[ZBX-22483] icmpping: "Ping item must have target or host interface specified" Created: 2023 Mar 09  Updated: 2023 Mar 09  Resolved: 2023 Mar 09

Status: Closed
Project: ZABBIX BUGS AND ISSUES
Component/s: Server (S)
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Incident report Priority: Trivial
Reporter: Luke Dobson Assignee: Zabbix Development Team
Resolution: Duplicate Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified
Environment:

Debian Linux 11


 Description   

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Add host "Testhost": template ICMP Ping (as supplied in Zabbix 6.4.0beta4), agent interface 1.1.1.1
  2. Wait like 1 minute
  3. Go to Latest data for "Testhost"

Result:

No ping data is saved.

Errors in server log:

  2725:20221217:204500.570 item "Testhost:icmppingloss" became not supported: Ping item must have target or host interface specified.
  2725:20221217:204500.570 item "Testhost:icmpping" became not supported: Ping item must have target or host interface specified.
  2725:20221217:204500.570 item "Testhost:icmppingsec" became not supported: Ping item must have target or host interface specified.

The same is shown in Latest data: "Ping item must have target or host interface specified."

Expected:

Basic ping monitoring is started and runs successfully with the supplied template.

Also note:

If a new item is created as icmpping[\{HOST.IP}], it works fine.
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