Using LLD to monitor Windows Services

[qix]

As for creating alerts, please read up on triggers, actions and media in the Zabbix manual or various tutorials.

[BLinz]

If you have the "value should be a JSON object" error:

The Answer of the servdisc-Script ist to Long!

Change in the Scripts

PowerShell:
Search for
$objItem.Description
Change to
” – ”

VBS:
Search for
objService.Description
Replace with
” – ”

and so will will not use the Service Desctription.

I have 117 Running Services, the JSON Message have 16500 Chars - and Zabbix 2.2 with MySQL can take it.

I also write a .exe Version in AutoIt, Download und Source-Code at

http://znil.net/index.php?title=Zabbix:Template_Windows_Service_Auto-Discover_-_Windows_Dienste_automatisch_entdecken

Site is in german but the description in the Zip is in englisch

Bernhard Linz

[janosch]

Thanks BLinz, your solution is the only one working so far when you want to automatically add windows services. Either I am too stupid for the other ones or they are outdated yet.

I got a question regarding triggers. Will the be created automatically or do I have to create them manually?

[BLinz]

I got a question regarding triggers. Will the be created automatically or do I have to create them manually?

The triggers will create also automatic. If a Windows Service is deinstalled, Zabbix will delete the Trigger and after 30 days also the item.

Thats not my trick, thats "build in" Zabbix!

I only wrote the .exe (after i find the error), the template is the original

BLinz

[janosch]

Yeah, I was not patient enough to wait for triggers to be created. Everything works fine so far! Great effort from you and thanks a lot.

[coreychristian]

Just wanted to do a quick post, the script I was using for service discoveries (powershell) broke when I tried to run it with a 2.2.1 version of zabbix server.

The problem was the last line in the JSON contained an extra comma.

I fixed the script via the following, just figured I would post it here in case you want to update your github script, or anyone else runs into the issue. There might be a cleaner way to do this, though I have verified this works.

Old

foreach ($objItem in $colItems) {
 $line =  " { `"{#SERVICESTATE}`":`"" + $objItem.State + "`" , `"{#SERVICEDISPLAY}`":`"" + $objItem.DisplayName + "`" , `"{#SERVICENAME}`":`"" + $objItem.Name + "`" , `"{#SERVICEDESC}`":`"" + $objItem.Description + "`" },"
  write-host $line
}

New

$i = 0
foreach ($objItem in $colItems) {
 $i = $i+1
 $line =  " { `"{#SERVICESTATE}`":`"" + $objItem.State + "`" , `"{#SERVICEDISPLAY}`":`"" + $objItem.DisplayName + "`" , `"{#SERVICENAME}`":`"" + $objItem.Name + "`" , `"{#SERVICEDESC}`":`"" + $objItem.Description + "`" },"
 if ( $i -eq $colItems.length)
 {
 $line =  " { `"{#SERVICESTATE}`":`"" + $objItem.State + "`" , `"{#SERVICEDISPLAY}`":`"" + $objItem.DisplayName + "`" , `"{#SERVICENAME}`":`"" + $objItem.Name + "`" , `"{#SERVICEDESC}`":`"" + $objItem.Description + "`" }"
 }
 
 write-host $line
}

[emmanux]

May be this method can give you some ideas, it's a simpler method (no powershell or UserParameters at all), and might be improved for greater complexity:

https://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?p=167147