ZABBIX Items - 5 Best Practices

[@shalandichannel]

Thanks a lot for the tips. I am struggling to find the difference between text and log value type in the documentation. Could you maybe briefly explain when to use which one of the two? Example, which one would be better to save a stream of one line json strings? I would go for log but i have no idea why xD

[@shalandichannel]

And maybe also on the topic "throttling": when using trappers, is it possible to discard incoming values if the TIMESTAMP is the same, instead of looking at the value? I am asking this because sometimes the same type might receive the same message from different sources with same timestamp, and i would like to know if it is possible to deduplicate based on time. Thanks

[@premalatham721]

Hi sir .... Is it advisable to use `system.run` across different areas and create templates? For instance, I've devised a template for SSH monitoring. To retrieve the size of the SSH log file, I employ `system.run['stat -c %s /var/log/secure 2>/dev/null || echo "NIL"']`, and for obtaining the SSH version, I utilize `system.run['ssh -V 2>&1 | cut -d_ -f2 | cut -dp -f1 - || echo "NIL"']`. Could you please provide feedback on whether this approach is sound?

[@Study_for_life]

Hello, I have an question: is there an possibility how you can use tables in an item. That would be very useful for values like LLDP because getting a lot items like port number is worthless when I don’t know the remote switch name of the port. So I need for example by LLDP an table displaying remote ports and the remote switch system name. I know that the LLDP table is not accessible, so probably I need to make an snmp walk on the port and the remote System Name but if I could combine both in one table and in one item which automatically does this two snmp walks that would be amazing​. It is also useful for routing tables and a lot other snmp values too. So I would be very happy for an solution.

[@zabbixtraining]

No, 1 item is 1 value. Sounds like LLD would be more suitable

[@ШахзодЭшкувватов-в1в]

Hi Can you give an example of creating an item for monitoring oracle database status? What should I write for key field and what should I do after etc...

[@zabbixtraining]

I'm sure you will find out of the box template for oracle in Zabbix

[@bosromy2835]

Hello Dmitry, may i ask about the KEY paramater, how to define it? lets say we are using SNMP agent

[@zabbixtraining]

fot snmp agent key is just a placeholder. make sure that it matches syntax and that it is unique

[@warmybo]

nice, simple n useful))

[@Techscrews]

Nice video, nice mic 🙂