Auto-registration question

[majorkuso]

Is it possible to auto register a server with a service as criteria? an example would be if it has a specific service or services, then put it in this group and link this template.

[gert.derouck]

Hi,

you can use a custom cmd in the HostMetadataItem setting in your agent config.
Example: i use following on our Linux servers to attach different templates depending on the host type:

HostMetadataItem=system.run["if dmidecode -s system-product-name |grep -q VMware ; then echo Linux VMware; else if dmidecode -s system-product-name |grep -q RHEV ; then echo Linux RHEV; else echo Linux Physical; fi; fi"]

On the server side, you can add several auro-registration actions with different conditions based on the value of the HostMetadataItem.

See also: https://www.zabbix.com/documentation...o_registration


Another option is to link the templatee afterwards: we discussed this also in following post: https://www.zabbix.com/forum/zabbix-...to-host-groups

Regards,
Gert

[majorkuso]

Can I have multiple host meta data items in my config? I have one for system.uname how would I specify the second one without conflict?

[gert.derouck]

You can make sure that the output of uname is also included in your custom HostMetadataItem.

[majorkuso]

Can you give an example of this?

[gert.derouck]

The example is already in my 1st post...
uname on a linux: 'Linux'
So i make sure that the output of my HostMetadataItem also includes this.

Maybe try to explain what different types of hosts (different templates) you want to link during autodiscovery.

[majorkuso]

Most if not all of my hosts will be windows based, I could create a trigger to move/copy the hosts to a different group and link if they have the desired services on them.

[gert.derouck]

INdeed, i think that's the way to go. That's why i included this link: https://www.zabbix.com/forum/zabbix-...to-host-groups