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Zabbix 6 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Cookbook - Second Edition

Name: Zabbix 6 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Cookbook - Second Edition
ISBN: 9781803246918

by Nathan Liefting, Brian van Baekel

March 2022

Intermediate to advanced

506 pages

9h 43m

English

Packt Publishing

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Zabbix 6 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Cookbook Second Edition
ForewordContributorsAbout the authorsAbout the reviewers
Preface
Who this book is forWhat this book coversTo get the most out of this bookDownload the example code filesDownload the color imagesConventions usedGet in touchShare Your Thoughts
Chapter 1: Installing Zabbix and Getting Started Using the Frontend
Technical requirementsInstalling the Zabbix serverGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Setting up the Zabbix frontendGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more...Enabling Zabbix server high availabilityGetting readyHow to do it…How it works...There's more...Using the Zabbix frontendGetting readyHow to do it…Navigating the frontendGetting readyHow to do it…
Chapter 2: Getting Things Ready with Zabbix User Management
Technical requirementsCreating user groupsGetting readyHow to do it…There's more...Using the new Zabbix user rolesGetting readyHow to do it...How it works...There's more...Creating your first usersGetting readyHow to do it…Advanced user authentication with SAMLGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…
Chapter 3: Setting Up Zabbix Monitoring
Technical requirementsSetting up Zabbix agent 2 monitoringGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoWorking with SNMP monitoringGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Creating Zabbix simple checks and the Zabbix trapperGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Working with calculated and dependent itemsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Creating external checksGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Setting up JMX monitoringGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoSetting up database monitoringGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Setting up HTTP agent monitoringGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Using Zabbix preprocessing to alter item valuesGetting startedHow to do it…How it works…See also
Chapter 4: Working with Triggers and Alerts
Technical requirementsSetting up triggersGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoSetting up advanced triggersGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Setting up alertsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Keeping alerts eﬀectiveGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Customizing alertsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…
Chapter 5: Building Your Own Structured Templates
Technical requirementsCreating your Zabbix templateGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Setting up template-level tagsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoCreating template itemsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoCreating template triggersGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Setting up diﬀerent kinds of macrosGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Using LLD on templatesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoNesting Zabbix templatesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…
Chapter 6: Visualizing Data, Inventory, and Reporting
Technical requirementsCreating graphs to access visual dataGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Creating maps to keep an eye on infrastructureGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Creating dashboards to get the right overviewGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Setting up Zabbix inventoryGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Using the new Zabbix Geomap widgetGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Working through Zabbix reportingGetting readyHow to do it…Setting up scheduled PDF reports Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…Setting up improved business service monitoringGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more...
Chapter 7: Using Discovery for Automatic Creation
Technical requirementsSetting up Zabbix agent discoveryGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Setting up Zabbix SNMP discoveryGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Working with active agent autoregistrationGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Using the new Windows performance counter discoveryGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Discovering JMX objectsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…
Chapter 8: Setting Up Zabbix Proxies
Technical requirementsSetting up a Zabbix proxyGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Working with passive Zabbix proxiesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Working with active Zabbix proxiesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Monitoring hosts with Zabbix proxyGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoUsing discovery with Zabbix proxiesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Monitoring your Zabbix proxiesGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…

Chapter 9: Integrating Zabbix with External Services
Technical requirementsSetting up Slack alerting with ZabbixGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoSetting up Microsoft Teams alerting with ZabbixGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoUsing Telegram bots with ZabbixGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…See alsoIntegrating Atlassian Opsgenie with ZabbixGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…
Chapter 10: Extending Zabbix Functionality with Custom Scripts and the Zabbix API
Technical requirementsSetting up and managing API tokensGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Using the Zabbix API for extending functionalityGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoBuilding a jumphost using the Zabbix API and PythonGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoCreating maintenance periods as a Zabbix userGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoEnabling and disabling a host from Zabbix mapsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See also
Chapter 11: Maintaining Your Zabbix Setup
Technical requirementsSetting Zabbix maintenance periodsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Backing up your Zabbix setupGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Optionally upgrading the Zabbix backend from PHP 7.2 to PHP 7.4Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…Upgrading a Zabbix database from older MariaDB versions to MariaDB 10.6Getting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more...Upgrading your Zabbix setupGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoMaintaining Zabbix performance over timeGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…
Chapter 12: Advanced Zabbix Database Management
Technical requirementsSetting up MySQL partitioning for your Zabbix databaseGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoUsing the PostgreSQL TimescaleDB functionalityGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoSecuring your Zabbix MySQL databaseGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…
Chapter 13: Bringing Zabbix to the Cloud with Zabbix Cloud Integration
Technical requirementsSetting up AWS monitoringGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Setting up Microsoft Azure monitoringGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…Building your Zabbix Docker monitoringGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There's more…
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Overview

The Zabbix 6 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Cookbook is your comprehensive guide to mastering Zabbix for IT infrastructure monitoring. With hands-on recipes, you'll learn to install, configure, and effectively use Zabbix's latest features, such as high availability, advanced triggers, and performance scrutineering. This book empowers you to design and maintain a scalable, robust monitoring solution.

What this Book will help me do

Set up a high-availability Zabbix environment.
Configure advanced triggers for detailed alerting.
Utilize Zabbix proxies for efficient scaling.
Integrate Zabbix with cloud platforms like AWS and Azure.
Leverage the Zabbix API for custom monitoring processes.

Author(s)

Nathan Liefting and None Baekel are seasoned experts in IT infrastructure monitoring and Zabbix. Nathan has extensive experience as a systems engineer specializing in scalable monitoring solutions, while None combines software development and systems automation expertise to provide practical and innovative solutions. Both bring a practical and collaborative style to their technical writing.

Who is it for?

This book is intended for IT professionals and engineers who wish to gain proficiency in Zabbix monitoring. If you are a systems administrator looking to integrate Zabbix in your infrastructure, or an IT manager planning to scale monitoring across enterprise-level assets, this guide is tailored for you. Prior experience with monitoring tools or Zabbix is helpful but not required.

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