How to Add Host to monitor.

[faisalnaeem]

HI .... everyone

I m new to Zabbix ........... kindly help me out i wanna to know about How to add Host (either Linux or Windows) for agent based monitoring in Zabbix ......... and Is there any need to change with zabbix Server. And how zabbix server will get configuration files for new hosts.

And ..... what does this command do ........

# ./zabbix_server -n 1 -c /etc/zabbix/server1_cfg


Thanx ....

[nelsonab]

zabbix:~ # zabbix_server -h
ZABBIX Server (daemon) v1.6.1 (04 November 2008)

usage: zabbix_server [-hV] [-c <file>] [-n <nodeid>]

Options:
-c --config <file> Specify configuration file
-h --help give this help
-n --new-nodeid <nodeid> convert database data to new nodeid
-V --version display version number


The -n option is for when you are converting to a multi-node setup.

To add a host go to Configuration -> Hosts -> Create Host (upperish left)
Next you will have to populate the host with the items you want monitored. You can do this while you are adding a host by clicking "add" next to "Link to template"

You will also need to have the agent already running on the host in question.

The basic chain or hierarchy for Zabbix is host -> item (what we monitor) -> trigger -> action (what to do when a trigger occurs such as email)

[MrKen]

How to add Host (either Linux or Windows) for agent based monitoring in Zabbix

For Linux: http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/doku.php?id=howto:agentinstallonlinux

For Windows: http://www.suiviperf.com/zabbix/


For more information: http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/doku.php