Zabbix – monitor Docker

In this tutorial I will explain how to build a Docker server with Zabbix using agent 2. Zabbix agent2 allows you to monitor Docker without needing to add a template or plugin to the agent because it does it natively. Here is the official page : Docker monitoring and integration with Zabbix. My environment: Configuring …

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Zabbix: monitor a website

In this tutorial, I will explain to you how to monitor a website using Zabbix. The supervision of Internet sites is done using Web scenarios and it is possible to add parameters for example if authentication is necessary, here we will simply keep it as simple as possible. With Zabbix here is the information you …

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Zabbix: restart a Windows service

In this tutorial, I will explain how to restart a Windows service where Zabbix agent is installed. If you followed the tutorial: Zabbix – Restart a service on Ubuntu – Linux, it’s almost identical. To illustrate this tutorial, we will try to restart the Winlogbeat service. As you can see, on several servers the Winlogbeat …

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Zabbix – monitor an Nginx web server

In this new tutorial dedicated to Zabbix, I will explain how to monitor a web server under Nginx in order to have performance metrics. For monitoring, Zabbix agent should be installed on Nginx server, as we will use it to collect statics which will then send to Zabbix monitoring server. Before configuring monitoring at Zabbix …

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Zabbix – Restart a service on Ubuntu – Linux

In this tutorial, I will show you, how to restart a service (systemctl) on Ubuntu/Debian monitor with Zabbix. When we supervise a server and in particular the services, it happens that we want to restart a service which will be “fallen” automatically in order to guarantee a level of service. Restarting a service to fix …

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Zabbix: monitoring your infrastructure – installation and configuration with Docker

In this tutorial, I will explain how to set up Zabbix with Docker to monitor your server and network infrastructure. For those who follow me regularly, I have long been a fan of PRTG for its “simplicity” but which has certain limits compared to Zabbix. I will come back to it in an article explaining …

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Monitor Veeam in PRTG

Introduction In this tutorial, we will see how to monitor Veeam using PRTG. Having the results of the backups in PRTG makes it possible to centralize the monitoring of the infrastructure in a single console and to reduce notification emails. Prerequisites On the PRTG server, it is necessary to install the Veeam management console, it …

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Ubuntu: install and configure the SNMP service

In this tutorial, I will explain to you how to install and configure the SNMP service on Ubuntu, which will then allow you to monitor the server using PRTG or Centreon for example. We will first install the service on the Ubuntu server and then configure it so that it is accessible by the network …

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PRTG: supervision of MSA arrays

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In this tutorial, we will see how to supervise an HP MSA 1040/1050/2040/2050 storage array. Prerequisites You must create an equipment group in PRTG to add the two controllers. Supervision of MSA disk array All the sensors were created from the PRTG web interface. Controller A Click on Add a device 1. Give a name …

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IPAM: IP Address Management with Windows Server – Installation and Configuration

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Presentation of IPAM IP Address Manager (IPAM) is a feature built into Windows Server that allows you to set up an administrator tool and analyze DHCP scopes and have an IP address base within a computer network. In a server environment where multiple Windows DHCP servers are in use, IPAM provides a single interface to …

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