Host side ping

[coop]

I'm working on a new Zabbix implementation (switching over from Nagios) and I've been asked to setup a host side ping on a Windows system. They need a ping type request to originate from the host and report back it's results in something Zabbix can handle.

Has anyone tinkered with this? I can launch a UserParameter with a ping command and get data back, but shaping that into something Zabbix can show as Ok or Problem is where I'm stuck.... I just get the ping response lines.


Thanks!

[Calimero]

You need to create a trigger.

Config > Triggers. Choose host, click Create Trigger.

Name: "Ping status"

Expression: click Insert to open the selection/wizard pop-up.
Choose your host, choose your 'ping' item. Function: choose 'Last value = N', Set N to 0. Click Insert.

Expression will look like:
{your_hostname:your_ping_item.last(0)}=0

==> Trigger will be ON (problem) when last value is 0

Define trigger severity. Click Save.

[coop]

Thanks for the reply!!

The trigger setup looks great, but I'm not sure I see how that will force my Ping check to come from the agent system instead of the Zabbix server. I need to see the results of the agent system pinging a device.

Sorry, I should have worded my question properly.

[coop]

I think we may have resolved this. This is one method, but if someone else has a better method that would be great.

(1) Setup a User Parameter in the zabbix_agentd.conf file:
UserParameter=local.ping[*],C:\temp\localping.bat $1

(2) Create a file called localping.bat with the following lines:
@echo off
PING %1 -n 1 | FIND "TTL=" >NUL
IF NOT ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO ONLINE
IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO OFFLINE
GOTO END

:OFFLINE
ECHO 0
GOTO END

:ONLINE
ECHO 1
GOTO END

:END

(3) Create Item for host with the key local.ping[host-to-ping]
I also set my Show Value to Service Map.

Restart the agent and away it goes.

[easy_john]

(2) Create a file called localping.bat with the following lines:
(3) Create Item for host with the key local.ping[host-to-ping]

One line to zabbix_agentd.conf

# local.ping
UserParameter=local.ping[*],ping $1 -n 1 |find "TTL=">NUL && echo 1 || echo 0