Message of the Day

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Message of the Day

Description

This Zabbix module informs users and administrators about important events. It provides a centralized location for sharing critical updates, maintenance notifications, or other relevant information to all system users.

Installation

Connect to your Zabbix frontend server (perform on all frontend nodes) via SSH

Navigate to the /modules folder (typically located at /usr/share/zabbix/ or /usr/share/zabbix/ui/)

cd /usr/share/zabbix/modules/

Clone repository on your server

#FREE
git clone https://git.initmax.cz/initMAX-Public/Zabbix-UI-Modules-Message-of-the-Day.git
#PRO
git clone https://git:<<YOUR-TOKEN>>@git.initmax.cz/initMAX-Public/Zabbix-UI-Modules-Message-of-the-Day-PRO.git

Change the ownership of the directory to the user under which your Zabbix frontend is running using the chown command (cat /etc/passwd to find which user was created during installation), some examples:

chown nginx:nginx ./Zabbix-UI-Modules-Message-of-the-Day*
chown apache:apache ./Zabbix-UI-Modules-Message-of-the-Day*
chown www-data:www-data ./Zabbix-UI-Modules-Message-of-the-Day*

Frontend module initialization 

Navigate to the Zabbix frontend menu and select: Administration → General → Modules

Use the ‘Scan directory’ button on the top

Enable the newly discovered module/widget

The module is available in the menu

Use it and enjoy!

Configuration

FieldDescription
NameThe name of the event.
Show sinceUsed to inform users in advance that an event will occur. Specifies the date and time from which the message is displayed to users. Additionally, it is possible to define the color of the message bar until the event becomes active.
Active sinceSpecifies the point in time from which the event is active. During this period, it is possible to define the color of the message bar to indicate the event’s status.
Active tillThe point in time when the event is deactivated.
RepeatThis option allows you to set recurrence for displaying regular messages.
MessageThe message for users that will be displayed in the message bar.
Allow HTML tagsEnable HTML tag translation in the message bar.

Usage examples

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