Is there a way to manually fire a trigger from command line

[rohan8594]

Hi guys,

Currently I have an external check configured as an item and I use a simple condition in my trigger that checks if the output of my external script is 0 or 1. If I get 1, my trigger goes into PROBLEM state and I send an email alert. So far I've been using a very hacky approach to test the email notifications wherein I make a minor edit to my external script every single time such a way that the trigger gets fired and in turn the email gets sent. My question is, is there a way to toggle the trigger from command line which will in turn will call an action and then send the email?

[kernbug]

Hi guys,

Currently I have an external check configured as an item and I use a simple condition in my trigger that checks if the output of my external script is 0 or 1. If I get 1, my trigger goes into PROBLEM state and I send an email alert. So far I've been using a very hacky approach to test the email notifications wherein I make a minor edit to my external script every single time such a way that the trigger gets fired and in turn the email gets sent. My question is, is there a way to toggle the trigger from command line which will in turn will call an action and then send the email?

Hi,

Examples:
1. Add another item with Zabbix trapper type and link it with the same Action, use zabbix_sender to send desired value. But in this case you don't be able to test script logic, only Action/Alert from Zabbix Server.
2. Add additional check to your external script, something like: "if file in /tmp/mail.test exists - return 1".

[rohan8594]

Hi,

Examples:
1. Add another item with Zabbix trapper type and link it with the same Action, use zabbix_sender to send desired value. But in this case you don't be able to test script logic, only Action/Alert from Zabbix Server.
2. Add additional check to your external script, something like: "if file in /tmp/mail.test exists - return 1".

Thanks!, the first example worked. I was trying to use zabbix_sender previously but I didn't realize that the item had to be a zabbix trapper type to make it work. Thanks for pointing it out.