Would you like to learn how to monitor VMware ESXi hypervisors, vCenter, VMs, datastores, and clusters (vSphere) with free and open-source monitoring software called Zabbix? Well then, you are in the right place, because in this tutorial I will show you how to setup VMware monitoring on Zabbix from scratch in just a couple of minutes! Zabbix …
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Zabbix maps are one of many tools we can use to visualize the collected data on Zabbix. Usually overlooked, because not many people know what can be done with Zabbix maps and how powerful they are. Some even use Weathermap plugin to view their network topology without knowing that the same can be done with the network …
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This is the ultimate Zabbix proxy installation, configuration, and optimization tutorial that will guide you step-by-step from scratch! You will learn how to install Zabbix Proxy 5.0 LTS or 5.2 Standard release on Ubuntu 20.04 / Ubuntu 18.04 and how to make the key optimizations so that your proxy performs better. Zabbix proxy is a service that can collect …
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You installed Zabbix and configured it to monitor your Linux and Windows servers, routers, and switches, and a bunch of other systems. Now it would be a good idea to get some email notifications from Zabbix if problems occur on those systems. In this tutorial, we will set up a Zabbix alerts so that any …
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In this tutorial I will show you how to upgrade almost any Zabbix version (3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4) to 5.0 or 5.2 using official packages from repo.zabbix.com. This is all-in-one Zabbix upgrade guide for Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, Debian, and Rasbian (Raspberry Pi) that takes into consideration any webserver (Apache or NGINX) and database (MySQL, …
Upgrade Zabbix (4.0, 4.2, 4.4) to 5.0 / 5.2 | Step by Step Guide Read More »
Zabbix server is installable on any Linux distribution, but in this tutorial, I will show you how to install and optimize the latest Zabbix 5.0 LTS or 5.2 Standard release on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal) or Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) LTS. Zabbix is 100% free open-source ultimate enterprise-level software designed for monitoring availability and performance of IT infrastructure components. …
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Believe it or not, Zabbix 5 on Raspberry Pi can monitor up to 400 devices gathering 125 metrics every 5 minutes from each device (around 100 values per second)! I have tested this on Raspberry Pi 3 B+ and later on the Raspberry Pi 4 version. You can use any SD card with 16G if you are …
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Would you like to learn how to monitor Cisco Switch or Router with free and open-source monitoring software called Zabbix? Well then, you are in the right place, because in this tutorial I will show you how you can setup network monitoring (Cisco switch / router) on Zabbix in just a couple of minutes! Zabbix is …
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In this tutorial we will learn, step by step, how to partition Zabbix database (history and trends tables) on MySQL or MariaDB using partitioning script. Zabbix gathers data from hosts and stores them in database using history and trends tables. Zabbix history keeps raw data (each value that Zabbix has collected) and trends stores consolidated …
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This site is all about network monitoring tools, and it would be strange if I didn’t talk about Simple Network Management Protocol. After all, SNMP was the backbone of monitoring for a long, long time. Even today, it is still very much in use for monitoring, but the question is for how long? Let’s find …
How SNMP works? Learn about MIB, OID, Trap, Polling, Agent … Read More »
