Send mail through smtp gmail server from Zabbix

Check and set AlertScriptsPath definition in zabbix_server.conf.

If you can not found this file then search it:

whereis zabbix_server.conf

Check for existing setting. This can report nothing:

grep "^AlertScriptsPath" /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf

Check if you can use existing line. This should report only one line

grep "AlertScriptsPath=" /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf

Set that AlertScriptsPath will be in /var/zabbix/alertscripts:

sed -i "s/^.*AlertScriptsPath=.*$/AlertScriptsPath=\/var\/zabbix\/alertscripts/" /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf

Make sure you have this directory and the owner is zabbix:

mkdir -p /var/zabbix/alertscripts
chown -R zabbix:zabbix /var/zabbix/

Go to this directory and download script:

cd /var/zabbix/alertscripts
wget "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/superdaigo/3754055/raw/e28b4b65110b790e4c3e4891ea36b39cd8fcf8e0/zabbix-alert-smtp.sh" -O zabbix-alert-smtp.py

Set file executable:

chmod +x zabbix-alert-smtp.py

Open this file and enter your email address and password at line 14 and 15:

vi zabbix-alert-smtp.py

Test if sending works.

./zabbix-alert-smtp.py yourname@gmail.com "subject" "this is test"

If you receive error like this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./zabbix-alert-smtp.sh", line 58, in <module>
    body=sys.argv[3])
  File "./zabbix-alert-smtp.sh", line 42, in send_mail
Please log in via your web browser and\n5.7.14 then try again.\n5.7.14  Learn more at\n5.7.14  dq10sm1596135lbc.12 - gsmtp')

Then go to https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps and turn on less secure apps.

Now go to zabbix WEB interface:

Open [Media types] section and click [Create media type]:

Select type Script and write down zabbix-alert-smtp.py:

Now you have new media type configured:

Now go to your administrative usesr:

Go for [Media] and click [add]:

Select zabbix-alert-smtp.py and write down your e-mail address. Press [Add] at the end:

This is very important step. Press [Update]:

Make sure the [Actions] are enabled:

If you ever assign different users or user groups make sure you hit the first update button at first and then hit second update button:

That is all!