Overview

This is a simple custom alert script for Zabbix which allows sending alerts via the vonage SMS gateway (formerly known as "nexmo").

Requirements

Any shell POSIX compatible shell (no need for bash).

This script has been used successfully with:

• Zabbix 3
• Zabbix 4
• Zabbix 5
• Zabbix 6

on Ubuntu, CentOS and FreeBSD based Zabbix servers.

Installation

Place a copy of the ./send_sms_vonage.sh script under <zabbix_installation>/alertscripts/. For example, under FreeBSD, this would be /usr/local/etc/zabbix6/zabbix/alertscripts/send_sms_vonage.sh when using the zabbix6-server port.

Make sure that the script is executable by the user that runs the zabbix server. This is usually the zabbix user.

Next, open the script and modify the API_KEY and API_SECRET variables according to your vonage account information.

At this point it makes sense to check whether the zabbix user can run the script successfully:

sudo -u zabbix <zabbix_installation>/alertscripts/send_sms_vonage.sh <your_phone_number> "Test" "This is a test message!"

Usage

The script accepts (and expects!) three arguments:

• $1: The recipient phone number
• $2: A short description/title
• $3: The detailed message

Configuration

After installation and successful verification that the user running the zabbix server can run the script the zabbix server must be configured to use this script. Follow these steps:

1. Log into your Zabbix front-end
2. Navigate to Administration -> Media types
3. Create a new media type

• Specify a suitable name such as SMS - Vonage.com
• Set Type to Script
• Set Script name to send_sms_vonage.sh
• Add three parameters:
  • {ALERT.SENDTO}
  • {ALERT.SUBJECT}
  • {ALERT.MESSAGE}
• Click Add to register the new media type

4. Test the new media type:

• Go back to Administration -> Media types
• Click Test in the SMS - Vonage.com row (or whatever name you assigned)
• Enter your (or just "a") phone number in the Send to field
• Hit "Test"
• You should receive an SMS sent by the Zabbix server

5. Assign the media type to the user(s) that want to receive SMS notifications

Troubleshooting

Common problems:

• Check whether script is executable by the user running the zabbix server (the zabbix user by default).
• Ensure that the value of the BIN_CURL variable of the shell script contains an absolute path as the PATH environment variable won't be populated (by default).