Zabbix 4 Network Monitoring - Third Edition

Monitoring rotated files

Monitoring a single file wasn't terribly hard, but there's a lot of software that uses multiple log files. For example, the Apache HTTP server is often configured to log to a new file every day, with the date included in the filename. Zabbix supports monitoring such a log rotation scheme with a separate item key, logrt. To try it out, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Configuration | Hosts, click on Items next to A test host, then click on Create item. Fill in the following:

• • Name: Rotated logfiles
  • Type: Zabbix agent (active)
  • Key: logrt["/tmp/zabbix_logmon/access_[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}.log"]
  • Type of information: Log
  • Update interval: 2s

2. When done, click on the Add button at the bottom.

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