Templates and CLI commands

[bcnx]

Hi all,

something I've been wondering about for some time: there are templates that use certain CLI commands (like nvme-cli or arcconf) but I never seem to find references to those CLI commands in templates. What am I missing there?

Cheers,

BC

[Markku]

That's because the CLI command is not configured in the template but in the Zabbix agent configuration. I always document such configurations in the Description field in the template. For example I have this in one of my templates (in the Description):

Required user parameter:
UserParameter=mysql.partitioning,echo "select count(*) from information_schema.partitions where table_schema='zabbix' and partition_name='$(date -d "+1 day" +p%Y_%m_%d)';" | HOME=/var/lib/zabbix mysql --connect-timeout 1 -N 2>/dev/null || echo 0

This UserParameter configuration means that the item key (that is used in the template) is mysql.partitioning, and the rest of the line is the CLI commands that are run on that host whenever this item is requested.

Markku

[bcnx]

Hi Markku,

makes perfect sense, thanks!
Not every description clearly holds this information, good thing you add it purposely!

cheers,

BC