How can I monitor Zabbix server running status by using web scenario?

[ABC Loud]

Dear All,

Hello.
I plan to monitor Zabbix server by using web scenario.

Currently, I've already configure Zabbix server monitoring by using zabbix agent.
However, it became clear that the current setting is not enough to check Zabbix server availbility.
At the beginning of this month,
Zabbix server stopped working, but any monitoring items and triggers did not catch it.
On the dashboard, Zabbix server running status turned from "Yes" to "No".

So It appeared to me that web monitoring (web scenario) could be catch this status change.

I tried to use web scenario to check the string "Zabbix server is running : Yes" on Dashboard,
as it is needed to check if Zabbix server is actually working.

Even though the required string was set as "Zabbix server is running Yes" or "Zabbix server is running" and "Yes",
the scenario failed and returned 'required pattern "Zabbix server is running Yes"/ "Zabbix server is running"/"Yes" was not found on http://(IP address)/zabbix/'.

The version of Zabbix server is 4.0.8 on SuseLinux15.

If you have any suggestion to use web scenario (or even any other items or functions) to monitor zabbix server running status,
please give me advice.



Thank you and kind regards.

[cyber]

If the server is dead, what would run that web scenario?...

[cyber]

Isn't it like trying to check your own pulse, when you are already dead?...

[cyber]

When your zabbix has DB issues, it will not run anything and will not detect anything, it will be dead... it will not alert you, because it is dead.. Maybe proxy will check it for you, but you won't get any notification as server is dead, proxy has no place to send the data and nothing will alert you...
its the "who watches the watchers ? " thing...
You can have a small separate zabbix instance monitoring your main one (and vice versa) and make them notify you if other is dead...