Linux Template to monitor Print Queue Status

[vascoleiria]

Hi

Anyone can help me creating a template to use on a raspberry using debian to be able to monitor the print spool.
Basically I would like to know when the rasp has stopped printing and why. Is it paused, failed connecting to the local printer, etc.

Cheers and thx for the help

[aib]

Let's start from the "start"

When you are on raspberry - How you control your print queue? Do you use any command line utility? Do you use any control files?

Then next step - How you connect from Zabbix Server to raspberry? Telnet? SSH? FTP? Zabbix Agent?

The simplest situation:
- your raspberry can be connected over SSH
- you have CUPS on raspberry installed and working
- you create a Host for raspberry on zabbix frontend
- you create an Item for raspberry Host:
-- Name - Status of Queue
-- Type - SSH agent
-- Key - ssh.agent[status_of_queue,{HOST.IP},22]
-- Authentication method - Password
-- user name - {....}
-- password - {...}
-- Executed script - lpq | head -1
-- Type of information - Text

[vascoleiria]

Hi
Thx for the reply.
I'm using the zabbix agent in the raspberry, I just need to know where can I get, or how can I do , a template to get this kind of info.

cheers

[aib]

I'm not sure that anybody have the Template for raspberry.
Because of that I showed you how to create an individual Item by yourself.