Send active JSON request using zabcon

[mlange]

Is it possible to send such a JSON request with zabcon:

{
"request":"active checks",
"host":"host",
"ip":"127.0.0.1",
"port":10000
}

Can the "raw json {" call be used for that?

The log output of the agent looks like this:

1212:20101124:094421.254 Sending [{
"request":"active checks",
"host":"xyz"}]

Thanks!

[richlv]

hmm. you mean requesting active checks from the server ?
i don't think that would work with zabcon, but i would expect telnet or nc to work, tohugh

[nelsonab]

It's possible but you will need to look at things a little differently. An active check is a type of item so you will need to check items, so perhaps...

get item show=all filter=[type=<active_type_num>]

if that does not work:

raw api item.get output=extend filter=[type=<active_type_num>]

I don't remember what the number is for active. I had a comment in the API docs which deleniated what number was what, but it looks like it's been wiped out. :-(

[richlv]

i think it depends on what was the goal - to get list of active items on a host over the api, or query zabbix server as the active agent does that. not sure which exactly was it

[nelsonab]

True, though he did just ask for how to get a list of active items... ;-)

[steev]

your example doesn't seem to work

this should work, right?

root@mcp zabcon-0.0.370 ./zabcon.rb
x86_64-linux
Attempting to load previous session key from ~/zabcon.session
http://msputil.c42/zabbix/ connected
API Version: 1.3
Welcome to Zabcon. Build Number: 370
Use the command 'help' to get help on commands
+> raw api item.get output=extend filter=[type=0]
Unexpected parameter "="
+> raw api item.get output=extend filter={type=0}
Unexpected parameter "="
+> raw api item.get output=extend filter={[type=0]}
Unexpected parameter "="
+>

[richlv]

doesn't seem to work for me either. probably worth creating a new issue in the zabcon trac instance