# 3 Jabber

#### Overview

Zabbix supports sending Jabber messages.

When sending notifications, Zabbix tries to look up the Jabber SRV
record first, and if that fails, it uses an address record for that
domain. Among Jabber SRV records, the one with the highest priority and
maximum weight is chosen. If it fails, other records are not tried.

To configure Jabber as the delivery channel for messages, you need to
configure Jabber as the media type and enter the respective addresses
for the users.

#### Configuration

To configure Jabber as the media type:

-   Go to *Administration → Media types*
-   Click on *Create media type* (or click on *Jabber* in the list of
    pre-defined media types).

The **Media type** tab contains general media type attributes:

|Parameter|Description|
|---------|-----------|
|*Description*|Name of the media type.|
|*Type*|Select *Jabber* as the type.|
|*Jabber identifier*|Enter Jabber identifier.|
|*Password*|Enter Jabber password.|

The **Options** tab contains alert [processing
settings](/manual/config/notifications/media/email#options) that are
common for all media types.

#### User media

To assign a Jabber address to the user:

-   Go to *Administration → Users*
-   Open the user properties form
-   In Media tab, click on *Add*

User media attributes:

|Parameter|Description|
|---------|-----------|
|*Type*|Select *Jabber* as the type.|
|*Send to*|Specify the address to send messages to.|
|*When active*|You can limit the time when messages are sent, for example, the working days only (1-5,09:00-18:00).<br>See the [Time period specification](/fr/manual/appendix/time_period) page for description of the format.|
|*Use if severity*|Mark the checkboxes of trigger severities that you want to receive notifications for.<br>*Note* that the default severity ('Not classified') **must be** checked if you want to receive notifications for non-trigger [events](/manual/config/events).<br>After saving, the selected trigger severities will be displayed in the corresponding severity colours while unselected ones will be greyed out.|
|*Status*|Status of the user media.<br>**Enabled** - is in use.<br>**Disabled** - is not being used.|