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Agent Change Event Variables

Agent change events occur on the endpoint and include changes to content updates, licenses, software, connection status, one-time action rules, processes and services, and quarantined files. The ESM Console lists these events the Monitor - Agent Logging Events category. The following table displays the most commonly specified variables in agent-related events.
Name
Meaning
dhost
Machine name of the endpoint
duser
User who is logged in to the endpoint
msg
Description of the nature of the event
Module
Name of the exploit protection module (EPM)
ContentVersion
Content update version
ModuleVersion
Local analysis module version
For example, consider the output for an Agent Service Start event in CEF format:
Sep 28 2016 17:38:48 172.16.183.173 CEF:0|Palo
Alto Networks|Traps Agent|3.4.1.16709|Traps Service Status Change|Agent|6|rt=Sep
28 2016 17:38:48 dhost=traps-win7x86 duser=Traps msg=Agent Service
Status Changed: Stopped-> Running
Notice that this event uses several common variables, namely: dhost, duser, and msg.