferSize:   The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket.

This is the size of an internal queue in the TCP/IP stack. You can increase or decrease its size depending on the amount of data that you will be sending. Increasing the value of the OutBufferSize setting can provide significant improvements in performance in some cases.

Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the cmdlet is activated the OutBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.

Base Config Settings

BuildInfo:   Information about the product's build.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the product's build.

CodePage:   The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations.

The default code page is Unicode UTF-8 (65001).

The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:

IdentifierName
037IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada
437OEM - United States
500IBM EBCDIC - International
708Arabic - ASMO 708
709Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4
710Arabic - Transparent Arabic
720Arabic - Transparent ASMO
737OEM - Greek (formerly 437G)
775OEM - Baltic
850OEM - Multilingual Latin I
852OEM - Latin II
855OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian)
857OEM - Turkish
858OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol
860OEM - Portuguese
861OEM - Icelandic
862OEM - Hebrew
863OEM - Canadian-French
864OEM - Arabic
865OEM - Nordic
866OEM - Russian
869OEM - Modern Greek
870IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2)
874ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15)
875IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek
932ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS
936ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore)
949ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code)
950ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC)
1026IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5)
1047IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System
1140IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol)
1141IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol)
1142IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol)
1143IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol)
1144IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol)
1145IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol)
1146IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol)
1147IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol)
1148IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol)
1149IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol)
1200Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646)
1201Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian
1250ANSI - Central European
1251ANSI - Cyrillic
1252ANSI - Latin I
1253ANSI - Greek
1254ANSI - Turkish
1255ANSI - Hebrew
1256ANSI - Arabic
1257ANSI - Baltic
1258ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese
1361Korean (Johab)
10000MAC - Roman
10001MAC - Japanese
10002MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5)
10003MAC - Korean
10004MAC - Arabic
10005MAC - Hebrew
10006MAC - Greek I
10007MAC - Cyrillic
10008MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312)
10010MAC - Romania
10017MAC - Ukraine
10021MAC - Thai
10029MAC - Latin II
10079MAC - Icelandic
10081MAC - Turkish
10082MAC - Croatia
12000Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian
12001Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian
20000CNS - Taiwan
20001TCA - Taiwan
20002Eten - Taiwan
20003IBM5550 - Taiwan
20004TeleText - Taiwan
20005Wang - Taiwan
20105IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit)
20106IA5 German (7-bit)
20107IA5 Swedish (7-bit)
20108IA5 Norwegian (7-bit)
20127US-ASCII (7-bit)
20261T.61
20269ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent
20273IBM EBCDIC - Germany
20277IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway
20278IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden
20280IBM EBCDIC - Italy
20284IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain
20285IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom
20290IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended
20297IBM EBCDIC - France
20420IBM EBCDIC - Arabic
20423IBM EBCDIC - Greek
20424IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew
20833IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended
20838IBM EBCDIC - Thai
20866Russian - KOI8-R
20871IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic
20880IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian)
20905IBM EBCDIC - Turkish
20924IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol)
20932JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990
20936Simplified Chinese (GB2312)
21025IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian)
21027Extended Alpha Lowercase
21866Ukrainian (KOI8-U)
28591ISO 8859-1 Latin I
28592ISO 8859-2 Central Europe
28593ISO 8859-3 Latin 3
28594ISO 8859-4 Baltic
28595ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic
28596ISO 8859-6 Arabic
28597ISO 8859-7 Greek
28598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
28599ISO 8859-9 Latin 5
28605ISO 8859-15 Latin 9
29001Europa 3
38598ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
50220ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana
50221ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana
50222ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989
50225ISO 2022 Korean
50227ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese
50229ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese
50930Japanese (Katakana) Extended
50931US/Canada and Japanese
50933Korean Extended and Korean
50935Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese
50936Simplified Chinese
50937US/Canada and Traditional Chinese
50939Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese
51932EUC - Japanese
51936EUC - Simplified Chinese
51949EUC - Korean
51950EUC - Traditional Chinese
52936HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese
54936Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte)
57002ISCII Devanagari
57003ISCII Bengali
57004ISCII Tamil
57005ISCII Telugu
57006ISCII Assamese
57007ISCII Oriya
57008ISCII Kannada
57009ISCII Malayalam
57010ISCII Gujarati
57011ISCII Punjabi
65000Unicode UTF-7
65001Unicode UTF-8
The following is a list of valid code page identifiers for Mac OS only:
IdentifierName
1ASCII
2NEXTSTEP
3JapaneseEUC
4UTF8
5ISOLatin1
6Symbol
7NonLossyASCII
8ShiftJIS
9ISOLatin2
10Unicode
11WindowsCP1251
12WindowsCP1252
13WindowsCP1253
14WindowsCP1254
15WindowsCP1250
21ISO2022JP
30MacOSRoman
10UTF16String
0x90000100UTF16BigEndian
0x94000100UTF16LittleEndian
0x8c000100UTF32String
0x98000100UTF32BigEndian
0x9c000100UTF32LittleEndian
65536Proprietary

LicenseInfo:   Information about the current license.

When queried, this setting will return a string containing information about the license this instance of a cmdlet is using. It will return the following information:

  • Product: The product the license is for.
  • Product Key: The key the license was generated from.
  • License Source: Where the license was found (e.g., RuntimeLicense, License File).
  • License Type: The type of license installed (e.g., Royalty Free, Single Server).
  • Last Valid Build: The last valid build number for which the license will work.
MaskSensitive:   Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages.

In certain circumstances it may be beneficial to mask sensitive data, like passwords, in log messages. Set this to true to mask sensitive data. The default is true.

This setting only works on these cmdlets: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.

UseInternalSecurityAPI:   Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation.

When set to false, the cmdlet will use the system security libraries by default to perform cryptographic functions where applicable. In this case, calls to unmanaged code will be made. In certain environments, this is not desirable. To use a completely managed security implementation, set this setting to true.

Setting this configuration setting to true tells the cmdlet to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.

On Windows, this setting is set to false by default. On Linux/macOS, this setting is set to true by default.

If using the .NET Standard Library, this setting will be true on all platforms. The .NET Standard library does not support using the system security libraries.

Note: This setting is static. The value set is applicable to all cmdlets used in the application.

When this value is set, the product's system dynamic link library (DLL) is no longer required as a reference, as all unmanaged code is stored in that file.