pingdom-zabbix.py
Maintainer: Mark Mercado mamercad@umflint.edu
Overview
This script brings Pingdom checks into Zabbix. It uses Pingdom's API to fetch
the checks and statuses (currently, 'status' and 'lastresponsetime'), and then
produces zabbix_sender commands to load the data into Zabbix. Currently, we
just cron the script based on the granularity we're interested in.
Pingdom
For its API, Pingdom uses a combination of HTTP authentication (your Pingdom
credentials) and an HTTP header (App-Key). By way of the Pingdom interface,
you can create your application key.
Zabbix
For Zabbix, we need a host and a template. We've created a host named 'Pingdom'
and a template named 'Template Pingdom'. The Pingdom template uses Zabbix
low-level discovery to create the items dynamically (key1 in the configuration
file). Based on the discovered items (i.e., your Pingdom checks), it'll create
two items (based on key2 and key3), Pingdom status and lastresponsetime.
The script turns Pingdom's status from 'up' to 1 and 'down' to 0 (could do it
with Zabbix value maps, but I didn't feel like it at the time).
Usage
Rename pingdom-zabbix.ini.sample to pingdom-zabbix.ini and update
accordingly.
Python modules
import json
import re
import requests
import subprocess
import ConfigParser