How to debug simple checks?

[vitalyk]

Is there a way to run/debug simple check? I.e. "zabbix_get" for simple checks?

Thanks,
Vitaly

[sca_ebe]

Hello,

The way I debug item is with zabbix_get.

Example, on the host you want to check (assuming zabbix agent is listenning on *:10050)

Check if service http is up :

zabbix_get -s 127.0.0.1 -k net.tcp.service[http]

Check if service http is up on port 8080 :

zabbix_get -s 127.0.0.1 -k net.tcp.service[http,,8080]

Documentation of simple checks : https://www.zabbix.com/documentation.../simple_checks

Happy debugging!

[vitalyk]

sca_ebe, thank you!
But I want to monitor/debug remotely - the host is an appliance, I don't have Zabbix agent on it.

[sca_ebe]

You're welcome.

Edit :

I've missread your answer. you don't need zabbix agent on the appliance

But i don't know if you can do this with zabbix_get. Sorry

Edit 2 :

From the man page, you can't use zabbix_get without a zabbix-agent on the remote host :

zabbix_get is a command line utility for getting data from Zabbix agent.

And The documentation says :

Simple checks are normally used for remote agent-less checks of services.

Note that Zabbix agent is not needed for simple checks. Zabbix server/proxy is responsible for the processing of simple checks (making external connections, etc).

But Simple checks are not really complicated to test

icmpping : use ping command
net.tcp.service : use telnet command
net.udp.service : use netcat / nc command

[vitalyk]

>But Simple checks are not really complicated to test
it's the issue - I want to check DNS service. Service is OK, but simple check returns no data.