External Monitoring

[av613]

Hello,

Can Zabbix be used to monitor thousands of external HTTP sites? Is there a way to run multiple monitoring agents in different locations?

Thanks,
Av

[marc]

hi,
you can use as much agents as you like. eg. on different ports.
on the other hand you may want to use a script like this wich is executed by one agentd
http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showpost...75&postcount=8.
regards,
marc

[av613]

I guess my question is: Can Zabbix be used by a "service provider" to monitor any number of external (remote) hosts. The service provider would not have any control over what is installed on these hosts. I would only be able to monitor internet-accessible resources: TCP ports, PINGs, HTTP, etc.

Is Zabbix the right system for this requirement?

[James Wells]

Greetings,

The way I read your question is 'Can Zabbix be used as a replacement for S(h)itescope?'

Yes, Zabbix can provide all the abilities you gain from shitescope, and then some.

The Agent and / or SNMP are only required if you want to monitor non-public information from remote systems.