Newbie: Monitoring Urbackup

[tmueko]

Hi, I am new to zabbix and want to monitor a urbackup-server (https://www.urbackup.org).
There is an python api where is can produce json:

import urbackup_api

server = urbackup_api.urbackup_server("http://127.0.0.1:55414/x", "admin", "password")
for client in server.get_status():
    print(client)

pruduces:

{
'client_version_string': '2.4.10',
'delete_pending': '',
'file_ok': False,
'groupname': '',
'id': 2,
'image_ok': True,
'ip': '-',
'last_filebackup_issues': 4,
'lastbackup': 1600873220,
'lastbackup_image': 1600762213,
'lastseen': 1600876692,
'name': 'PC22',
'online': False,
'os_simple': 'windows',
'os_version_string': 'Microsoft Windows 10 Pro (build 17134), 64-Bit',
'processes': [],
'status': 0
}
{
'client_version_string': '2.4.10',
'delete_pending': '',
'file_ok': True,
'groupname': '',
'id': 3,
'image_ok': True,
'ip': '192.168.7.11',
'last_filebackup_issues': 0,
'lastbackup': 1600932918,
'lastbackup_image': 1600710792,
'lastseen': 1600934604,
'name': 'SKC-SRV1',
'online': True,
'os_simple': 'windows',
'os_version_string': 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (build 9600), 64-Bit',
'processes': [],
'status': 0
}

What is the best (and probably simple) way, to get this in zabbix? Is it possible, that it automatical expand, when I add backup-clients?

[tmueko]

OK, I finally managed to get data in Zabbix. This is, what I did:

I created a file /usr/local/bin/urbackup-discovery.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
import urbackup_api
import json
import sys

server = urbackup_api.urbackup_server(sys.argv[1],sys.argv[2],sys.argv[3])

i = 0
print ("[", end='')
for client in server.get_status():
if i > 0 : print("," , end='')
print(json.dumps(client))
i += 1
print ("]", end='')

Then I added it to UserParameter:

UserParameter=urbackup.discovery[*],/usr/local/bin/urbackup-discovery.py $1 $2 $3

I created a template with this macros:
{$UR_PASSWORD}, {$UR_URL}, {$UR_USER}
and an item "urbackup discovery item"
key: urbackup.discovery[{$UR_URL},{$UR_USER},{$UR_PASSWORD}]

Next a discovery rule like
Name: urbackup discovery
key: urbackup.discovery

LLD macros:
{#U_ID}: $.id
{#U_NAME}: $.name

And item prototype like this:

depended item of "urbackup.discovery"
Name: urbackup last file backup of {#U_NAME}
Key: urbackup.lastbackup[{#U_ID}]
Preprocessing:
JSONPath: $[?(@.id == {#U_ID})]..lastbackup.first()

When I add the Template to a Host I have to define {$UR_PASSWORD}, {$UR_URL}, {$UR_USER} and its is working so far ... When I added the trigger, I can export the template and share ...

[steve.destivelle]

Hi Tmueko,

I am interested by your template.

Thanks.

Regards,

Steve

[steve.destivelle]

I was able to retrieve the value, but my JSONPATH is not working perfectly.

Here is my result for the discovery:
[{"client_version_string": "2.2.6", "delete_pending": "", "file_ok": false, "groupname": "", "id": 2, "image_disabled": true, "image_ok": false, "ip": "-", "last_filebackup_issues": 0, "lastbackup": 0, "lastbackup_image": 0, "lastseen": 1605167864, "name": "XXXX", "online": false, "os_simple": "windows", "os_version_string": "Microsoft Windows 10 Professionnel (build 19041), 64 bits", "processes": [], "status": 0}
,{"client_version_string": "2.2.6", "delete_pending": "", "file_ok": true, "groupname": "", "id": 1, "image_disabled": true, "image_ok": false, "ip": "-", "last_filebackup_issues": 0, "lastbackup": 1605201927, "lastbackup_image": 0, "lastseen": 1605220607, "name": "XXXX", "online": true, "os_simple": "linux", "os_version_string": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS; Kernel 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64", "processes": [], "status": 0}
]

The JSONPATH:
$[?(@.id == 2)].lastseen

And the result:
[
1605167864
]

[tmueko]

I had the same problem, thats why i ended in using "

JSONPath: $[?(@.id == {#U_ID})]..lastbackup.first()

".
here is my template so far (see attachment)

[steve.destivelle]

Thanks.

[mrjd1981]

Ok, i've been trying to make this work too. I got it to the point that discovery places the items for each client on the backup server, the json comes in as it should. But the values on each of the discovered items does not fill in on latest data.

What am I missing?

[Badmight]

tmueko, Would you consider creating a Github repo so more people could contribute to this?

I, for one, had a UrBackup monitoring implementation for Zabbix on my todo list for years now, finally getting to it.

[zet]

The template has been improved, data elements and triggers have been added. The urbackup-discovery.py script has been improved. Enjoy. https://disk.yandex.ru/d/gIax0AhX4j_AjA

[magnored]

How do i capture the backup size?

[tmueko]

tmueko, Would you consider creating a Github repo so more people could contribute to this?

I, for one, had a UrBackup monitoring implementation for Zabbix on my todo list for years now, finally getting to it.

Take the code and start a repo, please. I'm not very good in this

[DugongDelight]

I have taken the code kindly provided by tmueko and thrown it into a git-repo, plus added installation instructions of my own (because I am a new to this, and it wasn't obvious to me, so it might not be obvious to others).

https://github.com/kerryland/zabbix-urbackup/