Initiate Action, pass variables, and execute script

[itguy12]

I have searched the forum and tested as much as I can, but I now must turn to the experts for direct help.

I want to create an action that passes variables from Zabbix to a script on the server. This script will make the necessary API calls to our issue tracking system for agents to look at. Based on my reading, here's what I thought was supposed to work:

1. Place script in path indicated in AlertScriptsPath
2. Create a new Media Type with script name (my-custom-script.sh)
3. Create a new User (robot) and add Media with new Type. Set Send To as null.
4. Create a new Action that sends a message to my new user. Place the variables in order the script is expecting them in Subject and Message. In my case, I want to keep it simple:
   

   Subject: {HOSTNAME}
   Message: {ITEM.LASTVALUE} {TRIGGER.NSEVERITY}

This is not working. I also added another recipient (my email) to the action, and I receive the message okay. If I execute the custom script as the zabbix user from the server, it works as well (the script ignores the $1 input):

sudo su zabbix -c "/usr/local/bin/zabbix_scripts/my-custom-script.sh null host.domain.tld ERRORmsg 3"

What am I doing wrong here?

[Davidus]

Ok, this worked for me

On my RHEL 5.5, I added shell script file in /home/zabbix/bin
Made script executable chmod +x my_file

Zabbix side:

Created new media type
Description: test
Type: scripts
Name: my_file

Also created new user and assigned test media type to it
Created new action and said that my new user going to receive notifications. This is it, Its working!

[itguy12]

Yes, you are correct. I adjusted a few components and found success. I am using LDAP for user management and created a new 'local' user in Zabbix (the user did not exist in the LDAP directory) and tried to assign the script/media type/notification to that 'robot' user. This seems to have been the cause of my problem. Once I changed the script/media type to my username and tested the action, it worked as expected.

So now my question switches to the user management in Zabbix. If I use an LDAP directory for authentication, can I not use local users for the use case described above? Is there any documentation pertaining to user management with LDAP involved?