packetloss

[mansourh12120]

Hi to all!
Does anyone have a script for Packet Loss in zabbix?

[vitS]

Hi,

For example:
UserParameter=pLoss,ping -q -i 0.50 -n -s 50 -c5 IPaddress | grep "packet loss" | cut -d " " -f7 | cut -d "%" -f1

Will be in result 0.0 -> Trigger more then 20 - Alarm

Maybe it will help You,

Thanks,

[mansourh12120]

Thanks,but it doesn't work correctly!

[vitS]

What do You mean?

[root@server /]# ping -q -i0.30 -n -s 50 -c5 ip | grep "packet loss" | cut -d " " -f7 | cut -d "%" -f1
0.0

[mansourh12120]

I run it but don't display any result.

[vitS]

Hi,

Just a question: did You replace ip with real ip in: [root@server /]# ping -q -i0.30 -n -s 50 -c5 ip | grep "packet loss" | cut -d " " -f7 | cut -d "%" -f1

I mean:
[root@server /]# ping -q -i0.30 -n -s 50 -c5 127.0.0.1 | grep "packet loss" | cut -d " " -f7 | cut -d "%" -f1

Thanks,

[mansourh12120]

yes yes i replace my ip with "IP"

[vitS]

Try to play with these flags:

Starting with simple ping:

And then add flags by one:

ping -q -i0.30 -n -s 50 -c5 127.0.0.1 | grep "packet loss"
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

[mansourh12120]

Thank you very much dear friend, the problem was solved.

[mansourh12120]

hello every body!
i created a file in externalscript and wrote below script in it

#!/bin/bash
packetloss= 'ping -q -i0.30 -n -s 50 -c5 ${1} | grep "packet loss" | cut -d " " -f6 | cut -d "%" -f1
[ -z "$ {packetloss}" ] && packetloss=100
echo "${packetloss}"

now i create an item with key packetloss(script file name) but i get this error" value of type "string" is not suitable for value type(float)".value "connect:invalid argument
thanks

[cyber]

Why would you need a script, if there is a built in functionality?

https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/4.4/manual/config/items/itemtypes/simple_checks