[Beginner] How to log status of scripts running on an agent machine

[osieben]

Hey there,

pretty new to monitoring and zabbix. If you can point me what to google for or what to read I am happy.
I think my task is not too non-std.

I do run run several self-made import and export scripts on a cloud hosted system. The scripts differ from Bash, Python to Ruby.
Zabbix agent is installed there and I am able to monitor on the zabbix server CPU, Disk, HTTP/HTTPS of that machine .. thats perfectly fine.

But now I need to track my scripts, if they report errors, if they are crashed, or even if they run properly - thus give a warning, if they not run the last x-mins/hrs.

So can you give me some hints how to accomplish that?

Cheers,
Oliver

[aigars.kadikis]

Hi, osieben!

It is a great way to start set up log monitoring by using Zabbix own log file. This log will be definatelly readable by 'zabbix' user because it has been created by 'zabbix' user.

Please setup item with key

log[/var/log/zabbix/zabbix_server.log]

and make sure you selected Zabbix Agent (Active)



Wait 100 seconds for the configuration to sync with the database. Then look under Monitoring -> Latest data


Regards,
Aigars

[osieben]

Not there yet, but works like charm ;-)

Any code I could place in my scripts?

[aigars.kadikis]

Not there yet, but works like charm ;-)

Any code I could place in my scripts?

Does your scripts are configured to pass output to static log file?

Regards,

[miaryan]

I scheduled a procedure to run on a machine, and it has completed. The procedure completed with a FAIL and see a message similar to:

ScriptName failed in THEN step 5

Check the Agent Procedure Log for additional details

[aigars.kadikis]

So if your script writes content (c:\script_output.log) such as

ScriptName failed in THEN step 5
Check the Agent Procedure Log for additional details

You can detect for example word "failed" in the last day. Trigger expression:

{host name:log[c:\script_output.log].iregexp(failed,1d)}=1

To result whole string "ScriptName failed in THEN step 5" in trigger title you can name trigger:

{ITEM.VALUE1}

Regards,