Western Digital MyCloud EX4100 - Zabbix SNMP Templates

 Here is the template that I created:

zabbix_export:
  version: '7.0'
  template_groups:
    - uuid: 7df96b18c230490a9a0a9e2307226338
      name: Templates
  templates:
    - uuid: b7d37b2b7192436ba04ad17c9559e7a3
      template: 'WD EX4100'
      name: 'WD EX4100'
      groups:
        - name: Templates
      items:
        - uuid: 2d5c9f65eae849179b1b9efea76e1f9b
          name: 'System Temperature'
          type: SNMP_AGENT
          snmp_oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.5127.1.1.1.6.1.7.0
          key: system.temperature
          value_type: "UNSIGNED"
          delay: 60s
          history: 7d
          units: °C
          preprocessing:
            - type: REGEX
              parameters:
                - 'Centigrade:([0-9]+)'
                - '\1'
            - type: DISCARD_UNCHANGED
              parameters:
                - '0'
            - type: STR_REPLACE
              parameters:
                - '\t'
                - ''
          triggers:
            - uuid: 19c0bacd35674e52862428886d9bb8f5
              expression: 'last(/WD EX4100/system.temperature) > 35'
              name: 'High system temperature (>45°C) on { HOSTNAME}'
              priority: WARNING

        - uuid: 9caa115d20cb41d3a6d310cf0b3adf91
          name: 'Fan Status'
          type: SNMP_AGENT
          snmp_oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.5127.1.1.1.6.1.8.0
          key: system.fan.status
          value_type: "TEXT"
          delay: 60s
          history: 7d
          preprocessing:
            - type: REGEX
              parameters:
                - 'fan0:\s*(\w+)'
                - '\1'
        - uuid: 846a55194fc84d32b205b364dc1ce503
          name: 'Drive 1 Temperature'
          type: SNMP_AGENT
          snmp_oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.5127.1.1.1.6.1.10.1.5.1
          key: drive.1.temperature
          value_type: "UNSIGNED"
          delay: 60s
          history: 7d
          units: °C
          preprocessing:
            - type: REGEX
              parameters:
                - 'Centigrade:([0-9]+)'
                - '\1'
          triggers:
            - uuid: d2205e2739f04351979683de3a6b78f2
              expression: 'last(/WD EX4100/drive.1.temperature) > 50'
              name: 'High Drive 1 temperature (>50°C) on { HOSTNAME}'
              priority: WARNING

        - uuid: fffcb441f2c84aabb5c546e21b4934ee
          name: 'Drive 2 Temperature'
          type: SNMP_AGENT
          snmp_oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.5127.1.1.1.6.1.10.1.5.2
          key: drive.2.temperature
          value_type: "UNSIGNED"
          delay: 60s
          history: 7d
          units: °C
          preprocessing:
            - type: REGEX
              parameters:
                - 'Centigrade:([0-9]+)'
                - '\1'
          triggers:
            - uuid: 00353f4339ae4463829e54343fd2b6dc
              expression: 'last(/WD EX4100/drive.2.temperature) > 50'
              name: 'High Drive 2 temperature (>50°C) on { HOSTNAME}'
              priority: WARNING

        - uuid: c8bd3b2d4e3c4dd9a8d37291d2e2f34d
          name: 'Drive 3 Temperature'
          type: SNMP_AGENT
          snmp_oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.5127.1.1.1.6.1.10.1.5.3
          key: drive.3.temperature
          value_type: "UNSIGNED"
          delay: 60s
          history: 7d
          units: °C
          preprocessing:
            - type: REGEX
              parameters:
                - 'Centigrade:([0-9]+)'
                - '\1'
          triggers:
            - uuid: 62412199cdfe47eb9231d67f3d8234f2
              expression: 'last(/WD EX4100/drive.3.temperature) > 50'
              name: 'High Drive 3 temperature (>50°C) on { HOSTNAME}'
              priority: WARNING

        - uuid: d4b5a973129e4d68a00dbf1f689be14b
          name: 'Drive 4 Temperature'
          type: SNMP_AGENT
          snmp_oid: .1.3.6.1.4.1.5127.1.1.1.6.1.10.1.5.4
          key: drive.4.temperature
          value_type: "UNSIGNED"
          delay: 60s
          history: 7d
          units: °C
          preprocessing:
            - type: REGEX
              parameters:
                - 'Centigrade:([0-9]+)'
                - '\1'
          triggers:
            - uuid: f52a4ca4e9134c91b5245ab575633668
              expression: 'last(/WD EX4100/drive.4.temperature) > 50'
              name: 'High Drive 4 temperature (>50°C) on { HOSTNAME}'
              priority: WARNING

      macros:
        - macro: '{$SNMP_COMMUNITY}'
          value: public

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