Linux Zabbix mail Alert settings configuration steps

Description

Zabbix monitoring Server, the client has been deployed to complete, the monitoring host has been added, Zabiix monitoring operation is normal.

To achieve the purpose:

Set up mail alerts on the Zabbix server and automatically send alert messages to designated mailboxes when the monitored host is down or when the trigger defaults are reached.

Specific actions:

The following operations are performed on the Zabbix monitoring server

Note: Zabbix monitoring service side

Operating system: CentOS

Host Name: zabbix.osyunwei.com

There are two types of email alerts:

1, Zabbix server is simply sent to the alarm mail to the designated mailbox, send the alarm mail account is the Zabbix service side of the local mailbox account (for example: root@localhost.localdomain), can only send, can not receive external mail.

2, the use of a normal Internet mail to send and receive e-mail accounts (such as: xxx@163.com), through the Zabbix server set up to enable it to send alarm messages to the designated mailbox.

First: Send mail using Zabbix service-side Local mailbox account

First, install SendMail or postfix

Yum Install SendMail #安装

Service SendMail Start #启动

Chkconfig SendMail on #设置开机启动

Yum install Postfix

Service Postfix start

Chkconfig Postfix on

CentOS 5.x is installed by default SendMail

CentOS 6.x is installed by default Postfix

SendMail and postfix only need to install one and open the service.

Second, the installation of mail delivery tool MAILX

Yum Install Mailx #安装

CentOS 5.x Compiler installation MAILX, direct yum installed MAILX version is too old to use external mail to send a problem.

Yum Remove Mailx #卸载系统自带的旧版mailx

Download MAILX:

http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/heirloom/heirloom-mailx/12.4/mailx-12.4.tar.bz2

Tar jxvf mailx-12.4.tar.bz2 #解压

CD mailx-12.4 #进入目录

Make #编译

Make install Ucbinstall=/usr/bin/install #安装

Ln-s/usr/local/bin/mailx/bin/mail #创建 mailx to mail soft connections

Ln-s/etc/nail.rc/etc/mail.rc #创建mailx配置文件软连接

Whereis Mailx #查看安装路径

Mailx-v #查看版本信息

echo "Zabbix test Mail" |mail-s "Zabbix" xxx@163.com

#测试发送邮件, title Zabbix, mail content: Zabbix test mail, sent to the mailbox: xxx@163.com

Third, configure Zabbix service-side mail alarm

1, open Zabbix

System Yun-wei warm reminder: qihang01 original Content © Copyright, reproduced please indicate the source and the original chain

Management-Warning Media type-email

Name: Email

Type: E-mail

SMTP server: zabbix.sa.huanqiu.com

SMTP HELO:zabbix.sa.huanqiu.com

SMTP Email: zabbix@zabbix.sa.huanqiu.com

Already used: tick

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Note: zabbix.sa.huanqiu.com is the Zabbix Monitor end host name, recommended to modify, otherwise use the default localhost.localdomain send mail will be used as spam interception.

2, set Zabbix user alarm email address

Configuration-User-admin (Zabbix Administrator)

Switch to the warning medium

Add to

System Yun-wei warm reminder: qihang01 original Content © Copyright, reproduced please indicate the source and the original chain

Type: Email

Recipient: xxx@163.com

Other defaults can also be set as needed

Status: Enabled

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3, set Zabbix trigger the alarm action

Configuration-action-Create action

Name: Action-email

Default recipient: Fault {TRIGGER. STATUS}, server: {HOSTNAME1} occurred: {Trigger.name} failure!

Default information:

Alarm host: {HOSTNAME1}

Alarm time: {EVENT. DATE} {EVENT. TIME}

Alarm level: {TRIGGER. SEVERITY}

Warning message: {trigger.name}

Alarm item: {TRIGGER. KEY1}

Question details: {Item.name}:{item. VALUE}

Current state: {TRIGGER. Status}:{item. VALUE1}

Event Id:{event.id}

Recovery information: Tick

Recovery theme: Restore {TRIGGER. STATUS}, server: {HOSTNAME1}: {trigger.name} has been restored!

Recovery information:

Alarm host: {HOSTNAME1}

Alarm time: {EVENT. DATE} {EVENT. TIME}

Alarm level: {TRIGGER. SEVERITY}

Warning message: {trigger.name}

Alarm item: {TRIGGER. KEY1}

Question details: {Item.name}:{item. VALUE}

Current state: {TRIGGER. Status}:{item. VALUE1}

Event Id:{event.id}

Enabled: Hook

Switch to Action options

of the new

Operation type: send out information

Send to User: add

Default information: Tick

User: Checked admin

Choose

Send only to: Email

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Four, test Zabbix alarm

Turn off the Zabbix client service

Service Zabbix_agentd Stop

Check the xxx@163.com mailbox and receive an alert message

Open Zabbix Client Service again

Service Zabbix_agentd Start

To view the xxx@163.com mailbox, you will receive a recovery message

Use the Zabbix service-side local mailbox account to send the message setup complete.

The second type: Use the external email account to send the alarm message settings

One, close sendmail or postfix

Service SendMail Stop #关闭

Chkconfig SendMail off #禁止开机启动

Service Postfix Stop

chkconfig postfix off

Note:

When using an external email account, you do not need to start SendMail or postfix

If an alert message is sent using an external mailbox while sendmail or Postfix is started, the external mailbox is first read

Configuration information.

Second, the installation of mail delivery tool MAILX

Yum Install Mailx #安装

CentOS 5.x Compiler installation MAILX, direct yum installed MAILX version is too old to use external mail to send a problem.

Yum Remove Mailx #卸载系统自带的旧版mailx

Download MAILX:

http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/project/heirloom/heirloom-mailx/12.4/mailx-12.4.tar.bz2

Tar jxvf mailx-12.4.tar.bz2 #解压

CD mailx-12.4 #进入目录

Make #编译

Make install Ucbinstall=/usr/bin/install #安装

Ln-s/usr/local/bin/mailx/bin/mail #创建mailx到mail的软连接

Ln-s/etc/nail.rc/etc/mail.rc #创建mailx配置文件软连接

Whereis Mailx #查看安装路径

Mailx-v #查看版本信息

Third, configure Zabbix service-side external mailboxes

Vi/etc/mail.rc #编辑, add the following information

Set from=xxx@163.com smtp=smtp.163.com

Set smtp-auth-user=xxx@163.com smtp-auth-password=123456

Set Smtp-auth=login

: wq! #保存退出

echo "Zabbix test Mail" |mail-s "Zabbix" yyy@163.com

#测试发送邮件, title Zabbix, mail content: Zabbix test mail, sent to the mailbox: yyy@163.com

#这时候, the mailbox yyy@163.com will receive a test message from xxx@163.com

Iv. Configure Zabbix service-side mail alerts

1, open Zabbix

Management-Warning Media type-Create media type

Name: Sendmail

Type: Script

Script Name: sendmail.sh

Enabled: Tick

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2, set Zabbix user alarm email address

Configuration-User-admin (Zabbix Administrator)

Switch to warning media-add

Type: Sendmail

Recipient: xxx@163.com

Other defaults can also be

To set on demand

Status: Enabled

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3, set Zabbix trigger the alarm action

Configuration-action-Create action

Name: Action-email

Default recipient: Fault {TRIGGER. STATUS}, server: {HOSTNAME1} occurred: {Trigger.name} failure!

Default information:

Alarm host: {HOSTNAME1}

Alarm time: {EVENT. DATE} {EVENT. TIME}

Alarm level: {TRIGGER. SEVERITY}

Warning message: {trigger.name}

Alarm item: {TRIGGER. KEY1}

Question details: {Item.name}:{item. VALUE}

Current state: {TRIGGER. Status}:{item. VALUE1}

Event Id:{event.id}

Recovery information: Tick

Recovery theme: Restore {TRIGGER. STATUS}, server: {HOSTNAME1}: {trigger.name} has been restored!

Recovery information:

Alarm host: {HOSTNAME1}

Alarm time: {EVENT. DATE} {EVENT. TIME}

Alarm level: {TRIGGER. SEVERITY}

Warning message: {trigger.name}

Alarm item: {TRIGGER. KEY1}

Question details: {Item.name}:{item. VALUE}

Current state: {TRIGGER. Status}:{item. VALUE1}

Event Id:{event.id}

Enabled: Hook

Switch to Action options

of the new

Operation type: send out information

Send to User: add

Default information: Tick

Select User: Admin

Choose

Send only to: Sendmail

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4, add Zabbix service-side mail Send script

Cd/usr/local/zabbix/share/zabbix/alertscripts #进入脚本存放目录

VI sendmail.sh #编辑, add the following code

#!/bin/sh

echo "$" | Mail-s "$" $

: wq! #保存退出

Chown zabbix.zabbix/usr/local/zabbix/share/zabbix/alertscripts/sendmail.sh

#设置脚本所有者为zabbix用户

chmod +x/usr/local/zabbix/share/zabbix/alertscripts/sendmail.sh

#设置脚本执行权限

Five, Test Zabbix alarm

Turn off the Zabbix client service

Service Zabbix_agentd Stop

Check the xxx@163.com mailbox and receive an alert message

Open Zabbix Client Service again

Service Zabbix_agentd Start

To view the xxx@163.com mailbox, you will receive a recovery message

Use the external email account to send the alert message setup complete.

At this point, the Zabbix message alert settings are complete.