server_monitoring:zabbix
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- | ====== Zabbix ====== | + | ====== Zabbix |
- | Zabbix is a network management system created by Alexei Vladishev. It is designed to monitor and track the status of various network services, servers, and other network hardware. | + | Zabbix is a network management system created by Alexei Vladishev. It is designed to monitor and track the status of various network services, servers, and other network hardware. Zabbix uses a client/ |
Links: | Links: | ||
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
- | ====== Zabbix | + | ====== Zabbix |
- | Use the virtual machine appliance rather than setting up a physical machine. | + | The Zabbix " |
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+ | ===== Authentication ===== | ||
+ | Zabbix can use several forms of authentication: | ||
+ | * [[active_directory_authentication]] | ||
+ | ==== Active Directory Authentication ==== | ||
+ | Set up the LDAP authentication pane like this, making sure to specify a user's dn to bind as: | ||
- | ===== Active Directory Authentication ===== | ||
- | Set up the LDAP authentication pane like this, making sure to specify a user's dn to bind as. | ||
{{: | {{: | ||
- | One that works, all you need to do is create user accounts in Zabbix which correspond to the user's Active Directory username and the password will be verified against LDAP. You can add that user to Zabbix groups as well. | + | Once that works, all you need to do is create user accounts in Zabbix which correspond to the user's Active Directory username and the password will be verified against LDAP. You can add that user to Zabbix groups as well. |
- | ====== Zabbix | + | ====== Zabbix |
- | A " | + | The Zabbix |
- | ===== Install zabbix-agent | + | < |
- | Installing the a | + | ==== Active vs Passive ==== |
+ | A Zabbix client can be " | ||
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+ | ==== Install zabbix-agent ==== | ||
+ | Installing the agent from apt: | ||
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- | ===== Configure zabbix-agent | + | ==== Configure zabbix-agent ==== |
Edit the agent' | Edit the agent' | ||
< | < | ||
- | ===== Start zabbix-agent | + | Set at least these options in the config file: |
+ | < | ||
+ | DisableActive=1</ | ||
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+ | ==== Start zabbix-agent ==== | ||
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