I'm running zabbix 2.2 on Ubuntu. I installed it using the PPA repos, starting with 2.0 and then upgrading yesterday to 2.2
I've seen references here on the board about an ICMP template, but I don't seem to have that in my install. Should I have it? I have fping installed, if that helps.
The reason I ask is that the ICMP template has been offered as an example of how to setup monitoring for hosts that you may not control, or can't use SNMP against, or otherwise just want to have ping checks against.
In my particular case, I was going to create a dummy host with icmp template that represents a clustered IP, and then I was going to use that dummy host to run web scenarios against. However, in the future, I could see setting up monitoring IP connectivity to certain third party services as well.
For me, I could do the web monitoring without the ICMP component, but it would be a nice addition, because it would allow me to test the web scenario and test and collect network connectivity at the same time, which can be helpful for differentiating network vs apache related problems.
Of course, I am assuming it is still a common thing to test web scenarios like this. They seem to require a host of some sort, and it doesn't make sense in my environment to attach them to a single physical host, as it is a clustered and load balanced environment, so I am using a dummy host.
Thanks,
Cliff
I've seen references here on the board about an ICMP template, but I don't seem to have that in my install. Should I have it? I have fping installed, if that helps.
The reason I ask is that the ICMP template has been offered as an example of how to setup monitoring for hosts that you may not control, or can't use SNMP against, or otherwise just want to have ping checks against.
In my particular case, I was going to create a dummy host with icmp template that represents a clustered IP, and then I was going to use that dummy host to run web scenarios against. However, in the future, I could see setting up monitoring IP connectivity to certain third party services as well.
For me, I could do the web monitoring without the ICMP component, but it would be a nice addition, because it would allow me to test the web scenario and test and collect network connectivity at the same time, which can be helpful for differentiating network vs apache related problems.
Of course, I am assuming it is still a common thing to test web scenarios like this. They seem to require a host of some sort, and it doesn't make sense in my environment to attach them to a single physical host, as it is a clustered and load balanced environment, so I am using a dummy host.
Thanks,
Cliff
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