21 Top hosts

Description

These parameters and the possible property values for the respective dashboard widget field objects allow to configure the Top hosts widget in dashboard.create and dashboard.update methods.

Widget fields properties are not validated during the creation or update of a dashboard. This allows users to modify built-in widgets and create custom widgets, but also introduces the risk of creating or updating widgets incorrectly. To ensure the successful creation or update of the Top hosts widget, please refer to the parameter behavior outlined in the tables below.

Parameters

The following parameters are supported for the Top hosts widget.

Parameter type name value
Refresh interval 0 rf_rate 0 - No refresh;
10 - 10 seconds;
30 - 30 seconds;
60 - (default) 1 minute;
120 - 2 minutes;
600 - 10 minutes;
900 - 15 minutes.
Host groups 2 groupids Host group ID.

Note: To configure multiple host groups, create a dashboard widget field object for each host group.
Hosts 3 hostids Host ID.

Note: To configure multiple hosts, create a dashboard widget field object for each host. For multiple hosts, the parameter Host groups must either be not configured at all or configured with at least one host group that the configured hosts belong to.
Host Tags (the number in the property name (e.g. tags.tag.0) references tag order in the tag evaluation list)
Evaluation type 0 evaltype 0 - (default) And/Or;
2 - Or.
Tag name 1 tags.tag.0 Any string value.

Parameter behavior:
- required if configuring Tags
Operator 0 tags.operator.0 0 - Contains;
1 - Equals;
2 - Does not contain;
3 - Does not equal;
4 - Exists;
5 - Does not exist.

Parameter behavior:
- required if configuring Tags
Tag value 1 tags.value.0 Any string value.

Parameter behavior:
- required if configuring Tags
Columns (see below)
Order 0 order 2 - (default) Top N;
3 - Bottom N.
Order column 0 column Column numeric value from the configured columns.
Host count 0 count Valid values range from 1-100.

Default: 10.

Columns

Columns have common parameters and additional parameters depending on the configuration of the parameter Data.

For all parameters related to columns the number in the property name (e.g. columns.name.0) references a column for which the parameter is configured.

The following parameters are supported for all columns.

Parameter type name value
Name 1 columns.name.0 Any string value.
Data 0 columns.data.0 1 - Item value;
2 - Host name;
3 - Text.

Parameter behavior:
- required
Base color 1 columns.base_color.0 Hexadecimal color code (e.g. FF0000).

Parameter behavior:
- required
Item value

The following parameters are supported if Data is set to "Item value".

The first number in the Thresholds property name (e.g. columnsthresholds.color.0.0) references the column for which thresholds are configured, while the second number references threshold place in a list, sorted in ascending order. However, if thresholds are configured in a different order, the values will be sorted in ascending order after updating widget configuration in Zabbix frontend (e.g. "threshold.threshold.0":"5""threshold.threshold.0":"1"; "threshold.threshold.1":"1""threshold.threshold.1": "5").

Parameter type name value
Item 1 columns.item.0 Valid item name.
Time shift 1 columns.timeshift.0 Valid numeric or time string value (e.g. 3600 or 1h).
You may use time suffixes. Negative values are allowed.

Parameter behavior:
- required
Aggregation function 0 columns.aggregate_function.0 0 - (default) none;
1 - min;
2 - max;
3 - avg;
4 - count;
5 - sum;
6 - first;
7 - last.
Aggregation interval 1 columns.aggregate_interval.0 Valid time string (e.g. 3600, 1h, etc.).
You may use time suffixes.

Parameter Aggregation interval not available if Aggregation function is set to none.

Default: 1h.
Display 0 columns.display.0 1 - (default) As is;
2 - Bar;
3 - Indicators.
Min 1 columns.min.0 Any numeric value.

Parameter Min not available if Display is set to "As is".
Max 1 columns.max.0 Any numeric value.

Parameter Max not available if Display is set to "As is".
Decimal places 0 columns.decimal_places.0 Valid values range from 0-10.

Default: 2.
History data 0 columns.history.0 1 - (default) Auto;
2 - History;
3 - Trends.
Thresholds
Color 1 columnsthresholds.color.0.0 Hexadecimal color code (e.g. FF0000).

Default: "" (empty).
Threshold 1 columnsthresholds.threshold.0.0 Any string value.
Text

The following parameters are supported if Data is set to "Text".

Parameter type name value
Text 1 columns.text.0 Any string value, including macros.
Supported macros: {HOST.*}, {INVENTORY.*}.

Parameter behavior:
- required if Data is set to "Text"

Examples

The following examples aim to only describe the configuration of the dashboard widget field objects for the Top hosts widget. For more information on configuring a dashboard, see dashboard.create.

Configuring a Top hosts widget

Configure a Top hosts widget that displays top hosts by CPU utilization in host group "4". In addition, configure the following custom columns: "Host name", "CPU utilization in %", "1m avg", "5m avg", "15m avg", "Processes".

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "dashboard.create",
           "params": {
               "name": "My dashboard",
               "display_period": 30,
               "auto_start": 1,
               "pages": [
                   {
                       "widgets": [
                           {
                               "type": "tophosts",
                               "name": "Top hosts",
                               "x": 0,
                               "y": 0,
                               "width": 12,
                               "height": 5,
                               "view_mode": 0,
                               "fields": [
                                   {
                                       "type": 2,
                                       "name": "groupids",
                                       "value": 4
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.name.0",
                                       "value": ""
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 0,
                                       "name": "columns.data.0",
                                       "value": 2
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.base_color.0",
                                       "value": "FFFFFF"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.timeshift.0",
                                       "value": ""
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.name.1",
                                       "value": "CPU utilization in %"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 0,
                                       "name": "columns.data.1",
                                       "value": 1
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.base_color.1",
                                       "value": "4CAF50"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.item.1",
                                       "value": "CPU utilization"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.timeshift.1",
                                       "value": ""
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 0,
                                       "name": "columns.display.1",
                                       "value": 3
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.min.1",
                                       "value": "0"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.max.1",
                                       "value": "100"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columnsthresholds.color.1.0",
                                       "value": "FFFF00"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columnsthresholds.threshold.1.0",
                                       "value": "50"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columnsthresholds.color.1.1",
                                       "value": "FF8000"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columnsthresholds.threshold.1.1",
                                       "value": "80"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columnsthresholds.color.1.2",
                                       "value": "FF4000"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columnsthresholds.threshold.1.2",
                                       "value": "90"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.name.2",
                                       "value": "1m avg"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 0,
                                       "name": "columns.data.2",
                                       "value": 1
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.base_color.2",
                                       "value": "FFFFFF"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.item.2",
                                       "value": "Load average (1m avg)"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.timeshift.2",
                                       "value": ""
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.name.3",
                                       "value": "5m avg"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 0,
                                       "name": "columns.data.3",
                                       "value": 1
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.base_color.3",
                                       "value": "FFFFFF"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.item.3",
                                       "value": "Load average (5m avg)"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.timeshift.3",
                                       "value": ""
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.name.4",
                                       "value": "15m avg"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 0,
                                       "name": "columns.data.4",
                                       "value": 1
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.base_color.4",
                                       "value": "FFFFFF"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.item.4",
                                       "value": "Load average (15m avg)"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.timeshift.4",
                                       "value": ""
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.name.5",
                                       "value": "Processes"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 0,
                                       "name": "columns.data.5",
                                       "value": 1
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.base_color.5",
                                       "value": "FFFFFF"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.item.5",
                                       "value": "Number of processes"
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 1,
                                       "name": "columns.timeshift.5",
                                       "value": ""
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 0,
                                       "name": "columns.decimal_places.5",
                                       "value": 0
                                   },
                                   {
                                       "type": 0,
                                       "name": "column",
                                       "value": 1
                                   }
                               ]
                           }
                       ]
                   }
               ],
               "userGroups": [
                   {
                       "usrgrpid": 7,
                       "permission": 2
                   }
               ],
               "users": [
                   {
                       "userid": 1,
                       "permission": 3
                   }
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "dashboardids": [
                   "3"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

See also