Run a program based on trigger?

[bbrendon]

Is there a way to run a ps aux or top -n1 if the load is high on a system with an active agent?

I know I can capture the results of the above commands every 5 minutes or so, but that would be tons of useless data.

I realize this is kind of a trick question, (don't answer remote command action) and probably not possible, but would be very useful!

[noxis]

Is there a way to run a ps aux or top -n1 if the load is high on a system with an active agent?

I know I can capture the results of the above commands every 5 minutes or so, but that would be tons of useless data.

I realize this is kind of a trick question, (don't answer remote command action) and probably not possible, but would be very useful!

I am sure I read somewhere you could do this, something along the lines of restarting apache if its triggered as down etc....

Edit: Yes! Set it up as an "action". You use the Remote Command feature (which means it has to be enabled on the server).

[bbrendon]

Edit: Yes! Set it up as an "action". You use the Remote Command feature (which means it has to be enabled on the server).

Like I said, its partially a trick question and thats what I said not to answer. I actually haven't tried in 1.4.2, but I expect it won't work.

Hmm, as a side note, maybe we should have monthly Zabbix puzzlers. That would be fun. Somewhere in this thread you'll hear why it doesn't work.

[bbrendon]

Anyway, I haven't thought of a way to do this. The reason this doesn't work for active agents is because the server has to be able to open a connection to the agent. If an active agent is behind firewalls, this isn't possible.