Zabbix frontend guide (for non admins)

Erik Skytthe

ers@dbc.dk

zabbix IRC: eskytthe

DBC as

Tempovej 7-11, 2750 Ballerup, Denmark

Thanks to Raymond Kuiper for his

”Ready made Zabbix beginners course”

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22211

Zabbix definitions

(By Raymond Kuiper)

Zabbix definitions (By Raymond Kuiper)

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Profile

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Refresh interval for all your zabbix views

On/off for extra GUI messages features – Trigger drop down

menu and audio

(Global for zabbix GUI frontend)

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Dashboard Filter

Filter host groups etc. you would like to see in your dashboard

Icon will be marked like this if filter is enabled:

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Dashboard drop down menus

Menu from “System status”:

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Menu from host in trigger list:

Dashboard drop down menus

Evens menu from trigger list:

(if trigger have URL defined, you can follow it by clicking on the trigger text)

Action status from trigger list:

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Latest data

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General for zabbix views / menus:

Use this menu to go back to you previous selections

Toggle display of filter on/off

Select Group and Host

If you are lost and do not see what you expect, double check this, it may

just be wrong selection.

Note that zabbix will remember this selection when you jump between

Latest Data, Triggers, Events and Graphs menus

Expand or collapse lines (+/-)

Latest data: Show all items (data) for selected host

Simple graph for item

(Host information show details for host OS)

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Graphs

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General for zabbix views / menus:

Add view to Dashboard – Favorite graphs / screens / maps

Update

Full screen

Graphs:

Zoom control:

Upper menu: Define zoom window (time)

Lower menu: Move back and forth in time from current position

Easy access to selection of dates, or handle the scroll bar

(Take care that you are on right time when analyses the graphs)

Zoom in graph area:

Click and drag over the graph, and then release the mouse button

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Triggers

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Select Events: “Show all” to get events details for triggers

You can expand or collapse lines (events)

Show comments for trigger (if any)

Drop down menu – e.g. simple graphs for items (used by trigger)

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Triggers

Detailed trigger view:

(select sub line – not main line)

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Jump to Triggers menu

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