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[cirrhus9.com]

I have ZBX_VER 1.8.10 installed.
We have a recent need to consolidate our Cacti/Icinga installations and replace them with Zabbix.

Can do, will do.
One problem...
I am now searching for a varnish hit/miss template and accompanying graph to use in Zabbix.
I have a working .py script from my Cacti host.

Is this output from that Cacti graph something I can use to create my own in Zabbix?

DS:varnish_requests:COUNTER:600:0:U \
DS:varnish_hitrate:GAUGE:600:0:100 \
DS:varnish_hits:COUNTER:600:0:U \
DS:varnish_misses:COUNTER:600:0:U \
RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:500 \
RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:600 \
RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:700 \
RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:775 \
RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:797 \
RRA:MAX:0.5:1:500 \
RRA:MAX:0.5:1:600 \
RRA:MAX:0.5:6:700 \
RRA:MAX:0.5:24:775 \
RRA:MAX:0.5:288:797 \

RRDTool Command:

/usr/bin/rrdtool graph - \
--imgformat=PNG \
--start=-86400 \
--end=-300 \
--title='ftbvarnish - Varnish - Requests' \
--base=1000 \
--height=120 \
--width=500 \
--alt-autoscale-max \
--lower-limit=0 \
--vertical-label='requests' \
--slope-mode \
--font TITLE:12: \
--font AXIS:8: \
--font LEGEND:10: \
--font UNIT:8: \
--x-grid MINUTE:30:HOUR:2:HOUR:2:0:"%l%p" \
DEF:a="/var/www/cacti2/rra/ftbvarnish_varnish_requests_19.rrd":varnish_requests:AVERAGE \
DEF:b="/var/www/cacti2/rra/ftbvarnish_varnish_requests_19.rrd":varnish_hits:AVERAGE \
DEF:c="/var/www/cacti2/rra/ftbvarnish_varnish_requests_19.rrd":varnish_misses:AVERAGE \
AREA:a#00CF00FF:"Requests"  \
AREA:b#002A97FF:"Hits"  \
AREA:c#FF0000FF:"Misses\n"  \
GPRINT:a:AVERAGE:"  Request avg\:%8.2lf%s"  \
GPRINT:b:AVERAGE:"Hit avg\:%8.2lf%s"  \
GPRINT:c:AVERAGE:"Miss avg\:%8.2lf%s"

Are Munin Templates importable into Zabbix? There seems to be a varnish template for that package...
I have read that Munin templates/Exports work in Zabbix via import?

Are Cacti Templates/Exports importable into Zabbix?

Any other Templates/Exports from any other package(s).

I'd hate to re-invent the wheel and I don't want a 'hack', but using pre-existing code|template|boilerplate (with minimal code rewrites) would be great.
Maybe an Apache Template hack?

If I have to code my own from scratch, I will. Don't make me come over "there"

I have done a cursory read at the following links:

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showpost.php?p=53243&postcount=2

http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/old/blog/federico
http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/templates/start

and searched the forums for varnish-related threads.

Thank you for your time.

Edit:
Found this

[cirrhus9.com]

bump?

No one here monitors any varnish hosts?

[nated]

Varnish template

I'm attaching a varnish template I created a while back. It doesn't have any triggers but the items and graphs should get you going. It requires this UserParameter in your zabbix_agentd.conf:

UserParameter=varnish.stats[*],printf "stats\nquit\n" | nc 127.0.0.1 6082 | egrep " $1\$" | sed "s/^ *\([0-9]*\) .*/\1/"

As you can see it also depends on netcat (nc). Let me know how it works for you and if you have any improvements

[cirrhus9.com]

Thanks nated!

[victorhugopa]

I created this template to get Requests/s, Cache hits/s, Cache misses/s and calculate Hitrate avg %.

UserParameter=varnish.stat[*],(varnishstat -1 -f $1 | awk '{print $$3}')

I attached a graph.

[]'s
_pUNx_

[cirrhus9.com]

Thanks _pUNx_!

I added

UserParameter=varnish.stat[*],(varnishstat -1 -f $1 | awk '{print $$3}')

to zabbix_agentd.conf and bounced the service.
But importing the .xml file doesn't appear to work. It returns a blank page and I let it run a full 5 minutes, just in case.

Also:
[root@zabbix-server ~]# zabbix_get -s IPA.DDR.ESS > -p 10050 "varnish.stats" or
[root@zabbix-server ~]# zabbix_get -s IPA.DDR.ESS > -p 10050 "mysql.version" or
[root@zabbix-server ~]# zabbix_get -s IPA.DDR.ESS > -p 10050 "mysql.qps"
and yes they are uncommented on the client host.

returns without any data?

[victorhugopa]

zabbix_get -s IPA.DDR.ESS -k varnish.stat[cache_hit]

zabbix user has permission to run varnishstat?

ps: sorry my english

[cirrhus9.com]

zabbix_get -s IPA.DDR.ESS -k varnish.stat[cache_hit]

zabbix user has permission to run varnishstat?

Does now.

Your English is fine btw.

zabbix_get -s IPA.DDR.ESS -k varnish.stat[cache_hit]

Same as before, no output.

Edit:
Found this:

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showpost.php?p=82358&postcount=2

(EnableRemoteCommands=1)

zabbix_get -s xx.xxx.xx.xxx -p 10050 -k varnish.stat[cache_hit]

8.39

 zabbix_get -s xx.xxx.xx.xxx -p 10050 -k varnish.stat[cache_miss]

36.50

Progress !!

Thanks!

[cirrhus9.com]

blank after importing, bummer.

See http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25344

I am afraid I will need some hand-holding on this one, or a simple
Reader's Digest (cookbook) step through?

Solved.

[cirrhus9.com]

I created this template to get Requests/s, Cache hits/s, Cache misses/s and calculate Hitrate avg %.

UserParameter=varnish.stat[*],(varnishstat -1 -f $1 | awk '{print $$3}')

I attached a graph.

[]'s
_pUNx_

_pUNx_:
What version of varnish is the applicable to?

If I use
"UserParameter=varnish.stat[*],(varnishstat -1 -f $1 | awk '{print $$3}')"
I get zero returned data
so I made it
UserParameter=varnish.stat[*],(varnishstat -1 -f $1 | awk '{print $$2}')

I have varnish-3.0.2 revision cbf1284 on the target/host and a zbx_server 1.8.10

What version of zbx did the .xml file come off of? I attempt to import it and all I get is a blank.

Thanks you for your time.