[debhelper-devel] Bug#652742: debhelper: Add dh_installzabbix script to help deploy Zabbix monitoring probes

[Niels Thykier]

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On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:46:16 +0100 Roland Mas <lolando at debian.org> wrote:
> Package: debhelper
> Version: 8.9.13
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As described in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=652206,
> the Zabbix monitoring agent is now going to read bits of configuration
> from a /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent.confd.d/ directory.  This means that any
> package providing a service that could be monitored can ship
> configuration snippets defining Zabbix probes defining new monitorable
> items, with the commands to gather the matching data.
> 
>   I suggest that the configuration snippets should be handled like
> logcheck rules or logrotate config files, and therefore that there
> should be a dh_installzabbix script; and since it's just a matter of
> shipping files, I cut and pasted from dh_installlogrotate, edited the
> relevant parts, and please find a patch attached.
> 

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion.

I think I would like to see this script maintained outside debhelper for
a while.  If it becomes widely used, we can always merge it into
debhelper later.

This will also allow you to prototype/experimental at a much faster pace
(if needed).

Thanks,
~Niels