UserParameter ++ custom script not working

[clubbing80s]

Hi
I'm trying to get some values from a log file, for that, I use a perl script I wrote, that you pass 2 valuse to and it returns one , a number ..
eg /usr/bin/vpninfo.pl example.com time. this will then return the uptime on of the service on the host ...

so i added
UserParameter=vpn,/usr/bin/vpninfo.pl $1 $2
to the zabbix_agentd.conf

and configured an item with the following
Type = simple check
key = vpn[example.com,time]
Units = s
Update = 5
Status = active

but it returns no data ...
so i used zabbix_get and get the following ..

zabbix_get -s 192.168.1.196 -k vpn[tsc-odi,time]
zabbix_get [14402]: Timeout while executing operation.

the value "[14402]" is correct..

so where is the data going missing ..
btw using ZABBIX Agent (daemon) v1.3.6 (2 May 2007)
many thanks
greg

[clubbing80s]

I have also tried
UserParameter=vpn[*],/usr/bin/vpninfo.pl $1 $2

and setting type to agent and agent(active)...


where have i missed to boat :-(

[Alexei]

Type must be set to ZABBIX Agent and ZABBIX Agent (active). Make sure that your script is fast enough, ZABBIX won't wait longer than 3 seconds by default.

[ptader]

Anyway to change this? Seems kind of short. Feature request?