External checks with variable(s)

[wnkz]

Hello,
My problem is the following: I want to automatically populate my warranty expiration date for all my Dell hosts; and maybe later, setup a trigger on this item.

I'm using an external script get-dell-warranty.sh and what I'm trying to do is something like this:

Key: get-dell-warranty.sh["{INVENTORY.SERIALNO.A}"]

Fact is, according to this page https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...types/external this MACRO is not supported in "Item key's parameters".

Does someone have and idea of how I can accomplish this ? Any idea would be good to hear, except, I would like to keep this as an external check, or at least keep it running server / proxy side.

Thank you for your support.

[steveboyson]

Macro's names are in the form {$MACRO_NAME}.
(Note the leading $)

I doubt that "." is allowed in macro names. Just rename it and test again.

[wnkz]

Macro's names are in the form {$MACRO_NAME}.
(Note the leading $)

I doubt that "." is allowed in macro names. Just rename it and test again.

Thanks for your reply but check again the official documentation https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...#usage_example; in this example they use it like this:

check_oracle.sh["-h","{HOST.CONN}"]

You can find all macro's here : https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...ed_by_location

[Pada]

There are 2 different kind of macros: Zabbix and user defined ones.

Zabbix macro's are in the form of {<name>}: https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...ed_by_location

User macro's are in the form of {$<name>}: https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...ros/usermacros

Here are the allowed characters for an item key: https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...items/item/key

Update:
Unfortunately INVENTORY.SERIALNO.A.* isn't supported for external checks - see the first link for the macro support matrix. The macro has to have a mark in column 5 if you want to use it in an item (or external check).

According to the Zabbix 2.2 documentation that macro is supported for external checks, but not in Zabbix 2.0.