How to setup triggers and notifications for Web Monitoring

[will.emmerson]

Hi,

I've setup web monitoring for a particular page for downloading a brochure on my website, it's setup so that it needs to return the status code '200'. This works fine and I can see this in the Monitoring > Web section of Zabbix. However, when it comes to setting up the Trigger so that I can setup an action to send an email - I'm at a loss.

I've so far tried the following:

Item Configuration

Name - Brochure
Type - Simple Check
Key - web.test.fail[Scenario]
Left the rest as defaults, then chose the application in question.

Trigger Configuration

Name - Brochure
Expression - {Brochure Download:web.test.fail[Scenario].last(0)}#0


Please could someone explain how I would go about setting up both an 'Item' and 'Trigger' so that if the status code is anything but '200' it triggers an alert?

Best Regards,

Will

[ingus.vilnis]

Hello and welcome!

As from documentation (https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...nitoring/items), you have to create your trigger for status codes based on the item key web.test.rspcode[Scenario,Step].

Best Regards,
Ingus

[will.emmerson]

Hi ingus,

Thanks for your reply. So if I wanted to do it based on for any response code other than 200, would it be the following?

web.test.rspcode[Scenario].last(0)}#0

...so real life example where scenario name is BPM Brochure:

web.test.200[BPM Brochure].last(0)}#0

Am I also correct in saying that this should be set to Item Type (Numeric (float))?

Thanks in advance,

Will Emmerson

[ingus.vilnis]

Hi Will,

the expression in your real scenario would be:

{<host name>:web.test.rspcode[BPM Brochure].last(0)}#200

Replace the <host name> with actual name of the host.

For the Type of information you can use either Numeric (float) or (unsigned).

Best Regards,
Ingus

[will.emmerson]

Hi ingus,

Thanks - I think it's almost there - however in the items section it says 'Status - Not Supported'.

So in the item table it reads as:

Name:BPM Brochure
Triggers:Triggers (1)
Key:web.test.rspcode[BPM Brochure]
Interval:30
History:90
Trends:365
Type: Zabbix agent - I also tried 'Simple Check' but this returned 'not supported'.
Applications: Brochure
Status: Not supported

Is the type incorrect for type of check, or perhaps is there something else I need to setup?

Best Regards,

Will

[jan.garaj]

You should to follow web monitoring manual:

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/web_monitoring

Then the item web.test.rspcode (plus another web metrics: response code/time,...) will be available.

web.page.*:

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/config/items/itemtypes/zabbix_agent

is different approach (simpler; executed on agent).

[taxiarxos]

Hello,

I have the same issue.. Any solution about this?

Thanks

[dogbert831]

I know this is an old thread. I would like to do the same thing. I've read the documentation referenced and I don't see where it refers to web.test.rspcode. I've tried it as a item of type "simple check" and also as a trigger. Neither one works. Ideally I'd like to get and alert to show what the https status code is when the trigger fires. Anyone been able to do this?

[hertell]

I know this is an old thread. I would like to do the same thing. I've read the documentation referenced and I don't see where it refers to web.test.rspcode. I've tried it as a item of type "simple check" and also as a trigger. Neither one works. Ideally I'd like to get and alert to show what the https status code is when the trigger fires. Anyone been able to do this?

Replying to this ancient tread just in case someone is looking for an answer to this: The items created are visible only when you create a trigger or view the latest data.