{"id":26475,"date":"2023-07-03T14:16:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T12:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/?p=26475"},"modified":"2024-09-11T10:18:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T08:18:31","slug":"monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring Scripts with Zabbix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a similar manner as in this Prometheus blog<\/a>, you might want to monitor scripts which are short living or do not fit the pull-model (Server pulling from agent). Thus, it can use the push model (Agent pushing to server).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zabbix Sender Installation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To achieve that, we will use zabbix_sender<\/code> utility. If you already enabled Zabbix software repository, installation can be achieved with following command:<\/p>\n\n\n

\nyum install zabbix-sender -y\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
Zabbix Trapper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Before being able to send data to Zabbix server, we must declare an item to store that data. It will be of type Zabbix trapper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As usual, on the host or, even better, in a template, create a new item. Type will be Zabbix trapper, name and key are free to set as you want:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Push Data to Item<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now, we can push data into that item. Let’s imagine my backup script gather following information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • end time<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • records backuped<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • status of backup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
    In a JSON format like that:<\/p>\n\n\n
    \n{\n   "endtime": "1688381695",\n   "records": "12345",\n   "status": "OK"\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
    zabbix_sender command requires following parameters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • z<\/strong>: server hostname or IP<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • s<\/strong>: host to which item belongs to<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • k<\/strong>: item key<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • o<\/strong>: item value<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      Full command will look like that:<\/p>\n\n\n
      \nzabbix_sender -z 192.168.33.122 -s srv-linux-wls-ols-1 -k backup.script.stats -o '{"endtime": "1688381695","records": "12345","status": "OK"}'\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
      And expected output:<\/p>\n\n\n
      \nResponse from "192.168.33.122:10051": "processed: 1; failed: 0; total: 1; seconds spent: 0.000614"\nsent: 1; skipped: 0; total: 1\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n
      And if we check in front-end, latest data section, we can see data are there:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
      Problem here is that we cannot plot or trigger anything easily, so the best is to define a dependent item that will extract values from this JSON.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      New item will be of type Dependent item<\/em> with its own name and key and which will use Backup Script<\/em> item as Master item:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
      Of course, we are not done yet: We must add a pre-processing step which will extract backup status from JSON string:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
      Finally, to test whether works, we must send another JSON string to Zabbix server as there is no back-filling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
      Next Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      Defining a trigger on Backup Status<\/em> would be the next step. For example, raising an alert if status is different from OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      By the way, zabbix_sender<\/code> could be integrated into your script at the very end of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      In a similar manner as in this Prometheus blog, you might want to monitor scripts which are short living or do not fit the pull-model (Server pulling from agent). Thus, it can use the push model (Agent pushing to server). Zabbix Sender Installation To achieve that, we will use zabbix_sender utility. If you already enabled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[143,2430],"type_dbi":[],"class_list":["post-26475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-application-integration-middleware","tag-monitoring","tag-zabbix"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMonitoring Scripts with Zabbix - dbi Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How would you setup Zabbix to monitor scripts results?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monitoring Scripts with Zabbix\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How would you setup Zabbix to monitor scripts results?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"dbi Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-03T12:16:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-11T08:18:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Middleware Team\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Middleware Team\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Middleware Team\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8d8563acfc6e604cce6507f45bac0ea1\"},\"headline\":\"Monitoring Scripts with Zabbix\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-03T12:16:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-11T08:18:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/\"},\"wordCount\":337,\"commentCount\":2,\"keywords\":[\"Monitoring\",\"Zabbix\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Application integration & Middleware\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/\",\"name\":\"Monitoring Scripts with Zabbix - dbi Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-03T12:16:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-11T08:18:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8d8563acfc6e604cce6507f45bac0ea1\"},\"description\":\"How would you setup Zabbix to monitor scripts results?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Monitoring Scripts with Zabbix\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"dbi Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8d8563acfc6e604cce6507f45bac0ea1\",\"name\":\"Middleware Team\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddcae7ba0f9d1a0e7ae707f0e689e4a9c95bb48ec49c8e6d9cc86d43f4121cb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddcae7ba0f9d1a0e7ae707f0e689e4a9c95bb48ec49c8e6d9cc86d43f4121cb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddcae7ba0f9d1a0e7ae707f0e689e4a9c95bb48ec49c8e6d9cc86d43f4121cb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Middleware Team\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/author\/middleware-team\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Monitoring Scripts with Zabbix - dbi Blog","description":"How would you setup Zabbix to monitor scripts results?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Monitoring Scripts with Zabbix","og_description":"How would you setup Zabbix to monitor scripts results?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/","og_site_name":"dbi Blog","article_published_time":"2023-07-03T12:16:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-11T08:18:31+00:00","author":"Middleware Team","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Middleware Team","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/"},"author":{"name":"Middleware Team","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8d8563acfc6e604cce6507f45bac0ea1"},"headline":"Monitoring Scripts with Zabbix","datePublished":"2023-07-03T12:16:54+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-11T08:18:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/"},"wordCount":337,"commentCount":2,"keywords":["Monitoring","Zabbix"],"articleSection":["Application integration & Middleware"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/","url":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/","name":"Monitoring Scripts with Zabbix - dbi Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-07-03T12:16:54+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-11T08:18:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8d8563acfc6e604cce6507f45bac0ea1"},"description":"How would you setup Zabbix to monitor scripts results?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/monitoring-scripts-with-zabbix\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Monitoring Scripts with Zabbix"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/","name":"dbi Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8d8563acfc6e604cce6507f45bac0ea1","name":"Middleware Team","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddcae7ba0f9d1a0e7ae707f0e689e4a9c95bb48ec49c8e6d9cc86d43f4121cb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddcae7ba0f9d1a0e7ae707f0e689e4a9c95bb48ec49c8e6d9cc86d43f4121cb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ddcae7ba0f9d1a0e7ae707f0e689e4a9c95bb48ec49c8e6d9cc86d43f4121cb6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Middleware Team"},"url":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/author\/middleware-team\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26475"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26489,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26475\/revisions\/26489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26475"},{"taxonomy":"type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbi-services.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_dbi?post=26475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}