Zabbix

Add Client

Optional: Test if Zabbix Port (10050/tcp) is open (Zabbix Server to Client):

zabbix_get -s <IP / DNS> -p 10050 -k "agent.ping"

Install Zabbix Agent or Zabbix Agent 2

• Make sure, Zabbix Agent (1) is not installed: (https://manage.accuwebhosting.com/knowledgebase/2983/How-to-removeoruninstall-Zabbix-Agent-from-Windows-and-CentOS.html#:~:text=zabbix_agentd.exe%20%2D%2Duninstall,Zabbix%20agent%20from%20Zabbix%20Server)
• Optional: Test if Zabbix Port (10050/tcp) is open (Client to Zabbix Server):

nc -zvw3 zabbix 10050

• Download the right Zabbix Agent on/for the Client Machine: https://www.zabbix.com/de/download_agents and install.
• Configure Zabbix Agent (Unix (like): "/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf"; Windows (like): \Program Files\zabbix\zabbix_agentd.conf)
• Set COnfiguration options:
  • Server=zabbix
  • ServerActive=zabbix
  • Hostname={Hostname configured in Zabbix Server}
  • HostMetadata

• Restart Zabbix Service (e.g. service zabbix-agent2 restart) and debug with logfile (like): cat /var/log/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.log or \Program Files\zabbix2\zabbix_agent2.log

Maintenance

Query most triggered items

SELECT DISTINCT `history_uint`.`itemid`, count(`history_uint`.`itemid`) AS CountOf, `items`.`itemid`, `items`.`name` FROM `history_uint` LEFT JOIN `items` ON `history_uint`.`itemid` = `items`.`itemid` GROUP BY `history_uint`.`itemid` ORDER BY CountOf DESC

Configuration

Tags

The clients can be configured with tags in the zabbix_agentd.conf (for Agent) or zabbix_agent2.conf (for Agent 2), so the clients will be assigned to the right Host Group and Template Group. To do so, you need to add the predefined tags under HostMetadata.

Example:

/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf (Zabbix Agent)
HostMetadata=win,vfx,psl,dus

OR

/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf (Zabbix Agent 2)
HostMetadata=linux,websrv,psl,dus,247

the following tags are predefined:

Tag	Meaning
win	Windows
linux	Linux
psl	Company Parasol Island
capm	Company Capture Media
dus	Location Düsseldorf
ber	Location Berlin
fs75	Florastr. 75
rds26	Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 26
rs64	Rethelstraße 64
env	Type Environmental
websrv	Type Webserver
winsrv	Type Windows Server
erp	Type ERP
firewall	Type Firewall
hotspot	Type Hotspot
hypervisor	Type Hypervisor
network	Type Network
render	Type Rendernode
storage	Type Storage
switch	Type Switch
vfx	Type VFX
vm	Type Virtual Machine
printer	Type Printer
cisco	Vendor Cisco
hp	Vendor HP
ibm	Vendor IBM
juniper	Vendor Juniper
105	Availability 10/5
247	Availability 24/7
test	Test Group
apache2	Apache Service
mariadb	MariaDB Service

Location

de.dus.fs75.gf.kitchen

Hostgroups

• By Type, e.g. "HGRP | PSL | TYPE | WEBSERVER" , "HGRP | PSL | TYPE | PRINTER"
• By Logical Group, e.g. "HGRP | PSL | LOGIC | DUS" , "HGRP | PSL | LOGIC | BER"
• By Purpose, e.g. "HGRP | PSL | TYPE | RENDERNODE" , "HGRP | PSL | TYPE | NETWORK"
• By Availability Level, e.g. "HGRP | PSL | AVAILABILITY | 24/7" , "HGRP | CAPM | AVAILABILITY | 10/5"
• By Vendor, e.g. "HGRP | PSL | VENDOR | OKI" , "HGRP | PSL | VENDOR | HP"

Template Groups/Template

• The Template Group is a group of multiple templates that are linked to the Template Group.
• The Template has defined Applications, Trigger, Items, Discovery, Dashboards and Graphs.

• For Example: TGRP | WINDOWS has the following templates linked

TPL | WINDOWS | CPU

TPL | WINDOWS | FILESYSTEMS

TPL | WINDOWS | GENERIC

TPL | WINDOWS | MEMORY

TPL | WINDOWS | NETWORK

TPL | WINDOWS | PHYSICAL DISKS

TPL | WINDOWS | SERVICES

TPL | ZABBIX AGENT| PASSIVE

Monitoring

SQL

Source: https://git.zabbix.com/projects/ZBX/repos/zabbix/browse/templates/db/mysql_agent2

On the Host (Zabbix Agent installed)

• mysql

<syntaxhighlight lang="mysql"> CREATE USER 'zbx_monitor'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>'; GRANT USAGE,REPLICATION CLIENT,PROCESS,SHOW DATABASES,SHOW VIEW ON *.* TO 'zbx_monitor'@'%'; </syntaxhighlight>

• configure "/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent2.conf"
  • Plugins.Mysql.Sessions.mysql01.Uri=unix:/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
  • Plugins.Mysql.Sessions.mysql01.User=zbx_monitor
  • Plugins.Mysql.Sessions.mysql01.Password=b1RhaAh43ZALR
• service zabbix-agent2 restart

In Zabbix

• Marco: {$MYSQL.DSN} = mysql01

Apache2

Source: https://git.zabbix.com/projects/ZBX/repos/zabbix/browse/templates/app/apache_agent

On the Host (Zabbix Agent installed)

1. a2enmod status
2. Create "/etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf", e.g. "nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/zabbix.conf"

<syntaxhighlight lang="apache"> <Location "/server-status">

 SetHandler server-status

 Require host localhost
 Require ip 127.0.0.1
 Require ip 192.168
 Require ip 10

</Location> </syntaxhighlight>

1. a2enconf zabbix
2. service apache2 restart

In Zabbix

1. Enable Template: "Template App Apache by Zabbix agent"

Snippets

RegEx Replace Text Output to Int

https://www.schatenseite.de/2018/04/05/zabbix-item-preprocessing-und-regular-expressions/

(.*) > \1:Off=0:On=1

(On|Off)(?=.*:\1=(\d)) > \2

Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Customization

All templates/ Generic SNMP

Caption text

Header text	Header text	Header text
System OS (Full details)	system.os.details.full	iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0
Example	Example	Example
Example	Example	Example

Deprecared

Host name

{psl}.{ber|dus}.{ns125|rds26}.{vh|hh|fb|hh|...}.{ug|eg|1og|...}.{kind e.g. vserver}.{machine name, e.g. pslsrv32}. Example:

psl.dus.ns125.fb.1ug.vserver.pslsrv15

Visible name

{PSL} | {BER|DUS} | {NS125|RDS26} | {VH|HH|FB|HH|...} | {UG|EG|1OG|...} | {kind e.g. vServer} | {machine name, e.g. PSLSRV15} ({Short Description}). Example:

PSL | DUS | NS125 | FB | 1UG | vServer | PSLSRV15 (Preview Webserver)