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  • cxu2
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2020
    • 1

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    log[] key maxlines doesn't seem to work

    Hello,

    Need a quick help on the zabbix trigger rule. log[file,<regexp>,<encoding>,<maxlines>,<mode>,<output >,<maxdelay>] maxlines doesn't seem to work

    I have a trigger setup as below:

    {servername:log[/var/log/messages,".*oom-killer.*",,1000].str("oom")}<>0
    with update interval = 30s
    and storage days = 90d

    As I specified "1000" above for maxlines, I expect this not to trigger for lines older than 1000 entries.
    However somehow above trigger generated alerts for the very same oom error at a specific time.everyday. Even though the original error was already followed by few thousands of new lines.

    Thanks,
    Charlie
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