Help with "Web" check and auto-discovered hosts

[culrich]

I need to run a health-check against a large number of hosts, ideally any host in a template.

The health-check is from a specific system to a remote client using HTTP and verifying that a given URL produces a "healthy" response.

So the check in question ideally would be something like

(template -- serviceA-healthcheck)
web

http variables:
Host: servicethingy.mycompany.us


Http URL:
http://{HOST.IP}/path/to/healthcheck.php


expected result:

HTTP code: 200
Output string: OK




The thing I can't figure out is -- how to put that webapp into a "webserver" template (that checks for things like is php-fpm running or free disk space) but have the check run by a zabbix server or proxy.

Thanks for any advice!

[awienber]

web scenarios in templates, please

Hi all,
same problem here - I am trying to create a template which, among some JMX checks, should also include an HTTP check. However I am unable to find a way to attach a web scenario to a template, the UI only offers concrete hosts.

Could this be a missing feature? So I'll try to make my point:

In the age of REST and increasingly Browser-controlled systems, HTTP is often used as just another protocol, like SNMP, JMX etc., so it might be reasonable for zabbix to treat it in a similar fashion.

Regards,
Axel