How to make net.tcp.port check host IP not 127.0.0.1 (without explicit IP as a param)

[urtho]

Hi,

I have a large number of machines with the same app listening on host's IP only (not on 127.0.0.1!). Can I use templates to monitor this tcp service by local agents or do I really have to manually enter IP address as a first parameter for _each_ monitored host ?

Urtho,

[Tristan]

i have the same problem.

anyone?

[alixen]

Hi,

I have a large number of machines with the same app listening on host's IP only (not on 127.0.0.1!). Can I use templates to monitor this tcp service by local agents or do I really have to manually enter IP address as a first parameter for _each_ monitored host ?

According to Zabbix documentation (http://www.zabbix.com/documentation/.../config/macros), it is possible to use {IPADDRESS} macro in item key's parameter.

So you can define your item key as:

net.tcp.port[{IPADDRESS}]

in your template.

Regards,
Alixen

[pdwalker]

What if you have more than one network interface in the machine, and you want to target a particular ipaddress?

Right now, the {IPADDRESS} macro returns 127.0.0.1 which isn't helping me.

[alixen]

Hi,

What if you have more than one network interface in the machine, and you want to target a particular ipaddress?

Right now, the {IPADDRESS} macro returns 127.0.0.1 which isn't helping me.

You can define a macro in your template and redefine it for each host:

In template:
{$MY_IP} : 127.0.0.1
Item key : net.tcp.port[{$MY_IP}]

In host:
{$MY_IP} : 192.168.1.1

It doesn't solve the problem of multiple IPs per host but you can define an IP to check for a specific service.

Regards,
Alixen