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Zabbix Network Monitoring - Second Edition

By : Rihards Olups, Rihards Olups, Rihards Olups
Book Image

Zabbix Network Monitoring - Second Edition

By: Rihards Olups, Rihards Olups, Rihards Olups

Overview of this book

This book is a perfect starting point for monitoring with Zabbix. Even if you have never used a monitoring solution before, this book will get you up and running quickly, before guiding you into more sophisticated operations with ease. You'll soon feel in complete control of your network, ready to meet any challenges you might face. Beginning with installation, you'll learn the basics of data collection before diving deeper to get to grips with native Zabbix agents and SNMP devices. You will also explore Zabbix's integrated functionality for monitoring Java application servers and VMware. Beyond this, Zabbix Network Monitoring also covers notifications, permission management, system maintenance, and troubleshooting - so you can be confident that every potential challenge and task is under your control. If you're working with larger environments, you'll also be able to find out more about distributed data collection using Zabbix proxies. Once you're confident and ready to put these concepts into practice, you'll find out how to optimize and improve performance. Troubleshooting network issues is vital for anyone working with Zabbix, so the book is also on hand to help you work through any technical snags and glitches you might face. Network monitoring doesn't have to be a chore - learn the tricks of the Zabbix trade and make sure you're network is performing for everyone who depends upon it.
Table of Contents (32 chapters)
Zabbix Network Monitoring Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
6
Detecting Problems with Triggers
7
Acting upon Monitored Conditions
Index

Setting up the Zabbix Java gateway


Let's start by getting the gateway up and running. If you installed from packages, there likely is a Java gateway package available—just install that one. If you installed from source, the Java gateway can be compiled and installed by running the following from the Zabbix source directory:

$ ./configure --enable-java && make install

Tip

If the compilation fails because it is unable to find javac, you might be missing Java development packages. The package name could be similar to java-1_7_0-openjdk-devel. Consult your distribution's documentation for the exact package name.

By default, when compiling from source, the Zabbix Java gateway files are placed in the /usr/local/sbin/zabbix_java directory. From here on, we will use files found in that directory. If you installed from packages, consult the package configuration information to locate those files.

Let's try something simple: just starting up the gateway. Go to the Java gateway directory and run...