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Key points:

Zabbix configuration rely on templates. This is the monitoring principle:

A template is a set of applications, items, triggers and actions
Each template has a list of applications. An application is either a specific type of data or a dedicated software.
Each application has a set of items. An item is bound to a specific property or event of the application.
Each item can be bound to one or many triggers

→ A trigger can be bound to items that belong to different applications.

 Example: Trigger ex: item X occured 3 times in less than 10mn, and item Y occured within last 5 mn.

When all the trigger's conditions are meet it will:

Create a specific Zabbix event
Set an alarm level. Alarm will disapear automatically when conditions are back to normal

Each host belongs to one or more groups. Each group has some related templates they apply to their hosts

Access templates

→ Configuration menu >> Templates

Don't forget to choose the group of template you want to see.

You can request a new template creation from the template menu:

→ Configuration menu >> Templates >> Create template

Then, you just have to fill up the forms:

Tab 2 Linked templates : If you plan to use Linux then create a link to Template OS Linux. Otherwise, create a link to Zabbix agent.