Setting up template-level tags
Our next step in setting up our Zabbix template is setting up template-level tags. Tags on a template level are used to give every single event (problem) created on a host by this template a tag. The tag is then used to filter events in things like dashboards, actions, and the Monitoring | Problems view.
Getting ready
To get started with this recipe, you will need a Zabbix server and a template on that server, preferably our template created in the previous recipe.
How to do it…
Creating template-level tags is a way to make sure that only events created by a certain template will get a configured tag. To get started, the first thing you will need to do is navigate to the template and follow these steps:
- Go to Configuration | Templates and click on our template, called Custom Linux by SNMP.
- Here, you will click the Tags tab at the top of the form and you'll be taken to this tab: