#Ruby Zabbix Api Module

Simple and lightweight ruby module for work with zabbix api

#####Now worked with zabbix

• 1.8.2 (api version 1.2)
• 1.8.9 (api version 1.3)

Installation

gem install zabbixapi

Get Start

Connect

require "zabbixapi"

zbx = ZabbixApi.connect(
  :url => 'http://localhost/zabbix/api_jsonrpc.php',
  :user => 'Admin',
  :password => 'zabbix'
)

Create Hostgroup

zbx.hostgroups.create(:name => "hostgroup")

Create Template

zbx.templates.create(
  :host => "template",
  :groups => [:groupid => zbx.hostgroups.get_id(:name => "hostgroup")]
)

Create Application

zbx.applications.create(
  :name => application,
  :hostid => zbx.templates.get_id(:host => "template")
)

Create Item

zbx.items.create(
  :description => "item",
  :key_ => "proc.num[aaa]",
  :hostid => zbx.templates.get_id(:host => "template"),
  :applications => [zbx.applications.get_id(:name => "application")]
)
# or use (lib merge json):
zbx.items.create_or_update(
  :description => "item",
  :key_ => "proc.num[aaa]",
  :type => 6,
  :hostid => zbx.templates.get_id(:host => "template"),
  :applications => [zbx.applications.get_id(:name => "application")]
)

Update Item

zbx.items.update(
  :itemid => zbx.items.get_id(:description => "item"),
  :status => 0
)
#You can check item:
puts zbx.items.get_full_data(:description => "item")

Create host

zbx.hosts.add(
  :host => "hostname",
  :usedns => 1,
  :groups => [ :groupid => zbx.hostgroups.get_id(:name => "hostgroup") ]
)
#or use:
zbx.hosts.create_or_update(
  :host => host,
  :usedns => 0,
  :ip => "10.20.48.89",
  :groups => [:groupid => zbx.hostgroups.get_id(:name => hostgroup)]
)

Update host

zbx.hosts.update(
  :hostid => zbx.hosts.get_id(:host => "hostname"),
  :status => 0
)
#You can check host:
puts zbx.hosts.get_full_data(:host => "hostname")

Delete host

zbx.hosts.delete zbx.hosts.get_id(:host => "hostname")

Create graph

gitems = {
  :itemid => zbx.items.get_id(:description => "item"), 
  :calc_fnc => "2",
  :type => "0",
  :periods_cnt => "5"
}

zbx.graphs.create(
  :gitems => [gitems],
  :show_triggers => "0",
  :name => "graph",
  :width => "900",
  :height => "200"
)

Update graph

zbx.graphs.update(
  :graphid => zbx.graphs.get_id( :name => "graph"), 
  :ymax_type => 1
)
#Also you can use:
gitems = {
  :itemid => zbx.items.get_id(:description => item), 
  :calc_fnc => "3",
  :type => "0",
  :periods_cnt => "5"
}
zbx.graphs.create_or_update(
  :gitems => [gitems],
  :show_triggers => "1",
  :name => graph,
  :width => "900",
  :height => "200"
)

Delete graph

zbx.graphs.delete(zbx.graphs.get_id(:name => "graph"))

Get all templates linked with host

zbx.templates.get_ids_by_host( :hostids => [zbx.hosts.get_id(:host => "hostname")] )
#returned hash:
#{
#  "Templatename" => "10",
#  "Templatename" => "1021"
#}

Mass (Un)Link host with templates

zbx.templates.mass_add(
  :hosts_id => [zbx.hosts.get_id(:host => "hostname")],
  :templates_id => [111, 214]
)
zbx.templates.mass_remove(
  :hosts_id => [zbx.hosts.get_id(:host => "hostname")],
  :templates_id => [111, 214]
)

Create trigger

zbx.triggers.create(
  :description => "trigger",
  :expression => "{template:proc.num[aaa].last(0)}<1",
  :comments => "Bla-bla is faulty (disaster)",
  :priority => 5,
  :status     => 0,
  :templateid => 0,
  :type => 0
 )

Create user

zbx.users.create(
  :alias => "Test user",
  :name => "username",
  :surname => "usersername",
  :passwd => "password"
)

Update user

zbx.users.update(:userid => zbx.users.get_id(:name => "user"), :name => "user2")

Delete graph

zbx.graphs.delete(zbx.graphs.get_id(:name => "graph"))

Custom queries

zbx.query(
  :method => "apiinfo.version", 
  :params => {}
)

Dependencies

• net/http
• net/https
• json

Contributing

• Fork the project.
• Make your feature addition or bug fix, write tests.
• Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version.
• Make a pull request.

Zabbix documentation

• Zabbix Project Homepage
• Zabbix Api docs