Zabbix Script for Monitoring XenServer

Monitoring Citrix XENSERVER Host and VMs based on Python XENApi. Orginal library taken from: https://share.zabbix.com/cat-app/cluster/monitoring-citrix-xenserver-host-and-vms-based-on-pyton-xenapi

Installation notes

1. XenAPi attached to repo, was taken from: https://github.com/xapi-project/xen-api/tree/master/scripts/examples/python.

2. Copy file XENApi.py to directory /usr/local/lib/python3.9 (or similar existing) to the zabbix host or the zabbix proxy host.

If you want to change, please change line sys.path.append('/usr/local/lib/python3.9') to sys.path.append('') on line 98 also!

3. Copy citrix.xenserver.py from this repository to you externel script path and set userrights (chmod 755).

Default is /usr/lib/zabbix/externalscripts to the zabbix host or the zabbix proxy host.

4. Remember that script will be run as zabbix user not the root.

5. Import the templates zbx_export_templates.xml --> contains both templates for VM and Host

Please note, the the name in zabbix and the name in xen have to be the same!

6. Set macros (Global on on all host you use this templates)

{$XENMASTER} --> Masterserver of XENCLUSTER

{$XENUSERNAME} --> Username for connect to XENCLUSTER

{$XENPASSWORD} --> Password for connect to XENCLUSTER

7. Troubleshooting: Run the script as zabbix user from your zabbix or zabbix proxy host.

Example:

/usr/lib/zabbix/externalscripts/citrix.xenserver.py -m "<xenmaster>" -u "<xen/xcp root>" -p "<password>" -t "host" -H "<hostname>" -c "value" -f "memory_free_kib"

Check if you see data gathered from xenmaster in /tmp/xenapi.... log files.

There should be 3 per hostname.