Zabbix Network Monitoring Essentials
Your one-stop solution to efficient network monitoring with Zabbix
Published on 7. October 2025
178 pages
978-1-78439-408-0 (ISBN)
Description
Key Features
Book DescriptionIf you are an experienced network administrator looking for a comprehensive monitoring solution that will keep a watchful eye on networks, then this book is for you.What you will learn
Deploy an effective distributed monitoring solution to your network scenarios
Effectively monitor a large number of network devices and your most critical network services
Build on Zabbix discovery features to adapt the monitoring solution to evolving networking scenarios
Identify critical metrics for your monitored devices and services
Automate trigger configuration and critical networking operations with the Zabbix API
Create compelling graphs and maps
Organize maps with a practical approach and create adaptive templates
Create a proactive alarm for the network services
Use historical monitoring data to create calculated and aggregated items
Use automatic discovery for network hosts and devices
Who this book is forIf you are an experienced network administrator looking for a comprehensive monitoring solution that will keep a watchful eye on networks, then this book is for you.
Book DescriptionIf you are an experienced network administrator looking for a comprehensive monitoring solution that will keep a watchful eye on networks, then this book is for you.What you will learn
Deploy an effective distributed monitoring solution to your network scenarios
Effectively monitor a large number of network devices and your most critical network services
Build on Zabbix discovery features to adapt the monitoring solution to evolving networking scenarios
Identify critical metrics for your monitored devices and services
Automate trigger configuration and critical networking operations with the Zabbix API
Create compelling graphs and maps
Organize maps with a practical approach and create adaptive templates
Create a proactive alarm for the network services
Use historical monitoring data to create calculated and aggregated items
Use automatic discovery for network hosts and devices
Who this book is forIf you are an experienced network administrator looking for a comprehensive monitoring solution that will keep a watchful eye on networks, then this book is for you.
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Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
File size
3,12 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78439-408-0 (9781784394080)
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Andrea Dalle Vacche | Stefano Kewan Lee
Zabbix Network Monitoring Essentials
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02/2015
Packt Publishing
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Andrea Dalle Vacche is a highly skilled IT professional with over 15 years of industry experience._x000D_ He graduated from Univerista degli Studi di Ferrara with an information technology certification. This laid the technology foundation that Andrea has built on ever since. He has acquired various other industry-respected accreditations from big players in the IT industry, which include Cisco, Oracle, ITIL, and of course, Zabbix. He also has a Red Hat Certified Engineer certification. Throughout his career, he has worked on many large-scale environments, often in roles that have been very complex, on a consultant basis. This has further enhanced his growing skillset, adding to his practical knowledge base and concreting his appetite for theoretical technical studying._x000D_ Andrea's love for Zabbix came from the time he spent in the Oracle world as a database administrator/developer. His time was mainly spent on reducing "ownership costs" with specialization in monitoring and automation. This is where he came across Zabbix and the technical and administrative flexibility that it offered. With this as a launch pad, Andrea was inspired to develop Orabbix, the first piece of open source software to monitor Oracle that is completely integrated with Zabbix. He has published a number of articles on Zabbix-related software, such as DBforBIX. His projects are publicly available on his website at http://www.smartmarmot.com. _x000D_ Currently, Andrea is working as a senior architect for a leading global investment bank in a very diverse and challenging environment. His involvement is very wide ranging, and he deals with many critical aspects of the Unix/Linux platforms and pays due diligence to the many different types of third-party software that are strategically aligned to the bank's technical roadmap._x000D_ Andrea also plays a critical role within the extended management team for the security awareness of the bank, dealing with disciplines such as security, secrecy, standardization, auditing, regulator requirements, and security-oriented solutions. _x000D_ In addition to this book, he has also authored the following books:_x000D_ _x000D_ Mastering Zabbix, Packt Publishing_x000D_ Zabbix Network Monitoring Essentials, Packt Publishing_x000D_ Stefano Kewan Lee is an IT consultant with more than 12 years of experience in system integration, security, and administration. He is a certified Zabbix specialist in large environments holds a Linux administration certification from the LPI and a GIAC GCFW certification from SANS Institute. When he's not busy breaking websites, he lives in the countryside with his two cats and two dogs and practices martial arts. In addition to this title, Stefano Kewan Lee is a coauthor of Mastering Zabbix, Packt Publishing.
Content
Table of Contents
Installing a distributed Zabbix setup
Active monitoring of your devices
Monitoring your network services: DNS and proxies
Discovering your network devices and topology
Visualizing your topology with Maps and Graphs
Appendix A
Appendix B
Installing a distributed Zabbix setup
Active monitoring of your devices
Monitoring your network services: DNS and proxies
Discovering your network devices and topology
Visualizing your topology with Maps and Graphs
Appendix A
Appendix B
