Mastering Zabbix : learn how to monitor your large IT environments using Zabbix with this one-stop, comprehensive guide to the Zabbix world / Andrea Dalle Vacche.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vacche, Andrea Dalle, author.

Series:

Community experience distilled.

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Computer networks--Management.

Computer networks.

Computer networks--Security measures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Learn how to monitor your large IT environments using Zabbix with this one-stop, comprehensive guide to the Zabbix world

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Learn how to monitor your large IT environments using Zabbix with this one-stop, comprehensive guide to the Zabbix world About 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 software Who This Book Is For This 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 agent 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 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 wh...

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 12, 2016).

ISBN:

9781785281471

178528147X

OCLC:

923761720