Working with Control Panels

[IT_Architect]

Working with Control Panels
- When using a control panel like Plesk; Apache, PHP, etc. are installed in a directory that is located at /usr/local/psa/ that I'm guessing is unique to Plesk. Does that mean that in order to run Zabbix I need to install these again in the standard areas and that there are now 2 Apaches, 2 MySQLs etc.? Or do you install Zabbix above /usr/local/psa/, but then can it still get at the resources that it needs? or...
- If so, does it help to have a separate machine to monitor?
- If a separate monitoring machine, can that machine be on a non-static IP? E.G. do the monitored hosts feed the information or do they wait to be polled?

Thanks!

[Alexei]

You may use same instance of Apache and MySQL for ZABBIX. It is also highly recommended to have monitoring server separate from environment you monitor. Otherwise it may affect performance of your applications.

ZABBIX may be installed on a machine having non-static IP. In this case you lose functionality of active checks and also ZABBIX agent cannot be configured to accept connections from ZABBIX server only.

[IT_Architect]

>You may use same instance of Apache and MySQL for ZABBIX<

Perfect!

>ZABBIX may be installed on a machine having non-static IP. In this case you lose functionality of active checks and also ZABBIX agent cannot be configured to accept connections from ZABBIX server only.<

Hmm. What if I used DynDNS or similar service? Then the DNS gets updated every time the IP changes. Will that solve the issue?

Thanks TONS!

[IT_Architect]

It is also highly recommended to have monitoring server separate from environment you monitor. Otherwise it may affect performance of your applications.

The requirement that the monitoring station run on only ???X operating systems will be Zabbix's greatest obstacle. It requires people run a 24 X 7 ???X computer for the sole purpose of monitoring another computer. They already have Windows computers.

[Nate Bell]

The requirement that the monitoring station run on only ???X operating systems will be Zabbix's greatest obstacle. It requires people run a 24 X 7 ???X computer for the sole purpose of monitoring another computer. They already have Windows computers.

I don't believe this to be accurate. Most network monitoring solutions are going to require a dedicated server, and setting up a simple *nix server is rather cheap and easy. At least with Zabbix, the only cost is the hardware, and all the software you need is free.

I would go as far to say Zabbix running on *nix boxes only is a strength, because it allows for more concentrated development that can run on many opperating systems without having to port the code.

Nate