How do I create a service/daemon check?

[jfha73]

Hello,

I have Zabbix monitoring a Linux Server, this server has a service/daemon that I want to monitor (make sure it's running), how can I do that?

Thanks,

[zux]

Look for item "proc.num[]"

[jfha73]

If I do that, what if the Proc.num changes because the server was restarted, or the service itself was restarted, the process number will change eventually, I need something more stable than that.

Thanks though.

[zux]

Can you define that service like this? If at least one process is running, then the service is running. The just define the trigger to fire when proc.num < 1

[jfha73]

I might have misunderstand, I was thinking that Proc.num was the same as PID, but for what you're saying, it looks like is a processes count, anyway, how can I set that up? what do I need to put in the Expression of the Trigger for the service I'm trying to monitor?

Thanks.

[jfha73]

I should have made my question clearer, so here it is better worded.

What do I need to create and how so I can have a check for a service/daemon on a Linux server?

For example: create an Application, then an Item, then a trigger, etc. explaining how to do each one of them.

Thanks,

[jfha73]

Look for item "proc.num[]"

Thanks for this, I finally have it up and running using this.