Zabbix 2.4.3 : Difference between system.run[command] and UserParameter

[Kpon]

Hello everybody

I have a question about the difference between the agent keys system.run[command] and define a key inside the agent with an UserParameter:

I want to run a linux command on a host and create a trigger on the standard output of this command, and I can use system.run or an User Parameter.

What is the best way to run my command ? Are they making a difference ?

Thanks for you answer.

[Sebneu]

Hi Kpon

thank you for your question, which brought me on the right track! I was googling the internet & searching the forum to find an easy way to deploy UserParameter to all clients. I could not find any hint. Reinstalling the agent with a customized conf - seemed quite complicated. And I did not want to use the file c:\zabbix\zabbix_agentd.userparams.conf (I cannot believe that this is the default value for the include).

You gave me the idea to use the system.run[] command and it works like a charm - no deployment required. Perfect!

I tried to collect specific information about each client which I did with the help of an one line powershell script. So far I cannot find any difference (at least for a windows machine), accept it is much easier to implement.

May be the agent conf file should include a comment, that the system.run command could be an alternative to the UserParameter!

Regards
SebNeu