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### Why? ### Why?
Originally I configured Zabbix to read the sensor directly, through commands in the userparameter_dht.conf. Though this worked most of the time it had some drawbacks.<br> Originally I configured Zabbix to read the sensor directly, through commands in the userparameter_dht.conf. Though this worked most of the time it had some drawbacks.<br>
First, the timeout for agent checks needed to be raised to 5-6 seconds to work reliably. Supposedly this is not a problem but still... did not feel right. Second and more importantly, sometimes the results were stuck in the qeueue for a long time. When it happened, most of the time it resolved itself after some hours, sometimes a restart of the proxy was necessary. <br> First, the timeout for agent checks needed to be raised to 5-6 seconds to work reliably. Supposedly this is not a problem but still... did not feel right. Second and more importantly, sometimes the results were stuck in the qeueue for a long time. When it happened, most of the time it resolved itself after some hours, sometimes a restart of the proxy was necessary. <br>
I never figured out why and what caused it; but with the setup provided in this repo it does not happen. I never figured out why and what caused it; but with the setup provided in this repo it does not happen. You can also use the same data for something else without additional queries to the sensor.
### How? ### How?
The instructions are for Raspbian and the assumption that the script will be installed in */opt* The instructions are for Raspbian under the assumption that the script will be installed in */opt*
* Install dependencies:<br> * Install dependencies:<br>
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* Restart Zabbix agent to pick up the change: * Restart Zabbix agent to pick up the change:
>sudo service zabbix_agentd restart >sudo service zabbix_agentd restart
* Finally, import the template (*templatedht.xml*) into Zabbix and assign it to the host * Finally, import the template (*template_dht.xml*) into Zabbix and assign it to the host
After a few minutes you should see data starting to come in. After a few minutes you should see data starting to come in.