Automated Monitoring with Zabbix Training Course

Installation and Configuration

• Zabbix architecture
• Installation: Server, WEB interface and agent
• Initial configuration
• Zabbix definitions
• WEB interface overview

Data Collection and Monitoring

• Configuration management by using templates
• Agent-less monitoring
• Data collection – hosts, Zabbix agent checks
• Data visualization – simple graphs, overview
• Problem detection – triggers, less sensitive triggers, dependencies
• Data collection – aggregate and calculated checks
• Data visualization – custom graphs

Events and Alerts

• Events
• Notifications and escalations – media types, actions, operations

Zabbix Administration and Monitoring

• Automatic recovery by using remote commands
• Host and host group level maintenance
• Zabbix Administration – working time, housekeeper, authentication, front-end scripts
• Managing permissions – users and user groups, audit
• Automatic discovery – network discovery, active agent auto-registration
• Command line utilities: zabbix_get, zabbix_sender

Maintenance

• Proxy overview
• Maintenance and operations – best practices, DB sizing, upgrades