Macros in remote actions

[jlh]

I would like to run external commands directly on the server that generated an event. For example, I want to make sure apache is running, and restart it when it is stopped. So I define a trigger that will run an external command. However, I think it is easier not to define an action for each server I monitor, but only one that will use the {HOSTNAME} macro to know on which server the action will run.
So it would be nice to be able to put macros in remote commands.

[hegermi]

I second this request

I second this request.

This would really be usefull.

Or is there another way to run a script with a hostname parameter when a trigger goes ON?

Michel

[James Wells]

Greetings,

I would like to run external commands directly on the server that generated an event.

There is a patch for the 1.1.x branch that already provides part of this, though you will have to read the source to fully utilize it. Take a look at PATCH: External scripts. Sarek did a really good job on that patch.

Also, according to the road map there is supposed to be similar functionality in the 1.4 branch.

Or is there another way to run a script when a trigger goes ON?

Certainly. In the Zabbix Configuration, you can create a media type of script, then assign a script to this media type. You then create an alert action that sends notifications to the script. The script needs to be a bit smart, so that it can translate the alerts into actions.

To get a feel for the arguments that Zabbix passes, you can create a script like the following, and run it for a while;

#!/bin/bash
#
#  Simple script to send all Zabbix alerts to Syslog
#
/usr/bin/logger -t Zabbix -i "$@"

This will generate a syslog for each alert, and give you an idea what gets passed.

Hope it helps.

[Alexei]

It is implemented in pre-1.3.4.

[hegermi]

Thanks for the responses,

I will give this logging a try! If I can pass the hostname to a script then I can do what I want.

I hope to have a test server some day to evaluate the beta.


Cheers,

Michel

[hegermi]

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

013769:20070326:132013 Error executing [/home/zabbix/bin//action1] [Exec format error]

Script needs a shebang