LinuxCBT Moni-Zab Edition

Course Objective

Intro to Zabbix Monitoring Environment

Introduction - Zabbix - Features
- Discuss features and benefits
- Explain supported protocols
- Discuss polling mechanism
- Explore Zabbix process architecture
- Examine simplicity of deployment
- Identify target Zabbix HOST
- Explore classroom environment

Zabbix Installation
- Identify and obtain packages
- Install Zabbix server for MySQL
- Install Web Front-End
- Explore package footprint
- Identify key configuration files
- Install Zabbix Agent where applicable
- Explore Agent configuration directives
- Setup Agent environment
- Evaluate configuration

Web Front-End
- Ensure dependencies are met
- Install and configure Web Front-End
- Correct problems during installation
- Access web interface
- Update default credentials
- Briefly peruse web front-end environment
- Prepare for general usage

Monitor HOSTs
- Identify targets for monitoring
- Obtain and deploy appropriate agents
- Debug configuration as needed
- Add new HOSTs to Zabbix monitoring environment
- Identify broken dependencies
- Rectify problems as they arise

SELinux Integration
- Debuge CentOS SELinux problems
- Identify AVC errors related to Zabbix
- Propose workarounds
- Implement workaround on SELinux-enabled HOSTs
- Confirm changes have positively impacted the configuration
- Evaluate and discuss findings

Notifications Logic
- Explore defaults
- Invoke service failures
- Debug missing messages | notifications
- Enable message deliveryI
- Discuss applicable message notification components
- Unfail services and debug messages
- Fail services and identify messages
- Contrast scenarios and discuss applicability

Maintenance Window
- Discuss benefits
- Identify configuration interface components
- Define maintenance window with recurring schedule
- Examine notifications delivery response as a result
- Contract maintenance window to impact notifications delivery
- Evaluate system response
- Discuss and explain behavior

DevOps | Operations User Definition
- Discuss benefits of offloading responsibilities
- Define DevOps user with appropriate privileges
- Assign requisite permissions as needed
- Confirm DevOps access to Zabbix
- Alter Super Admin's notification schedule accordingly
- Test message | notification delivery to DevOps
- Evaluate setup

Zabbix Reports Overview
- Discuss available reports
- Identify available reports
- Peruse SLA reports
- Discuss possibilities for bar reports