6.4

Zabbix Template: timedatectl

Keeps track of the time and date subsystem by running timedatectl status.

Needs the following configuration:

AllowKey=system.run[/usr/bin/timedatectl show]

See here for more information about timedatectl.

This template is part of RaBe's Zabbix template and helpers collection.

Items

Item: timedatectl: NTP service status

NTP service status

rabe.timedatectl.status.ntp_service

Settings:

Item Setting	Value
Type	DEPENDENT
History	7d
Source item	system.run[/usr/bin/timedatectl show]

Preprocessing steps:

Type	Parameters
REGEX	["NTP=(.*)", "\\1"]
JAVASCRIPT	["return {\"yes\": 1, \"no\": 0}[value]"]
DISCARD_UNCHANGED_HEARTBEAT	["5m"]

Item: timedatectl: RTC in local TZ

Is the RTC in local TZ?

rabe.timedatectl.status.rtc_in_local_tz

Settings:

Item Setting	Value
Type	DEPENDENT
History	7d
Source item	system.run[/usr/bin/timedatectl show]

Preprocessing steps:

Type	Parameters
REGEX	["LocalRTC=(.*)", "\\1"]
JAVASCRIPT	["return {\"yes\": 1, \"no\": 0}[value]"]
DISCARD_UNCHANGED_HEARTBEAT	["5m"]

Item: timedatectl: System clock synchronized

Is the system clock synchronized?

rabe.timedatectl.status.system_clock_synchronized

Settings:

Item Setting	Value
Type	DEPENDENT
History	7d
Source item	system.run[/usr/bin/timedatectl show]

Preprocessing steps:

Type	Parameters
REGEX	["NTPSynchronized=(.*)", "\\1"]
JAVASCRIPT	["return {\"yes\": 1, \"no\": 0}[value]"]
DISCARD_UNCHANGED_HEARTBEAT	["5m"]

Item: timedatectl: Time zone

Time zone

rabe.timedatectl.status.time_zone

Settings:

Item Setting	Value
Type	DEPENDENT
Value type	TEXT
History	7d
Source item	system.run[/usr/bin/timedatectl show]

Preprocessing steps:

Type	Parameters
REGEX	["Timezone=(.*)", "\\1"]
DISCARD_UNCHANGED_HEARTBEAT	["1d"]

Item: timedatectl: Get status

Get output from timedatectl status.

system.run[/usr/bin/timedatectl show]

Settings:

Item Setting	Value
Type	ZABBIX_ACTIVE
Value type	TEXT

Triggers

Trigger: timedatectl: NTP not active

The NTP service is not active, check timedatectl status for more info. Settings:

Trigger Setting	Values
Priority	WARNING

last(/timedatectl/rabe.timedatectl.status.ntp_service)<>1

Trigger: timedatectl: RTC not in local TZ

The RTC not in local TZ, check timedatectl status for more info. Settings:

Trigger Setting	Values
Priority	INFO

last(/timedatectl/rabe.timedatectl.status.rtc_in_local_tz)<>0

Trigger: timedatectl: NTP not synchronized

NTP is not in sync, check timedatectl status for more info. Settings:

Trigger Setting	Values
Priority	INFO

last(/timedatectl/rabe.timedatectl.status.system_clock_synchronized)<>1

Trigger: timedatectl: NTP not synchronized for more than {$TIMEDATECTL_MAX_NO_SYNC_TIME}

NTP is not in sync, check timedatectl status for more info. Settings:

Trigger Setting	Values
Priority	WARNING

last(/timedatectl/rabe.timedatectl.status.system_clock_synchronized,{$TIMEDATECTL_MAX_NO_SYNC_TIME})<1

Macros

The following Zabbix macros are configured via this template.

Macro: {$TIMEDATECTL_MAX_NO_SYNC_TIME}

How long can time be out if sync before we care?

Default:

60m

License

This template is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2017 - 2024 Radio Bern RaBe