Re: [Zabbix-users] Aggregated tests (somehow)

[Guus S. <gsn...@gm...>]

Op 21 sep. 2017 16:26 schreef "Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk" <ro...@ka...>:


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Op 21 sep. 2017 08:27 schreef "Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk" <ro...@ka...>:

Hi all

[System status scoreboard]


Kudos for the detailed explanation. I think it's doable.

So I guess what I'm looking for, is just something like "please give me a
list of hosts in hostgroups x,y with severity > n" and then feed that to a
service (formerly IT service).[...]

That's is *exactly* what the triggers in Zabbix are all about. The syntax
can be a bit tricky sometimes, possibly I haven't spend enough time with
those, though.

In our case, we use those triggers for quick status views. Details can be
looked up from our workstations (saved my butt a couple of times already).

We use the webpages for the monitoring, but I guess you could create a
status screen in Zabbix with just the data you are looking for. [...]


Well, the thing aobut the pi was really just some extra information as of
how I want to do this. It's not really relevant to the question, which was
how I can extract info about (host and its services) and see if it's a
warning or not. The dashboard does this, but I don't know if the
accumulation is within the dashboard or in the core.


I  haven't yet tried to read to read the code, but I think the triggers are
calculated by the database.

In theory it should be possible to query the DB directly for them. Could be
tricky to resolve all the correct host/group names, though. That's
partially why I suggested the HTML scraping. That way, most of the hard
work is done by Zabbix itself :). Might even work between updates of the
Zabbix version...

As for the graphical verification, I guess a 50" monitor beside the
"DEFCON" scale will do the job rather wall.


:) We use a TV that's slightly smaller, but other then that, it's the same
setup. I did find that a slide show (status screen, map, some graphs), is a
bit easier on the eyes. But that may be personal.
And, okay, I've had a burned-in screen before (crt). Even when turned off,
the ghost of the logo was still there.

What do you think?


If you can spend some time on it: do it. Personally I find myself often
tweaking the screens a little; adding some info, deleting some others.
Great fun, actually!

Oh, I also found I preferred the dark theme on the TV; makes the lighter
colours better visible.


Mvg, Guus Snijders