Process count with cmdline

[UDMISHRA]

Hi,

I am trying to configure zabbix to count the number of a process.


admin@ip-10-22-215-171:~$ ps -ef | grep feapp
admin 12892 12774 0 22:09 pts/0 00:00:00 grep feapp
admin 23701 13236 8 Mar21 ? 02:49:26 /home/admin/.virtualenvs/express/bin/python /home/admin/express/manage.py celery worker -n feapp --loglevel=info --without-mingle --without-gossip -Q feapp --autoscale 4,1 -P eventlet -Ofair
admin 23702 13236 9 Mar21 ? 02:50:45 /home/admin/.virtualenvs/express/bin/python /home/admin/express/manage.py celery worker -n feapp --loglevel=info --without-mingle --without-gossip -Q feapp --autoscale 4,1 -P eventlet -Ofair

cmdline of the process

admin@ip-10-0-15-72:~$ cat /proc/23702/cmdline
/home/admin/.virtualenvs/express/bin/python/home/admin/express/manage.pyceleryworker-nfeapp--loglevel=info--without-mingle--without-gossip-Qfeapp--autoscale4,1-Peventlet-Ofair

Status file for the process

admin@ip-10-0-15-72:~$ cat /proc/23702/status
Name: python
State: S (sleeping)
Tgid: 23702
Ngid: 0
Pid: 23702



Count should come 2 but it is coming 0. Please help me.

I am able to count other processes like sshd and VBoxService but when I try this always get 0 value.

[arikin]

You probably already have a solution. But I will put this here for others.

Using the proc.num zabbix command will work.

1. Start to create your Item.
2. For type select: Zabbix agent
3. For Key field click the [Select] button.
4. Scroll down to: proc.num[<name>,<user>,<state>,<cmdline>]
Note: You may also be interested in the proc.mem and proc.info ones for another Item as well.
5. Put in the name of the process: proc.num[manage.py]
Note: try to specific as possible.
6. Finish the Item.

Notes:
If for some reason it picks up other similarly named processes see how they show up in the ps command.
Or create a custom command for the zabbix agent like this one:
# sudo ps ax | grep 'manage.py celery worker' | grep -v 'grep' | wc -l | awk '{print $1}'

That would go into this configure file:
/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.d/zabbix_agentd_userparameter.conf

Pay attention to the $ symbol for variables.