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1 Sobre

1.1 Introdução ao Zabbix

O que é o Zabbix?

Zabbix foi criado por Alexei Vladishev, e atualmente é desenvolvido ativamente e suportado pela
Zabbix SIA. Zabbix é uma solução open source de monitoração para empresas. Zabbix é um software
que monitora varios parametros de rede de computadores e saúde e integridade de servidores.
Zabbix usa um mecanismo de notificação flexível tha permite os usuários configurarem alerta de
e-mail baseado em praticamente qualquer evento. Isto permite uma rápida reação para problemas
em servidores. Zabbix oferece Zabbix é um software que monitora vários parâmetros de uma rede; a
saúde e a integridade dos servidores. Zabbix usa um mecanismo de notificação flexível que permite
aos usuários configurar e-mail alertas baseados em praticamente todos os eventos. Isto permite uma
reação rápida aos problemas do servidor. Zabbix oferece relatórios e visualização de dados com
excelentes características baseado nos dados armazenados. Isso faz do Zabbix ideal para o
planejamento de capacidade.

Zabbix suporta polling e trapping. Todos os relatórios Zabbix e estatísticas, bem como os parâmetros
de configuração, são acessados através de uma ferramenta Web que é o front-end do produto. Uma
ferramenta web assegura que o status da rede e da saúde dos servidores pode ser avaliado a partir
de qualquer localização. Devidamente configurado, Zabbix pode desempenhar um papel importante
no controle da infra-estrutura de TI. Isto é igualmente verdadeiro para as pequenas organizações
com poucos servidores e para as grandes empresas com muitos servidores.

Zabbix é gratuito. Zabbix é desenvolvido e distribuído de acordo com a GPL General Public License
versão 2. Isso significa que seu código-fonte é distribuído gratuitamente e está disponível para o
público em geral. O suporte comercial está disponível e é fornecido pela Zabbix Company.

1.1.1 O que faz Zabbix oferecer?

Zabbix oferece:

Auto-descoberta de servidores e dispositivos de rede


Monitoração distribuida com a administração centralizada via WEB
Suporte para mecanismo de pooling e trapping
Aplicação-servidor compativel com Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, BSD Livre, Open BSD, Mac OS
X
Aplicação cliente de alta performance compativel com Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, BSD Livre,
Open BSD, OS X, Tru64/OSF1, NT4.0, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows
Vista
Monitoramento sem agente
Autenticação segura de usuário
Permissões flexiveis de usuário
Interface baseada em web
Notificação por e-mail flexivel de eventos predefinidos
Visualização em alto nível dos recursos monitorados a nivel gerencial
Auditoria

1.1.2 Porque usar Zabbix?

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A solução Open Source


Altamente eficiente para agentes baseado nas plataformas UNIX e WIN32
Baixa curva de aprendizado
Retorno do investimento elevado. Downtimes são muito caros.
Baixo custo do licensiamento
Configuração muito simples
Sistema de monitoramento centralizado. Todas as informações (configuração, dados de
desempenho) são armazenado em banco de dados relacional
Árvore de serviço de alto nível
Instalação muito fácil
Suporte para SNMP (V1, V2). Os dois com trapping e polling
Capacidades de visualização
Desenvolvido com procedimento de limpeza

1.1.3 Usuários do Zabbix

Muitas organizações de diferentes dimensões ao redor do mundo confiam no Zabbix como uma
plataforma de controlo principal.

1.2 Objetivos e Princípios

1.2.1 Objetivos principais do desenvolvimento Zabbix

Há vários objetivos que o Zabbix está tentando alcançar:

Tornar-se uma reconhecida ferramenta de monitoramento

open source

Criar um grupo de usuários Zabbix, o que ajuda a tornar o software ainda melhor
Proporcionar uma alta qualidade de apoio comercial

1.2.2 Principais princípios do desenvolvimento Zabbix

Ser uma ferramenta amigavel


Manter as coisas simples
Usar o minimo de recursos possível
Rápida reação
Documentar varios aspectos da aplicação

1.5 O que há de novo no Zabbix 1.8


Após mais de um ano de trabalho o Zabbix 1.8 chegou com muitas funcionalidades novas, bem como
melhorarias nas antigas. Você pode conhecer as mudanças desta nova versão do Zabbix na seção
seguinte.

1.5.1 Principais melhorias

Com tantas mudanças, é impossível escolher as 3 principais melhorias. Por esta razão, sugere-se ler
por completo, pois algumas menores melhorias podem ser muito importante para você.

Melhoria de performance] * [[#suporte_a_unicode_completo|Suporte a Unicode Completo

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Barra de Relatorios
Visão técnica de API

1.5.2 Novas caracteristicas e melhorias ao Frontend

Zabbix interface web é a característica que o diferencia de outras soluções. Poderoso, contudo fácil de
usar, GUI oficial é fornecido com o pacote padrão. Ele provê acesso discreto para usuários novatos e
recursos de configuração de larga escala para as instalações consideraveis.

Sendo a parte mais visivel para os usuários, nós vamos iniciar a visualização nas novas
características e melhorias no Zabbix 1.8 para a interface web (frontend)

1.5.3 Relatório em Barra

Já era fácil de usar os gráficos simples do Zabbixque não requerem de qualquer configuração - isto é
provido para qualquer item numérico. Graficos customizados, junto com um conjunto de graficos
simplificados, permitem verificar os dados dentro de um contexto. Zabbix 1.8 traz muito mais
relatórios poderosos.

A nova categoria de relatório, Relatorio em Barra, permite olhar os dados de diferentes angulos.
Quer olhar a temperatura semana de uma sala de servidores nos últimos 2 meses? Quer comparar o
processamento de um webserver no primeiro mês de cada quarter deste ano? Todas essas e mais
possibilidades estão nessa nova opção.

1.5.4 Completo Suporte Unicode

Enquanto as versões anteriores do Zabbix eram do tipo multi-linguagem amigavel, provendo vários
traduções do frontend, isto não era na verdade algo globa - a mais popular codificação, o Unicode,
não era totalmente suportado.

Zabbix 1.8 agora suporta totalmente o Unicode/UTF-8, permitindo uma customização localizada ou
multi-linguagem.

1.5.5 Navegação por período de tempo melhorado

No Zabbix, um controle simples é usado para selecionar o periodo de tempo exibido para várias
vizualizações, incluindo graficos simples e customizados, dados originais, telas e monitorações web.
Já melhorado na versão 1.6, o selecionador de período de tempo foi melhorado novamente na versão
1.8

Esta barra de rolagem permite seu arrasto e seu redimensionamento. Alem disso, os links do lado
esquerdo permitem você escolher algums periodos de tempos já pré-definidos e ainda mover o
período para frente e para trás no tempo. As data do lado direito agora trabalham como links,

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mostrando um calendário and permitindo especificar o tempo de início e final do gráfico

E quanto ao link dinâmico/fixo no canto inferior e a direita? Ele pode ser usado para controlar se
período de tempo é mantido constante quando você muda o inicio ou o fim do período do tempo.

Além das telas capturads, você pode também ver o vídeo [http://blip.tv/file/2950510] do uso do control
do período de tempo em um gráfico.

1.5.6 Gráficos Melhorados

Os gráficos do Zabbix foram melhorados em muitas maneiras. Isso inclui tanto melhorias visuais e
funcionais, como o seletor de período de tempo já mencionado. Por exemplo, informações sobre
valores máximos, mínimos e média. Os valores são apresentados de forma clara como uma tabela.

1.5.7 Cronograma em tabelas melhorados

Os gráficos do Zabbix - ou tabelas - normalmente exibirão o tempo no eixo x. E mesmo essa


representação foi melhorado na nova versão.

Comparando a versão 1.6 e 1.8:

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Rótulos de eixos na versão 1.6.

Rótulos de eixos na versão 1.8.

Como pode ser visto, os rótulos são agora mais fáceis de ler. Ao invés de priorizar algum ponto
arbitrário no tempo, dependendo da escala do gráfico, os pontos em tempo real como a mudança de
um dia são priorizadas. Às vezes, o Zabbix vai usar o rótulo mais legível:

1.5.8 Suporte à linhas graduais nos gráficos

Os gráficos do Zabbix suportal vários estilos de linhas, e a versão 1.8 tras um estilo a mais: a linha
gradual. É fácil de compreender como ele trabalha somente olhando este exemplo:

1.5.9 Fonte DejaVu usada pelos gráficos

A fonte DejaVu [http://dejavu-fonts.org] é usada pelos gráficos para uma boa visualização do texto - e
para as capacidades Unicode.

1.6 Edição de mapa melhorado

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Mapas de rede suportados pelo Zabbix em ambiente monitorado podem ser colocado como uma
imagem de fundo para fornecer visão geral para o usuário.

Em versões anteriores, edição de mapas da rede não era fácil - necessitava colocar coordenadas de
cada elemento do mapa manualmente.

A edição de mapa no Zabbix 1.8 foi significativamente melhorado, adicionando suporte a arrastar e
soltar itens, assim como exibição de detalhes o elemento selecionado em um pop-up.

Você pode ver o vídeo [http://blip.tv/file/2942525] de um mapa sendo editado.

Além de que o link dos mapas podem ter textos opicionais para mostrar uma informação arbitrária,
como por exemplo, dados da largura de uma banda.

Mapa de fundo de tela CC-BY-SA Openstreetmap [http://www.openstreetmap.org/].

2 Instalação

2.1 Como adquirir o Zabbix

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Verique no site do Zabbix [http://www.zabbix.com] as informações sobre a versão atual e verifique as


instruções de download. O Zabbix é distribuide como um pacote-fonte, entretanto ele é também
incluido pré-compilado em algumas distribuições de Sistema Operacional.

3 Processos do Zabbix

3.1 Logging
For logging configuration of Zabbix daemons “LogFile” configuration parameter is used. If this
parameter is left empty (LogFile=), syslog logging facilities are used. All Zabbix daemons on Unix-like
platforms log their messages from “Daemon” environment. The mapping between Zabbix logging
levels and syslog levels is as follows:

Zabbix log level syslog log level Comments


0 - empty
syslog is not used. All messages are skipped.
(LOG_LEVEL_EMPTY)
1 - critical information critical conditions
(LOG_LEVEL_CRIT) (LOG_CRIT)
2 - error information error conditions
(LOG_LEVEL_ERR) (LOG_ERR)
3 - warnings warning conditions
(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING) (LOG_WARNING)
4 - for debugging debug-level messages
(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG) (LOG_DEBUG)

For syslog configuration consult the corresponding literature.

Zabbix agent under Windows uses Event Log if “LogFile” configuration parameter is provided empty.
Mapping between Zabbix log levels (messages of corresponding type) and Windows Event Log entries
type is provided below:

Zabbix log level Windows Event Log entry type Comments


0 - empty
Event Log is not used. All messages are skipped.
(LOG_LEVEL_EMPTY)
1 - critical information
(LOG_LEVEL_CRIT)
EVENTLOG_ERROR_TYPE Error
2 - error information
(LOG_LEVEL_ERR)
3 - warnings
EVENTLOG_WARNING_TYPE Warning
(LOG_LEVEL_WARNING)
4 - for debugging
EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE Information
(LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG)

3.2 Individual processes

3.3 Zabbix Server

Zabbix Server is a central process of Zabbix software. Zabbix Server can be started by executing:

shell> cd sbin
shell> ./zabbix_server

Since version 1.8.3, Zabbix server has improved unreachable host handling. If a poller finds in the
item queue an item from an unreachable host, it takes the item and marks the host as being checked
currently. Other pollers do not take items from a host, which is marked like that. As a result,
unreachable host will be checked by at most one poller at a time. Also, at most one item for an
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unreachable hosts.

Zabbix Server runs as a daemon process. Zabbix Server accepts the following command line
parameters:

-c --config <file> specify configuration file, default is /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf


-h --help give this help
-v --version display version number

In order to get this help run:

shell> zabbix_server -h

Example of command line parameters:

shell> zabbix_server -c /usr/local/etc/zabbix_server.conf


shell> zabbix_server --help
shell> zabbix_server -v

The configuration file contains parameters for zabbix_server. The file must exist and it should have
read permissions for user 'zabbix'. Supported parameters:

Parameter Mandatory Range Default Description


AlertScriptsPath no /home/zabbix/bin/ Location of custom alert scripts
Size of configuration cache, in bytes.
CacheSize no 128K-1G 8M Shared memory size for storing hosts and
items data.
How often Zabbix will perform update of
CacheUpdateFrequency no 1-3600 60
configuration cache, in seconds.
Database host name.
DBHost no localhost
If set to localhost, socket is used for MySQL.
Database name.
DBName yes For SQLite3 path to database file must be
provided. DBUser and DBPassword are ignored.
Database password. Ignored for SQLite.
DBPassword no
Comment this line if no password is used.
Database port when not using local socket.
DBPort no 1024-65535 3306
Ignored for SQLite.
DBSocket no /tmp/mysql.sock Path to MySQL socket.
DBUser no Database user. Ignored for SQLite.
Specifies debug level
0 - no debug
1 - critical information
DebugLevel no 0-4 3 2 - error information
3 - warnings
4 - for debugging (produces lots of
information)
DisableHousekeeping no 0-1 0 If set to 1, disables housekeeping.
/etc/zabbix
ExternalScripts no Location of external scripts
/externalscripts
Location of fping6.
Make sure that fping6 binary has root
Fping6Location no /usr/sbin/fping6 ownership and SUID flag set.
Make empty (“Fping6Location=”) if your fping
utility is capable to process IPv6 addresses.
Location of fping.
FpingLocation no /usr/sbin/fping Make sure that fping binary has root ownership
and SUID flag set!
Size of history cache, in bytes.
HistoryCacheSize no 128K-1G 8M
Shared memory size for storing history data.
Size of text history cache, in bytes.
HistoryTextCacheSize no 128K-1G 16M Shared memory size for storing character, text
or log history data.
How often Zabbix will perform housekeeping
procedure (in hours).
Housekeeping is removing unnecessary
HousekeepingFrequency no 1-24 1
information from history, alert, and alarms
tables.
If PostgreSQL is used, suggested value is 24,

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as it performs VACUUM.
No more than 'MaxHousekeeperDelete' rows
(corresponding to [tablename], [field], [value])
will be deleted per one task in one
housekeeping cycle.
SQLite3 does not use this parameter, deletes
MaxHousekeeperDelete no 0-1000000 500
all corresponding rows without a limit.
If set to 0 then no limit is used at all. In this
case you must know what you are doing!
This option is supported in version 1.8.2 and
higher.
You may include individual files or all files in a
Include no
directory in the configuration file.
List of comma delimited IP addresses that the
trapper should listen on.
Trapper will listen on all network interfaces if
ListenIP no 0.0.0.0
this parameter is missing.
Multiple IP addresses are supported in
version 1.8.3 and higher.
ListenPort no 1024-32767 10051 Listen port for trapper.
Maximum size of log file in MB.
LogFileSize no 0-1024 1
0 - disable automatic log rotation.
LogFile no Name of log file.
If a query takes longer than this many
milliseconds, the query is logged to the log
file.
LogSlowQueries no 0-3600000 0
0 - disable log slow queries
This option is supported in version 1.8.2 and
higher.
Unique NodeID in distributed setup.
NodeID no 0-999 0
0 - standalone server
If set to '1' local events won't be sent to
master node.
NodeNoEvents no 0-1 0
This won't impact ability of this node to
propagate events from its child nodes.
If set to '1' local history won't be sent to
master node.
NodeNoHistory no 0-1 0
This won't impact ability of this node to
propagate history from its child nodes.
PidFile no /tmp/zabbix_server.pid Name of PID file.
How often Zabbix Server sends configuration
data to a Zabbix Proxy in seconds. Used only
ProxyConfigFrequency no 1-604800 3600 for proxies in a passive mode.
This option is supported in version 1.8.3 and
higher.
How often Zabbix Server requests history data
from a Zabbix Proxy in seconds. Used only for
ProxyDataFrequency no 1-3600 1 proxies in a passive mode.
This option is supported in version 1.8.3 and
higher.
SSHKeyLocation no Location of public keys for SSH checks
How often Zabbix will try to send unsent alerts
SenderFrequency no 5-3600 30
(in seconds).
SourceIP no Source IP address for outgoing connections.
Number of pre-forked instances of DB Syncers.
StartDBSyncers no 1-64 4 This option is supported in version 1.8.3 and
higher.
StartDiscoverers no 0-255 1 Number of pre-forked instances of discoverers.
Number of pre-forked instances of HTTP
StartHTTPPollers no 0-255 1
pollers.
StartIPMIPollers no 0-255 0 Number of pre-forked instances of IPMI pollers.
Number of pre-forked instances of ICMP
StartPingers no 0-255 1
pingers.
Number of pre-forked instances of pollers for
StartPollersUnreachable no 0-255 1 unreachable hosts.
Obsolete since 1.8.3.
StartPollers no 0-255 5 Number of pre-forked instances of pollers.
Number of pre-forked instances of pollers for
passive proxies.
StartProxyPollers no 0-255 1
This option is supported in version 1.8.3 and
higher.

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StartTrappers no 0-255 5 Number of pre-forked instances of trappers


Specifies how long we wait for agent, SNMP
Timeout no 1-30 3
device or external check (in seconds).
TmpDir no /tmp Temporary directory.
Specifies how many seconds trapper may
TrapperTimeout no 1-300 300
spend processing new data.
Size of trend cache, in bytes.
TrendCacheSize no 128K-1G 4M
Shared memory size for storing trends data.
How often host is checked for availability
UnavailableDelay no 1-3600 60
during the unavailability period, in seconds.
How often host is checked for availability
UnreachableDelay no 1-3600 15
during the unreachability period, in seconds.
After how many seconds of unreachability treat
UnreachablePeriod no 1-3600 45
a host as unavailable.

3.4 Zabbix Proxy

Zabbix Proxy is a process which collects performance and availability data from one or more
monitored devices and sends the information to a Zabbix Server. Zabbix Proxy can be started by:

shell> cd sbin
shell> ./zabbix_proxy

Zabbix Proxy runs as a daemon process. Zabbix Proxy accepts the following command line
parameters:

-c --config <file> specify configuration file, default is /etc/zabbix/zabbix_proxy.conf


-h --help give this help
-v --version display version number

In order to get this help run:

shell> zabbix_proxy -h

Example of command line parameters:

shell> zabbix_proxy -c /usr/local/etc/zabbix_proxy.conf


shell> zabbix_proxy --help
shell> zabbix_proxy -v

The configuration file contains parameters for zabbix_proxy. The file must exist and it should have
read permissions for user 'zabbix'. Supported parameters:

Parameter Mandatory Range Default Description


Size of configuration cache, in bytes.
CacheSize no 128K-1G 8M Shared memory size, for storing hosts and
items data.
How often Zabbix will perform update of
configuration cache, in seconds.
CacheUpdateFrequency no 1-3600 60
For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter
will be ignored.
How often proxy retrieves configuration data
from Zabbix Server in seconds.
ConfigFrequency no 1-604800 3600
For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter
will be ignored.
Database host name.
DBHost no localhost
If set to localhost, socket is used for MySQL.
Database name.
DBName yes For SQLite3 path to database file must be
provided. DBUser and DBPassword are ignored.
Database password. Ignored for SQLite.
DBPassword no
Comment this line if no password is used.
Path to MySQL socket.
DBSocket no 3306 Database port when not using local socket.
Ignored for SQLite.
DBUser Database user. Ignored for SQLite.

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Proxy will send collected data to the Server


DataSenderFrequency no 1-3600 1
every N seconds.
Specifies debug level
0 - no debug
1 - critical information
DebugLevel no 0-4 3 2 - error information
3 - warnings
4 - for debugging (produces lots of
information)
DisableHousekeeping no 0-1 0 If set to 1, disables housekeeping.
/etc/zabbix
ExternalScripts no Location of external scripts
/externalscripts
Location of fping6.
Make sure that fping6 binary has root
Fping6Location no /usr/sbin/fping6 ownership and SUID flag set.
Make empty (“Fping6Location=”) if your fping
utility is capable to process IPv6 addresses.
Location of fping.
FpingLocation no /usr/sbin/fping Make sure that fping binary has root ownership
and SUID flag set!
Frequency of heartbeat messages in seconds.
Used for monitoring availability of Proxy on
server side.
HeartbeatFrequency no 0-3600 60
0 - heartbeat messages disabled.
For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter
will be ignored.
Size of history cache, in bytes.
HistoryCacheSize no 128K-1G 8M
Shared memory size for storing history data.
Size of text history cache, in bytes.
HistoryTextCacheSize no 128K-1G 16M Shared memory size for storing character, text
or log history data.
Unique Proxy name. Make sure the Proxy name
Hostname no is known to the server!
System hostname is used if undefined.
How often Zabbix will perform housekeeping
procedure (in hours).
Housekeeping is removing unnecessary
HousekeepingFrequency no 1-24 1 information from history, alert, and alarms
tables.
If PostgreSQL is used, suggested value is 24,
as it performs VACUUM.
You may include individual files or all files in a
Include no
directory in the configuration file.
List of comma delimited IP addresses that the
trapper should listen on.
Trapper will listen on all network interfaces if
ListenIP no 0.0.0.0
this parameter is missing.
Multiple IP addresses are supported in
version 1.8.3 and higher.
ListenPort no 1024-32767 10051 Listen port for trapper.
Maximum size of log file in MB.
LogFileSize no 0-1024 1
0 - disable automatic log rotation.
Name of log file.
LogFile no
If not set, syslog is used.
If a query takes longer than this many
milliseconds, the query is logged to the log
file.
LogSlowQueries no 0-3600000 0
0 - disable log slow queries
This option is supported in version 1.8.2 and
higher.
PidFile no /tmp/zabbix_proxy.pid Name of PID file.
Proxy will keep data locally for N hours.
ProxyLocalBuffer no 0-720 0 This parameter may be used if local data will
be used by third party applications.
Proxy operating mode.
0 - proxy in the active mode
ProxyMode no 0-1 0 1 - proxy in the passive mode
This option is supported in version 1.8.3 and
higher.
Proxy will keep data for N hours in case if no
ProxyOfflineBuffer no 0-720 1 connectivity with Zabbix Server.
Older data will be lost.
SSHKeyLocation no Location of public keys for SSH checks

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Port of Zabbix trapper on Zabbix server.


ServerPort no 1024-32767 10051 For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter
will be ignored.
IP address (or hostname) of Zabbix server.
Active Proxy will get configuration data from
Server yes the server.
For a proxy in the passive mode this parameter
will be ignored.
SourceIP no Source IP address for outgoing connections.
Number of pre-forked instances of DB Syncers.
StartDBSyncers no 1-64 4 This option is supported in version 1.8.3 and
higher.
StartDiscoverers no 0-255 1 Number of pre-forked instances of discoverers.
Number of pre-forked instances of HTTP
StartHTTPPollers no 0-255 1
pollers.
StartIPMIPollers no 0-255 0 Number of pre-forked instances of IPMI pollers.
Number of pre-forked instances of ICMP
StartPingers no 0-255 1
pingers.
Number of pre-forked instances of pollers for
StartPollersUnreachable no 0-255 1 unreachable hosts.
Obsolete since 1.8.3.
StartPollers no 0-255 5 Number of pre-forked instances of pollers.
StartTrappers no 0-255 5 Number of pre-forked instances of trappers
Specifies how long we wait for agent, SNMP
Timeout no 1-30 3
device or external check (in seconds).
TmpDir no /tmp Temporary directory.
Specifies how many seconds trapper may
TrapperTimeout no 1-300 300
spend processing new data.
Size of trend cache, in bytes.
TrendCacheSize no 128K-1G 4M
Shared memory size for storing trends data.
How often host is checked for availability
UnavailableDelay no 1-3600 60
during the unavailability period, in seconds.
How often host is checked for availability
UnreachableDelay no 1-3600 15
during the unreachability period, in seconds.
After how many seconds of unreachability treat
UnreachablePeriod no 1-3600 45
a host as unavailable.

3.3 Agente Zabbix (UNIX, processo Standalone daemon)

O Agente Zabbix para unix é executado em um host sendo monitorado. O agente fornece
performance do host e informação de disponibilidade pelo Zabbix Server. O agente Zabbix processa
itens do tipo 'Zabbix Agent' e 'Zabbix Agent (ativo)'.

O Zabbix Agente pode ser iniciado executando os seguintes comandos:

shell> cd sbin
shell> ./zabbix_agentd

O agente Zabbix é executado como um processo daemon. O agente Zabbix aceita os seguinte
parametros de linha de comando

-c --config <arquivo> especifica o arquivo de configuração, o padrão é /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf


-h --help mostra essa tela de ajuda
-v --version mostra a versão do agente
-p --print imprime as metricas suportadas e saída.
-t --test <metric> testas metricas especificadas e saída.

No caso de mostrar essa ajuda, execute:

shell> zabbix_agentd -h

Exemplos de parâmetros de linha de comando:

shell> zabbix_agentd -c /usr/local/etc/zabbix_agentd.conf


shell> zabbix_agentd --help

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shell> zabbix_agentd --print


shell> zabbix_agentd -t "system.cpu.load[all,avg1]"

o arquivo de configuração contem parâmetros de configuração para o zabbix_agentd. O arquivo deve


existir e eke deveria ter permissão de leiura para o usuário 'zabbix'. Parâmetros suportados:

Parâmetros Mandatório Alcance Padrão Descrição


Do not keep data longer than N seconds in
BufferSend no 1-3600 5
buffer.
Maximum number of values in a memory
buffer. The agent will send
BufferSize no 2-65535 100
all collected data to Zabbix Server or Proxy if
the buffer is full.
Specifies debug level
0 - no debug
1 - critical information
DebugLevel no 0-4 3 2 - error information
3 - warnings
4 - for debugging (produces lots of
information)
Disable active checks. The agent will work in
DisableActive no 0
passive mode listening for server.
Disable passive checks. The agent will not
listen on any TCP port.
DisablePassive no 0 Only active checks will be processed.
0 - do not disable
1 - disable
Whether remote commands from Zabbix
server are allowed.
EnableRemoteCommands no 0
0 - not allowed
1 - allowed
Unique hostname.
Hostname system.uname Required for active checks and must match
hostname as configured on the server.
You may include individual files or all files in
Include no
a directory in the configuration file.
List of comma delimited IP addresses that
the agent should listen on.
ListenIP no 0.0.0.0
Multiple IP addresses are supported in
version 1.8.3 and higher.
Agent will listen on this port for connections
ListenPort no 1024-32767 10050
from the server.
Maximum size of log file in MB.
LogFileSize no 0-1024 1
0 - disable automatic log rotation.
Name of log file.
LogFile no
If not set, syslog is used.
Enable logging of executed shell commands
as warnings
LogRemoteCommands no 0
0 - disabled
1 - enabled
Maximum number of new lines the agent will
send per second to Zabbix Server
or Proxy processing 'log' and 'eventlog' active
MaxLinesPerSecond no 1-1000 100 checks.
The provided value will be overridden by the
parameter 'maxlines',
provided in 'log' or 'eventlog' item key.
PidFile no /tmp/zabbix_agentd.pid Name of PID file.
How often list of active checks is refreshed,
RefreshActiveChecks no 60-3600 120
in seconds.
Server port for retrieving list of and sending
ServerPort no 10051
active checks.
List of comma delimited IP addresses (or
hostnames) of Zabbix servers.
No spaces allowed. First entry is used for
Server yes receiving list of and sending active checks.
Note that hostnames must resolve
hostname→IP address and IP
address→hostname.
SourceIP no Source IP address for outgoing connections.
Number of pre-forked instances of
StartAgents no 1-16 3
zabbix_agentd that process passive checks.

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Spend no more than Timeout seconds on


Timeout no 1-30 3
processing
Allow all characters to be passed in
UnsafeUserParameters no 0,1 0 arguments to user-defined parameters.
Supported since Zabbix 1.8.2.
User-defined parameter to monitor. There
can be several user-defined parameters.
Format: UserParameter=<key>,<shell
command>
UserParameter no
Note that shell command must not return
empty string or EOL only.
Example:
UserParameter=system.test,who|wc -l

3.4 Zabbix Agent (UNIX, Inetd version)

The file contains configuration parameters for zabbix_agent. The file must exist and it should have
read permissions for user 'zabbix'. Supported parameters:

Default
Parameter Mandatory Description
value
Comma-delimited list of IP addresses of ZABBIX Servers or Proxies.
Server yes -
Connections from other IP addresses will be rejected.
Do not spend more than Timeout seconds on getting requested value
Timeout no 3
(1-255). The agent does not kill timeouted User Parameters processes!
UnsafeUserParameters no 0 Allow all characters to be passed in arguments to user-defined parameters
User-defined parameter to monitor. There can be several user-defined
parameters.
UserParameter no Format: UserParameter=<key>,<shell command>
Note that shell command must not return empty string or EOL only.
Example: UserParameter=system.test,who|wc -l

3.5 Zabbix Agent (Windows)

Installation

Installation is very simple and includes 3 steps:

Step 1

Create configuration file.

Create configuration file c:/zabbix_agentd.conf (it has the same syntax as UNIX agent).

Step 2

Install agent as a Windows service.

zabbix_agentd.exe --install

If you wish to use configuration file other than c:\zabbix_agentd.conf, you should use the following
command for service installation:

zabbix_agentd.exe --config <your_configuration_file> --install

Full path to configuration file should be specified.

Step 3

Run agent.

Now you can use Control Panel to start agent's service or run:

zabbix_agentd.exe --start

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Windows NT 4.0 note. Zabbix_agentd.exe uses PDH (Performance Data Helper) API to gather various
system information, so PDH.DLL is needed. This DLL is not supplied with Windows NT 4.0, so you
need to download and install it by yourself. Microsoft Knowledge Base article number 284996
describes this in detail and contains a download link. You can find this article at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;284996 [http://support.microsoft.com
/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;284996]
Usage

Command line syntax:

zabbix_agentd.exe [-Vhp] [-idsx] [-c <file>] [-t <metric>]

Zabbix Windows Agent accepts the following command line parameters:

Options:

-c --config <file> Specify alternate configuration file (default is c:\zabbix_agentd.conf).


-h --help Display help information.
-V --version Display version number.
-p --print Print list of supported checks (metrics) and exit.
-t --test <metric> Test single check (metric) and exit.

Functions:

-i --install Install ZABBIX agent as a service.


-d --uninstall Uninstall ZABBIX agent service.
-s --start Start ZABBIX agent service.
-x --stop Stop ZABBIX agent service.

The configuration file (c:/zabbix_agentd.conf) contains configuration parameters for


zabbix_agentd.exe. Supported parameters:

Default
Parameter Mandatory Description
value
Sets the alias for parameter. It can be useful to substitute long and
complex parameter name with a smaller and simpler one. For example,
if you wish to retrieve paging file usage in percents from the server,
you may use parameter “perf_counter[\Paging File(_Total)\% Usage]”,
or you may define an alias by adding the following line to configuration
Alias No -
file: Alias = pg_usage:perf_counter[\Paging File(_Total)\% Usage]
After that you can use parameter name “pg_usage” to retrieve the
same information. You can specify as many “Alias” records as you wish.
Please note that aliases cannot be used for parameters defined in
“PerfCounter” configuration file records.
Debug level, one of: 0 – none, 1 – critical, 2 – errors, 3 – warnings, 4 –
DebugLevel No 3
debug
Use this parameter to include a file into the configuration file. Number
Include No - of parameters Include is not limited. For example:
Include=c:\user_parameters.conf
ListenPort No 10050 Port number to listen.
LogFile No - Name of log file. If not set, Windows Event Log is used.
Controls logging of unresolved symbols during agent startup. Values
LogUnresolvedSymbols No -
can be strings ‘yes’ or ‘no’ (without quotes).
Sets maximum acceptable processing time of one data sample by
MaxCollectorProcessingTime No 100 collector thread (in milliseconds). If processing time will exceed
specified value, warning message will be written to the log file.
NoTimeWait No - The parameter has no effect.
<parameter_name>,”<perf_counter_path>”,<period> Defines new
parameter <parameter_name> which is an average value for system
performance counter <perf_counter_path> for the specified time period
<period> (in seconds).
For example, if you wish to receive average number of processor
interrupts per second for last minute, you can define new parameter
PerfCounter No -
“interrupts” as following: PerfCounter = interrupts,”\Processor(0)
\Interrupts/sec”,60 Please note double quotes around performance
counter path. Samples for calculating average value will be taken every
second.
You may run typeperf –qx to get list of all performance counters
available in Windows.
PidFile No - The parameter has no effect.

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Comma-delimited list of IP addresses of ZABBIX servers. Connections


Server Yes -
from other IP addresses will be rejected.
SourceIP No - Set source IP address all connections established by the process.
StartAgents No - The parameter has no effect.
Allow all characters to be passed in arguments to user-defined
UnsafeUserParameters no 0
parameters
User-defined parameter to monitor. There can be several user-defined
parameters.
UserParameter no Format: UserParameter=<key>,<shell command>
Note that shell command must not return empty string or EOL only.
Example: UserParameter=system.test,who|wc -l

3.6 Zabbix Sender (UNIX)

Zabbix UNIX Sender is a command line utility which may be used to send performance data to Zabbix
Server for processing.

The utility is usually used in long running user scripts for periodical sending of availability and
performance data. Zabbix Sender can be started by executing:

shell> cd bin
shell> ./zabbix_sender -z zabbix -p 10051 -s LinuxDB3 -k db.connections -o 43

See Zabbix Sender manpage for more information.

3.7 Zabbix Get (UNIX)

Zabbix UNIX Get is a process which communicates with Zabbix Agent and retrieves required
information.

The utility is usually used for troubleshooting of ZABBIX Agents.

Zabbix Get can be started by executing:

shell> cd bin
shell> ./zabbix_get -s127.0.0.1 -p10050 -k"system.cpu.load[all,avg1]"

Zabbix Get accepts the following command line parameters:

-p --port <port number> Specify port number of agent running on the host. Default is 10050.
-s -host <host name or IP> Specify host name or IP address of a host.
-I --source-address <ip address> Specify source IP address
-k -key <key of metric> Specify metric name (key) we want to retrieve.
-h --help Give this help.
-v --version Display version number.

In order to get this help run:

shell> zabbix_get -h

4 Configuração

4.1 Actions
Zabbix reacts to events by executing set of operations. An action can be defined for any event or set
of events generated by Zabbix.

Action attributes:

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Parameter Description
Name Unique action name.
Source of event.
Currently three sources are supported:
Event Source Triggers – events generated by trigger status changes
Discovery – events generated by auto-discovery module
Auto registration - events generated by new active agents
Enable Enable escalations. If enabled, the action will be escalated according to operation steps defined for
escalations operations.
Period
Time period for increase of escalation step.
(seconds)
Event source:
Event Source Triggers – action will be executed for events generated by triggers
Discovery – action will be executed for discovery events
Default subject Default notification subject. The subject may contain macros.
Default
Default notification message. The message may contain macros.
message
Recovery If enabled, Zabbix will send a recovery message after the original problem is resolved. The messages will
message be sent only to those who received any message regarding this problem before.
Recovery
Subject of the recovery message. It may contain macros.
subject
Recovery
Recovery message. It may contain macros.
message
Action status:
Status Enabled – action is active
Disabled – action is disabled

Warning: before enabling recovery messages or escalations, make sure to add “Trigger value =
PROBLEM” condition to the action, otherwise remedy events can become escalated as well.
Action conditions

An action is executed only in case if an event matches defined set of conditions.

The following conditions can be defined for Trigger based events:

Supported
Condition type Description
operators
= - event came from Trigger, which is part of the Application
= like - event came from Trigger, which is part of the Application containing the
Application like String
not like not like - event came from Trigger, which is part of the Application not
containing the String
Compare against Host Group having a trigger which generated event.
=
Host group = - event came from this Host Group
<>
<> - event did not come from this Host Group
Compare against Host Template the trigger belongs to.
=
Host template = - event came from a trigger inherited from this Host Template
<>
<> - event did not come from a trigger inherited from this Host Template
Compare against Host having a trigger which generated event.
=
Host = - event came from this Host
<>
<> - event did not come from this Host
Compare against Trigger which generated event.
=
Trigger = - event generated by this Trigger
<>
<> - event generated by other Trigger
Compare against Trigger Name which generated event.
Trigger description like
like – String can be found in Trigger Name. Case sensitive.
(name) not like
not like – String cannot be found in Trigger Name. Case sensitive.
= Compare with Trigger Severity. = - equal to trigger severity
<> <> - not equal to trigger severity
Trigger severity
>= >= - more or equal to trigger severity
<= <= - less or equal to trigger severity
Compare with Trigger Value.
Trigger value =
= - equal to trigger value (OK or PROBLEM)
Event is within time period.
Time period in in in – event time matches the time period. Time period is given in format:
dd-dd,hh:mm-hh:mm;dd-dd,hh:mm:hh:mm;…
Check if host is in maintenance.
=
Maintenance status = - Host is in maintenance mode.
<>
<> - Host is not in maintenance mode.

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Trigger value:

Trigger changes status from OK to PROBLEM (trigger value is PROBLEM) Trigger changes status from
PROBLEM to OK (trigger value is OK)

Status change OK→UNKNOWN→PROBLEM is treated as OK→PROBLEM, and


PROBLEM→UNKNOWN→OK as PROBLEM→OK.

The following conditions can be defined for Discovery based events:

Supported
Condition type Description
operators
Check if IP address of a discovered Host is or is not in the range of IP addresses.
=
Host IP = - Host IP is in the range
<>
<> - Host IP is out of the range
Check if a discovered service.
=
Service type = - matches discovered service
<>
<> - event came from a different service
Check if TCP port number of a discovered service is or is not in the range of ports.
=
Service port = - service port is in the range
<>
<> - service port is out of the range
Up – matches Host Up and Service Up events
Discovery status =
Down – matches Host Down and Service Down events
Downtime for Host Down and Service Down events. Uptime for Host Up and
>= Service Up events.
Uptime/Downtime
<= >= - uptime/downtime is more or equal
<= - uptime/downtime is less or equal. Parameter is given in seconds.
Compare with value received from an agent (Zabbix, SNMP). String comparison.
=
= - equal to the value
<>
<> - not equal to the value
>=
Received value >= - more or equal to the value
<=
<= - less or equal to the value
like not
like – has a substring
like
not like – does not have a substring. Parameter is given as a string.

For example this set of conditions (calculation type: AND/OR):

Host group = Oracle servers


Host group = MySQL servers
Trigger name like 'Database is down'
Trigger name like 'Database is unavailable'

is evaluated as

(Host group = Oracle servers or Host group = MySQL servers) and (Trigger name like 'Database is
down' or Trigger name like 'Database is unavailable')

Operations

Operation or a set of operations is executed when event matches conditions.

Zabbix supports the following operations:

Send message
Remote command(s), including IPMI.

To successfully receive and read e-mails from Zabbix, e-mail servers/clients must support standard
'SMTP/MIME e-mail' format since Zabbix sends UTF-8 data. Starting from 1.8.2 the subject and the
body of the message are base64-encoded to follow 'SMTP/MIME e-mail' format standard.

Starting with 1.8.3, if the subject contains ASCII characters only, it is not UTF-8 encoded.

Additional operations available for discovery events:

Add host
Remove host

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Enable host
Disable host
Add to group
Delete from group
Link to template
Unlink from template

When adding a host, its name is decided by standard gethostbyname function. If the host can be
resolved, resolved name is used. If not, IP address is used. Besides, if IPv6 address must be used for
a host name, then all ”:” (colons) are replaced by “_” (underscores), since ”:” (colons) are not
allowed in host names.

If performing discovery by a proxy, currently hostname lookup still takes place on Zabbix server.

If a host exists in Zabbix configuration with the same name as a newly discovered one, versions of
Zabbix prior to 1.8 would add another host with the same name. Zabbix 1.8.1 and latter adds _N to
the hostname, where N is increasing number, starting with 2.
Parameter Description
If escalation is enabled for this action, escalation settings:
From – execute for each step starting from this one
Step
To – till this (0, for all steps starting from From)
Period – increase step number after this period, 0 – use default period.
Type of action:
Operation type Send message – send message to user
Execute command – execute remote command
Event Source
Send message to:
Send message to Single user – a single user
User group – to all members of a group
Default message If selected, default message will be used.
Subject Subject of the message. The subject may contain macros.
Message The message itself. The message may contain macros.
Remote command List of remote commands.

Starting from 1.6.2, Zabbix sends notifications only to those users, which have read permissions to a
host (trigger), which generated the event. At least one host of a trigger expression must be
accessible.
Macros for messages and remote commands

The macros can be used for more efficient reporting.

Example 1

Subject: {TRIGGER.NAME}: {TRIGGER.STATUS}

Message subject will be replaced by something like:

‘Processor load is too high on server zabbix.zabbix.com: ON’

Example 2

Message:

Processor load is:


{zabbix.zabbix.com:system.cpu.load[,avg1].last(0)}

The message will be replaced by something like:

'Processor load is: 1.45'

Example 3

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Message:

Latest value:
{{HOSTNAME}:{TRIGGER.KEY}.last(0)}
MAX for 15 minutes:
{{HOSTNAME}:{TRIGGER.KEY}.max(900)}
MIN for 15 minutes:
{{HOSTNAME}:{TRIGGER.KEY}.min(900)}

The message will be replaced by something like:

Latest value: 1.45


MAX for 15 minutes: 2.33
MIN for 15 minutes: 1.01

4.3 Applications
Application is a set of host items. For example, application 'MySQL Server' may contain all items
which are related to the MySQL server: availability of MySQL, disk space, processor load,
transactions per second, number of slow queries, etc.

An item may be linked with one or more applications.

Applications are used in Zabbix front-end to group items.

Currently a host cannot be linked to different templates having same application.

5 Guia de Inicialização Rápida

6 Importação e Exportação de XML

7 Tutoriais
This section contains step-by-step instructions for most common tasks.

7.1 Extending Zabbix Agents


This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions how to extend functionality of Zabbix agent.

Step 1

Write a script or command line to retrieve required parameter.

For example, we may write the following command in order to get total number of queries executed
by a MySQL server:

mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f4 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"S"

When executed, the command returns total number of SQL queries.

Step 2

Add this command to agent's configuration file.

Add the command to zabbix_agentd.conf:

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UserParameter=mysql.questions,mysqladmin -uroot status|cut -f4 -d":"|cut -f1 -d"S"

mysql.questions is an unique identifier. It can be any string, for example, queries.

Test this parameter by using zabbix_get utility.

Step 3

Restart Zabbix agent.

Agent will reload configuration file.

Step 4

Add new item for monitoring.

Add new item with Key=mysql.questions to the monitored host. Type of the item must be either
Zabbix Agent or Zabbix Agent (active).

Be aware that type of returned values must be set correctly on Zabbix server. Otherwise Zabbix
won't accept them.

7.2 Monitoring of log files


This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions how to setup monitoring of log files. It is assumed
that a host is configured already in ZABBIX frontend.

Step 1

Configure Zabbix agent.

Follow standard instructions in order to install and configure agent on monitored host. Make sure
that parameter Hostname matches host name of the host configured in Zabbix frontend.

Also make sure that parameter DisableActive is not set in zabbix_agentd.conf

Step 2

Add a new item for monitoring of a log file.

Pay attention to the following parameters of the item:

PARAMETER Description
Type Must be set to ‘ZABBIX Agent (active)’.
Must be set to ‘log[file<,regexp>]’. For example: log[/var/log/syslog], log[/var/log/syslog,error]. Make
Key sure that the file has read permissions for user ‘zabbix’ otherwise the item status will be set to
‘unsupported’. Zabbix agent will filter entries of log file by the regexp if present.
Type of
Must be set to ‘log’.
information
Update interval The parameter defines how often ZABBIX Agent will check for any changes in the log file. Normally must
(in sec) be set to 1 second in order to get new records as soon as possible.

7.3 Remote commands


This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to setup remote execution of pre-defined
commands in case on an event. It is assumed that Zabbix is configured and operational.

Step 1

On Zabbix agent, enable remote commands. In zabbix_agentd.conf make sure that parameter

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EnableRemoteCommands is set to 1 and uncommented. Restart agent daemon if changing this


parameter.

Step 2

Configure new action by going to Configuration → Actions and in the New action block choose
operation type Remote command.

Pay attention to the following parameters of the action:

PARAMETER Description
Action type Must be set to 'Remote command'.
Remote Each line must contain an command for remote execution. For example: host:sudo /etc/init.d/apache
command restart. Remote command may contain macros!

Note the use of sudo - Zabbix user does not have permissions to restart system services by default.
See below for hints on how to configure sudo.

Syntax of remote commands:

REMOTE COMMAND Description


{HOSTNAME}:<command> Command 'command' will be executed on the host where the event happened.
<host>:<command> Command 'command' will be executed on host 'host'.
<group>#<command> Command 'command' will be executed on all hosts of host group 'group'.

Zabbix agent executes commands in background. Zabbix does not check if a command has been
executed successfully.

Remote commands in Zabbix < 1.4 are limited to 44 characters, in Zabbix >= 1.4 they are limited to
255 characters.

Syntax of IPMI remote commands:

REMOTE COMMAND Description


{HOSTNAME}:IPMI <ipmi The syntax is for execution of IPMI command on the host where the event happened.
control> [value] Supported values: “on”, “off” or number (1, by default).
<host>:IPMI <ipmi control>
The syntax is for execution of IPMI command on a single host.
[value]
<group>#IPMI <ipmi control>
The syntax is for execution of IPMI command for all hosts of a host group.
[value]

Access permissions

Make sure that user 'zabbix' has execute permissions for configured commands. One may be
interested in using sudo to give access to privileged commands. To configure access, execute as
root:

# visudo

Example lines that could be used in sudoers file:

# allows 'zabbix' user to run all commands without password.


zabbix ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL

# allows 'zabbix' user to restart apache without password.


zabbix ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/apache restart

On some systems sudoers file will prevent non-local users from executing commands. To change this,
comment out requiretty option in /etc/sudoers.
Example 1

Restart of Windows on certain condition.

In order to automatically restart Windows in case of a problem detected by Zabbix, define the

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following actions:

PARAMETER Description
Action type 'Remote command'
host:c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe –r –f
Remote command
Replace 'host' with Zabbix hostname of Windows server.

Example 2

Restart the host by using IPMI control.

PARAMETER Description
Action type 'Remote command'
Remote command {HOSTNAME}:IPMI reset on

Example 3

Power off the host by using IPMI control.

PARAMETER Description
Action type 'Remote command'
Remote command {HOSTNAME}:IPMI power off

7.4 Monitoring of Windows Services


This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions how to setup monitoring of Windows services. It is
assumed that ZABBIX server and ZABBIX agent are configured and operational.

Step 1

Get service name

You can get that name by going to the services mmc and bring up the properties of the service you
want to monitor it's up/down status. In the General tab you should see a field called Service name.
The value that follows that you put in the brackets above. For example, if I wanted to monitor the
“workstation” service then my service would be lanmanworkstation.

Step 2

Add item for monitoring of the service

Add item with a key service_state[lanmanworkstation], value type Integer, value mapping Windows
service state.

9 Monitoração WEB

10 Monitoração de Arquivo de Log

11 Descoberta

12 Monitoração Avançada por SNMP

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13 Monitoração de dispositivos IPMI

14 Uso de Proxies
Zabbix Proxies may greatly simplify maintenance of Zabbix environment and increase performance of
the central Zabbix server.

Also, use of Zabbix Proxies is the easiest way of implementing centralized and distributed monitoring,
when all Agents and Proxies report to one Zabbix server and all data is collected centrally.

15 Monitoração Distribuida
Zabbix can be configured to support hierarchical distributed monitoring.

16 Modo de Manutenção para Zabbix GUI


Zabbix GUI can be temporarily disabled in order to prohibit access to the front-end. This can be
useful for protection of Zabbix database from any changes initiated by users, thus protecting integrity
of database.

Zabbix database can be stopped while Zabbix GUI is in the maintenance mode.

17 Interface WEB
There are several useful features of ZABBIX WEB interface:

almost all screens support full-screen mode


Ctrl + Mouse click make possible selection of multiple list elements (hosts, items, triggers, etc)
sound alarm can be switched on and off in Status of Triggers view
a new theme can be created to match your preferences or a company color schema

18 Ajuste de Performance

19 Receita de Bolo

20 Troubleshooting

21 "Escalations" e Notificações Recorrentes

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