help with action remote command execute on zabbix *SERVER*

[fisherwei]

hello,

Operation type = remote command
Target list = current host
Type = custom script
Execute on Zabbix server

I want to access an URL for restart service by zabbix server side.
Like is: curl http://userass@<host_ip>/restart.cgi

But how to get <host_ip> from "current host"?


BTW: host is an embedded device, so no agent.

[steeladept]

How do you normally address the device for configuration and whatnot? It is the same. It doesn't NEED to be IP address. Even so, if you insist on it, do a nslookup to find out from the DNS Server, since that is where it gets converted to an IP address anyway.

[ingus.vilnis]

Wouldn't Zabbix built in macros help in this case?

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/manual/appendix/macros/supported_by_location

curl http://user:pass@{HOST.IP}/restart.cgi

Of course the IP must be set in Configuration -> Hosts for each particular host in question.

[steeladept]

If you are looking for it to be generic and not a specific host, this is correct, and I just misunderstood. What I was meaning, written in the same vein as Ingus is {HOST.HOST} should work equally well as {HOST.IP} - assuming DNS is properly setup already.