6 Media types

Overview

Media types are exported with all related objects and object relations.

Exporting

To export media types, do the following:

• Go to: Administration → Media types

• Mark the checkboxes of the media types to export

• Click on Export below the list

Selected media types are exported to a local XML file with default name zbx_export_mediatypes.xml.

Importing

To import media types, do the following:

• Go to: Administration → Media types

• Click on Import to the right

• Select the import file

• Mark the required options in import rules

• Click on Import

A success or failure message of the import will be displayed in the frontend.

Import rules:

Export format

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<zabbix_export>
    <version>5.0</version>
    <date>2020-01-24T06:44:38Z</date>
    <media_types>
        <media_type>
            <name>Slack chat</name>
            <type>WEBHOOK</type>
            <parameters>
                <parameter>
                    <name>channel</name>
                    <value>{ALERT.SENDTO}</value>
                </parameter>
                <parameter>
                    <name>text</name>
                    <value>{ALERT.MESSAGE}</value>
                </parameter>
                <parameter>
                    <name>username</name>
                    <value>bot</value>
                </parameter>
            </parameters>
            <script>var req = new CurlHttpRequest();&#13;
req.AddHeader('Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded');&#13;
&#13;
Zabbix.Log(127, 'webhook requqest value='+value);&#13;
&#13;
req.Post('https://hooks.slack.com/services/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',&#13;
  'payload='+value&#13;
);&#13;
&#13;
Zabbix.Log(127, 'response code: '+req.Status());&#13;
&#13;
return JSON.stringify({&#13;
  'tags': {&#13;
    'delivered': 'slack'&#13;
  }&#13;
});</script>
            <process_tags>YES</process_tags>
            <show_event_menu>YES</show_event_menu>
            <event_menu_url>https://www.zabbix.com</event_menu_url>
            <event_menu_name>Slack message</event_menu_name>
            <description>Slack chat messages.</description>
        </media_type>
    </media_types>
</zabbix_export>

Element tags

Element tag values are explained in the table below.

Footnotes

1 For string values, only the string will be exported (e.g. “EMAIL”) without the numbering used in this table. The numbers for range values (corresponding to the API values) in this table is used for ordering only.