Integration Astra with Zabbix

Zabbix is an open-source platform for monitoring network services, servers, and applications. It can be integrated with Astra to monitor Streams and DVB Adapters.

Zabbix Server installation

Zabbix can be installed both on a dedicated server and on an Astra server

1. Go to https://zabbix.com
2. Select Zabbix version
3. Select your OS
4. Follow the installation instructions

You can find detailed information on Zabbix Manuals

Zabbix Agent installation

Install Zabbix Agent on the server with Astra.

1. Go to https://www.zabbix.com/download_agents
2. Select your OS
3. Follow the installation instructions

You can find detailed information on Zabbix Agent Manuals

Zabbix Agent configuration

First of all Zabbix Agent should be configured to allow incoming connections from the Zabbix Server. Open the Agent configuration file located in /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf with your favorite editor.

1. Find the Server= option and set the IP address or hostname of the server with Zabbix Server;
2. Find the UnsafeUserParameters= option or append new and set value to 1.

Save file.

Zabbix Agent receives all information from Astra with scripts writed on Python. Make sure that on your server installed Python3:

sudo apt install python3 python3-pip

for RPM-based system use yum instead of apt. Next install necessary library for Python:

pip3 install requests

Download scripts for Zabbix Agent:

curl https://cdn.cesbo.com/astra/zabbix/agent.tar.gz | tar -zxC /opt

Scripts will be saved to the /opt/zabbix_agent directory. Download service configuration file for Zabbix Agent:

curl -o /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.d/astra.conf https://cdn.cesbo.com/astra/zabbix/astra.conf

And finally restart Zabbix Agent:

systemctl restart zabbix-agent

Zabbix configuration

Install Zabbix Template for Astra

Download the Template to your computer and import this file to Zabbix:

In Zabbix Web Interface open Configuration -> Templates, then click the Import button in the upper right corner. Click Browse and select the downloaded template file, then click Import button. After successful import, you will see a green message Imported successfully

Configure Template

In Zabbix Web Interface open Configuration -> Templates, then select Astra API monitoring and open the Macros tab. Fill next values:

• First line, set administrator password to Astra Web Interface
• Second line, set administrator username to Astra Web Interface
• The last line, the port of the Astra web interface. If you have multiple processes, specify all ports separated by commas. For example: 8000,8001,8002

Click Update button to apply changes

Connect Zabbix to Astra

In Zabbix Web Interface open Configuration -> Hosts, then click Create host in the top right corner. Fill following fields:

• Hostname - any name of the server where Astra is installed, for example: Astra
• Groups - select Cesbo_templates or create a new group
• Interfaces - click add, select Agent and specify the IP address or hostname of the server with Zabbix Agent

Open the Templates tab and in the field Link new templates append Astra API monitoring. Also if you want to control the general state of the system, append also Linux by Zabbix agent.

Save changes. After about 10 minutes, you will see graphs and triggers about the status of channels and adapters

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