Subject index

Use this index to find concepts, configuration tasks, and troubleshooting topics throughout the book. On the website, each locator is a link. In the print edition, locators are rendered as page numbers.

A

• actions
  • configuring alert actions
  • See also alerting, media types, triggers
• active agent autoregistration
  • configuring
  • See also Zabbix agent, active checks
• active checks
  • See Zabbix agent, active checks
• agent encryption
  • See Zabbix agent, encryption
• alert scripts
  • creating custom scripts
  • See also alerting, media types
• alerting
  • actions
  • custom scripts
  • media types
• API
  • See Zabbix API
• API tokens
  • using with the Zabbix API
  • See also Zabbix API
• automated PDF reports
  • creating
  • See also reports, Zabbix web service

B

• backups
  • creating and restoring
• browser items
  • configuring browser monitoring
  • See also web monitoring

C

• calculated items
  • creating and using
  • See also items
• ClickHouse
  • storing Zabbix data

D

• dashboards
  • creating and configuring
  • See also graphs, maps
• data collection
  • understanding the data flow
  • See also items, preprocessing
• database
  • choosing a database
  • installing MariaDB
  • monitoring with Zabbix agent 2
  • monitoring with ODBC
  • installing PostgreSQL
• dependent items
  • configuring
  • See also low-level discovery, preprocessing
• discovery
  • active agent autoregistration
  • network discovery
  • See also low-level discovery

E

• external authentication
  • HTTP authentication
  • LDAP and Active Directory
  • SAML authentication
• external checks
  • creating and using

F

• frontend
  • See Zabbix frontend
• frontend scripts
  • creating

G

• graphs
  • creating and configuring
  • See also dashboards, visualisation

H

• high availability
  • configuring Zabbix server HA
  • See also proxy groups
• host groups
  • creating and managing
• host interfaces
  • configuring
  • See also hosts
• hosts
  • creating and configuring
  • See also host groups, host interfaces
• HTTP agent items
  • configuring
  • See also web monitoring

I

• ICMP checks
  • configuring simple checks
• internal health
  • monitoring Zabbix health
• IPMI
  • configuring IPMI monitoring
• items
  • browser items
  • calculated items
  • dependent items
  • HTTP agent items
  • script items
  • trapper items

J

• Java Management Extensions
  • See JMX
• JMX
  • monitoring Java applications

L

• LDAP
  • configuring LDAP and Active Directory authentication
  • See also external authentication
• LLD
  • See low-level discovery
• low-level discovery
  • custom LLD
  • LLD with dependent items
  • SNMP LLD
  • See also discovery

M

• maintenance
  • creating and managing maintenance periods
• maps
  • creating and configuring
  • See also dashboards, visualisation
• MariaDB
  • installing
  • partitioning
  • See also database
• master items
  • See dependent items
• media types
  • configuring
  • See also actions, alerting
• MFA
  • See multi-factor authentication
• multi-factor authentication
  • configuring

N

• network discovery
  • discovering hosts
  • See also discovery

O

• ODBC
  • database monitoring
  • See also database

P

• passive checks
  • See Zabbix agent, passive checks
• PostgreSQL
  • installing
  • partitioning with TimescaleDB
  • See also database
• preprocessing
  • transforming item values
  • See also dependent items, items
• proxy groups
  • configuring and managing
  • See also high availability, Zabbix proxy

R

• reports
  • automated PDF reports
  • built-in reports

S

• SAML
  • configuring authentication
  • See also external authentication
• script items
  • creating and using
• SELinux
  • configuring for Zabbix
• simple checks
  • configuring ICMP and service checks
• SNMP
  • low-level discovery
  • polling
  • trapping
• SSH checks
  • configuring SSH checks

T

• tags
  • using in templates
• Telnet checks
  • configuring Telnet checks
• templates
  • creating and using
  • See also low-level discovery, user macros
• TimescaleDB
  • partitioning PostgreSQL
• trapper items
  • creating and using
• triggers
  • advanced expressions
  • creating and configuring

U

• upgrades
  • planning and performing
  • See also backups
• user groups
  • creating and managing
  • See also user roles
• user macros
  • using in templates
• user parameters
  • creating custom items
• user roles
  • creating and managing
  • See also user groups

V

• Vault
  • storing Zabbix secrets
• visualisation
  • dashboards
  • graphs
  • maps

W

• web monitoring
  • browser items
  • HTTP agent items
• Windows monitoring
  • monitoring disk health
  • monitoring Windows

Z

• Zabbix agent
  • active checks
  • encryption
  • passive checks
• Zabbix API
  • using the API
  • See also API tokens
• Zabbix architecture
  • understanding components and data flow
• Zabbix frontend
  • installing
  • navigating and configuring
• Zabbix proxy
  • active and passive modes
  • running as containers
  • proxy groups
• Zabbix server
  • installing
  • See also high availability, internal health
• Zabbix web service
  • installing and configuring
  • See also automated PDF reports