En la última Cumbre Zabbix 2019, junto con el lanzamiento de Zabbix 4.4, se anunció el nuevo Zabbix Agent 2, cuya característica clave es la capacidad de escribir complementos para él en el idioma Go. Y muchos inmediatamente comenzaron a preguntar: pero ¿cómo, de hecho, escriben estos complementos, cómo se organizan? ¿Dónde obtener documentación y ejemplos?
En este artículo quiero dar respuestas a estas y algunas otras preguntas. Todo en orden, pero si eres uno de los que inmediatamente irrumpe en la batalla, puedes saltarte la parte introductoria y practicar introdu ◔⎠.
Entonces...

¿Qué tipo de agente nuevo y por qué apareció?
Si trató de escribir complementos para el primer Zabbix Agent, o al menos tuvo la intención de hacerlo, probablemente notó que sus opciones son muy limitadas.
El complemento para el primer agente podría ejecutarse en varios procesos diferentes, sin darle al creador el control suficiente sobre él para implementarlo, por ejemplo, usando conexiones persistentes, manteniendo el estado entre comprobaciones, recibiendo trampas; era difícil o imposible hacer tales cosas.
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- configuratorTask
- starterTask
- collectorTask
- watcherTask
- exporterTask (directExporterTask)
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exporterTask
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directExporterTask
directExporterTask ExporterTask , , ( ), , 1 . . — directExporterTask .
watcherTask
WatcherTask () . Watch Watcher, .
collectorTask
Scheduler Collect Collector Period() .
starterTask
Start Runner, .
stopperTask
Stop Runner, .
configuratorTask
Configure Configurator, , .
5 : Exporter, Watcher, Collector, Runner Configurator.
Exporter Watcher : Exporter pull , Watcher — push.
plugin.Exporter
type Exporter interface {
Export(key string, params []string, context ContextProvider) (result interface{}, err error)
}
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func (b *Base) SetCapacity(capacity int)
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plugin.Watcher
type Watcher interface {
Watch(requests []*Request, context ContextProvider)
}
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plugin.Collector
type Collector interface {
Collect() error
Period() int
}
Collector , . , Exporter’.
use case Collector — , , Zabbix .
Collector’ 2 :
- Collect ;
- Period .
Collector, , .
plugin.Runner
type Runner interface {
Start()
Stop()
}
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plugin.Configurator
type Configurator interface {
Configure(globalOptions *GlobalOptions, privateOptions interface{})
Validate(privateOptions interface{}) error
}
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Hello, world!
— Go, , . :
package packageName
import "zabbix.com/pkg/plugin"
type Plugin struct {
plugin.Base
}
var impl Plugin
func (p *Plugin) Export(key string, params []string, ctx plugin.ContextProvider) (res interface{}, err error) {
return
}
func init() {
plugin.RegisterMetrics(&impl, "PluginName", "key", "Description.")
}
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Zabbix.
$ git clone https://git.zabbix.com/scm/zbx/zabbix.git --depth 1 zabbix-agent2
$ cd zabbix-agent2
$ git checkout -b feature/myplugin release/4.4
src/go/plugins/weather weather.go , .
, "zabbix.com/pkg/plugin".
package weather
import "zabbix.com/pkg/plugin"
, Base plugin. .
type Plugin struct {
plugin.Base
}
var impl Plugin
. , , :
- GET API (, wttr.in)
- .
Exporter.
func (p *Plugin) Export(key string, params []string, ctx plugin.ContextProvider) (result interface{}, err error) {
if len(params) != 1 {
return nil, errors.New("Wrong parameters.")
}
res, err := p.httpClient.Get(fmt.Sprintf("https://wttr.in/~%s?format=%%t", params[0]))
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
temp, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
_ = res.Body.Close()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return string(temp)[0 : len(temp)-4], nil
}
— , .
plugin.RegisterMetrics.
func RegisterMetrics(impl Accessor, name string, params ...string)
init ( ).
func init() {
plugin.RegisterMetrics(&impl, "Weather", "weather.temp", "Returns Celsius temperature.")
}
, .
package plugins
import (
_ "zabbix.com/plugins/kernel"
_ "zabbix.com/plugins/log"
_ "zabbix.com/plugins/weather"
)
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: , src/go/plugins/plugins_<platform>.go.
Go, .
Go 1.13.
, --enable-agent2 make.
$ cd <zabbix-source>
$ ./bootstrap.sh; ./configure --enable-agent2 --enable-static; make
, . “moscow” .
$ <zabbix-source>/src/go/bin/zabbix_agent2 -t weather.temp[moscow]
+1
. , go run, .
$ go run <zabbix-source>/src/go/cmd/zabbix_agent2/zabbix_agent2.go
, zabbix.com/pkg/log: Tracef, Debugf, Warningf, Infof, Errf, Critf. Plugin, log. , [<PluginName>] .
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type PluginOptions struct {
Timeout int `conf:"optional,range=1:30"`
}
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Plugin , — http.Client, .
type Plugin struct {
plugin.Base
options PluginOptions
httpClient http.Client
}
Configurator. , 2 : Configure Validate.
func (p *Plugin) Configure(global *plugin.GlobalOptions, privateOptions interface{}) {
if err := conf.Unmarshal(privateOptions, &p.options); err != nil {
p.Errf("cannot unmarshal configuration options: %s", err)
}
if p.options.Timeout == 0 {
p.options.Timeout = global.Timeout
}
p.httpClient = http.Client{Timeout: time.Duration(p.options.Timeout) * time.Second}
}
func (p *Plugin) Validate(privateOptions interface{}) error {
return nil
}
conf.Unmarshal .
http.Get p.httpClient.Get.
res, err := p.httpClient.Get(fmt.Sprintf("https://wttr.in/~%s?format=%%t", params[0]))
if err != nil {
if err.(*url.Error).Timeout() {
return nil, errors.New("Request timeout.")
}
return nil, err
}
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Plugins.Weather.Timeout=1
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func (p *Plugin) Validate(privateOptions interface{}) error {
var opts PluginOptions
return conf.Unmarshal(privateOptions, &opts)
}
, , : "cannot create scheduling manager: invalid plugin Weather configuration: Cannot assign configuration: invalid parameter Plugins.Weather.Timeout at line 411: value out of range".
" ". runtime Validate Configure, . , - Configure — , . , Start Stop ( Runner).
: https://github.com/VadimIpatov/zabbix-weather-plugin.
Exporter . . , Collector Runner.
! - . , HTTP .
. "net/http/httptrace" ( Go 1.7).
type timeSample struct {
DnsLookup float64 `json:"dnsLookup"`
Connect float64 `json:"connect"`
TlsHandshake float64 `json:"tlsHandshake"`
FirstResponseByte float64 `json:"firstResponseByte"`
Rtt float64 `json:"rtt"`
}
func (p *Plugin) measureTime(url string) (timeSample, error) {
var (
sample timeSample
start, connect, dns, tlsHandshake time.Time
)
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
trace := &httptrace.ClientTrace{
DNSStart: func(_ httptrace.DNSStartInfo) {
dns = time.Now()
},
DNSDone: func(_ httptrace.DNSDoneInfo) {
sample.DnsLookup = float64(time.Since(dns) / time.Millisecond)
},
ConnectStart: func(_, _ string) {
connect = time.Now()
},
ConnectDone: func(net, addr string, err error) {
if err != nil {
p.Errf("unable to connect to host %s: %s", addr, err.Error())
}
sample.Connect = float64(time.Since(connect) / time.Millisecond)
},
GotFirstResponseByte: func() {
sample.FirstResponseByte = float64(time.Since(start) / time.Millisecond)
},
TLSHandshakeStart: func() {
tlsHandshake = time.Now()
},
TLSHandshakeDone: func(_ tls.ConnectionState, _ error) {
sample.TlsHandshake = float64(time.Since(tlsHandshake) / time.Millisecond)
},
}
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(req.Context(), time.Duration(p.options.Timeout)*time.Second)
defer cancel()
req = req.WithContext(httptrace.WithClientTrace(ctx, trace))
start = time.Now()
if _, err := http.DefaultTransport.RoundTrip(req); err != nil {
return timeSample{}, err
}
sample.Rtt = float64(time.Since(start) / time.Millisecond)
return sample, nil
}
- . (Ring Buffer). , — github.com/VadimIpatov/gcircularqueue. , . Open Source Go — github.com/montanaflynn/stats. .
type Plugin struct {
plugin.Base
urls map[string]*urlUnit
sync.Mutex
options Options
}
type urlUnit struct {
url string
history *gcircularqueue.CircularQueue
accessed time.Time
modified time.Time
}
Start Stop Runner.
func (p *Plugin) Start() {
p.urls = make(map[string]*urlUnit)
}
func (p *Plugin) Stop() {
p.urls = nil
}
Collector.
func (p *Plugin) Collect() (err error) {
now := time.Now()
p.Lock()
for key, url := range p.urls {
if now.Sub(url.accessed) > maxInactivityPeriod {
p.Debugf("removed expired url %s", url.url)
delete(p.urls, key)
continue
}
res, err := p.measureTime(url.url)
if err != nil {
p.Errf(err.Error())
continue
}
url.history.Push(res)
if url.history.IsFull() {
_ = url.history.Shift()
}
url.modified = now
}
p.Unlock()
return
}
func (p *Plugin) Period() int {
return p.options.Interval
}
URL ( ), p.measureTime(url.url) . , url.modified.
URL , .
, Collector . Exporter.
func (p *Plugin) Export(key string, params []string, ctx plugin.ContextProvider) (result interface{}, err error) {
if len(params) != 1 {
return nil, errors.New("Wrong parameters.")
}
url, err := parseURL(params[0])
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
switch key {
case keyHttpTraceStats:
if _, ok := p.urls[url]; !ok {
p.urls[url] = &urlUnit{
url: url,
history: gcircularqueue.NewCircularQueue(maxHistory),
}
}
p.Lock()
defer p.Unlock()
p.urls[url].accessed = time.Now()
if p.urls[url].history.Len() < minStatRange {
return
}
data := prepareData(p.urls[url].history.Elements())
jsonRes, err := json.Marshal(stat{
P99: timeSample{
DnsLookup: percentile(data[metricDnsLookup], p99),
Connect: percentile(data[metricConnect], p99),
TlsHandshake: percentile(data[metricTlsHandshake], p99),
FirstResponseByte: percentile(data[metricFirstResponseByte], p99),
Rtt: percentile(data[metricRtt], p99),
},
})
if err != nil {
p.Errf(err.Error())
return nil, errors.New("Cannot marshal JSON.")
}
value := string(jsonRes)
return plugin.Result{
Value: &value,
Ts: p.urls[url].modified,
}, nil
default:
return nil, plugin.UnsupportedMetricError
}
}
, Collect Export, .. .
( ):
$ zabbix_get -s zabbix.local -k "httptrace.stats[yoursite.com]"
{
"median": {
"dnsLookup": 13,
"connect": 28,
"tlsHandshake": 56,
"firstResponseByte": 126.5,
"rtt": 126.5
},
"p75": {
"dnsLookup": 20,
"connect": 31,
"tlsHandshake": 60,
"firstResponseByte": 138.5,
"rtt": 138.5
},
"p95": {
"dnsLookup": 22.5,
"connect": 35,
"tlsHandshake": 78.5,
"firstResponseByte": 159.5,
"rtt": 159.5
},
"p99": {
"dnsLookup": 50,
"connect": 51.5,
"tlsHandshake": 125.5,
"firstResponseByte": 266.5,
"rtt": 266.5
}
}
: https://github.com/VadimIpatov/zabbix-httptrace-plugin.
runtime metrics, . .
:
$ zabbix_agent2 -R metrics
...
[Weather]
active: true
capacity: 0/100
tasks: 0
weather.temp: Returns Celsius temperature.
...
— HTTP. StatusPort=, http://<ZabbixAgentHost>:<Port>/status.

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Templates guidelines — .
An official guide to making and managing great templates — Zabbix Summit .
Magic of the new zabbix agent — Zabbix Agent 2.
Zabbix Agent 2.
Zabbix Agent 2 ( : git.zabbix.com). , .
Weather.
HttpTrace.
Writing watcher Zabbix Agent2 MQTT plugin in Go — Watcher .
Go, " Go" , , A Tour of Go ʕ☉Ѡ☉ʔ
Zabbix Agent 2 — Zabbix . Go, , , C Loadable modules.
Stay tuned!
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