We will start by examining the existing scripts. Navigate to Administration | Scripts:
The same three scripts we saw in the menu can be seen here. Let's see what they do:
- Detect operating system: This script calls nmap and relies on sudo
- Ping: Uses the ping utility, and pings the host three times
- Traceroute: Calls the traceroute utility against the host
These three scripts are all executed on the Zabbix server, so they should work for any host, a server with a Zabbix agent, a switch, a storage device, and so on.
We will discuss other options in a moment, but for now, let's see whether all of these scripts work. ...
