Chapter 4: Building Your Own Structured Templates

It's time to start with one of the most important tasks in Zabbix: building structured templates. A good Zabbix setup relies heavily on templating, and there is a huge difference between a good and a bad template. So, if you're new to Zabbix or you haven't started building your own templates yet, pay close attention to this chapter.

In this chapter, we will go over how to set up your templates, and how to fill them with the right items and triggers. Also important is the use of macros and Low-Level Discovery (LLD). After following these recipes, you will be more than ready to build solid Zabbix templates with the right format, and even LLD.

In this chapter, we'll cover the following recipes: ...

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