Honeycomb: visualize hosts with problems (Zabbix 7.0.8)

[Bertus_Brutalis]

Hello all,

I'd like to add a honeycomb widget to a dashboard, showing all hosts in a host group and then color them by open problems (0 = green, 1 = yellow, >5 - red for instance). I can get the first part going, by just adding one item for an entire host group, but that is only part of the solution. I don't want to check on one item but on the total number of (open) problems for each host. I don't see an item to use for that, and I can't select a suitable widget as input for the honeycomb either.
Seems like something more users would like to visualize in this way, so hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

[Bertus_Brutalis]

Anybody? The goal would be to base a honeycomb widget on the number of active triggers for a host group.

[grego]

I would also like this functionality.

[NiceRath]

Yeah that would be great to get an overview over a large amount of servers.
Maybe also a way to sort them by highest>lowest trigger prio (as the ones without any issues are not that important..)

The only way I could think of achiving something like this currently is to add zabbix-items that query the zabbix-database: (one by host)
* OCBC checks
* Query starting-point (might be outdated)

[lmonasterio]

Hi! I also want the same, so i decide to do this:

Create a template with metrics from API. In this case, for active problems
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "trigger.get",
"params": {
"host": "{HOST.HOST}",
"only_true": true,
"countOutput": true
},
"id": 1
}

Then create a honeycomb widget, but it wil very usefull to have the chance to link to problems page...
Hope it may works for you.
My regards

[bigboypantshelpedthankyou]

Hi all,

I got this working using a Script Item in a template. Here's my solution:

The Problem: The Honeycomb widget needs a numeric item per host to color the cells by severity. There's no built-in item for "highest active problem severity". Also, {HOST.ID} doesn't resolve reliably in HTTP Agent request bodies.

The Solution: Create a template with a Script Item that queries the Zabbix API in two steps: first resolve the host name to a host ID, then fetch the highest problem severity.

Step 1: Create a Template (e.g. "Template Problem Severity Check")

Step 2: Add a Script Item with these settings:

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Type	Script
Key	problem.severity.check
Type of information	Numeric (unsigned)
Update interval	1m

Parameters:

hostname	{HOST.HOST}

Script:

var req = new HttpRequest();
req.addHeader('Content-Type: application/json-rpc');

var url = '{$ZABBIX_API_URL}';
var token = '{$ZABBIX_API_TOKEN}';
var hostname = JSON.parse(value).hostname;

// Step 1: Resolve hostname to hostid (HOST.ID doesn't work in script items) var body1 = JSON.stringify({
              "jsonrpc": "2.0",
               "method": "host.get",
                "params":
                               { "filter": {"host": [hostname]},
                                 "output": ["hostid"] },
                 "auth": token,
                  "id": 1
});

var resp1 = JSON.parse(req.post(url, body1));
if (!resp1.result || resp1.result.length === 0) return 0;
var hostid = resp1.result[0].hostid;

// Step 2: Get highest severity of active problems
var body2 = JSON.stringify({
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "problem.get",
           "params":{
                         "hostids": [hostid],
                          "output": ["severity"],
                          "recent": false,
                           "sortfield": "severity",
                           "sortorder": "DESC",
                           "limit": 1
       },
"auth": token,
"id": 2
});

var resp2 = JSON.parse(req.post(url, body2));
if (!resp2.result || resp2.result.length === 0) return 0;
return parseInt(resp2.result[0].severity);
​

Step 3: Set Template Macros:

• { $ ZABBIX_API_URL} → https://your-zabbix-server/api_jsonrpc.php
• { $ ZABBIX_API_TOKEN} → your API token

Step 4: Link the template to all hosts you want to monitor.

Step 5: Configure the Honeycomb Widget:

• Item pattern: problem.severity.check
• Host groups: select your groups
• Thresholds:
  • 0 = Green (no problems)
  • 1 = Light blue (Information)
  • 2 = Yellow (Warning)
  • 3 = Orange (Average)
  • 4 = Red-Orange (High)
  • 5 = Red (Disaster)
• Disable "Colour interpolation" for clean colors

Important notes:

• {HOST.ID} does not resolve in Script Item bodies in Zabbix 7.0, so we use {HOST.NAME} with host.get as a workaround
• The item must be Numeric (unsigned), not Text — otherwise the Honeycomb thresholds won't work
• Create an API token under Administration → General → API tokens with minimal permissions (read-only host + problem access is sufficient)

Hope this helps everyone looking for this functionality!