Monitoring Apache httpd with python script and Zabbix Sender

[masteinhauser]

I just cross-posted this to IRC, but thought this might be easier to get a response and document for others who have the same problem later on.
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After setting Zabbix up and configuring everything for ~200 hosts with 10k+ items, I've run into an issue when trying to monitor Apache2. I am using the script and method 1 (located here) which works great for retrieving items, but not at all for sending them back to the Zabbix trapper.

I have:
- imported the provided template
- updated the template to use Zabbix trapper
- updated the item keys to use a {IPADDRESS} macro because they are IP specific for our system
- updated the python script to follow what the man pages say for zabbix_sender.

I have also confirmed the allowed_hosts is empty but I have tried it with the IPs inserted into it without success.

I am (now) running 1.9.6 and I started with 1.9.5. The issue I am receiving is this:

zabbix_sender [13444]: DEBUG: answer [{
	"response":"success",
	"info":"Processed 0 Failed 20 Total 20 Seconds spent 0.000315"}]
info from server: "Processed 0 Failed 20 Total 20 Seconds spent 0.000315"
sent: 20; skipped: 0; total: 20

Does anyone have an idea of what might be happening?

[jnowl]

apache monitoring

I am having the same issue. Any update?

[Axilla]

Can you post the script that sending the data back to zabbix using Zabbix Sender and a sample host name? I suspect it may be mishandeling spaces in your hostnames or something.