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Zabbix Cookbook
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Zabbix Cookbook

by Patrik Uytterhoeven
March 2015
Intermediate to advanced
260 pages
5h 30m
English
Packt Publishing
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Checks with Telnet

In this setup, we will see how to set up a check with Telnet and Zabbix. I personally don't see any reason for using Telnet anymore these days as there are plenty of other secure alternatives (Example, SSH). But just for the sys admin who likes to live on the edge or for the sys admin that has no other choice because of a company policy, this is it. (Remember that Telnet is not encrypted, so everybody can read your data!)

Getting ready

To make this setup work, all we need is a properly setup Zabbix server and a host with or without Zabbix agent as the check is initiated by the Zabbix server.

How to do it…

  1. First on the host we need to be sure that we can connect with Telnet so we have to install a Telnet server. This can be done ...
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ISBN: 9781784397586