Automated Monitoring with Zabbix ( autzabbix | 14 hours )

• Familiarity with Linux/Unix systems
• Basic understanding of networking and system administration
• General knowledge of monitoring tools and concepts
• Exposure to DevOps practices such as CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and agile methodologies

Audience

• System administrators looking to implement automated monitoring solutions
• DevOps engineers aiming to integrate Zabbix into their CI/CD pipeline
• Network administrators responsible for maintaining network health and performance
• IT professionals and support engineers with experience in monitoring systems who want to deepen their understanding of Zabbix

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) covers the installation, planning and configuration of Zabbix, and focuses on practical implementation and tooling.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Zabbix for monitoring IT infrastructure.
• Set up and manage hosts, items, triggers, and actions within Zabbix.
• Utilize Zabbix's features for data collection, alerting, and reporting.
• Integrate Zabbix with other tools and platforms for enhanced monitoring and automation.

Introduction

Installation and Configuration

• Zabbix architecture
• Installation: Server, WEB interface and agent
• Initial configuration
• Zabbix definitions
• WEB interface overview

Data Collection and Monitoring

• Configuration management by using templates
• Agent-less monitoring
• Data collection - hosts, Zabbix agent checks
• Data visualization - simple graphs, overview
• Problem detection - triggers, less sensitive triggers, dependencies
• Data collection - aggregate and calculated checks
• Data visualization - custom graphs

Events and Alerts

• Events
• Notifications and escalations - media types, actions, operations

Zabbix Administration and Monitoring

• Automatic recovery by using remote commands
• Host and host group level maintenance
• Zabbix Administration - working time, housekeeper, authentication, front-end scripts
• Managing permissions - users and user groups, audit
• Automatic discovery - network discovery, active agent auto-registration
• Command line utilities: zabbix_get, zabbix_sender

Maintenance

• Proxy overview
• Maintenance and operations - best practices, DB sizing, upgrades

Summary and Next Steps