Help using UserParameters and external scripts

[jfriedman]

Hello, I am new to Zabbix, and am having trouble finding examples of how to use your own scripts.
For example, if I add this to zabbix_agentd.conf:
UserParameter=mailq,echo /var/spool/mail/* | wc -w
What do I enter for "key" when I add an Item on the server? Just "mailq"?
When I try this, it goes "unsupported" right away.
Confused.

Thanks in advance.

Jeff Friedman

[jfriedman]

Got it working!

Seems I just needed to try a few more things. Adding the line to zabbix_agentd.conf and then using that key when creating a new item was all it needed.

[just2blue4u]

you can try out your items with the following commands:

at client side: zabbix_agentd -t <item key> (e.g. mailq)
at server side: zabbix_get -s <client hostname or IP> -k <item key> (e.g. -s mail.domain -k mailq)