Hello,
maybe this will help another Zabbix Newbie like me;-)
- Zabbix Server 7.2.2.
First I was reading the Zabbix webpages and documents (just some related to installation). Having still some questions left and with the hope to install Zabbix server for testing in a minimum time, I also decided to watch several howto videos. These info's and a certain IT know-how really helped to setup my Zabbix server 7.2.2 in a Proxmox VM in the second run. This included starting the automated recognition of available hosts for the main network and later also for all vlan's. Some minor issues like
- how to handle that Zabbix server is monitoring himself over 127.0.0.1 and also listening a hosts his real IP for the Zabbix server e.g. 192.168.1.100
- how to handle vlan's
I will find out later.
- Debian hosts (server and laptop)
With the same approach - Zabbix webpage and documents as well as howto videos - I installed the first debian hosts for my Zabbix Server 7.2.2 with the standard agent. And then the following happened:
First installation - agent 1 (version <7) from the debian standard repository, which was not recognized at all by the server
Second installation - agent 1 (current version) from the Zabbix repository, which was not starting due to some issues
Third installation - agent 2 (current version) from the Zabbix repository, which was starting and was recognized by the Zabbix server
Do not ask me why the first two approaches did not work, at least the third was successful.
- Proxmox host
Similar to the debian host experience, I had to do this twice. First, I was following a howto video and also the comments below this video. No luck but this helped me to understand the Zabbix documentation for a Proxmox host. I deleted my first configuration and with the knowledge of the video, I followed the Proxmox guide on the Zabbix webpage. Success!
- Managed Switch hosts without SNMP
Again reading and watching some videos the solution was clear - template icmp ping. Well, only with three data but at least something;-)
- Openwrt Router hosts
Some story up and running after installing zabbix-agentd and all zabbix-extra* software in openwrt. After changing the config and restarting the service, the server recognized the new host very quickly. The only downside here - only with four data (for this I have already opened another topic).
Summary
Reading the Zabbix webpage and documentation about installation, combined with watching some howto videos, paired with your IT knowledge (bash, networks, linux...) will give you everything to setup your own Zabbix server in a comparable fast time! Of course, the further configuration of the Zabbix server to your own needs will again take some time but I am already surprised by the result! Hope that helps someone.
Thank you Zabbix Team!!!
maybe this will help another Zabbix Newbie like me;-)
- Zabbix Server 7.2.2.
First I was reading the Zabbix webpages and documents (just some related to installation). Having still some questions left and with the hope to install Zabbix server for testing in a minimum time, I also decided to watch several howto videos. These info's and a certain IT know-how really helped to setup my Zabbix server 7.2.2 in a Proxmox VM in the second run. This included starting the automated recognition of available hosts for the main network and later also for all vlan's. Some minor issues like
- how to handle that Zabbix server is monitoring himself over 127.0.0.1 and also listening a hosts his real IP for the Zabbix server e.g. 192.168.1.100
- how to handle vlan's
I will find out later.
- Debian hosts (server and laptop)
With the same approach - Zabbix webpage and documents as well as howto videos - I installed the first debian hosts for my Zabbix Server 7.2.2 with the standard agent. And then the following happened:
First installation - agent 1 (version <7) from the debian standard repository, which was not recognized at all by the server
Second installation - agent 1 (current version) from the Zabbix repository, which was not starting due to some issues
Third installation - agent 2 (current version) from the Zabbix repository, which was starting and was recognized by the Zabbix server
Do not ask me why the first two approaches did not work, at least the third was successful.
- Proxmox host
Similar to the debian host experience, I had to do this twice. First, I was following a howto video and also the comments below this video. No luck but this helped me to understand the Zabbix documentation for a Proxmox host. I deleted my first configuration and with the knowledge of the video, I followed the Proxmox guide on the Zabbix webpage. Success!
- Managed Switch hosts without SNMP
Again reading and watching some videos the solution was clear - template icmp ping. Well, only with three data but at least something;-)
- Openwrt Router hosts
Some story up and running after installing zabbix-agentd and all zabbix-extra* software in openwrt. After changing the config and restarting the service, the server recognized the new host very quickly. The only downside here - only with four data (for this I have already opened another topic).
Summary
Reading the Zabbix webpage and documentation about installation, combined with watching some howto videos, paired with your IT knowledge (bash, networks, linux...) will give you everything to setup your own Zabbix server in a comparable fast time! Of course, the further configuration of the Zabbix server to your own needs will again take some time but I am already surprised by the result! Hope that helps someone.
Thank you Zabbix Team!!!
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