Editing inventory data manually

Let's have a look how we can use Zabbix to manage our inventory:

  1. Go to Configuration | Hosts, and make sure Linux servers has been selected in the Group drop-down. Then, click on A test host, and switch to the Host inventory tab. By default, the inventory is set to Disabled, as shown in the following screenshot:
  1. Click on Manual to enable the inventory fields. Notice how there are a lot of fields, starting with simple things such as type, name, operating system, and hardware, and ending with hardware maintenance dates, location data, and point-of-contact information. In the Type field, enter test, and then ...

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