Zabbix 4 Network Monitoring - Third Edition

Verifying system time

Zabbix can verify a huge number of things, among which is the current time on monitored systems. Let's create a quick configuration to do just that. We will create an item to collect the current time and then a trigger to compare that time with the current time on the Zabbix server. Of course, for this to work properly, the clock on the Zabbix server must be correct—otherwise, we would complain that it is wrong on all the other systems.

The first thing is the item to collect—the current time. Go to Configuration | Hosts, click on Items next to Another host, and then click on Create item. Fill in the following values:

• Name: Local time
• Key: system.localtime
• Units: unixtime

When you are done, click on the Add button at ...