log items performance considerations

[sandro1976]

Hi all.
I am running a zabbix v6.0 server and I am think about monitoring some logfiles on debian server with zabbix-agent2 installed.

I need to create N log items that work on the same logfile but with different regexp.

custom.key1=logrt[/var/log/logfile.log,regexp1]

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[markfree]

Hey guys.
I have this CSV log file that is generated by a script and it is overwritten on every run, meaning it is not incremented. Every time the scheduled script runs, new lines overwrite the data.
The content looks something like this.

20240726 23:09:00;error1;database 1;other;object1;value

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[blxy]

As the title says.

I have item prototype for Log item, but only one item has a not supported error that the regex from item key does not exist. It clearly exists and other items from the prototype work normally.

Tried deleting the item. For a moment it gets generated without...

[greavette]

Hello Forum,

I found this post which tells me how to create a custom item and trigger to monitor a log file:

https://www.zabbix.com/forum/zabbix-...ile-for-string

My question though is, where do I put these? Do I create my own template to add in my own item and...

[mwildam]

When I am checking logfiles, I have several topics to cover:

1. Searching for keywords in Logfile (e.g. error|failed|severe) considered as problem
2. Etracting other informations to check for critical data (e.g. number of requests logged within a particular time interval)
3. Checking performance (time

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[mwildam]

If I have a bunch of logfiles in a folder, what is the best way to monitor them?
In the log key of active agent checks it seems that placeholders like * are not supported.
Do I need to create an item for each possible logfile (assuming I always want to watch out for the same keyword(s) in...

[adrianzabvitz]

Hi, could anyone help to configure a log file monitoring on a Windows Server Machine? I do not know if I could put the file route of the log file or just the Event ID

Thanks.

[ChizhMan]

Приветствую. Помогите пожалуйста разобраться в чтении логов заббиксом. При указанных настройках элемента данных мне заббикс пишет "Не удалось отправить запрос:...

[Jarne St]

Hello

I want to monitor log files where the filename contains a date.
These are the files I want to monitor:

e:\LOGS\PVCCPlus\...\20191029\20191029_PS.txt (29/10/2019)
e:\LOGS\PVCCPlus\...\20191028\20191028_PS.txt (28/10/2019)
e:\LOGS\PVCCPlus\...\20191027\20191027_PS.txt...

[FrK3v]

Bonjour tout le monde,

J'ai un service qui tourne et qui, quand il crash écrit sa trace dans un fichier.

************************************************************
Crash of Service: 20180116T083734
 - Signal 6: 'Aborted'

Backtrace:
nanosleep+0x2

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[dmalchikov]

Hi there!
Spending few days on task but can't find correct solution...
I have log file in following format:
<Monitoring Timestamp="2018.09.11 11:36:01" Node="MIRROR-1">
<NODES>
<NODE Name="MIRROR-1" Account="bf19">...

[assassin7]

Hello I am new to Zabbix Monitoring and I am running into roubles with getting zabbix to monitor the /var/log/messages log file and looking a specific keywords than trigger when those keywords are outputted into the log file. Zabbix than triggers than send an email. But everytime I cannot seem to get...

[radu990]

Hi,

I'm trying to monitor the Centos 7 log [/var/log/messages] from my zabbix server and created a item for this.

However, I received the below error in the agent log:

Cannot open file "/var/log/messages": [13] Permission denied

I understand...

[Beginner]

Hello there

I'm working on log file monitoring. I did get the log working however i have one problem with a trigger i want to make.

This is my item
log[C:\Users\*\Desktop\TestLogFile.log]

And i want to create a trigger for this item
currently...

[[email protected]]

Howdy,

We are using 3.2, and I cannot get log.count or logrt.count to work.

I checked all the usual; it is an active check, permissions are correct, the hostname in the config matches server-side config, log and logrt both work correctly (the agent can read the logs)....