Zabbix server hosts management

Discovery

Discovery rule

You can create a new Discovery rule using the "create discovery rule" button. Create a Local network rule:

→ Configuration >> Discovery

Then you should have the following settings:

IP range: your network

Checks:

• ICMP ping
• SNMP v2
• SSH
• Zabbix agent

Uniqueness: IP

!!! If you use Zabbix agent "system.uname" as unique criteria you might encounter a problem !!!

• Dicovery Zabbix agent will bring back the FQDN of the server
• Template rules are based on the short name of the server

So, with Zabbix agent some template item won't work !!

Discovery default group

You can set a configuration property for the default group of discovered hosts in:

→ Administration >> General >> Other

Discovery default template

You can set a discovery action to register all Zabbix discovered hosts in a specific template.

→ Configuration >> Actions >> Discovery

Then you can either create a new one or edit an existing one.

• Tab 1 Action : just put a name and set Enabled
• Tab 2 Conditions : let the default options

• Tab 3 Operations : set the default template

Hosts configuration

Hosts overview

→ Configuration >> Hosts

Add host

You have to had a host (= machine with a zabbix agent) on the server side in order to monitor it.

1. Go to the Configuration > Hosts > "Create host"

2. Now fill the following details of remote host

• Hostname: Hostname of Remote system
• Visible name: Name to be display in zabbix
• Group: Select the desired group for you host
  • You should use Linux at least
  • You can create your own groups and classification as well
• Agent interface: Fill the info of Zabbix agent running on host
  • Select the DNS option instead of IP. So if we move the client for any reason that will NOT impact the monitoring. :)
• Status: Select initial status

IMPORTANT !! The name of the hostname must match the real hostname - as return by the `hostname` command !!

3. Set some monitoring templates to apply

Click on the "Templates" tab

To get the list of templates, just type template in the search area.

Don't forget to click the "ADD" button!

• My custom vehco-smartcards includes the Zabbix agent template
• The Linux OS includes the Zabbix agent template. :)

4. Automatic host inventory

• Click on the "host inventory" tab
• Enable the Automatic option.

5. Click "save" at the bottom of the page.

Network map

On the main screen you can create / manage maps and set their size using Edit button:

→ Configuration >> Maps

On the map, only put the main network elements = keys elements that are important to manage!

Ex: do not put the netboot clients, only the servers.