Learn how to gather detailed statistics and data with this one-stop, comprehensive course along with hands-on recipes to get your infrastructure up and running with Zabbix. About This Book Monitor your network and deploy impressive business solutions with Zabbix Get practical recipes to automate your Zabbix infrastructure and create impressive graphs Integrate, customize, and extend your monitoring solutions with external components and software. Who This Book Is For This course is for System Administrators who have been managing and monitoring infrastructure. You do not need any knowledge about Zabbix. What You Will Learn Efficiently collect data from a large variety of monitoring objects Organize your data in graphs, charts, maps, and slide shows Write your own custom probes and monitoring scripts to extend Zabbix Configure Zabbix and its database to be high available and fault-tolerant Automate repetitive procedures using Zabbix's API FInd out how to monitor SNMP devices Manage hosts, users, and permissions while acting upon monitored conditions Set up your Zabbix infrastructure efficiently Customize the Zabbix interface to suit your system needs Monitor your VMware infrastructure in a quick and easy way with Zabbix In Detail Nowadays, monitoring systems play a crucial role in any IT environment. They are extensively used to not only measure your system's performance, but also to forecast capacity issues. This is where Zabbix, one of the most popular monitoring solutions for networks and applications, comes into the picture. With an efficient monitoring system in place, you'll be able to foresee when your infrastructure runs under capacity and react accordingly. Due to the critical role a monitoring system plays, it is fundamental to implement it in the best way from its initial setup. This avoids misleading, confusing, or, even worse, false alarms that can disrupt an efficient and healthy IT department. This course is for administrators who are looking for an end-to-end monitoring solution. It will get you accustomed with the powerful monitoring solution, starting with installation and explaining the fundamentals of Zabbix. Moving on, we explore the complex functionalities of Zabbix in the form of enticing recipes. These recipes will help you to gain control of your infrastructure. You will be able to organize your data in the form of graphs and charts along with building intelligent triggers for monitoring your network proactively. Toward the end, you will gain expertise in monitoring your networks and applications using Zabbix. This Learning Path combines some of the best that Packt has to offer in one complete, curated package. It includes content from the following Packt products: Zabbix Network Monitoring-Second Edition Zabbix Cookbook Mastering Zabbix-Second Edition Style and approach This course is a compact practical guide that starts from the fundamentals of Zabbix and takes you all the way to building a monitoring solution that gathers data from a large variety of systems. Along the way, we will discuss the low-level operational details that should benefit you even if you have used Zabbix for a while. It also follows a step-by-step approach that is easy to follow, full of engaging examples, and will help you apply the theory to practice.

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Learn how to gather detailed statistics and data with this one-stop, comprehensive course along with hands-on recipes to get your infrastructure up and running with Zabbix. About This Book Monitor your network and deploy impressive business solutions with Zabbix Get practical recipes to automate your Zabbix infrastructure and create impressive graphs Integrate, customize, and extend your monitoring solutions with external components and software. Who This Book Is For This course is for System Administrators who have been managing and monitoring infrastructure. You do not need any knowledge about Zabbix. What You Will Learn Efficiently collect data from a large variety of monitoring objects Organize your data in graphs, charts, maps, and slide shows Write your own custom probes and monitoring scripts to extend Zabbix Configure Zabbix and its database to be high available and fault-tolerant Automate repetitive procedures using Zabbix's API FInd out how to monitor SNMP devices Manage hosts, users, and permissions while acting upon monitored conditions Set up your Zabbix infrastructure efficiently Customize the Zabbix interface to suit your system needs Monitor your VMware infrastructure in a quick and easy way with Zabbix In Detail Nowadays, monitoring systems play a crucial role in any IT environment. They are extensively used to not only measure your system's performance, but also to forecast capacity issues. This is where Zabbix, one of the most popular monitoring solutions for networks and applications, comes into the picture. With an efficient monitoring system in place, you'll be able to foresee when your infrastructure runs under capacity and react accordingly. Due to the critical role a monitoring system plays, it is fundamental to implement it in the best way from its initial setup. This avoids misleading, confusing, or, even worse, false alarms that can disrupt an efficient and healthy IT department. This course is for administrators who are looking for an end-to-end monitoring solution. It will get you accustomed with the powerful monitoring solution, starting with installation and explaining the fundamentals of Zabbix. Moving on, we explore the complex functionalities of Zabbix in the form of enticing recipes. These recipes will help you to gain control of your infrastructure. You will be able to organize your data in the form of graphs and charts along with building intelligent triggers for monitoring your network proactively. Toward...

Discover practical recipes to help you efficiently monitor enterprise IT infrastructure for Windows, Linux, and networking Key FeaturesFind out how you can leverage some of the most exciting features of Zabbix 5Perform professional IT infrastructure and application monitoring on multiple platformsDiscover easy-to-follow, practical solutions to problems in network monitoring with ZabbixBook Description Zabbix offers useful insights into your infrastructure performance and issues and enables you to enhance your monitoring setup with its variety of powerful features. This book covers hands-on, easy-to-follow recipes for using Zabbix 5 for effectively monitoring the performance of devices and applications over networks. The book starts by guiding you through the installation of Zabbix and using the Zabbix frontend. You'll then work your way through the most prominent features of Zabbix and make the right design choices for building a scalable and easily manageable environment. The book contains recipes for building items and triggers for different types of monitoring, building templates, and using Zabbix proxies. As you advance, you'll learn how to use the Zabbix API for customization and manage your Zabbix server and database efficiently. Finally, you'll find quick solutions to the common and not-so-common problems that you may encounter in your everyday Zabbix monitoring work. By the end of this Zabbix book, you'll have learned how to use Zabbix for all your monitoring needs and be able to build a solid Zabbix setup by leveraging its key functionalities. What you will learnExplore the different types of monitoring available in Zabbix 5Find out how to build your own Zabbix templatesUse Zabbix proxies for effective load balancing/scalingWork with custom integrations and the Zabbix APISet up triggers and alerting with Zabbix 5Maintain your Zabbix setup for scaling, backups, and upgradesDiscover how to perform advanced Zabbix database managementMonitor cloud-based products such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure, and DockerWho this book is for This book is for IT engineers who want to get started with Zabbix and anyone with an intermediate understanding of Zabbix looking to extend their knowledge. Although not necessary, prior experience with Zabbix will help you to make the most of this book.

Learn how to monitor your large IT environments using Zabbix with this one-stop, comprehensive guide to the Zabbix worldAbout This Book• Create a tailor-made monitoring solution based on your specific needs• Learn advanced techniques of Zabbix to monitor networks, performances, and other critical features in large environments• Integrate, customize, and extend your monitoring solutions with external components and softwareWho This Book Is ForThis book is intended for system administrators and IT architects who need to better integrate their Zabbix installation with their surrounding environment. A basic, working knowledge of Zabbix and Linux is assumed so that the book can focus on how to use every component to its full advantage. It will also be helpful to be familiar with programming concepts and languages but if not, all the content in the book is thorough and well documented.What You Will Learn• Efficiently collect data from a large variety of monitoring objects• Organize your data in graphs, charts, maps, and slide shows• Build intelligent triggers and alarms to monitor your network proactively• Write your own custom probes and monitoring scripts to extend Zabbix• Configure Zabbix and its database to be high available and fault-tolerant• Automate repetitive procedures using Zabbix's API• Integrate Zabbix with external systems• Understand the protocol and how to interact with it by writing your own custom agentIn DetailNowadays monitoring systems play a crucial role in any IT environment. They are extensively used to not only measure your system's performance, but also to forecast capacity issues. This is where Zabbix, one of the most popular monitoring solutions for networks and applications, comes into the picture. With an efficient monitoring system in place you'll be able to foresee when your infrastructure runs under capacity and react accordingly. Due to the critical role a monitoring system plays, it is fundamental to implement it in the best way from its initial setup. This avoids misleading, confusing, or, even worse, false alarms which can disrupt an efficient and healthy IT department.This new edition will provide you with all the knowledge you need to make strategic and practical decisions about the Zabbix monitoring system. The setup you'll do with this book will fit your environment and monitoring needs like a glove. You will be guided through the initial steps of choosing the correct size and configuration for your system, to what to monitor and how to implement your own custom monitoring component. Exporting and integrating your data with other systems is also covered.By the end of this book, you will have a tailor-made and well configured monitoring system and will understand with absolute clarity how crucial it is to your IT environment.Style and approachThis book is an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to monitoring network and performance in large environments with Zabbix. It is designed for real-world Zabbix administrators, and is comprised of a perfect mix of theoretical explanations and practical applications, making it your perfect companion.

Gather detailed statistics and deploy impressive business solutions with Zabbix 4.0 Key FeaturesExperience the full impact of Zabbix 4.0, a useful and increasingly popular toolEnhance your network’s performance and manage hosts and systemsA step-by-step guide to smarter network monitoringBook Description Zabbix 4 Network Monitoring is the perfect starting point for monitoring the performance of your network devices and applications with Zabbix. Even if you’ve never used a monitoring solution before, this book will get you up and running quickly. You’ll learn to monitor more sophisticated operations with ease and soon feel in complete control of your network, ready to meet any challenges you might face. Starting with the installation, you will discover the new features in Zabbix 4.0. You will then get to grips with native Zabbix agents and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) devices. You will also explore Zabbix's integrated functionality for monitoring Java application servers and VMware. This book 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 will understand how to optimize and improve performance. Troubleshooting network issues is vital for anyone working with Zabbix, so the book also helps you work through any technical snags and glitches you might face. By the end of this book, you will have learned more advanced techniques to fine-tune your system and make sure it is in a healthy state. What you will learnInstall Zabbix server and an agent from sourceManage hosts, users, and permissions while acting upon monitored conditionsVisualize data with the help of ad hoc graphs, custom graphs, and mapsSimplify complex configurations and learn to automate themMonitor everything from web pages to IPMI devices and Java applications to VMware statsConfigure Zabbix to send alerts including problem severity and time periodsTroubleshoot any network issueWho this book is for If you're new to Zabbix look no further than this book. Zabbix 4 Network Monitoring is for system and network administrators who are looking to put their knowledge to work with Zabbix 4.0.