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2 Service actions
Overview
In this section you can view and configure service actions.
Service actions are useful if you want some operations taking place as a result of service status change (OK ⇿ PROBLEM), for example:
- send message
- restart webserver
Service actions are functionally similar to other action types in Zabbix (for example, trigger actions).
Configuration
To create a new service action, go to the Service actions subsection of the Services menu, then click on Create action in the upper right corner.
Service actions are configured in the same way as other types of actions in Zabbix. For more details, see configuring actions.
The key differences are:
- User access to service actions depends on access rights to services granted by user's role.
- Service actions support different set of conditions.
Conditions
The following conditions can be used in service actions:
| Condition type | Supported operators | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Service | equals does not equal |
Specify a service or a service to exclude. equals - event belongs to this service. does not equal - event does not belong to this service. Specifying a parent service implicitly selects all child services. To specify the parent service only, all nested services have to be additionally set with the does not equal operator. |
| Service name | contains does not contain |
Specify a string in the service name or a string to exclude. contains - event is generated by a service, containing this string in the name. does not contain - this string cannot be found in the service name. |
| Service tag name | equals does not equal contains does not contain |
Specify an event tag or an event tag to exclude. Service event tags can be defined in the service configuration section Tags. equals - event has this tag does not equal - event does not have this tag contains - event has a tag containing this string does not contain - event does not have a tag containing this string. |
| Service tag value | equals does not equal contains does not contain |
Specify an event tag and value combination or a tag and value combination to exclude. Service event tags can be defined in the service configuration section Tags. equals - event has this tag and value does not equal - event does not have this tag and value contains - event has a tag and value containing these strings does not contain - event does not have a tag and value containing these strings. |
Make sure to define message templates for Service actions in the Administration->Media types menu. Otherwise, the notifications will not be sent.