How to separate data of the same type but from different sources

[jader.dias]

I have a machine that receives data from multiple sources. This machine forwards the data to the Zabbix Trapper.

I want to be able to view this data separately. One way of doing that is to send data from each source with a different fake hostname. But this is not ideal.

I can receive this data in more than one host. I would like to be able to see data from source 1 on host A separately from source 2 on host A and from source 1 in host B.

[richlv]

so what's wrong with sending the data to different hosts and different items ?

[jader.dias]

@richlv

I am currently doing this manually. I send:

datatypeA[source1]
datatypeA[source2]

I create a item per source. All the data shows separately in the host latest data. But what if I wanted to add a third source? I would have to create a third item manually, right? How to automatize this?

[richlv]

yes, adding new items isn't as easy. while that could be achieved by curl-scraping web frontend, better solution might be through the api - nelsonab was talking about getting trapper item adding for zabcon, i believe

[nelsonab]

Trapper has been added as an item type.