One of the many other things Zabbix can do is monitor log files. In this recipe, we will show you how to test your log files with Zabbix for certain patterns.
For this recipe, we need a Zabbix server without agent installed on the server and configured. We also need Zabbix super administrator access.
Let's say we want to monitor the /var/log/messages file on our OS.
First thing we need to do is make sure Zabbix has access to the file:
# ll /var/log/messages -rw-------. 1 root root 324715 Jan 20 18:54 /var/log/messages
As we can see, only the user
roothas read and write access to this file.Our next step is to add Zabbix to a new group example,
adm; then later we can give this group access to our log file:# usermod -a -G adm zabbixNext step is to make the file readable for the group:
# chmod g+r /var/log/messagesNow we only have to add the file messages to the group
adm:# chgrp adm /var/log/messagesNow when we check, our permissions should...