
[[ref-daemon-config-files-passivestatusd]]
= PassiveStatusd
:description: Learn about the OpenNMS {page-component-title} passive status keeper daemon (PassiveStatusd), which provides a mechanism to generate service outages based on events.

The Passive Status Keeper daemon provides a mechanism to generate service outages based on events.
This can be helpful for checking the service state of devices that cannot be polled directly.

This daemon does not have any configuration options, and is enabled by default.

.PassiveStatusd log file overview
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| File
| Description

| passive.log
| Logs related to passiveStatusd service events.
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