macOS

macOS

macOS is a proprietary graphical operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac computers.

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This template is for Zabbix version: 7.4

Source: https://git.zabbix.com/projects/ZBX/repos/zabbix/browse/templates/os/macos?at=release/7.4

macOS by Zabbix agent

Overview

This is an official MacOS template. It requires Zabbix agent 7.4 or newer.

Notes on filesystem (FS) discovery:

  • The ext4/3/2 FS reserves space for privileged usage, typically set at 5% by default.
  • BTRFS allocates a default of 10% of the volume for its own needs.
  • To mitigate potential disasters, FS usage triggers are based on the maximum available space.
    • Utilization formula: pused = 100 - 100 * (available / total - free + available)
  • The FS utilization chart, derived from graph prototypes, reflects FS reserved space as the difference between used and available space from the total volume.

Requirements

Zabbix version: 7.4 and higher.

Tested versions

This template has been tested on:

  • macOS operating system

Configuration

Zabbix should be configured according to the instructions in the Templates out of the box section.

Setup

Install Zabbix agent on macOS according to Zabbix documentation.

Macros used

Name Description Default
{$AGENT.TIMEOUT}

Timeout after which the agent is considered unavailable. Works only for agents reachable from Zabbix server/proxy (in passive mode).

 3m
{$VFS.FS.FSNAME.NOT_MATCHES}

Used for filesystem discovery. Can be overridden on the host or linked template level.

 ^(/dev|/sys|/run|/proc|.+/shm$)
{$VFS.FS.FSNAME.MATCHES}

Used for filesystem discovery. Can be overridden on the host or linked template level.

 .+
{$VFS.FS.FSTYPE.MATCHES}

Used for filesystem discovery. Can be overridden on the host or linked template level.

 Macro too long. Please see the template.
{$VFS.FS.FSTYPE.NOT_MATCHES}

Used for filesystem discovery. Can be overridden on the host or linked template level.

 ^\s$
{$VFS.FS.INODE.PFREE.MIN.CRIT}

The critical threshold of the filesystem metadata utilization.

 10
{$VFS.FS.INODE.PFREE.MIN.WARN}

The warning threshold of the filesystem metadata utilization.

 20
{$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.CRIT}

The critical threshold of the filesystem utilization.

 90
{$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.WARN}

The warning threshold of the filesystem utilization.

 80

Items

Name Description Type Key and additional info
Maximum number of opened files

May be increased by using the sysctl utility or modifying the file /etc/sysctl.conf.

 Zabbix agent kernel.maxfiles
Maximum number of processes

May be increased by using the sysctl utility or modifying the file /etc/sysctl.conf.

 Zabbix agent kernel.maxproc
Incoming network traffic on en0 Zabbix agent net.if.in[en0]

Preprocessing

  • Change per second

  • Custom multiplier: 8
Outgoing network traffic on en0 Zabbix agent net.if.out[en0]

Preprocessing

  • Change per second

  • Custom multiplier: 8
Host boot time Zabbix agent system.boottime
Processor load (1 min average per core)

Calculated as the system CPU load divided by the number of CPU cores.

 Zabbix agent system.cpu.load[percpu,avg1]
Processor load (5 min average per core)

Calculated as the system CPU load divided by the number of CPU cores.

 Zabbix agent system.cpu.load[percpu,avg5]
Processor load (15 min average per core)

Calculated as the system CPU load divided by the number of CPU cores.

 Zabbix agent system.cpu.load[percpu,avg15]
Host name

The host name of the system.

 Zabbix agent system.hostname

Preprocessing

  • Discard unchanged with heartbeat: 1d
Host local time

The local system time of the host.

 Zabbix agent system.localtime
System information

Information as normally returned by uname -a.

 Zabbix agent system.uname

Preprocessing

  • Discard unchanged with heartbeat: 1d
System uptime

The system uptime expressed in the following format: "N days, hh:mm:ss".

 Zabbix agent system.uptime
Number of logged in users

The number of users who are currently logged in.

 Zabbix agent system.users.num
Checksum of /etc/passwd Zabbix agent vfs.file.cksum[/etc/passwd,sha256]

Preprocessing

  • Discard unchanged with heartbeat: 1h
Available memory

Defined as free + cached + buffers.

 Zabbix agent vm.memory.size[available]
Total memory

Total memory expressed in bytes.

 Zabbix agent vm.memory.size[total]
Version of Zabbix agent running Zabbix agent agent.version

Preprocessing

  • Discard unchanged with heartbeat: 1d
Host name of Zabbix agent running Zabbix agent agent.hostname

Preprocessing

  • Discard unchanged with heartbeat: 1d
Zabbix agent ping

The agent always returns "1" for this item. May be used in combination with nodata() for the availability check.

 Zabbix agent agent.ping
Zabbix agent availability

Used for monitoring the availability status of the agent.

 Zabbix internal zabbix[host,agent,available]
Get filesystems

The vfs.fs.get key acquires raw information set about the filesystems. Later to be extracted by preprocessing in dependent items.

 Zabbix agent vfs.fs.get

Triggers

Name Description Expression Severity Dependencies and additional info
macOS: Configured max number of opened files is too low last(/macOS by Zabbix agent/kernel.maxfiles)<1024 Info
macOS: Configured max number of processes is too low last(/macOS by Zabbix agent/kernel.maxproc)<256 Info
macOS: Processor load is too high avg(/macOS by Zabbix agent/system.cpu.load[percpu,avg1],5m)>5 Warning
macOS: Hostname was changed last(/macOS by Zabbix agent/system.hostname,#1)<>last(/macOS by Zabbix agent/system.hostname,#2) Info
macOS: Host information was changed last(/macOS by Zabbix agent/system.uname,#1)<>last(/macOS by Zabbix agent/system.uname,#2) Info
macOS: Server has just been restarted change(/macOS by Zabbix agent/system.uptime)<0 Info
macOS: /etc/passwd has been changed last(/macOS by Zabbix agent/vfs.file.cksum[/etc/passwd,sha256],#1)<>last(/macOS by Zabbix agent/vfs.file.cksum[/etc/passwd,sha256],#2) Warning
macOS: Lack of available memory on server last(/macOS by Zabbix agent/vm.memory.size[available])<20M Average
macOS: Zabbix agent is not available

For passive checks only; the availability of the agent(s) and a host is used with {$AGENT.TIMEOUT} as the time threshold.

 max(/macOS by Zabbix agent/zabbix[host,agent,available],{$AGENT.TIMEOUT})=0 Average Manual close: Yes

LLD rule Mounted filesystem discovery

Name Description Type Key and additional info
Mounted filesystem discovery

The discovery of mounted filesystems with different types. Note that the option to exclude dmg software images from discovery is available only with Zabbix agents 6.4 and higher.

 Dependent item vfs.fs.dependent.discovery

Preprocessing

  • JavaScript: The text is too long. Please see the template.

  • Discard unchanged with heartbeat: 1h

Item prototypes for Mounted filesystem discovery

Name Description Type Key and additional info
FS [{#FSNAME}]: Get data

Intermediate data of {#FSNAME} filesystem.

 Dependent item vfs.fs.dependent[{#FSNAME},data]

Preprocessing

  • JSON Path: $.[?(@.fsname=='{#FSNAME}')].first()
FS [{#FSNAME}]: Inodes: Free, in %

Free metadata space expressed in %.

 Dependent item vfs.fs.dependent.inode[{#FSNAME},pfree]

Preprocessing

  • JSON Path: $.inodes.pfree
FS [{#FSNAME}]: Space: Available

Available storage space expressed in bytes.

 Dependent item vfs.fs.dependent.size[{#FSNAME},free]

Preprocessing

  • JSON Path: $.bytes.free
FS [{#FSNAME}]: Space: Available, in %

Deprecated metric.

Space availability expressed as a percentage, calculated using the current and maximum available spaces.

 Dependent item vfs.fs.dependent.size[{#FSNAME},pfree]

Preprocessing

  • JSON Path: $.bytes.pfree
FS [{#FSNAME}]: Space: Used, in %

Calculated as the percentage of currently used space compared to the maximum available space.

 Dependent item vfs.fs.dependent.size[{#FSNAME},pused]

Preprocessing

  • JSON Path: $.bytes.pused
FS [{#FSNAME}]: Space: Total

Total space expressed in bytes.

 Dependent item vfs.fs.dependent.size[{#FSNAME},total]

Preprocessing

  • JSON Path: $.bytes.total
FS [{#FSNAME}]: Space: Used

Used storage expressed in bytes.

 Dependent item vfs.fs.dependent.size[{#FSNAME},used]

Preprocessing

  • JSON Path: $.bytes.used

Trigger prototypes for Mounted filesystem discovery

Name Description Expression Severity Dependencies and additional info
macOS: FS [{#FSNAME}]: Running out of free inodes

Disk writing may fail if index nodes are exhausted, leading to error messages like "No space left on device" or "Disk is full", despite available free space.

 min(/macOS by Zabbix agent/vfs.fs.dependent.inode[{#FSNAME},pfree],5m)<{$VFS.FS.INODE.PFREE.MIN.CRIT:"{#FSNAME}"} Average
macOS: FS [{#FSNAME}]: Running out of free inodes

Disk writing may fail if index nodes are exhausted, leading to error messages like "No space left on device" or "Disk is full", despite available free space.

 min(/macOS by Zabbix agent/vfs.fs.dependent.inode[{#FSNAME},pfree],5m)<{$VFS.FS.INODE.PFREE.MIN.WARN:"{#FSNAME}"} Warning Depends on:
  • macOS: FS [{#FSNAME}]: Running out of free inodes
macOS: FS [{#FSNAME}]: Space is critically low

The volume's space usage exceeds the {$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.CRIT:"{#FSNAME}"}% limit.
The trigger expression is based on the current used and maximum available spaces.
Event name represents the total volume space, which can differ from the maximum available space, depending on the filesystem type.

 min(/macOS by Zabbix agent/vfs.fs.dependent.size[{#FSNAME},pused],5m)>{$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.CRIT:"{#FSNAME}"} Average Manual close: Yes
macOS: FS [{#FSNAME}]: Space is low

The volume's space usage exceeds the {$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.WARN:"{#FSNAME}"}% limit.
The trigger expression is based on the current used and maximum available spaces.
Event name represents the total volume space, which can differ from the maximum available space, depending on the filesystem type.

 min(/macOS by Zabbix agent/vfs.fs.dependent.size[{#FSNAME},pused],5m)>{$VFS.FS.PUSED.MAX.WARN:"{#FSNAME}"} Warning Manual close: Yes
Depends on:
  • macOS: FS [{#FSNAME}]: Space is critically low

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