Configuration

Owned by Martin Jerga (Unlicensed)
Last updated: Nov 04, 2024 by Bohdan Špes
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Prior to configuring the extension in the Dynatrace UI, please

  1. Create a Zabbix user which will be used by the extension


Extension endpoint configuration provides these options:

  • License - Valid license required (mandatory to fill)

  • HTTP Proxy - Only necessary if ActiveGate cannot connect to the Zabbix server URL directly. Proxy to use for the connection from ActiveGate to the Zabbix server (Optional)

    • Proxy user name - User name to connect to the proxy server (Optional)

    • Proxy password - Password to connect to the proxy server (Optional)

  • Zabbix URL - Zabbix Server web URL (mandatory to fill)

  • Zabbix Username - User name to connect to Zabbix API (mandatory to fill)

  • Zabbix Password- Password to connect to Zabbix API (mandatory to fill)

  • Zabbix host groups to include - At least one Zabbix HostGroup should be defined for synchronization (mandatory to fill)

Advanced configuration

  • Zabbix timeout - Timeout in seconds for Zabbix API response

  • Verify Zabbix server certificate - Enables/disabled certificate validation for Zabbix connectivity

  • SSL Trust store - SSL CA certificate in PEM format for Zabbix web server

  • Refresh Zabbix hosts list - Interval in minutes between refresh of Zabbix hosts data from the Zabbix server

  • Refresh Zabbix Host entities in Dynatrace - Interval in minutes between refresh of Zabbix Host entities in Dynatrace. If a value is more than 5 minutes, you will see that the entity is Inactive for ... Consumes DDUs so the default interval is set to 110 minutes and it shows all synchronized entities with a time frame window of 2 hours. Consumes: (0.001 x number of Zabbix hosts x number of links to Zabbix host groups per host) per Refresh Zabbix Host entities in Dynatrace

  • Refresh Zabbix triggers - Interval in minutes between refresh of Zabbix trigger data

  • Interfaces key - Zabbix item key in inventory with all interfaces for host

  • Synchronize Zabbix problems - Enable/Disable Zabbix problems synchronization

  • Problems title prefix - Set problems title prefix

  • Problems not older than - Synchronize problems from Zabbix not older than (days), 0 = No limit

  • Dynatrace problem resend time - Interval in minutes for resending events to Dynatrace to keep the problem open in Dynatrace. The specified time should be less than 15 minutes. Each problem event sent consumes 0.001DDU/Dynatrace problem resend time minutes.

  • Zabbix severity Disaster - Zabbix severity to Dynatrace severity mapping

  • Zabbix severity High - Zabbix severity to Dynatrace severity mapping

  • Zabbix severity Average - Zabbix severity to Dynatrace severity mapping

  • Zabbix severity Warning - Zabbix severity to Dynatrace severity mapping

  • Zabbix severity Information - Zabbix severity to Dynatrace severity mapping

  • Zabbix severity not classified - Zabbix severity to Dynatrace severity mapping

  • Allow Davis merge - Allow Davis AI to merge events into existing problems (true) or force the creation of a new problem (false). Works only if ‘Use Events API’ is enabled.

  • Problem metric - Set it to true to push data to the problem metric (count of problems for each created custom device). If a problem doesn’t exist on the host, metric data are not sent. Consumes 0.001DDU/minute.

  • Zabbix severity tag key - Tag key in Zabbix problem which overrides default severity mapping. Allowed values for the tag are Availability, Error, Slowdown, Resource, Suppress

  • Zabbix tag for Dynatrace entities - Zabbix tag name for lookup of Dynatrace entities where will be event sent. The tag value must contain a valid entity selector. For example, type("APPLICATION"),entityName("zabbix-dev"). If the tag is set for Zabbix Host and on the trigger, the tag from the trigger is only used as a target for the event. A detailed explanation.

  • Zabbix host inventory - Zabbix inventory fields which should be synchronized from the Zabbix inventory to the Dynatrace Zabbix Host entity properties.

  • Debug - Set to on to enable DEBUG logging on each extension query run