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Zabbix 7 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Cookbook - Third Edition

Name: Zabbix 7 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Cookbook - Third Edition
ISBN: 9781801078320

by Nathan Liefting, Brian van Baekel

July 2024

Intermediate to advanced

540 pages

11h 55m

English

Packt Publishing

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Zabbix 7 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Cookbook
Foreword
Contributors
About the authorsAbout the reviewers
Preface
Who this book is forWhat this book coversTo get the most out of this bookDownload the example code filesConventions usedSectionsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…See alsoGet in touchBefore we get startedShare Your ThoughtsDownload a free PDF copy of this book
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 HAGetting readyHow to do it…How it works...There’s more...Using the Zabbix frontendGetting readyHow to do it…Navigating the Zabbix 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 Zabbix user rolesGetting readyHow to do it...How it works...There’s more...Creating your first usersGetting readyHow to do it…Azure AD SAML user authentication and JIT user provisioningGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…OpenLDAP user authentication and JIT user provisioningGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…
Chapter 3: Setting Up Zabbix Monitoring
Technical requirementsSetting up Zabbix agent monitoringGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…See alsoWorking with SNMP monitoring the old wayGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Setting up SNMP monitoring the new wayGetting 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 browser items to simulate a web userGetting 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…There’s more…Templating dashboards to work at the host levelGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Setting up Zabbix inventoryGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Using the Zabbix Geomap widgetGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Working through Zabbix reportingGetting readyHow to do it…Setting up scheduled PDF reportsGetting 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 network discoveryGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…Working with Zabbix SNMP network discoveryGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Automating host creation with active agent autoregistrationGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…Using Windows performance counter discoveryGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Discovering JMX objectsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…Setting up Zabbix SNMP LLD the new wayGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Creating hosts with LLD and custom JSONGetting 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 alsoEncrypting your Zabbix proxy connection with pre-shared keysGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Setting up Zabbix proxy load balancingGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Using 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 alsoEnabling and disabling a host from Zabbix mapsGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…There’s more…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…Upgrading the Zabbix backend from older PHP versions to PHP 8.2 or higherGetting readyHow to do it…How it works…Upgrading a Zabbix database from older MariaDB versions to MariaDB 11.4Getting 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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5 Building Your Own Structured Templates

It’s time to start 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, then 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, it is important to make use of macros and Low-Level Discovery (LLD) in the right way. 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 ...

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