External Checks

[welkin]

I built a script which quieres a dns server for a certain Domain.
I made a new Item with the type "External Check" with the key "dns.sh[]". The script is owned by the user Zabbix and is located in the "externalscripts" directory of Zabbix.
So the Zabbix server should execute this script with just one parameter, which is the host IP where i added this Item to, right? Well it seems like Zabbix is trying to execute this Script on the remote host :

3194:20071024:104951 Parameter [dns.sh[]] is not supported by agent on host ["somenameserver"] Old status [0]

can anyone tell me why zabbix is doing that? Shouldn't it try to execute the script on the Server???

mfg
welkin

[fableman]

same problem here.

[welkin]

Is there just one other user who's expiring problems with external checks?

mfg
welkin

[fableman]

more have it iam sure. (maybee not soo many needs it)

here is another topic..

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6984

I have tons of special stuff i need monitoring using scripts on the zabbix server towards other IP connected hosts that cant run agents.

[Alexei]

Well, we created a script with exactly the same name and the script worked perfectly with the latest pre 1.4.3 code. It seems that there is nothing to fix.

For you information, the script looks like:

#!/bin/sh

echo `date +%s`

[fableman]

Well, we created a script with exactly the same name and the script worked perfectly with the latest pre 1.4.3 code. It seems that there is nothing to fix.

For you information, the script looks like:

#!/bin/sh

echo `date +%s`

Still don't work for me!


Zabbix version= zabbix-1.4-3.fc6


text Script: (simple one cant fail!)

#!/bin/sh

echo 1





ls -al /etc/zabbix/externalscripts

drwxrwxrwx 2 root zabbix 4096 Nov 26 11:10 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 26 10:31 ..
-rwxrwxrwx 1 zabbix zabbix 19 Nov 26 11:09 externaltest





vim /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf

# Location of external scripts
ExternalScripts=/etc/zabbix/externalscripts/





Item view:
testexternal externaltest[] 10 90 365 External check Not supported External check [externaltest[]] is not supported



log file:

7119:20071126:110402 Parameter [externaltest[]] is not supported by agent on host [TEST HOST] Old status [0]


Why dose it say External scripts not supported ?!?!!


My rpm version of zabbix thats wrong ?? where to get the lastest ?!?!

[fableman]

ok the error is : Zabbix version = zabbix-1.4-3.fc6


after I rpm -U zabbix-1.4.2-3.el5.i386.rpm

its working..

Soo version zabbix-1.4-3.fc6 is broken!