4 Trigger severity

Trigger severity defines how important a trigger is. Zabbix supports the following trigger severities:

SEVERITYDEFINITIONCOLOR
Not classifiedUnknown severity.Gray
InformationFor information purposes.Light blue
WarningBe warned.Yellow
AverageAverage problem.Orange
HighSomething important has happened.Light red
DisasterDisaster. Financial losses, etc.Red

The severities are used for:

  • visual representation of triggers. Different colors for different severities.

  • audio in global alarms. Different audio for different severities.

  • user media. Different media (notification channel) for different severities. For example, SMS - high severity, email - other.

  • limiting actions by conditions against trigger severities

It is possible to customize trigger severity names and colors.