Trigger
Methods
Class containing methods for operations with Triggers.
Object details
The table contains complete list of Trigger attributes.
| Parameter |
Type |
Description |
Details |
| triggerid |
integer |
Trigger ID |
| description |
string |
Trigger name |
| expression |
string |
Expression |
| url |
string |
Referenced URL |
| status |
integer |
Status |
| value |
integer |
State |
| priority |
integer |
Severity |
| lastchange |
integer |
Time of last state change |
| dep_level |
integer |
Dependency level |
| comments |
integer |
Description |
| error |
integer |
Error |
| templateid |
integer |
Parent trigger ID |
| type |
integer |
Event generation |
Field values
Status
| Value |
Type |
| 0 |
Trigger is active |
| 1 |
Trigger is disabled |
Value
| Value |
Type |
| 0 |
OK |
| 1 |
PROBLEM |
| 2 |
UNKNOWN |
Priority
| Value |
Type |
| 0 |
Not classified |
| 1 |
Information |
| 2 |
Warning |
| 3 |
Average |
| 4 |
High |
| 5 |
Disaster |
Type
| Value |
Type |
| 0 |
Normal event generation |
| 1 |
Generate multiple PROBLEM events |
Common tasks
The table contains list of common trigger-related tasks and possible
implementation using Zabbix API
| Task |
HOWTO |
| Add an trigger |
Use method trigger.create |
| Add a bunch of new triggers |
Use method trigger.create with array of Trigger objects |
| Enable an trigger |
Use method trigger.update, set "status":0 |
| Disable an trigger |
Use method trigger.update, set "status":1 |
| Retrieve trigger details by Trigger IDs |
Use method trigger.get with parameter triggerids |
| Retrieve triggers details by Host name |
Use method trigger.get with parameter filter, specify "host": ["<your host1>"] |
