Index
A
- action
- about / Taking an action
- defining / Defining an action
- URL / Defining an action
- {EVENT.DATE} macros / The {EVENT.DATE} and {EVENT.TIME} macros
- {EVENT.TIME} macros / The {EVENT.DATE} and {EVENT.TIME} macros
- friends macros / The {INVENTORY.SERIALNO.A} and friends macros
- {INVENTORY.SERIALNO.A} macros / The {INVENTORY.SERIALNO.A} and friends macros
- conditions, defining / Defining the action conditions
- operations, selecting / Choosing the action operations
- action conditions
- about / Additional action conditions
- complex conditions / Complex conditions
- action operations, selecting
- about / Choosing the action operations
- steps and escalations / Steps and escalations
- messages and media / Messages and media
- remote commands / Remote commands
- actions
- triggering / Actions
- conditions, limiting when alerts are sent / Limiting conditions when alerts are sent
- dependencies / Dependencies and actions
- notifications, sending / Sending out notifications
- escalations, handling / Escalating things
- scripts, using as media / Using scripts as media
- integration, with issue management systems / Integration with issue management systems
- remote commands, using / Remote commands
- global scripts, reusing /
- issues / Actions
- active agent
- with multiple servers /
- setting up / Active agents, How it works
- using / There's more
- active agent auto-registration
- about / Active agent autoregistration, The active agent auto-registration
- metadata / Auto-registration metadata
- configuring / Configuring the auto-registration
- real case scenario / The real-case scenario
- active agent auto registration
- Active Directory (AD) backend / How to do it...
- active items
- about /
- and passive items, selecting between / Choosing between active and passive items
- active proxy
- about / Active proxy, passive proxy
- setting up / Setting up an active proxy, Setting up an active proxy, There's more…
- host, monitoring through proxy / Monitoring a host through a proxy
- Add
- about / Remote commands
- ad hoc graphs
- about / Ad hoc graphs
- analyzing / Analyzing ad hoc graphs
- hacking / Hacking ad hoc graphs
- ad hoc graphs, Zabbix 2.4 / There's more...
- administration, Zabbix
- about / General administration
- GUI settings, modifying / GUI
- housekeeper settings, fine-tuning / Housekeeping
- images, adding / Images
- icon mapping / Icon mapping
- regular expressions, using / Regular expressions
- macros / Macros
- value maps, creating / Value mapping
- working time / Working time
- trigger severity level, adding / Trigger severities
- parameters / Other parameters
- working / How it works...
- URL / See also
- Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) / Authentication, encryption, and context
- advanced monitoring tricks / Some advanced monitoring tricks, How it works...
- advanced triggers / More advanced triggers, There's more...
- agent daemon configuration file
- used, for sending data / Using an agent daemon configuration file
- agent items
- using / Using agent items
- page, obtaining / Getting the page
- page performance, checking / Checking page performance
- content, extracting from web pages / Extracting content from web pages
- agent protocol
- about / The Zabbix agent protocol
- cases / Some more possible responses
- agents
- extending / Extending agents, How it works
- aggregate checks
- about / Aggregate checks, How to do it …, There's more...
- reference link / There's more...
- aggregated items
- about / Aggregated and calculated items
- features / Aggregated and calculated items
- building / Aggregated items
- aggregate items
- about / Reusing data on the server, Aggregate items
- aggregating, across multiple groups / Aggregating across multiple groups
- alerts
- conditions, limiting / Limiting conditions when alerts are sent
- aliases
- using, for performance counters / Using aliases for performance counters
- Allowed hosts option / There's more...
- API by example
- about / API by example, How to do it..., How it works…
- architecture, Zabbix
- about / Zabbix architecture, How to do it...
- working / How it works...
- web server / Zabbix architectures
- database server / Zabbix architectures
- server / Zabbix architectures
- for large environment / Zabbix architectures
- single server installation / Zabbix architectures
- one server and many proxies / Zabbix architectures
- distributed installation / Zabbix architectures
- server, setting up / Setting up the server
- database, installing / Installing the database
- database, sizing / Sizing the database
- web interface / The web interface
- Atlassian JIRA
- about /
- authentication methods
- about /
- HTTP /
- LDAP /
- internal /
- authentication options / Authentication options
- Auto-login flag / Automated slide show
- Auto-logout function / How to do it...
- auto inventory
- about / Getting ready, How to do it ..., How it works...
- reference link / There's more...
- availability triggers
B
- backend libraries
- about / Backend libraries
- backup
- creating / Backing things up
- database / Backing up the database
- restoring / Restoring from a backup
- configuration, separating / Separating configuration and data backups
- data backups, separating / Separating configuration and data backups
- backup, consideration
- Zabbix binaries / Backing things up
- Zabbix frontend files / Backing things up
- Zabbix configuration files / Backing things up
- Zabbix server database / Backing things up
- backup, Zabbix
- about / Backups, There's more…
- URL / See also
- bitwise trigger function
- bots
- about / Chatting on IRC
- URL / Chatting on IRC
- Bugzilla
- about / Bugzilla
C
- cache usage
- monitoring / Cache usage
- calculated checks
- about / How to do it…, How it works
- calculated items
- about / Reusing data on the server, Calculated checks, Aggregated and calculated items
- monitoring / Calculated items
- quoting / Quoting in calculated items
- referencing, from multiple hosts / Referencing items from multiple hosts
- features / Aggregated and calculated items
- building / Calculated items
- capacity planning
- about / Capacity planning with Zabbix
- observer effect / The observer effect
- data, monitoring / Deciding what to monitor
- baseline, defining / Defining a baseline
- load testing / Load testing
- trends, forecasting / Forecasting the trends
- CentOS
- about /
- URL / How to do it...
- certificate-based encryption
- about / Overview, Certificate-based encryption
- self-signed certificates, creating / Being our own authority
- Zabbix, setting up with certificates / Setting up Zabbix with certificates
- certificate authority (CA)
- about / Certificate-based encryption
- certificate expiry time
- searching / Finding a certificate expiry time
- Certificate Revocation List (CRL)
- certificates
- Zabbix, setting up / Setting up Zabbix with certificates
- certificate signing request (CSR)
- about / Being our own authority
- certificate validity
- determining / Determining certificate validity
- changeset
- about / Looking at the changesets
- check, with telnet
- setting up / Checks with Telnet, How to do it…, How it works, There's more...
- reference link / There's more...
- check_ora_sendtrap
- wrapper script, writing / Writing a wrapper script for check_ora_sendtrap
- commercial support
- options / Commercial support options
- common issues
- installation / Installation
- monitoring / Monitoring
- triggers / Triggers
- actions / Actions
- discoveries / Discoveries and autoregistration
- auto-registration / Discoveries and autoregistration
- communication channels
- URL / Local communities
- community
- about / Community and support
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC), chatting on / Chatting on IRC
- Zabbix wiki, using / Using the Zabbix wiki
- Zabbix forum, using / Using the Zabbix forum
- issues, filing on tracker / Filing issues on the tracker
- meeting, in person / Meeting in person
- Zabbix conference / The Zabbix conference
- local communities / Local communities
- community authentication / Using Net-SNMP
- complex conditions
- about / Complex conditions
- Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN)
- about / Using API libraries
- Computer Associates Unicenter Service Desk Manager
- conditions
- limiting / Limiting conditions when alerts are sent
- additional action conditions / Additional action conditions
- media limits, imposing for users / Media limits for users
- configuration
- XML import/export, using / Using XML import/export for configuration
- separating / Separating configuration and data backups
- configuration cache
- reloading / Reloading the configuration cache
- configuration file parameters
- exploring / Exploring configuration file parameters
- Zabbix agent daemon / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- Zabbix server daemon / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- Configuration Management Database (CMDB) / Autoinventory
- configuration management database (CMDB) / Uniqueness criteria
- Corosync
- about / Configuring HTTPD HA
- configuring / Configuring HTTPD HA
- CPU iowait / How it works...
- crontab / How to do it...
- CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION option
- URL / Authenticating web pages
- CURLOPT_NOBODY option
- URL / Authenticating web pages
- curve fitting process / Forecasting the trends
- custom graphs
- about / Custom graphs
- working time, displaying / Working time and trigger line
- trigger line, displaying / Working time and trigger line
- graph item function / Graph item function
- two y axes, adding / Two y axes
- item, ordering / Item sort order
- gradient line, adding / Gradient line and other draw styles
- draw styles, modifying / Gradient line and other draw styles
- y axis scale, customizing / Custom y axis scale
- percentile line, adding / Percentile line
- stacked graphs, creating / Stacked graphs
- pie graphs, creating / Pie graphs
- analyzing / Analyzing custom graphs
- graph properties combinations, reviewing / Reviewing all the combinations of graph properties
- custom intervals
- about / Custom intervals
- flexible intervals /
- custom scheduling /
- custom LLD rules
- creating / Creating custom LLD rules
- CPU discovery, re-implementing / Re-implementing CPU discovery
- MySQL databases, discovering / Discovering MySQL databases
- custom modules
- about / Custom modules
- custom proxy buffer item
- monitoring / Method 3 – Custom proxy buffer item
- custom scheduling
- about /
- custom script, using
- about /
- traps, filtering / Filtering the traps
- custom mapping / Custom mapping
- database lookups /
D
- daemon configuration parameters
- configuration cache / Cache usage
- value cache / Cache usage
- VMware cache / Cache usage
- history cache / Cache usage
- history cache index / Cache usage
- trend cache / Cache usage
- dash /
- data
- reusing, on server / Reusing data on the server
- sending / Sending in the data
- sending, with agent daemon configuration file / Using an agent daemon configuration file
- sending, from file / Sending values from a file
- timestamped values, sending / Sending timestamped values
- using, in remote site / Using data in a remote site
- visualizing, through maps / Visualizing the data through maps
- sending, zabbix_sender utility used / Sending data using zabbix_sender
- data backups
- separating / Separating configuration and data backups
- database
- creating /
- populating /
- querying / Querying the database
- data, using in remote site / Using data in a remote site
- modifying / Diving further into the database
- users, managing / Managing users
- existing data, modifying / Changing existing data
- existing data, monitoring / Finding out when
- Unix timestamp, displaying / The when in computer language
- item, modifying / Finding out what
- updating / Performing the change
- backing up / Backing up the database
- monitoring / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works, Database monitoring with Zabbix
- installing / Installing the database
- considerations / Some considerations about the database
- sizing / Sizing the database
- ODBC / Delving into ODBC
- database drivers
- installing / Installing database drivers
- Database Management Systems (DBMS)
- about / Delving into ODBC
- database monitor items
- creating / Database monitor items
- database OID
- about / How it works
- Data Encryption Standard (DES) / Authentication, encryption, and context
- data flow
- about / Understanding the data flow for Zabbix items
- Zabbix trapper items / Understanding Zabbix trapper items
- overview / The data flow overview
- data loss
- Data Source Name (DSN)
- about / Delving into ODBC
- data visualization
- considerations / Visualize what?
- about / Showing data on a big display
- challenges / Challenges
- non-interactive display / Non-interactive display
- information, overloading / Information overload
- specific section, displaying automatically / Displaying a specific section automatically
- date
- visualizing, through slide show / Visualizing the date through a slide show
- DBforBIX
- default speed / Runner analogy
- Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) / How to do it...
- about / Introduction
- dependencies
- actions / Dependencies and actions
- devices
- creating, in Zabbix / Automation after discovery, How to do it..., How it works
- discovery rules
- about / Low-level discovery
- network interfaces / Low-level discovery
- filesystem types / Low-level discovery
- SNMP OIDs / Low-level discovery
- CPUs and CPU cores / Low-level discovery
- items / Low-level discovery
- return values / Low-level discovery
- for templates / Low-level discovery
- discrete sensors
- monitoring / Monitoring discrete sensors
- bitwise trigger function, using / Using the bitwise trigger function
- disk device discovery
- about / Available metrics
- distributed setup
- Zabbix server, installing in / Installing the server in a distributed setup, How to do it..., How it works...
- Domain Name System (DNS) / Getting ready
- downtime
- specifying / Specifying uptime and downtime
- downtimes
- scheduled or planned downtimes / Understanding high availability
- unscheduled or unexpected downtimes / Understanding high availability
- DRAC
- about / IPMI checks
- DRBD
- used, for replicating filesystem / Replicating the filesystem with DRBD
- setting on LVM, prerequisites / Prerequisite tasks to start with DRBD on LVM
- creating, on LVM partition / Creating a DRBD device on top of the LVM partition
- resources, enabling / Enabling resources in DRBD
- primary device, defining / Defining a primary device in DRDB
- filesystem, creating / Creating a filesystem on a DRBD device
- integrating, with Pacemaker / Pacemaker clusters – integrating DRBD
- configuration, enabling / Enabling the DRBD configuration
- performance / DRBD performance and optimization
- optimizations / DRBD performance and optimization
- synchronization / DRBD efficient synchronization
- online verification, enabling / Enabling DRBD online verification
- networking consideration / DRBD – some networking considerations
- dynamic index item OID /
- dynamic screens
- creating / Dynamic screens
E
- Elastic Sky X (ESX) / There's more…
- embedded Perl code, using
- about /
- values, filtering by received data / Filtering values by received data
- values, filtering by originating host / Filtering values by originating host
- debugging / Debugging
- temporary file, handling / Handling the temporary file
- SNMP Trap Translator / SNMP Trap Translator
- encryption
- about / Overview
- pre-shared key (PSK) / Overview
- certificate-based encryption / Overview
- concerns / Concerns and further reading
- engine ID, Net-SNMP
- authentication / Authentication, encryption, and context
- encryption / Authentication, encryption, and context
- context / Authentication, encryption, and context
- entities
- adding, to templates / Adding entities to a template
- environment size
- defining / Defining the environment size
- EPEL repository
- URL / How to do it...
- escalations
- handling / Escalating things
- analogy, running / Runner analogy
- Estimated Time to Repair (ETR) / DRBD efficient synchronization
- event log
- monitoring, on Windows / Windows event log monitoring
- event log items / Supported items
- events
- details, viewing / Event details
- hysteresis / Event generation and hysteresis
- generating / Event generation and hysteresis
- extended insert
- about / Backing up the database
- external checks
- performing / External checks
- certificate expiry time, searching / Finding a certificate expiry time
- certificate validity, determining / Determining certificate validity
- about / External checks, How to do it …, How it works, External checks
- reference link / There's more...
- script, location / The script's placement
- example / Going deep into external checks
- URL / Going deep into external checks
- script / Going inside the script
- script writing, rules / General rules for writing scripts
- considerations / Considerations about external checks
- Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) / EPEL, Installing Zabbix from source
- Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository / How to do it...
F
- file
- values, sending / Sending values from a file
- filesystem
- replicating, DRBD used / Replicating the filesystem with DRBD
- creating, on DRBD / Creating a filesystem on a DRBD device
- filesystem discovery
- about / Filesystem discovery
- LLD JSON format / Introducing the LLD JSON format
- discovered graphs, including in screens / Including discovered graphs in screens
- custom thresholds, using with user macro content / Custom thresholds with user macro context
- flapping / More advanced triggers
- flexible intervals
- overlapping /
- fping
- URL / Setting up ICMP checks
- about / There's more...
- fping6
- about / There's more...
- Freenode
- URL / Chatting on IRC
- Freenode IRC
- URL / Chatting on IRC
- frontend
- exploring / Exploring the frontend
- user profile /
- raw data, extracting from / Extracting from the frontend
- frontend scripts
- about /
- fuzzytime() function / There's more...
G
- GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) / Software requirements
- general version policy
- about / General version policy
- get protocol
- about / The Zabbix get protocol
- global regular expressions
- about / Filtering for specific strings, Global regular expressions
- testing / Testing global regexps
- usages, in default templates / Usage in the default templates
- global screens
- about / Templated screens
- global scripts
- about / Global scripts,
- configuring / Configuring global scripts
- reusing, in actions /
- global search
- using / Using global search
- graphs
- about / Graphs
- controls, exploring /
- simple graphs / Simple graphs, Graphs
- ad hoc graphs / Ad hoc graphs
- custom graphs / Custom graphs, Graphs
- creating / Creating graphs, How to do it…
- simple graphs, analyzing / Analyzing simple graphs
- ad hoc graphs, analyzing / Analyzing ad hoc graphs
- custom graphs, analyzing / Analyzing custom graphs
- Graphviz
- grpavg function
- group parameter / Aggregate items
- key parameter / Aggregate items
- func parameter / Aggregate items
- param parameter / Aggregate items
- grpmax function
- about / Aggregate items
- grpmin function
- about / Aggregate items
- grpsum function
- about / Aggregate items
- GUI settings
- modifying / GUI
H
- high availability
- about / Understanding high availability
- considerations / Some considerations about high availability
- failover, automating with resource manager / Automating switchover/failover with a resource manager
- switchover, automating with resource manager / Automating switchover/failover with a resource manager
- implementing, on web server / Implementing high availability on a web server
- Zabbix Server, configuring / Configuring the Zabbix server for high availability
- implementing, for database / Implementing high availability for a database
- host
- about / Human-readable constants
- host groups
- about / Hosts and host groups
- creating / Creating host groups, How to do it..., How it works...
- host inventory
- about /
- data, editing manually / Editing inventory data manually
- data, populating automatically / Populating inventory data automatically
- host maintenance
- about /
- consequences /
- periods, creating / Creating maintenance periods
- options / Maintenance period options
- ad-hoc maintenance / Ad-hoc maintenance
- host maintenance period
- creating / Creating maintenance periods
- data, collecting / Collecting data during maintenance
- data collection, avoiding / Not collecting data during maintenance
- options / Maintenance period options
- host maintenance period, options
- one-time only maintenance / One-time only maintenance
- daily maintenance / Daily maintenance
- weekly maintenance / Weekly maintenance
- monthly maintenance / Monthly maintenance
- host prototypes
- about / Host prototypes
- hosts
- about / Hosts and host groups
- creating / Creating hosts, How to do it...
- working / How it works...
- URL / How it works...
- groups, creating / Creating host groups
- monitoring, through proxy / Monitoring hosts through a proxy, How it works…
- templates, linking / Linking templates to hosts
- discovering / Discovering hosts
- host screens
- about / Templated screens
- host technical name
- about / Macros in labels
- housekeeper settings
- fine-tuning / Housekeeping
- housekeeping
- considerations / Some considerations about housekeeping
- disabling / Some considerations about housekeeping
- HP ML350 G5 server
- about / How to do it …
- HTTPD
- configuring / Pacemaker – configuring Apache/HTTPD
- HTTPD HA
- configuring / Configuring HTTPD HA
- HTTP status codes
- URL / How it works
- hypervisors
- discovering, automatically / Automatic discovery
- monitoring / Available metrics
I
- icon highlighting
- icon mapping
- about / Icon mapping
- icons
- mapping / Icon mapping, Regular expressions
- ILO
- about / IPMI checks
- images
- adding / Images
- index base OID
- about / How it works
- index string
- about / How it works
- individual elements
- about / Individual elements
- graphs / Graphs
- maps / Maps
- information flow
- about / Information flow in Zabbix
- installation
- about / Installation
- URL / Installation, Installing Zabbix
- version, selecting /
- repository, selecting /
- hardware, requisites /
- from packages / Installing Zabbix
- from source /
- Zabbix / Installing Zabbix
- Zabbix, ways / Installing Zabbix
- prerequisites / Prerequisites
- installation, from source
- about /
- server and agent /
- software requisites / Software requirements
- downloading /
- compilation /
- initial configuration /
- installation, issues
- compilation / Compilation
- frontend / Frontend
- backend / Backend
- locked out, of frontend / Locked out of the frontend
- Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPM) / How to do it...
- Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) / The first steps in monitoring
- about / Item types
- internal audit log
- about / Who did that?
- internal checks
- about / Getting ready
- working / How it works
- internal item ID /
- internal items
- reference link / See also
- internal monitoring
- about / Internal monitoring
- new values per second (NVPS) / New values per second, Zabbix server uptime
- Zabbix server uptime / Zabbix server uptime
- cache usage / Cache usage
- internal process busy rate / Internal process busy rate
- unsupported items / Unsupported items and more problems
- internal process busy rate
- monitoring / Internal process busy rate
- internal processes
- alerter / There's more
- configuration syncer / There's more
- DB watchdog / There's more
- discoverer / There's more
- escalator / There's more
- history syncer / There's more
- HTTP poller / There's more
- housekeeper / There's more
- ICMP pinger / There's more
- IPMI poller / There's more
- node watcher / There's more
- self-monitoring / There's more
- poller / There's more
- proxy poller / There's more
- timer / There's more
- trapper / There's more
- unreachable / There's more
- internal proxy buffer item
- monitoring / Method 2 – Internal proxy buffer item
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) /
- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
- about / Simple checks
- checks, setting up / Setting up ICMP checks
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
- about / Chatting on IRC
- chatting on / Chatting on IRC
- internet service daemon (inetd) /
- invisible links
- about / Routed and invisible links
- iODBC
- about / Database monitoring, Delving into ODBC
- IPMI
- about / Monitoring Zabbix IPMI
- monitoring / Monitoring Zabbix IPMI
- URL / Monitoring Zabbix IPMI
- installing / The first steps with IPMI
- account, configuring / Configuring IPMI accounts
- items, configuring / Configuring Zabbix IPMI items
- IPMI checks
- about / Getting ready, How to do it …
- working / How it works
- IPMI device
- obtaining / Getting an IPMI device
- IPMI items
- setting up / Setting up IPMI items
- creating / Creating an IPMI item
- IPMI monitoring
- preparing / Preparing for IPMI monitoring
- URL / See also
- issue management systems
- integration with / Integration with issue management systems
- Bugzilla / Bugzilla
- Computer Associates Unicenter Service Desk Manager / Computer Associates Unicenter Service Desk Manager
- Atlassian JIRA /
- issues
- filing, on tracker / Filing issues on the tracker
- item configuration
- about / Basic item configuration
- categories, monitoring / Monitoring categories
- availability, monitoring / Availability
- performance, monitoring / Performance
- security, monitoring / Security
- system management, monitoring / Management
- efficiency, monitoring / Efficiency
- item types / Item types
- item fields
- id / Using data in a remote site
- itemid / Using data in a remote site
- clock / Using data in a remote site
- timestamp / Using data in a remote site
- source / Using data in a remote site
- severity / Using data in a remote site
- value / Using data in a remote site
- logeventid / Using data in a remote site
- ns / Using data in a remote site
- state / Using data in a remote site
- lastlogsize / Using data in a remote site
- mtime / Using data in a remote site
- meta / Using data in a remote site
- item key parameter separator / Extracting content from web pages
- item names
- positional parameters / Positional parameters for item names
- items
- about / Monitoring quickstart, Users, user groups, and permissions
- monitoring / How items can be monitored
- scheduling /
- copying / Copying items
- calculated items / Reusing data on the server
- aggregate items / Reusing data on the server
- gathering / Gathering items as raw data
- items, adding to fields
- action log / How it works
- clock / How it works
- data overview / How it works
- graph / How it works
- graph prototype / How it works
- history of events / How it works
- host group issues / How it works
- host issues / How it works
- hosts info / How it works
- map / How it works
- plain text / How it works
- screen / How it works
- server info / How it works
- simple graph / How it works
- simple graph prototype / How it works
- system status / How it works
- triggers info / How it works
- triggers overview / How it works
- item types
- Zabbix agent / Item types
- Zabbix agent (active) / Item types
- Simple check / Item types
- SNMP agents / Item types
- SNMP trap / Item types
- Zabbix internal / Item types
- Zabbix trapper / Item types
- Zabbix aggregate / Item types
- External check / Item types
- Database monitor / Item types
- IPMI agent / Item types
- SSH agent / Item types
- TELNET agent / Item types
- JMX agent / Item types
- Calculated / Item types
- IT service
- IT services
- setting up / Setting up IT services
- test items, creating / Creating test items and triggers
- triggers, creating / Creating test items and triggers
- configuring / Configuring IT services, Configuring an IT service
- data, sending / Sending in the data
- about / IT services
- status calculation algorithm, options / Configuring an IT service
J
- Java gateway
- about / JMX checks
- Java Management Extensions (JMX) / Zabbix features and architecture, How to do it...
- JMX
- monitoring / Zabbix JMX monitoring
- security aspects / Considering JMX security aspects
- Zabbix Java gateway, installing / Installing a Zabbix Java gateway
- configuring / Configuring Zabbix JMX
- keys / JMX keys in detail
- considerations / Issues and considerations about JMX
- issues / Issues and considerations about JMX
- JMX checks
- about / JMX checks, How to do it…
- JMX items
- monitoring / Monitoring JMX items
- querying, manually / Querying JMX items manually
- considerations, for monitoring / What to monitor?
- JMX monitoring
- about / There's more...
- JQZabbix
K
- KColorChooser application
- about / Custom graphs
- kernel
- URL / Low-level discovery
- key parameter
- about / Key parameter quoting
L
- latest data
- libraries, Zabbix API
- using / Using API libraries
- URL / Using API libraries
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) / How to do it...
- links
- about /
- Linux Kernel Archives
- reference link / Editing inventory data manually
- Linux Standard Base
- about / Level of the details monitored
- log file format
- troubleshooting / The Zabbix log file format
- log files
- monitoring / Log file monitoring
- single file, monitoring / Monitoring a single file
- filtering / Filtering for specific strings
- rotated files, monitoring / Monitoring rotated files
- alerting, on log data / Alerting on log data
- extracting / Extracting part of the line
- timestamps, parsing / Parsing timestamps
- log data, viewing / Viewing log data
- testing, with Zabbix / Testing log files, How to do it ..., There's more..., How it works
- references / See also
- Logical Unit Number (LUN) / Some considerations about high availability
- Logical Volume (LV) / Mirrored logical volume with LVM and DRDB
- Logical Volume Management (LVM)
- about / Custom y axis scale
- Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
- log items / Supported items
- Long-Term Support (LTS) /
- long-term support (LTS) branches
- low-level discovery
- about / Low-level discovery
- reference link / Low-level discovery
- network interface discovery / Network interface discovery
- filesystem discovery / Filesystem discovery
- CPU discovery / CPU discovery
- SNMP discovery / SNMP discovery
- custom LLD rules, creating / Creating custom LLD rules
- using / Low-level discovery, How to do it ..., How it works, There's more…
- low-level discovery (LLD)
- about / Creating an IPMI item
- low-level discovery protocol
- about / The low-level discovery protocol
- LVM
- about / Mirrored logical volume with LVM and DRDB
- DRBD, setting / Prerequisite tasks to start with DRBD on LVM
- configuring / Pacemaker – the LVM configuration
- LVM2
- basic concepts / Mirrored logical volume with LVM and DRDB
- LVM partition
- DRBD, creating on / Creating a DRBD device on top of the LVM partition
M
- macros
- using / Using macros, Macros, Using macros
- URL / Using macros, See also
- using, with template / Macro usage
- user macros, defining /
- using, in templates / Getting ready, How to do it ..., How it works
- about / Important considerations about macros and URLs
- working with / Playing with macros inside maps
- {HOST.CONN} / Using macros
- {HOST.DNS} / Using macros
- {HOST.HOST} / Using macros
- {HOST.IP} / Using macros
- {HOST.NAME} / Using macros
- user defined macros / User-defined macros
- maintenance periods
- about / Maintenance periods, How to do it..., There's more…
- With data collection / There's more…
- No data collection / There's more…
- Management Information Base (MIB's) / There's more...
- Management Information Base (MIB)
- about / Using Net-SNMP, Zabbix SNMP monitoring
- new MIBs, adding / Adding new MIBs
- map customization
- about / Further map customization
- macros, using in labels / Macros in labels
- with link labels / Link labels
- problems, reflecting on map elements / Reflecting problems on map elements
- available map elements / Available map elements
- map, filtering / Map filtering
- custom icons, using / Custom icons and background images
- background images, using / Custom icons and background images
- icon mapping / Icon mapping
- global map options / Other global map options
- host group elements, displaying / Displaying host group elements
- numbers, as icons / Numbers as icons
- map elements
- linking /
- links, selecting / Selecting links
- invisible links / Routed and invisible links
- routed links / Routed and invisible links
- maps
- about / Maps
- creating / Creating your first Zabbix map
- sharing / Sharing the maps
- building / Building maps in Zabbix, How to do it..., How it works
- data, visualizing through / Visualizing the data through maps
- menu / Finally, inside the map
- elements, adding / Finally, inside the map
- elements, selecting / Selecting elements
- macros, working with / Playing with macros inside maps
- creating, from dot files / Generating Zabbix maps from dot files
- automated way generation, issues / Generating Zabbix maps from dot files
- MariaDB
- URL /
- about / How to do it...
- mass update
- using / Using mass update, Using mass update
- Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) / DRBD – some networking considerations
- MBean
- about / JMX keys in detail
- Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR) / Understanding the levels of IT service
- Media Access Control (MAC)
- about / Configuring global scripts
- Message-Digest algorithm 5 (MD5) / Authentication, encryption, and context
- minor version upgrade
- binaries, upgrading / Upgrading binaries
- module API
- URL / Custom modules
- monitoring
- about / The first steps in monitoring
- monitoring, issues
- general monitoring / General monitoring
- Zabbix agent, monitoring / Monitoring with the Zabbix agent
- user parameters / User parameters
- SNMP devices / SNMP devices
- IPMI, monitoring / IPMI monitoring
- ICMP checks / ICMP checks
- simple checks / Problems with simple checks
- zabbix_sender / Problems with zabbix_sender and trapper items
- trapper items / Problems with zabbix_sender and trapper items
- general issues / General issues
- monitoring data flow
- monitoring solution
- about / The first steps in monitoring
- data gathering / The first steps in monitoring
- alerting / The first steps in monitoring
- data storage / The first steps in monitoring
- visualization / The first steps in monitoring
- mounted filesystem discovery
- about / Available metrics
- multiple templates
- using / Using multiple templates
- templates, unlinking from hosts / Unlinking templates from hosts
- MySQL
- URL / Software requirements
- MySQL, replaced by MariaDB
- URL, for article /
- MySQL documentation
- URL /
- mysqldump / There's more…
- MySQL ODBC drivers
- about / MySQL ODBC drivers
- MySQLTuner-perl / How to do it...
N
- Nagios / Frontend installation and configuration
- nested templates
- creating / Nested templates
- Net-SNMP
- using / Using Net-SNMP
- SNMPv3, using /
- engine ID / The engine ID
- Network Attached Storage (NAS) / How to do it …
- network device discovery
- about / Available metrics
- network discovery
- about / Network discovery
- discovery rule, configuring / Configuring a discovery rule
- results, viewing / Viewing the results
- results, reacting to / Reacting to the discovery results
- uniqueness criteria / Uniqueness criteria
- configuring / Configuring network discovery, How to do it..., How it works, There is more…
- Network File System (NFS)
- about / Dependencies and actions
- network interface discovery
- about / Network interface discovery
- calculated items, creating automatically / Automatically creating calculated items
- triggers, creating automatically / Automatically creating triggers
- graphs, creating automatically / Automatically creating graphs
- triggers, filtering / Filtering discovery results
- network monitoring software
- about / The first steps in monitoring
- Network Time Protocol (NTP) / Troubleshooting in Zabbix
- new values per second (NVPS)
- about / New values per second
- nodata function / How it works
- notifications
- about / Monitoring quickstart
- host, creating /
- item, creating /
- triggers, creating /
- e-mail parameters, configuring /
- action, creating / Creating an action
- load, creating / Let's create some load
- sending out / Sending out notifications
- macros, using / Using macros
- recovery messages, sending / Sending recovery messages
- numeric references
- using, for performance counters / Using numeric references to performance counters
O
- Object Identifier (OID)
- about / How to do it …
- object identifier (OID) / Using Net-SNMP
- observer effect / The observer effect
- ODBC
- about / Database monitoring, Delving into ODBC
- unixODBC / Delving into ODBC
- iODBC / Delving into ODBC
- database drivers, installing / Installing database drivers
- MySQL ODBC drivers / MySQL ODBC drivers
- reference link / MySQL ODBC drivers
- PostgreSQL ODBC drivers / PostgreSQL ODBC drivers
- Oracle ODBC drivers / Oracle ODBC drivers
- UnixODBC configuration files / unixODBC configuration files
- Zabbix, compiling / Compiling Zabbix with ODBC
- database monitor items, creating / Database monitor items
- SQL query, considerations / Some considerations about the ODBC SQL query
- ODBC checks
- reference link / There's more...
- official Zabbix conference
- about / Meeting in person, The Zabbix conference
- OID
- about / Zabbix SNMP monitoring
- OpenStreetMap
- reference link / Creating a web-monitoring scenario
- OpenSUSE
- about /
- Oracle ODBC drivers
- about / Oracle ODBC drivers
- URL / Oracle ODBC drivers
- installing / Oracle ODBC drivers
- original event ID / Sending recovery messages
P
- Pacemaker
- about / Automating switchover/failover with a resource manager, Pacemaker – is Quorum really needed?, Pacemaker – the stickiness concept
- URL / Automating switchover/failover with a resource manager
- stickiness / Pacemaker – the stickiness concept
- Apache/HTTPD, configuring / Pacemaker – configuring Apache/HTTPD
- DRBD, integrating with / Pacemaker clusters – integrating DRBD
- DRBD configuration, enabling / Enabling the DRBD configuration
- LVM configuration / Pacemaker – the LVM configuration
- PostgreSQL, configuring / Pacemaker – configuring PostgreSQL
- network configuration / Pacemaker – the network configuration
- configuring / Pacemaker – the final configuration
- cluster, configuration / Cluster configuration – the final test
- parameters, zabbix_server.conf file
- references /
- passive agent
- setting up / Passive agents, How it works
- using / There's more...
- passive items
- about /
- cloning /
- querying, manually /
- passive proxy
- about / Active proxy, passive proxy
- setting up / Setting up a passive proxy, Setting up a passive proxy, How to do it…
- patch repository
- Percona
- URL /
- PerconaDB
- about / How to do it...
- Percona XtraBackup / How it works…
- performance considerations
- about / Performance considerations
- events / Performance considerations
- IT service data / Performance considerations
- audit data / Performance considerations
- user sessions / Performance considerations
- performance counters
- querying / Querying performance counters
- numeric references, using / Using numeric references to performance counters
- aliases, using / Using aliases for performance counters
- averaging, over time / Averaging performance counters over time
- performance issues
- avoiding / Avoiding performance issues, How to do it...
- Performance Monitor facility
- about / Zabbix SNMP monitoring
- perl trap handler
- about / The perl trap handler
- permissions
- about / Users, user groups, and permissions
- and maintenance configuration /
- PgTune / How to do it...
- pg_dump utility / How it works…
- PHP documentation
- URL /
- Physical Volume (PV) / Mirrored logical volume with LVM and DRDB
- pie graphs
- creating / Pie graphs
- Point-In-Time Recovery (PITR) / Implementing high availability for a database
- poller process
- about / How it works
- PostgreSQL
- clustering / Clustering of PostgreSQL
- configuring / Pacemaker – configuring PostgreSQL
- PostgreSQL 9.2
- installing / Installing the database
- PostgreSQL ODBC drivers
- about / PostgreSQL ODBC drivers
- URL / PostgreSQL ODBC drivers
- installing / PostgreSQL ODBC drivers
- pre-shared key (PSK)
- about / Overview
- pre-shared key encryption
- about / Pre-shared key encryption
- protocols
- about / Working with Zabbix protocols
- get protocol / The Zabbix get protocol
- sender protocol / The Zabbix sender protocol
- agent protocol / The Zabbix agent protocol
- low-level discovery protocol / The low-level discovery protocol
- sender protocol, implementing in Java / Implementing the Zabbix_sender protocol in Java
- sender protocol, implementing in Python / Implementing the Zabbix sender protocol in Python
- agent development, considerations / Some considerations about agent development
- proxy
- passive proxy / Active proxy, passive proxy
- active proxy / Active proxy, passive proxy
- host, monitoring / Monitoring a host through a proxy
- advantages / Proxy benefits
- limitations / Proxy limitations
- operation / Proxy operation
- configuration, tweaking / Tweaking the proxy configuration
- installing / Installing a proxy, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- using / There's more…
- hosts, monitoring through / Monitoring hosts through a proxy, How it works…
- monitoring / Monitoring the proxy, How to do it…, There's more…, Monitoring Zabbix proxies
- about / Zabbix proxies
- deploying / Deploying a Zabbix proxy
- monitoring data flow with / Understanding the monitoring data flow with proxies
- proxy, deploying
- runtime proxy commands / Zabbix's runtime proxy commands
- RPMs used / Deploying a Zabbix proxy using RPMs
- different Zabbix proxy database / Considering a different Zabbix proxy database
- proxy availability
- monitoring / Proxies and availability monitoring
- last access item, monitoring / Method 1 – Last access item
- internal proxy buffer item, monitoring / Method 2 – Internal proxy buffer item
- custom proxy buffer item, monitoring / Method 3 – Custom proxy buffer item
- proxy configuration, parameters
- ProxyLocalBuffer / Tweaking the proxy configuration
- ProxyOfflineBuffer / Tweaking the proxy configuration
- HeartbeatFrequency / Tweaking the proxy configuration
- ConfigFrequency / Tweaking the proxy configuration
- DataSenderFrequency / Tweaking the proxy configuration
- Public GPS traces
- reference link / Creating a web-monitoring scenario
- pure Perl (pp) / Obtaining history and trends
- Pyzabbix
- PyZabbix / How to do it...
Q
- Quorum
- about / Pacemaker – is Quorum really needed?
- no-Quorum policy / Pacemaker – is Quorum really needed?
R
- raw data
- obtaining / Getting raw data
- extracting, from frontend / Extracting from the frontend
- database, querying / Querying the database
- read cache
- about / Cache usage
- real-time mode
- about / Sending values from a file
- recovery messages
- sending / Sending recovery messages
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO) / DRBD efficient synchronization
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x /
- Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) / How to do it...
- regexp / Regular expressions
- regular expressions
- using / Regular expressions
- remote commands
- using / Remote commands
- Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC) / How to do it...
- remote site
- data, using / Using data in a remote site
- reports
- viewing / Viewing reports
- creating / Creating reports, How to do it..., How it works
- RFC 3414
- URL / The engine ID
- routed links
- about / Routed and invisible links
- RPMs
- used, for deploying Zabbix proxy / Deploying a Zabbix proxy using RPMs
- RT
- about / An overview of Request Tracker
- setting up, to integrate with Zabbix / Setting up RT to better integrate with Zabbix
- custom queue, creating for Zabbix / Creating a custom queue for Zabbix
- API, connecting to / Connecting to the Request Tracker API
- Zabbix, setting up for integration / Setting up Zabbix to integrate with Request Tracker
- RT, tickets
- links section / Customizing tickets – the links section
- ticket priority / Customizing tickets – ticket priority
- custom fields / Customizing tickets – the custom fields
- creating, from Zabbix / Creating RT tickets from the Zabbix events
- running daemons
- controlling / Controlling running daemons
- runtime process status
- troubleshooting / Runtime process status
S
- scenarios, simple web properties
- attempts / Other scenarios and step properties
- agent / Other scenarios and step properties
- HTTP proxy / Other scenarios and step properties
- scheduled downtime / Understanding high availability
- screens
- about / Screens
- creating / Screens, Creating screens, How to do it..., How it works, Creating a screen
- dynamic screens / Dynamic screens
- screen elements / Additional screen elements
- templated screens / Templated screens
- visualizing through / Visualizing through screens
- screens, elements
- Action log / Creating a screen
- Clock / Creating a screen
- Data overview / Creating a screen
- Graph / Creating a screen
- History of events / Creating a screen
- Host group issues / Creating a screen
- Host issues / Creating a screen
- Hosts info / Creating a screen
- Map / Creating a screen
- Plain text / Creating a screen
- Screen / Creating a screen
- Server info / Creating a screen
- Simple graph / Creating a screen
- Simple graph prototype / Creating a screen
- System status / Creating a screen
- Triggers info / Creating a screen
- Triggers overview / Creating a screen
- URL / Creating a screen
- dynamic elements / Dynamic elements
- scripts
- using, as media / Using scripts as media
- reference link / Using scripts as media
- Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) / Authentication, encryption, and context
- Secure Shell (SSH) / Secure Shell
- security
- about / Security considerations
- without network configuration / No network configuration
- network isolation / Network isolation
- tunnels / Simple tunnels
- VPN / A full-blown VPN
- Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART) / The first steps in monitoring
- self-signed certificates
- creating / Being our own authority
- SELinux
- URL / There's more...
- sender protocol
- about / The Zabbix sender protocol
- undocumented feature / An interesting undocumented feature
- clock properties, using in JSON items / Using the clock properties in JSON items
- sensors, IPMI specifications
- URL / There's more...
- server
- data, reusing / Reusing data on the server
- setting up / Setting up the server
- agent, setting up / Setting up the agent
- package, creating / Installing and creating the package
- package, installing / Installing and creating the package
- packages, installing from / Installing from packages
- configuring / Configuring the server
- configuring, for high availability / Configuring the Zabbix server for high availability
- server configuration file, parameters
- StartProxyPollers / Tweaking the proxy configuration
- ProxyConfigFrequency / Tweaking the proxy configuration
- ProxyDataFrequency / Tweaking the proxy configuration
- service level agreement (SLA) / Understanding the levels of IT service
- Service Level Agreement (SLA)
- uptime, specifying / Specifying uptime and downtime
- downtime, specifying / Specifying uptime and downtime
- service tree
- deciding / Deciding on the service tree
- session riding / Important considerations about macros and URLs
- Shoot The Other Node In The Head (STONITH)
- Shorewall
- URL / How to do it...
- short-term support branches
- Siege
- URL / Load testing
- simple checks
- URL / Problems with simple checks
- about / Simple checks, How to do it …
- working / How it works
- simple graphs
- about / Simple graphs
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) / The first steps in monitoring, How to do it...
- Simple Network Management Protocol Object Identifiers (SNMP OID)
- about / How items can be monitored
- simple web page
- monitoring / Monitoring a simple web page
- web-monitoring scenario, creating / Creating a web-monitoring scenario
- scenarios / Other scenarios and step properties
- step properties / Other scenarios and step properties
- web scenarios, alerting / Alerting on web scenarios
- SLA reports
- generating / Generating SLA reports, How to do it...
- slides
- on big display / Controlling center slides and the big display challenge
- on big display, considerations / Considerations about slides on a big display
- slide show
- date, visualizing through / Visualizing the date through a slide show
- automated / Automated slide show
- slide shows
- setting up / Slide shows
- slideshows
- creating / Creating slideshows, How to do it..., How it works
- Snapshot Logical Volume (SLV) / Mirrored logical volume with LVM and DRDB
- SNMP
- about / SNMP checks, Zabbix SNMP monitoring
- monitoring / Zabbix SNMP monitoring
- queries / SNMP queries
- SNMP bulk requests /
- SNMP checks
- performing / Getting ready, How to do it …, How it works, There's more...
- references / There's more..., Internal checks
- snmpget
- about / How to do it …, How it works
- SNMP items
- polling, in Zabbix / Polling SNMP items in Zabbix
- SNMP OIDs, translating /
- dynamic indexes /
- SNMP bulk requests /
- SNMP OIDs
- translating /
- snmptrapd process
- about / The snmptrapd process
- SNMP traps
- receiving / Receiving SNMP traps
- embedded Perl code, using /
- about / SNMP traps
- snmptrapd process / The snmptrapd process
- perl trap handler / The perl trap handler
- SNMP Trap Translator (SNMPTT)
- URL / SNMP Trap Translator
- SNMPv3
- using, with Net-SNMP /
- snmpwalk
- about / How to do it …
- snmpwalk tool
- using / SNMP queries
- Solid-State Drive (SSD) drives
- about / How to do it...
- source
- Zabbix, installing from / Installing Zabbix from source, How to do it..., How it works...
- SourceForge
- SQL query
- considerations / Some considerations about the ODBC SQL query
- SSH
- about / Checks with SSH
- monitoring / Monitoring Zabbix SSH
- key authentication, configuring / Configuring the SSH key authentication
- SSH checks
- about / Getting ready, How to do it…, How it works
- reference link / There's more
- SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
- about / Constructing trigger expressions
- SSH items
- about / SSH and Telnet items, SSH items
- reference link / SSH items
- stacked graphs
- creating / Stacked graphs
- starting up
- about /
- systemd, using /
- services state, verifying /
- stickiness
- string index
- about / How it works
- Subversion (SVN) /
- suffix multipliers
- about / Human-readable constants
- swap file / More advanced triggers
- sysUpTime
- about / Zabbix SNMP monitoring
T
- technical host name
- about / Monitoring with the Zabbix agent
- telnet items
- about / SSH and Telnet items, Telnet items
- template
- candidates, identifying / Identifying template candidates
- creating / Creating a template
- linking, to hosts / Linking templates to hosts
- default templates, handling / Handling default templates
- configuration, modifying / Changing the configuration in a template
- macros, using / Macro usage
- unlinking, from hosts / Unlinking templates from hosts
- templated screens
- creating / Templated screens
- templates
- creating / Creating templates, How to do it ..., Creating templates
- working / How it works, There's more...
- URL / There's more...
- exporting / Importing and exporting templates, How to do it..., How it works, There's more..., Importing and exporting templates
- importing / Importing and exporting templates, How to do it..., How it works, There's more..., Importing and exporting templates
- references / There's more...
- linking / Linking templates, How it works
- linking, URL / How it works
- nesting / Nesting templates, How it works, Nesting templates
- nesting, URL / There's more...
- macros / Macros in templates, How to do it ..., How it works
- entities, adding / Adding entities to a template
- linking, to hosts / Linking templates to hosts
- combining / Combining templates
- templating / Zabbix features and architecture
- time shift
- timestamped values
- sending / Sending timestamped values
- trapper
- about / Zabbix trapper, How to do it…
- working / How it works
- reference link / See also
- traps / Receiving SNMP traps
- trigger
- severity level, adding / Trigger severities
- displaying, options / Trigger displaying options
- creating / Creating triggers, How to do it...
- working / How it works
- references, URL / See also
- trigger constructor
- using / Trigger constructor, How to do it...
- working / How it works
- expression, URL / There's more
- trigger dependencies
- managing / Managing trigger dependencies
- trigger dependency graph
- creating / Creating a trigger dependency graph
- trigger display
- customizing /
- Trigger severities / Trigger severities
- Trigger display options / Trigger display options
- trigger expressions
- constructing / Constructing trigger expressions
- trigger flaps, preventing / Preventing trigger flapping
- missing data, checking / Checking for missing data
- timed out triggers, creating / Triggers that time out
- adaptable thresholds, applying / Triggers with adaptable thresholds
- triggers, setting for limited period / Triggers with a limited period
- time shift, specifying / Relative thresholds or time shift
- relative thresholds, specifying / Relative thresholds or time shift
- system time, verifying / Verifying system time
- constants, using / Human-readable constants
- URL / There's more...
- testing / Testing our trigger expressions, How to do it ...
- working / How it works, There's more...
- about / Understanding trigger expressions
- items, selecting / Selecting items and functions
- functions, selecting / Selecting items and functions
- wiki, URL / Selecting items and functions
- seconds and number of measurements, selecting between / Choosing between seconds and a number of measurements
- time function / The date and time functions
- date function / The date and time functions
- severity / Trigger severity
- absolute values and percentages, selecting between / Choosing between absolute values and percentages
- operations, as correlations / Understanding operations as correlations
- trigger functions
- triggers
- about / Triggers
- creating / Triggers
- trigger-and-item relationship / The trigger-and-item relationship
- dependencies / Trigger dependencies
- event details, viewing / Event details
- event generation / Event generation and hysteresis
- issues / Triggers
- acknowledging / Acknowledging triggers, How to do it...
- troubleshooting, Zabbix
- about / Troubleshooting Zabbix
- log file format / The Zabbix log file format
- configuration cache, reloading / Reloading the configuration cache
- running daemons, controlling / Controlling running daemons
- runtime process status / Runtime process status
- debugging / Further debugging
- URL / Further debugging
- tunnels
- about / Simple tunnels
- Secure Shell (SSH) / Secure Shell
- stunnel / Stunnel
U
- underscore /
- unexpected downtime / Understanding high availability
- units
- about / Units
- UNIX Administration Horror Stories
- unixODBC
- UnixODBC
- configuration files / unixODBC configuration files
- unreachable pollers
- about / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- unsupported items
- monitoring / Unsupported items and more problems
- counting / Counting unsupported items
- reviewing / Reviewing unsupported items
- internal events, monitoring / Internal events and unknown triggers
- unknown triggers, monitoring / Internal events and unknown triggers
- upgrade process
- about / The upgrade process
- minor version upgrade / Minor version upgrade
- frontend, upgrading / Upgrading the frontend
- major-level upgrade / Major-level upgrades
- database, versioning / Database versioning
- data, gathering / Gathering data during the upgrade
- frontend configuration file / The frontend configuration file
- uptime
- specifying / Specifying uptime and downtime
- URLs
- user
- about / Users, user groups, and permissions
- creating /
- User Datagram Protocol (UDP) / Using Net-SNMP, How it works
- user groups
- about / Users, user groups, and permissions
- creating / Creating user groups, How to do it..., How it works...
- working / How it works...
- URL / How it works...
- user macros
- defining /
- used, with item key parameters /
- used, with item name /
- used, with trigger function parameters /
- used, with SNMP community /
- user parameter
- about / The user parameter
- flexibility / The flexible user parameter
- considerations / Considerations about user parameters
- user parameters
- setting up / User parameters, Just getting it to work
- data, querying / Querying data that the Zabbix agent does not support
- flexible user parameters / Flexible user parameters
- details, monitoring / Level of the details monitored
- environment trap / Environment trap
- measures / Things to remember about user parameters
- wrapper scripts, writing / Wrapper scripts
- considerations / When not to use user parameters
- user profile
- viewing /
- users
- media limits / Media limits for users
- managing / Managing users
- creating / Creating users, How to do it..., See also...
- working / How it works...
- groups, creating / Creating user groups
- authenticating / Authenticating users, How to do it...
- users, fields
- userid / Managing users
- alias / Managing users
- name / Managing users
- surname / Managing users
- passwd / Managing users
- url / Managing users
- autologout / Managing users
- lang / Managing users
- refresh / Managing users
- theme / Managing users
- attempt_failed / Managing users
- attempt_ip / Managing users
- attempt_clock / Managing users
- rows_per_page / Managing users
V
- value
- mapping / Value mapping
- value maps
- creating / Value mapping
- values
- about / New values per second
- Values per second (VPS) / Deploying a Zabbix proxy using RPMs
- version control system
- accessing / Accessing the version control system
- changeset / Looking at the changesets
- VIP (Virtual IP) / Some considerations about high availability
- Virtual Private Server (VPS) / How to do it…
- VMware
- monitoring / Preparing for VMware monitoring, Monitoring VMware, How to do it…, How it works…, There's more…
- Zabbix, configuring for / Configuring Zabbix for VMware, Getting ready, How it works…
- VMware cache
- VMware item keys
- URL / Available metrics
- VMware LLD
- configuration / VMware LLD configuration
- host prototypes / Host prototypes
- default template interaction / Summarizing default template interaction
- server operation / Server operation and configuration details
- server configuration / Server operation and configuration details
- Volume Group (VG) / Mirrored logical volume with LVM and DRDB
- VPN / A full-blown VPN
- vPoller / There's more…
W
- web frontend
- about /
- prerequisites /
- environment, setting up /
- web frontend configuration wizard
- using /
- welcome /
- PHP prerequisites /
- database access /
- Zabbix server details / Step 4 – Zabbix server details
- summary / Step 5 – summary
- configuration file, writing / Step 6 – writing the configuration file
- logging in / Step 8 – logging in
- web interface
- installing / The web interface
- frontend configuration / The web wizard – frontend configuration
- web page
- monitoring / Monitoring the web page
- authenticating / Authenticating web pages
- logging out / Logging out
- web scenarios
- building / Building web scenarios, How to do it…, How it works
- monitoring / Monitoring web scenarios, How to do it…, How it works...
- web server
- high availability, implementing / Implementing high availability on a web server
- website monitoring
- tips / There's more...
- reference link / There's more...
- WebSVN instance
- WhatsApp
- about / Stepping into WhatsApp
- messages, sending / Getting ready to send messages
- yowsup client, registering / Registering the yowsup client
- first WhatsApp message, sending / Sending the first WhatsApp message
- yowsup setup, securing / Securing the yowsup setup
- first Zabbix alert group, creating / Creating our first Zabbix alert group
- yowsup, integrating with Zabbix / Integrating yowsup with Zabbix
- Windows
- Zabbix agent, installing for / Installing the Zabbix agent for Windows
- event log, monitoring / Windows event log monitoring
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
- querying / Querying WMI
- Windows services
- monitoring / Monitoring Windows services
- automatic services, checking / Checking automatic services
- discovering / Service discovery
- working time
- setting / Working time
- wrapper script
- writing, for check_ora_sendtrap / Writing a wrapper script for check_ora_sendtrap
- write cache (wcache)
- about / New values per second
X
- XML export format
- about / The XML export format
- XML import/export
- using, for configuration / Using XML import/export for configuration
- reference links / Using XML import/export for configuration
- configuration, exporting / Exporting the initial configuration
- configuration, modifying / Modifying the configuration
- XML export format / The XML export format
- scripting / Scripting around the export
- modified configuration, importing / Importing modified configuration
- hosts, generating / Generating hosts
- images, importing / Importing images
- XML roundtrip
- devices, adding / Scripting around the export
- graphs, creating with arbitrary items / Scripting around the export
Y
- Yowsup
- about / Stepping into WhatsApp
- requisites / Stepping into WhatsApp
- client, registering / Registering the yowsup client
- setup, securing / Securing the yowsup setup
- integrating, with Zabbix / Integrating yowsup with Zabbix
Z
- Zabbix
- features / Zabbix features and architecture, Zabbix architectures
- architecture / Zabbix features and architecture, Zabbix architecture, How to do it..., How it works...
- URL / Community and support, There's more..., There's more…, Troubleshooting in Zabbix
- repository / The Zabbix repository
- SNMP items, polling / Polling SNMP items in Zabbix
- setting up, with certificates / Setting up Zabbix with certificates
- concerns / Concerns and further reading
- URL, for current policy / Long-term support and short-term support
- performance considerations / Performance considerations
- troubleshooting / Troubleshooting Zabbix, Troubleshooting in Zabbix
- references / Filing issues on the tracker
- URL, for specifications / Following the development
- translating / Translating Zabbix
- URL, for translating / Translating Zabbix
- URL, for support / Commercial support options, How to do it …
- reference link / Commercial support options
- URL, for documentation / There's more...
- installing, from source / Installing Zabbix from source, How to do it..., How it works...
- URL, for manual / Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...
- definitions / Zabbix definitions, How to do it..., How it works...
- hosts / How to do it...
- hosts, adding / How to do it...
- definitions, URL / How it works...
- administration / General administration
- URL, for agent communication / See also
- URL, for UserParameter / There's more...
- URL, for simple checks / See also
- URL, for macros / There's more...
- log files, testing / Testing log files, How to do it ..., There's more..., How it works
- trigger constructor, using / Trigger constructor
- advanced triggers / More advanced triggers
- configuring, for VMware / Configuring Zabbix for VMware, Getting ready, How to do it…
- about / Introduction, Introduction
- devices, creating in / Automation after discovery, How to do it..., How it works
- monitoring / Monitoring Zabbix, How to do it
- reference links / How to do it...
- best practices / Zabbix best practices
- architecture, for large environment / Zabbix architectures
- installing / Installing Zabbix
- performance tuning / Capacity planning with Zabbix
- proxy / Zabbix proxies
- monitoring data flow / Understanding the Zabbix monitoring data flow
- compiling, with ODBC / Compiling Zabbix with ODBC
- graphs / Graphs
- data, visualizing through maps / Visualizing the data through maps
- screens, visualizing through / Visualizing through screens
- date, visualizing through slide show / Visualizing the date through a slide show
- center slides, controlling / Controlling center slides and the big display challenge
- big display, challenges / Controlling center slides and the big display challenge
- IT services / IT services
- trigger expressions / Understanding trigger expressions
- action / Taking an action
- templates / Creating templates
- host / Discovering hosts
- external checks / External checks
- forum, URL / Going deep into external checks
- protocols / Working with Zabbix protocols
- communicating with / Communicating with Zabbix
- setting up, to integrate with RT / Setting up Zabbix to integrate with Request Tracker
- Zabbix, upgrading
- about / Upgrading Zabbix
- general version policy / Upgrading Zabbix, General version policy
- upgrade process / Upgrading Zabbix, The upgrade process
- compatibility, verifying / Upgrading Zabbix
- long-term support (LTS) branches / Long-term support and short-term support
- short-term support branches / Long-term support and short-term support
- long-term support (LTS branches) / Long-term support and short-term support
- compatibility / Compatibility
- Zabbix-related resource directory
- URL / Using the Zabbix wiki
- Zabbix 2.4
- URL / How to do it...
- Zabbix 3.0
- defining / What to expect in Zabbix 3.0
- Zabbix agent
- about / Using the Zabbix agent
- passive items /
- active items /
- active agent, with multiple servers /
- supported items / Supported items
- active and passive items, selecting between / Choosing between active and passive items
- installing, for Windows / Installing the Zabbix agent for Windows
- URL / Installing the Zabbix agent for Windows
- monitoring / Monitoring with the Zabbix agent
- installing / Agent installation and configuration,
- configuring / Agent installation and configuration,
- extending / Extending agents, How it works
- Zabbix agent configuration file, Unix / Windows
- references / There's more...
- Zabbix agent daemon
- PidFile / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- LogType / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- LogFile / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- LogFileSize / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- DebugLevel / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- SourceIP / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- EnableRemoteCommands / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- LogRemoteCommands / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- Server / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- ListenPort / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- ListenIP / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- StartAgents / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- ServerActive / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- Hostname / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- HostnameItem / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- HostMetadata / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- HostMetadataItem / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- RefreshActiveChecks / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- BufferSend / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- BufferSize / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- MaxLinesPerSecond / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- Alias / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- Timeout / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- AllowRoot / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- User / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- Include / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- UnsafeUserParameters / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- UserParameter / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- LoadModulePath / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- LoadModule / Zabbix agent daemon and common parameters
- Zabbix agents
- about / Zabbix architectures
- Zabbix API
- starting / Starting with the Zabbix API
- operations, performing / Simple operations, Mass operations
- version, obtaining / Obtaining the API version
- logging in / Logging in
- hosts, enabling / Enabling and disabling hosts
- hosts, disabling / Enabling and disabling hosts
- host, creating / Creating a host
- host, deleting / Deleting a host
- value map, creating / Creating a value map
- history, obtaining / Obtaining history and trends
- trends, obtaining / Obtaining history and trends
- libraries, using / Using API libraries
- references / Further reading
- about / Zabbix API, How it works…, Exploring the Zabbix API
- URL / Exploring the Zabbix API
- Zabbix Version 1.8 / Exploring the Zabbix API
- JSON request / Exploring the Zabbix API
- documentation, URL / Exploring the Zabbix API
- first steps / First steps through the API
- authenticating through / Authenticating through the API
- PyZabbix library, using / Using the PyZabbix library
- exploring, with JQuery / Exploring the Zabbix API with JQuery
- hosts, redistributing to proxy / Redistributing hosts to proxies
- users, adding / Adding or updating users
- users, updating / Adding or updating users
- data, exporting / Exporting data
- tabular data, extracting / Extracting tabular data
- graphs, creating from data / Creating graphs from data
- graphviz / The Graphviz suite of programs
- trigger dependency graph, creating / Creating a trigger dependency graph
- Zabbix API, issues
- audit / Issues with the Zabbix API
- validation / Issues with the Zabbix API
- error messages / Issues with the Zabbix API
- performance / Issues with the Zabbix API
- functionality, missing / Issues with the Zabbix API
- Zabbix community
- about / Zabbix community
- references / Zabbix community
- Zabbix development
- about / Following the development
- source, obtaining / Getting the source
- URL / Daily snapshots
- daily snapshots / Daily snapshots
- version control system, accessing / Accessing the version control system
- Zabbix documentation
- URL / See also, How to do it
- Zabbix forum
- URL / Using the Zabbix forum
- using / Using the Zabbix forum
- Zabbix frontend
- about / Introduction
- exploring / Exploring the frontend, How to do it...
- working / How it works...
- Zabbix Gnomes
- about / Using API libraries
- URL / Using API libraries
- Zabbix installation
- upgrading / Upgrading your Zabbix installation
- Zabbix interface
- logging into / Logging in to the Zabbix interface, Step 2: log in
- first page, checking / Step 1: check the first page
- login, checking / Step 3: check login
- logging out / Step 4: log out
- logout, checking / Step 5: check logout
- Zabbix IRC channel
- URL / Chatting on IRC
- Zabbix issue tracker
- Zabbix items
- data flow / Understanding the data flow for Zabbix items
- Zabbix Java gateway
- setting up / Setting up the Zabbix Java gateway
- about / Zabbix JMX monitoring
- installing / Installing a Zabbix Java gateway
- URL / Installing a Zabbix Java gateway
- Zabbix proxies
- about / Zabbix architectures
- Zabbix server
- installing / Server installation and configuration,
- configuring / Server installation and configuration,
- installing, in distributed setup / Installing the server in a distributed setup, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
- options, passing to UserParameter / There's more...
- URL / There's more…
- about / Zabbix architectures
- Zabbix server daemon
- DBHost / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- DBName / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- DBSchema / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- DBUser / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- DBPassword / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- DBSocket / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- DBPort / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartPollers / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartIPMIPollers / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartPollersUnreachable / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartTrappers / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartPingers / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartDiscoverers / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartHTTPPollers / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartTimers / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartEscalators / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- JavaGateway / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- JavaGatewayPort / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartJavaPollers / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartVMwareCollectors / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- VMwareFrequency / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- VMwarePerfFrequency / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- VMwareCacheSize / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- SNMPTrapperFile / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- HousekeepingFrequency / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- MaxHousekeeperDelete / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- SenderFrequency / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- CacheSize / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- CacheUpdateFrequency / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartDBSyncers / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- HistoryCacheSize / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- HistoryIndexSize / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- TrendCacheSize / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- ValueCacheSize / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- TrapperTimeout / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- UnreachablePeriod / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- UnavailableDelay / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- UnreachableDelay / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- AlertScriptsPath / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- ExternalScripts / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- FpingLocation / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- Fping6Location / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- SSHKeyLocation / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- LogSlowQueries / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- TmpDir / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- SSLCertLocation / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- SSLKeyLocation / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- SSLCALocation / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- Zabbix server daemon
- VMwareTimeout / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- StartSNMPTrapper / Zabbix server daemon parameters
- Zabbix Server SLA / How it works
- Zabbix server uptime
- monitoring / Zabbix server uptime
- Zabbix source code repository
- Zabbix trapper items
- Zabbix upgrade
- guidelines / Some guidelines to upgrade Zabbix
- Zabbix web interface
- frontend installation / Frontend installation and configuration, How to do it..., How it works...
- configuring / Frontend installation and configuration, How to do it..., How it works...
- Zabbix wiki
- using / Using the Zabbix wiki
- URL / Using the Zabbix wiki
- zabbix_sender tool
- about / Zabbix trapper, How it works
- reference link / See also
- zabbix_sender utility
- used, for sending data / Sending data using zabbix_sender
- testing / Sending data using zabbix_sender
- new script / The new script
- dedicated script server, pros / The pros and cons of the dedicated script server
- dedicated script server, cons / The pros and cons of the dedicated script server
- zabbxi.org web page, as SNMP Traps in Zabbix
- URL / There's more...