How to monitor Zimbra services

Monitoring and checking Zimbra mail services is important for system administrators. If the system fails, administrators need to be among the first to know it is no longer working. This article presents a way to help administrators learn about the system’s status promptly. Configuring Zimbra service monitoring through Zabbix

1. Create zimbra_status.sh in /opt with the following contents.

   
   #!/bin/bash
   
   INIT_ZIMBRA_PATH=/etc/init.d/zimbra
   TMP_STATUS=/tmp/tmp_zimbra_status
   RESULT_STATUS=/tmp/tmp_zimbra_result
   HOSTNAME=$1
   
   /etc/init.d/zimbra status > $TMP_STATUS
   
   if [ -e $RESULT_STATUS ]; then
      `rm -f $RESULT_STATUS`
   fi
   
   cat $TMP_STATUS | while read LINE
   do
           if [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i antispam | grep -i Running)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.antispam 1" > $RESULT_STATUS
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i antispam)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.antispam 0" > $RESULT_STATUS
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i antivirus | grep -i Running)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.antivirus 1" >> $RESULT_STATUS
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i antivirus)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.antivirus 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i ldap | grep -i Running)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.ldap 1"  >> $RESULT_STATUS
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i ldap)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.ldap 0"  >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i logger | grep -i Running)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.logger 1" >> $RESULT_STATUS
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i logger)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.logger 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i mailbox | grep -i Running)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.mailbox 1" >> $RESULT_STATUS
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i mailbox)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.mailbox 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i mta | grep -i Running)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.mta 1" >> $RESULT_STATUS
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i mta)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.mta 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i snmp | grep -i Running)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.snmp 1" >> $RESULT_STATUS
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i snmp)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.snmp 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i spell | grep -i Running)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.spell 1" >> $RESULT_STATUS
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i spell)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.spell 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i stats | grep -i Running)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.stats 1" >> $RESULT_STATUS
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i stats)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.stats 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i zmconfigd | grep -i Running)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.zmconfigd 1" >> $RESULT_STATUS
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i zmconfigd)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.zmconfigd 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i zmfreshclamctl |grep not)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.zmfreshclamctl 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   #        elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i zmfreshclamctl)" ]; then
   #          echo "- zimbra.zmfreshclamctl 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
           elif [ "$(echo $LINE | grep -i zmapachectl |grep not)" ]; then
             echo "- zimbra.zmapachectl 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   
           fi
   done
   
   if [ ! $ZMFreshClam ]; then
           echo "- zimbra.zmfreshclamctl 1" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   else
           echo "- zimbra.zmfreshclamctl 0" >> $RESULT_STATUS
   fi
   
   if [ -e $RESULT_STATUS ]; then
      `zabbix_sender -i $RESULT_STATUS -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf > /tmp/zabbix-sender_result`
      `rm -f $RESULT_STATUS`
   fi

2. Create a cron job to check the service status every 5 minutes.

   */5 * * * * /opt/zimbra_status.sh &>/dev/null

3. Download the Template file below and import it into ZABBIX. Zimbra-Service_xml