Tag: System Administration

Introduction

• Master-node architecture

Installation

• Requirements
• Master and node setup

Monitoring with Munin

• Visualizing resources and trends
• Graphing system
• Data logging
• Integration with Nagios
• Monitoring Windows nodes

Working with Plugins

Working with the API

Troubleshooting Munin

Closing Remarks

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

Introduction

Overview of Tableau’s Features and Architecture

• How users interact with Tableau Server
• Understanding server processes

Setting up Tableau Server

• Evaluating configuration options
• Single server installation

Setting up and Managing Users

• Adding users
• Setting authorization and assigning permissions
• Assigning users to groups and sites
• Deleting users

Working with Data

• Connecting to a data source
• Create an extract of the data
• Securing data

Managing a Site

• Creating views and workbooks
• Setting up a schedule
• Subscribing to a site

Deploying Tableau Server

• Planning a deployment to production
• Administrative roles
• Distributing Tableau Server to multiple machines

Server Maintenance

• Automating server tasks
• Monitoring server performance
• Managing log files

Administrative Tasks

• Backup up Tableau Server
• Upgrading Tableau Server
• Using command-line utilities

Extending Tableau Server

• Accessing the REST API
• Modifying the authentication method

Best Practices

• User and data oversight
• Governance, security, and scalability