In the previous blog posts, we created a Zabbix Server with a new user, a media type, and an action. In the 2nd blog post, we continued with creating and configuring a Zabbix Proxy. In the last part of this series of blog posts, we will install the Zabbix Agent on all of the 3 nodes we have running.
This article will recall the most important theses about the plugin for PostgreSQL monitoring for Zabbix Agent 2. Here you’ll find the explanation of how the plugin works under the hood illustrated with a simple example. You will also get familiar with a new mechanism of custom queries that let you collect metrics from separate SQL files on PC.
Low-level discovery (LLD) functionality allows you to dynamically monitor all your environment for metrics that can change from time to time, and also can be and are different between multiple servers. Zabbix monitoring software will connect to the device, check for entities that exist on it, and based on discovery output create regular items and triggers.
Learn how to get the most out of the Zabbix Agent active and passive modes to fix problems proactively with remote commands.
Learn how to deploy the Zabbix agent on a large number of hosts using the auto registration feature and save your time on manual work.
Zabbix Agent 2 is a promising platform that gives Zabbix more capabilities for data collection. Written in the powerful Go language, this new agent provides more options for plugin developers. More than that, it is less complicated than C Loadable modules, so creating plugins is now much more accessible for everyone.
Learn how to extend Zabbix agent functionality by adding your own checks that can be both – dynamic and static.
Zabbix 4.4 introduces a new type of agent, zabbix_agent2, which offers a wide range of new capabilities and advanced monitoring functions.
What are the different ways you can use Zabbix preprocessing and why you should consider implementing it in your environment? Let’s take a brief look at how Zabbix preprocessing has evolved and the technical nuances of transforming and storing your preprocessed data.
Processing of XML documents were never as easy as now. Xpath preprocessing is available as a native functionality without any third party scripts or modules. Write your xpath query and use it against your XML document to extract desired value.
