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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 IT services


The best way to learn about a feature is to use it. We don't have any business services in our environment, thus we could use a similar approach as with the network map link indicator feature, where we created "fake" items and triggers to simulate network issues. We'll create items and triggers that will act as high-level service monitors.

We will invent two companies, called "Banana" and "Pineapple". Our company would be hosting various services for these two companies:

  • A code repository system for "Banana"

  • A warehouse analytics system for "Pineapple"

  • A ticketing system for "Banana" and "Pineapple"

Our service tree could look like this:

If everything is green at the top level, we know that all our customers are happy. If not, we see which customer is having an issue with a system, and we could see which system is affected. The ticketing system going down would affect both customers. And anything below these services—well, that's operational monitoring.

Unfortunately, IT...