Zabbix 7 Application and Network Monitoring

Learn Server, Agents, Auto Registration, Items, Triggers, Graphs, Dashboards, Templates, PSK, SMTP, Health and more

Created by: Sean Bradley
Software and Networking Engineer for 20 Years

What Will I Learn?

• Installation and Configuration of Zabbix Server, Proxy and Agents on PC, Mac and Linux
• Create Auto Registration Rules to Auto Add and Configure Discovered Hosts
• Understand Active Versus Passive Items
• Configuring Domain name and SSL for Zabbix Server
• Configure SMTP for email alerts
• Creating a Graphical Network Map of All Hosts Indicating Status
• Creating Template Items for Assigning to Multiple Hosts
• Item Preprocessing using Regex, Javascript and JSONPath
• Web Monitoring from Different Geographical Locations for HTTP Status Codes and Response Speeds
• Configure PSK Encryption between Zabbix Server, Proxy and Agents
• Execute remote commands on Windows and Linux
• Monitor SSL Certificate Expiry
• Log File Monitoring Nginx Proxy HTTP Status Codes
• UserParameters
• Calculated Items
• Dependent Items
• JSON API Monitoring with the HTTP Agent Item
• Understanding Zabbix Server and Proxy health

Requirements

• You will need access to several PCs and/or locally hosted or cloud hosted VMs and/or Rasberry PIs. In this course I demonstrate various features using Windows, Ubuntu and CentOS

Target audience

• Network Engineers
• IT Platform Specialists
• System Administrators
• DevOps Technicians
• Enthusiasts wanting a better understanding and better visibility of their networks in the home or office
• Someone who is curious and wants a better understanding of what Zabbix does and what Zabbix is good at