How do i implement icmpping test using Simple Check?
Hi everyone!
I've been trying to figure out how to make zabbix work. Even a simple ping test is a challenge for me
I'm trying to use Zabbix to check for the availability of a Windows box, without having any agent running on the Windows box.
This is what i have done so far:
1. Installed Zabbix on a linux machine following the instructions 10.4 Installation Procedure from Zabbix pdf manual.
2. I run the server processes zabbix_suckerd and zabbix_trapperd
3. Followed whatever i could understand from 11.1 Initial configuration : added configuration of smtp server, added new user with the permissions specified, and specified the email for the user.
4. Then i went on and added a host to monitor (the windows machine). Here, do i set the status as "not monitored" or "monitored" since im not installing any agent on the Windows machine? -- I set it as "monitored" for now. Please let me know if this is wrong.
5. Under "ITEMS" i created an entry as follows:
Description: ping-check
Host: windows-box
Type: Simple check
Key: icmpping
Units: <blank> (dont know what this is for) ----------- on page 83, these were [unfinished]
Multiplier: - (dont know what this is for either)----
Update interval (in sec): 600
Keep History (in days): 365
Status: Monitored
Type of infomation: numeric
Store value: As is
6. Next up is "TRIGGERS". Here i'm totally lost
What am i supposed to type in Expressions? Whatever i type in there i get a "[ERROR:Invalid trigger expression]"
Can someone give me some tips on how do i proceed from here? (As detailed as possible, please)
I can hardly find a step-by-step tutorial on how to configure zabbix for certain type of monitoring.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance
I've been trying to figure out how to make zabbix work. Even a simple ping test is a challenge for me
I'm trying to use Zabbix to check for the availability of a Windows box, without having any agent running on the Windows box.
This is what i have done so far:
1. Installed Zabbix on a linux machine following the instructions 10.4 Installation Procedure from Zabbix pdf manual.
2. I run the server processes zabbix_suckerd and zabbix_trapperd
3. Followed whatever i could understand from 11.1 Initial configuration : added configuration of smtp server, added new user with the permissions specified, and specified the email for the user.
4. Then i went on and added a host to monitor (the windows machine). Here, do i set the status as "not monitored" or "monitored" since im not installing any agent on the Windows machine? -- I set it as "monitored" for now. Please let me know if this is wrong.
5. Under "ITEMS" i created an entry as follows:
Description: ping-check
Host: windows-box
Type: Simple check
Key: icmpping
Units: <blank> (dont know what this is for) ----------- on page 83, these were [unfinished]
Multiplier: - (dont know what this is for either)----
Update interval (in sec): 600
Keep History (in days): 365
Status: Monitored
Type of infomation: numeric
Store value: As is
6. Next up is "TRIGGERS". Here i'm totally lost
What am i supposed to type in Expressions? Whatever i type in there i get a "[ERROR:Invalid trigger expression]"
Can someone give me some tips on how do i proceed from here? (As detailed as possible, please)
I can hardly find a step-by-step tutorial on how to configure zabbix for certain type of monitoring.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance
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