Linux item creation help!

[Govenor]

I know very little about Linux and I am trying to monitor a specific process that is running a dozen or two different Linux machines. I am planning on modifying the Linux template to accomodate this need. However I am not sure what key i would use to accomplish this goal.

Would I use proc.num[processname] ? then for the trigger put last(0)=0 if the process stopps running? Would that work?


Thanks!

[ericgearhart]

Would I use proc.num[processname] ? then for the trigger put last(0)=0 if the process stopps running? Would that work?

Basically, yes

You can see an example from the Linux template (in Zabbix 1.8 anyway... not sure about older versions)

Item name - Number of running processes sshd
Key - proc.num[sshd]

And there's a trigger bound to that item, named "Sshd is not running on {HOSTNAME}"

The expression for it is:

{Template_Linux:proc.num[sshd].last(0)}<1

But doing "=0" on the end would have the same effect....