Enabling and disabling a host from Zabbix maps

We've noticed that it is not possible to enable and disable hosts as a Zabbix user. For some companies, this may be a requirement, so we've created an extension for it. In this recipe, I will show you just how to work with this Python script and execute it from a map.

Getting ready

For this recipe, all we are going to need is our Zabbix server, some knowledge of Python, and some knowledge of the Zabbix API.

How to do it…

1. First, let's log in to our Zabbix server CLI and create a new directory:

   mkdir /etc/zabbix/frontendscripts

2. Change to the new directory:

   cd /etc/zabbix/frontendscripts

3. Now download the public script from the Opensource ICT Solutions GitHub:

   wget https://github.com/OpensourceICTSolutions/zabbix-toggle-hosts-from-frontend/archive/v2.0.tar.gz

4. If you can't use wget from your host, you can check out the script here: https://github.com/OpensourceICTSolutions/zabbix-toggle-hosts...