5 Network maps

Overview

Network map export contains:

• all related images
• map structure - all map settings, all contained elements with their settings, map links and map link status indicators

Any host groups, hosts, triggers, other maps or other elements that may be related to the exported map are not exported. Thus, if at least one of the elements the map refers to is missing, importing it will fail.

Network map export/import is supported since Zabbix 1.8.2.

Exporting

To export network maps, do the following:

• Go to: Monitoring → Maps
• Mark the checkboxes of the network maps to export
• Click on Export below the list

Depending on the selected format, maps are exported to a local file with a default name:

• zabbix_export_maps.yaml - in YAML export (default option for export)
• zabbix_export_maps.xml - in XML export
• zabbix_export_maps.json - in JSON export

Importing

To import network maps, do the following:

• Go to: Monitoring → Maps
• Click on Import to the right
• Select the import file
• Mark the required options in import rules
• Click on Import

Import rules:

If you uncheck both map options and check the respective options for images, images only will be imported. Image importing is only available to Super Admin users.

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

If replacing an existing image, it will affect all maps that are using this image.

Export format

Export to YAML:

zabbix_export:
         version: '6.2'
         date: '2021-08-31T12:55:10Z'
         images:
           -
             name: Zabbix_server_3D_(128)
             imagetype: '1'
             encodedImage: iVBOR...5CYII=
         maps:
           -
             name: 'Local network'
             width: '680'
             height: '200'
             label_type: '0'
             label_location: '0'
             highlight: '1'
             expandproblem: '1'
             markelements: '1'
             show_unack: '0'
             severity_min: '0'
             show_suppressed: '0'
             grid_size: '50'
             grid_show: '1'
             grid_align: '1'
             label_format: '0'
             label_type_host: '2'
             label_type_hostgroup: '2'
             label_type_trigger: '2'
             label_type_map: '2'
             label_type_image: '2'
             label_string_host: ''
             label_string_hostgroup: ''
             label_string_trigger: ''
             label_string_map: ''
             label_string_image: ''
             expand_macros: '1'
             background: {  }
             iconmap: {  }
             urls: {  }
             selements:
               -
                 elementtype: '0'
                 elements:
                   -
                     host: 'Zabbix server'
                 label: |
                   {HOST.NAME}
                   {HOST.CONN}
                 label_location: '0'
                 x: '111'
                 'y': '61'
                 elementsubtype: '0'
                 areatype: '0'
                 width: '200'
                 height: '200'
                 viewtype: '0'
                 use_iconmap: '0'
                 selementid: '1'
                 icon_off:
                   name: Zabbix_server_3D_(128)
                 icon_on: {  }
                 icon_disabled: {  }
                 icon_maintenance: {  }
                 urls: {  }
                 evaltype: '0'
             shapes:
               -
                 type: '0'
                 x: '0'
                 'y': '0'
                 width: '680'
                 height: '15'
                 text: '{MAP.NAME}'
                 font: '9'
                 font_size: '11'
                 font_color: '000000'
                 text_halign: '0'
                 text_valign: '0'
                 border_type: '0'
                 border_width: '0'
                 border_color: '000000'
                 background_color: ''
                 zindex: '0'
             lines: {  }
             links: {  }

Element tags

Element tag values are explained in the table below.