Zabbix server is installable on any Linux distribution, but in this tutorial, I will show you how to install the latest Zabbix 6.0 LTS or 6.4 standard release on RHEL and RHEL based Linux distributions: CentOS 9 or 8 / RHEL 9 or 8 / Oracle Linux 9 or 8 / Alma Linux 9 or … Read more
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 … Read more
Even though I’m the Zabbix guy, I must give credit to Cacti. Because if it weren’t for Cacti and its wonderful plugin Weathermap, I probably wouldn’t have ended up in the monitoring field of work. Cacti was top-notch technology back in 2007 when I started using it, and I must say that Cacti has improved … Read more
Zabbix and Checkmk are monitoring tools that share many similarities. Both aim to be universal monitoring solutions with impressive visualization capabilities and a wide range of features. However, the question remains: which one is better option for you? Name Links Licence Visits / Month Reviews Zabbix Wiki, Twitter, Youtube Free 750 000 G2, Capterra, TrustRadius Checkmk Wiki, Twitter, Youtube Commercial / … Read more
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 … Read more
Believe it or not, Zabbix 6 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 … Read more
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) simplifies device management by enabling centralized discovery, monitoring, and configuration of devices on the network (routers, switches, printers and others) – find out more in my definitive step by step SNMP tutorial. It is difficult to find a complete alternative to SNMP because it has been implemented into millions of … Read more
The snmpwalk command is one of the most used tools on Linux and Windows for testing SNMP on the network devices. In this tutorial, I will show you how to use that command using various snmpwalk examples (v3 and v2c), and also examples of other commands from the Net-SNMP toolkit: SnmpGet, SnmpSet, and SnmpTrap. Are … Read more
The history of open source software is quite fascinating, a tale of great geeks who fight for freedom! Not like William Wallace but close. Let’s find out together how did it all begin and what future holds for open-source software! Even old-folks – who use a computer only for playing solitaire game – know for … Read more
In this tutorial, we will learn how to avoid script, SNMP, or Zabbix agent timeout errors by increasing the Zabbix timeout value on the server, agent, or proxy. Before we start editing important files, let me explain why would someone even want to increase the Zabbix timeout value in the configuration files? A key function … Read more
