pass string to zabbix

[rootus]

I want to pass a string to zabbix.
UserParameter=chat2zabbix,talk.sh

talk.sh can return bladibla or bladiblewit

How do I configure the trigger?

it is something with regexp or str but there is no LOG file.

I want to trigger bladiblewit.
{Template_VmwareESX:chat2zabbix.regexp(blew)}#0) is not the way.

How can I do this?

[untergeek]

You're much better off avoiding the # (not-equal) operator when dealing with strings.

Far better to do a straight-up, true/false, is-the-string-there-or-not kind of check:

{Template_VmwareESX:chat2zabbix.regexp(blew)}=1

or

{Template_VmwareESX:chat2zabbix.str(blew)}=1

[rootus]

Thank you for your reply Untergeek.

Zabbix it totally ignoring me.

ITEM:
Type: Zabbix Agent (Active)
Type of information: Character
Key: chat2zabbix

TRIGGER:
{Template_VmwareESX:chat2zabbix.str(bladibla)}=1

I execute:
zabbix_sender -v -z 192.168.28.55 -s VMW02 -k chat2zabbix -o bladibla
and
UserParameter=chat2zabbix,echo bladibla
(restart zabbix with debug=4)

No reaction on server and no chat2zabbix logentries in agentd.log.
Has Zabbix already figured out I'm ignorant and ignores me?
(I'm not on the Discovery list)

[untergeek]

If you're using zabbix_sender, you should change the item type to Trapper, rather than Zabbix Agent (Active).

Try that and see if it works better, even if only for testing.

[rootus]

Thank you.
It was a "when a plan comes together" case but now it works.

This will enable me to do more with less triggers.

I'm happy.