Create a file if trigger changes, instead of sending an email?

[jompsi]

Hello

I have a question about actions a trigger can execute. It is like this. In the company I work, an alarmcenter is already existing, which works with XML files.

Now I got the assignment, that if for example a server is down, zabbix should create in a specific folder an XML file, which will be used from the existing alarmcenter to generate a VBA Msgbox alert. This type
of notification is just for low priorities events.

For more importent tasks I use the mail action which comes with zabbix.

Goal of this task is to keep the number of sent emails as low as possible.

I have created the following alert script:

jompsi@zabbix:/usr/lib/zabbix/alertscripts# cat xml
#!/bin/bash

to=$1
subject=$2
body=$3
out=/tmp/test.xml

echo $subject>$out
echo $body>>$out

Then I created the media type script for my xml(Administration -> Media Type -> Create New) file and added it to my users media(Profile -> Media). Now if the trigger changes it creates the file.

What do you think about this? Are there betters ways? What makes me unhappy with this solution is, that I have to connect this alert script with a user.

What I imagine is something like "IF trigger comes true THEN create xml file".

Thanks and kind regards
jompsi

[Atsushi]

We can a set flexible operation by the definition of each by combining at the disaster occurs.

I think the benefits of using the media also can aggregate the setting and process for send messages.
Because such as e-mail transmission is the same process with only a different destination.

If you have than not only that the output XML, it is also possible to run the script by using the remote commands without using the media.

[jompsi]

Hi @Atsushi

Thanks a lot for your reply

How do you set a flexible operation? Configuration -> Actions?

So you would say my approach is good?

I will look a bit more into remote commands.