ZCS6 Day 1 Practical

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DAY 1
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please do not shutdown or reboot your student virtual machine
Please do not change the root password for your student virtual machine:
All machines are accessible from the internet; someone can try to take control over them
In case it is needed, please keep it hard to brute force or guess: use mixed-case letters,
digits and special symbols
Substitute XX in Training-VM-XX with your student number:
By example: Training-VM-XX > Training-VM-03
Do not simply copy and paste the information from this handbook:
Please analyze the information provided and understand the results
If you have troubles with any task - feel free to contact the trainer
When you have completed the task, please notify the trainer in the chat window
LEGEND
A few notes about the practical slides: Important
notice
Important aspects are highlighted:
Linux virtual machine CLI (command-line interface). You need to enter the commands
specified here in your Linux SSH terminal, without the # symbol:
# systemctl enable zabbix-server --now
Text on the screen after a command execution (output may differ slightly)
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/zabbix-server.service
Linux editor screen with pointed parameters for you to change. Please change the
specified parameters to get required functionality as follows in boxes like that:
### Option: DBPassword
# Database password.
# Comment this line if no password is used.
DBPassword=P455w0RD
Information that you need to modify or enter is given in red color
Lab #1
Zabbix installation
Zabbix 6.0 Certified Specialist ● Day 1 © 2022 by Zabbix. All rights reserved 30 minutes 6
PRACTICAL TASK #1
List available time zones (replace Europe with name of your location):
# timedatectl list-timezones | grep Europe
Europe/Amsterdam
Europe/Andorra
...
Europe/Prague
Europe/Riga
Europe/Riga is
Europe/Rome
provided as example
... time zone
Europe/Vienna
Europe/Vilnius
Set the time zone for operating system (please use your local time zone)
# timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Riga
Check the time zone:

# date
Mon Sep 27 11:31:14 EEST 2021
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Check if time is correct and synchronized with the global NTP server
# timedatectl status
# timedatectl status
Local time: Mon 2021-09-27 12:39:01 EEST Local time in
Universal time: Mon 2021-09-27 09:39:01 UTC your time zone
RTC time: Mon 2021-09-27 09:39:01
Time zone: Europe/Riga (EEST,NTP
+0300)
System clock synchronized: yes synchronization is
NTP service: active up and running
RTC in local TZ: no
Check SELINUX status

# getenforce
Disabled
Check firewall status

# systemctl status firewalld
Unit firewalld.service could not be found
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Install MySQL 8 database server:
# dnf -y install mysql-server
Zabbix Official Repository - x86_64 29 kB/s | 42 kB 00:01

Zabbix Official Repository non-supported - x86_64 910 B/s | 1.2 kB 00:01
Dependencies resolved.
====================================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository
Size
====================================================================================================================================
Installing:
mysql-server x86_64 8.0.26-1.module_el8.4.0+915+de215114 appstream 25 M
Installing dependencies:
libaio x86_64 0.3.112-1.el8 baseos 33 k
mariadb-connector-c-config noarch 3.1.11-2.el8_3 appstream 15 k
mecab x86_64 0.996-1.module_el8.4.0+589+11e12751.9 appstream 393 k
mysql x86_64 8.0.26-1.module_el8.4.0+915+de215114 appstream 12 M
mysql-common x86_64 8.0.26-1.module_el8.4.0+915+de215114 appstream 134 k
mysql-errmsg x86_64 8.0.26-1.module_el8.4.0+915+de215114 appstream 598 k
. . .
perl-parent-1:0.237-1.el8.noarch perl-podlators-4.11-1.el8.noarch
perl-threads-1:2.21-2.el8.x86_64 perl-threads-shared-1.58-2.el8.x86_64
Successful
protobuf-lite-3.5.0-13.el8.x86_64
installation
Complete!
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Start MySQL database engine and enable autostart
# systemctl enable mysqld --now
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mysqld.service →

/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service.
Check if MySQL is running correctly:

# systemctl status mysqld
mysqld.service - MySQL 8.0 database server

Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-09-27 13:03:58 EEST; 1min 52s ago
MySQL DB engine is
Process: 4901 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/mysql-check-upgrade MySQL DB status=0/SUCCESS)
(code=exited, autostart
running
Process: 4775 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mysql-prepare-db-dir is enabled
mysqld.service (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 4751 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mysql-check-socket (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 4855 (mysqld)
Status: "Server is operational"
Tasks: 37 (limit: 11224)
Memory: 465.9M
CGroup: /system.slice/mysqld.service
└─4855 /usr/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Open MySQL command console:
# mysql
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MySQL connection id is 8
Server version: 8.0.26 Source distribution
Copyright (c) 2000, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its

affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
Type 'help;' orMySQL

'\h'prompt.
for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
Enter all MySQL
commands here.
mysql>
Notice how the prompt is changed to mysql>

This means you are working in the MySQL console now
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Create the initial database for Zabbix with proper parameters:
mysql> create database zabbix character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_bin;
Query OK, 1 row affected, 2 warnings (0.01 sec)
Create a database user zabbix with password P455w0RD:

mysql> create user 'zabbix'@'localhost' identified by 'P455w0RD';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Give the user zabbix access to the database zabbix from localhost:
mysql> grant all privileges on zabbix.* to 'zabbix'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Exit MySQL console:

mysql> quit;
Bye
[root@student-XX ~]#
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Install the official Zabbix 6.0 repository (answer "y" to security questions if asked):
# dnf -y install https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/rhel/8/x86_64/zabbix-release-6.0-2.el8.noarch.rpm
Retrieving https://repo.zabbix.com/zabbix/6.0/rhel/8/x86_64/zabbix-release-6.0-2.el8.noarch.rpm
Verifying... ################################# [100%]
Installed:
zabbix-release-6.0-2.el8.noarch
Successful
Complete! installation
Install Zabbix SQL DB initialization scripts from the official repository

# dnf -y install zabbix-sql-scripts
====================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version
====================================================================================================
Installing:
zabbix-sql-scripts noarch 6.0.0-0.el8
Installed:
zabbix-sql-scripts-6.0.0.el8.noarch
Successful
Complete! installation
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Install Zabbix server database schema (provide password P455w0RD when requested):
# zcat /usr/share/doc/zabbix-sql-scripts/mysql/server.sql.gz | mysql -uzabbix -p zabbix
Enter password:
P455w0RD
[root@student-XX mysql]#
Zabbix schema import may take a few minutes and no information will be displayed on the
screen during that time. Please wait until this operation is finished.
Open MySQL console to check that schema has been imported successfully:
# mysql
Select zabbix database:

mysql> use zabbix
Database changed
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Check table count:
mysql> show tables;
+----------------------------+
| Tables_in_zabbix |
+----------------------------+
| acknowledges |
| actions |
| alerts |
| auditlog |
| autoreg_host Number|of tables inside
... zabbix database (173 rows)
| widget_field should
| match
+----------------------------+
173 rows in set (0.01 sec)
Exit MySQL console:

mysql> quit;
Bye
[root@student-XX ~]#
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Install Zabbix server from the official repository:
# dnf -y install zabbix-server-mysql
Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:30 ago on Wed 29 Sep 2021 03:09:48 PM EEST.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
Package Architecture Version
================================================================================
Installing:
zabbix-server-mysql x86_64 6.0.0.el8
OpenIPMI-libs x86_64 2.0.29-1.el8
fping x86_64 3.16-1.el8
libtool-ltdl x86_64 2.4.6-25.el8
mariadb-connector-c x86_64 3.1.11-2.el8_3
net-snmp-libs x86_64 1:5.8-20.el8
…
Installed:
OpenIPMI-libs-2.0.29-1.el8.x86_64 fping-3.16-1.el8.x86_64
mariadb-connector-c-3.1.11-2.el8_3.x86_64 net-snmp-libs-1:5.8-20.el8.x86
zabbix-server-mysql-6.0.0.el8.x86_64
Successful
installation
Complete!
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Set up Zabbix configuration file and specify the database-related settings there. Without
this minimum setup our Zabbix instance will not work at all.
# vi /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
### Option: DBName

DBName=zabbix Specify Zabbix
database name
### Option: DBUser
# Database user.
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
# DBUser= Specify username
DBUser=zabbix for Zabbix database
### Option: DBPassword

# Database password.
# Comment this line if no password is used.
# Mandatory: no
# Default:
# DBPassword= Specify Zabbix
DBPassword=P455w0RD user password
Don’t forget to save all changes you made inside Zabbix configuration file!
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Enable Zabbix server service and make it start on each system boot:
# systemctl enable zabbix-server --now
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/zabbix-server.service →
/usr/lib/systemd/system/zabbix-server.service.
Check Zabbix service status:

# systemctl status zabbix-server
zabbix-server.service - Zabbix Server

Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/zabbix-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-09-27 14:36:01 EEST; 10s ago
Zabbix service
Process: 6588 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/zabbix_server
Zabbix service -c $CONFFILE (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
startup
Main PID: 6590 (zabbix_server) status
Tasks: 46 (limit: 11224)
Memory: 33.0M
CGroup: /system.slice/zabbix-server.service
├─6590 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
├─6593 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: service manager #1 [processed 0 events, updated 0 event
tags, deleted 0 problems, synced 0
├─6594 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: configuration syncer [synced configuration in 0.0331 sec]
├─6595 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: alert manager #1 [idle 5.002882 sec during 5.002934 sec]
Sep 27 14:36:01 student-xx systemd[1]: Started Zabbix Server.
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Check the Zabbix log file for critical errors.
# tail -n50 /var/log/zabbix/zabbix_server.log
6617:20210927:143601.751 server #25 started [task manager #1]

6608:20210927:143601.751 server #16 started [http poller #1]
6604:20210927:143601.752 server #12 started [lld worker #1]
6615:20210927:143601.752 server #23 started [proxy poller #1]
6599:20210927:143601.753 server #7 started [preprocessing manager #1]
6600:20210927:143601.754 server #8 started [preprocessing worker #1]
6596:20210927:143601.754 server #4 started [alerter #1]
6597:20210927:143601.754 server #5 started [alerter #2]
6603:20210927:143601.755 server #11 started [lld manager #1]
6606:20210927:143601.756 server #14 started [housekeeper #1]
6611:20210927:143601.756 server #19 started [history syncer #2]
6630:20210927:143601.781 server #38 started [alert syncer #1]
6631:20210927:143601.782 server #39 started [history poller #1] It is OK to have errors about unsupported items
6627:20210927:143601.783 server #35 started [trapper #4] in the Zabbix server log file at this installation
6622:20210927:143601.785 server #30 started [poller #5] point. These errors are not critical.
6623:20210927:143601.787 server #31 started [unreachable poller #1]
6625:20210927:143601.788 server #33 started [trapper #2]
6647:20210927:143601.802 server #44 started [availability manager #1]
6648:20210927:143601.804 server #45 started [problem housekeeper #1]
6619:20210927:143602.747 Zabbix agent item "system.cpu.util[,iowait]" on host "Zabbix server" failed: first network error, wait for 15 seconds
6623:20210927:143617.789 Zabbix agent item "system.cpu.switches" on host "Zabbix server" failed: another network error, wait for 15 seconds
6623:20210927:143632.791 Zabbix agent item "system.cpu.load[all,avg5]" on host "Zabbix server" failed: another network error, wait for 15 seconds
6610:20210927:143641.892 item "Zabbix server:zabbix[process,ipmi poller,avg,busy]" became not supported: No "ipmi poller" processes started.
6610:20210927:143642.899 item "Zabbix server:zabbix[process,java poller,avg,busy]" became not supported: No "java poller" processes started.
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Check Zabbix server version:
# zabbix_server -V Zabbix server
version
zabbix_server (Zabbix) 6.0.6
Revision 3f7597e3ea3 27 June 2022, compilation time: Jun 27 2022 14:23:00
Copyright (C) 2022 Zabbix SIA

License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it according to
the license. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project

for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/).
Compiled with OpenSSL 1.1.1g FIPS 21 Apr 2020

Running with OpenSSL 1.1.1g FIPS 21 Apr 2020
This is the only way how to check version of Zabbix server backend!
PRACTICAL TASK #1
List all Zabbix server processes
# ps ax | grep zabbix_server
3092 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server -c /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf
3094 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: ha manager
3102 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: service manager #1 [processed 0 events, updated 0 event tags, deleted 0 problems]
3103 ? S 0:04 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: configuration syncer [synced configuration in 0.146297 sec, idle 60 sec]
3109 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: alert manager #1 [sent 0, failed 0 alerts, idle 5.546091 sec during 5.622116 sec]
3110 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: alerter #1 started
3113 ? Process
S 0:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: preprocessing manager #1 [queuedProcess
0, processed 10 values, idle 5.048749 sec]
3114 ? number
S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: preprocessing worker #1 started
name
3115 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: preprocessing worker #2 started
3116 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: preprocessing worker #3 started
3117 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: lld manager #1 [processed 0 LLD rules, idle 5.087965sec during 5.151514 sec]
3118 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: lld worker #1 [processed 1 LLD rules, idle 120.014248 sec during 120.039952 sec]
3119 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: lld worker #2 [processed 1 LLD rules, idle 120.006424 sec during 120.029086 sec]
3121 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: timer #1 [updated 0 hosts, suppressed 0 events in 0.001110 sec, idle 59 sec]
3122 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: http poller #1 [got 0 values in 0.001386 sec, idle 5 sec]
3123 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: discoverer #1 [processed 0 rules in 0.001511 sec, idle 60 sec]
3124 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: history syncer #1 [processed 1 values, 0 triggers in 0.003713 sec, idle 1 sec]
3128 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: escalator #1 [processed 0 escalations in 3.717252 sec, idle 3 sec]
3129 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: proxy poller #1 [exchanged data with 0 proxies in 0.000196 sec, idle 5 sec]
3130 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: self-monitoring [processed data in 0.000040 sec, idle 1 sec]
3131 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: task manager [processed 0 task(s) in 0.102836 sec, idle 5 sec]
3132 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/zabbix_server: poller #1 [got 0 values in 0.008195 sec, idle 5 sec
PRACTICAL TASK #1
Increase log level for "history syncer #3" process:
# zabbix_server -R log_level_increase="history syncer,3"
Watch Zabbix server log file for activity

# tail -f /var/log/zabbix/zabbix_server.log
A lot of debug
3126:20211230:173622.619 End of DCmass_prepare_history() information is
3126:20211230:173622.619
3126:20211230:173622.619
In DBmass_add_history()
In zbx_history_add_values()
displayed
3126:20211230:173622.619 query [begin;]
3126:20211230:173622.620 query [insert into history_uint (itemid,clock,ns,value) values (23662,1640878582,219684052,0)]
3126:20211230:173622.621 query [commit;]
3126:20211230:173622.624 End of zbx_history_add_values()
................
Interrupt the output by pressing CTRL+C

Decrease the log level for history syncer #3 process:
# zabbix_server -R log_level_decrease="history syncer,3"
Make sure that the log level is decreased Log level successfully
# tail /var/log/zabbix/zabbix_server.log decreased
3126:20211230:174155.023 log level has been decreased to 3 (warning)
Congratulations
Practical task #1 is completed !
Lab #2
Frontend installation
PRACTICAL TASK #2
Zabbix server is up and running, but it lacks the web interface
Install Zabbix frontend packages from the official repository:
# dnf -y install zabbix-web-mysql zabbix-apache-conf
=================================================================================================================
==============
Installing:
zabbix-apache-conf noarch 6.0.0.el8
zabbix-web-mysql noarch 6.0.0.el8
Upgrading:
dejavu-fonts-common noarch 2.35-7.el8
dejavu-sans-mono-fonts noarch 2.35-7.el8
apr x86_64 1.6.3-11.el8
apr-util x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8
centos-logos-httpd noarch 85.8-1.el8
dejavu-sans-fonts noarch 2.35-7.el8
gd x86_64 2.2.5-7.el8
httpd x86_64 2.4.37-39.module_el8.4.0+778+c970deab
httpd-filesystem noarch 2.4.37-39.module_el8.4.0+778+c970deab
Installed:
apr-1.6.3-11.el8.x86_64 apr-util-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64
Successful
apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64 apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-6.el8.x8
installation
centos-logos-httpd-85.8-1.el8.noarch dejavu-sans-fonts-2.35-7.el8.no
Complete!
PRACTICAL TASK #2
Enable and start Apache service together with php-fpm manager:
# systemctl enable httpd php-fpm --now
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service →

/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/php-fpm.service →
/usr/lib/systemd/system/php-fpm.service.
Check Apache server status:
# systemctl status httpd Apache startup

mode
● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Current Apache
Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.d
└─php-fpm.conf status
Active: active (running) since Mon 2021-09-27 15:50:03 EEST; 5s ago
Docs: man:httpd.service(8)
Main PID: 7678 (httpd)
Status: "Started, listening on: port 80"
PRACTICAL TASK #2
Connect to your Zabbix frontend and continue the setup from there.
Use IP you used for SSH login, e.g.: http://<IP_OF_YOUR_STUDENT_VM>/zabbix
Select default language

English (en_US)
for your frontend
PRACTICAL TASK #2
Check if all pre-requisites are met:
All prerequisites
must be OK
PRACTICAL TASK #2
Configure DB connection as shown:
P455w0RD
PRACTICAL TASK #2
Enter Zabbix server details:
Instance name: "Zabbix server XX",

where XX is your VM number
(01, 02, etc.)
Use UTC as global time zone
PRACTICAL TASK #2
Check preinstallation summary and proceed to the final step.
PRACTICAL TASK #2
Frontend setup is finished!
PRACTICAL TASK #2
Log in to Zabbix frontend
Username: Admin
Password zabbix
Use the default

administrator login:
Admin
Use the default password

for Admin: zabbix
Press Sign in
PRACTICAL TASK #2
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Zabbix 6.0 LTS!
Congratulations
Lab #3
User profile
PRACTICAL TASK #3
Go to Administration → User groups and press Create user group
Press here
Press here
Choose
"User groups"
PRACTICAL TASK #3
Enter "Training users" as a group name and press Add
Enter "Training users"
Press Add
Frontend displays confirmation that the user group has been successfully added
PRACTICAL TASK #3
Go to Administration → Users and press Create user
Press here
Choose
"Users"
PRACTICAL TASK #3
Fill required fields: Click here after
Username: student-XX filling all fields
Name: your name
Surname your surname
Groups: Training users
Password: some strong password
Time zone: your local time zone
URL: zabbix.php?action=host.view
Switch to Permissions tab after filling the fields
PRACTICAL TASK #3
Choose the "Super admin role" using one of the two methods:
Type "Super" into the field and select from suggested roles
Use "Select" button
Type "Super"
here Or use the
"Select" button
Permissions will be displayed after choosing the role
Press Add at the bottom of the page to create the user
PRACTICAL TASK #3
Frontend displays confirmation that the user has been successfully added
Select "Admin" user by clicking on the name:
Click here
PRACTICAL TASK #3
Press "Change password" button:
Enter P455w0RD into password fields
Press
"Change password"
Press Update to apply changed settings
PRACTICAL TASK #3
Click on "Sign out" to logout current user (Admin)
Sign out
PRACTICAL TASK #3
Enter your username and password into corresponding fields and press Sign in
You are automatically redirected to Monitoring → Hosts section
PRACTICAL TASK #3
Click on User settings → Profile to check your user profile settings
You can update some settings here or press Cancel to close the form
User profile
Congratulations
Lab #4
Hosts and Host groups
PRACTICAL TASK #4
Go to Configuration → Host groups in the Main menu
Press Create host group
Press here
Host groups
PRACTICAL TASK #4
Enter "Training" as host group name and press Add
Frontend displays confirmation that host group has been added successfully
Press Create host group again to create another group
PRACTICAL TASK #4
Enter "Training" into the filter field and press Apply
Only Host groups that contain "Training" are displayed now
Enter "Training"
Press Apply"
Currently both host groups are empty and do not contain any hosts or templates
PRACTICAL TASK #4
Go to Configuration → Hosts in the Main menu
Press Create host
Press here
Hosts
PRACTICAL TASK #4
Enter host details in the form:
Name: training.lan
Visible name: Training resources
Host group: Training/Servers
Description: Training server with common resources
Switch to Tags section Tags
PRACTICAL TASK #4
Enter tag information:
Name: Location
Value: Riga
Click here to add

another tag
Click on Add to add another tag
Press Add to
create the host
Press Add to create host
PRACTICAL TASK #4
Frontend displays confirmation that host was added successfully
Enter "Training/Servers" into the filter section and press Apply
Enter
"Training/Servers" Show or Hide
here filter
Apply filter
Congratulations
Lab #5
Interfaces
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PRACTICAL TASK #5
Go to Configuration -> Hosts and click on the "Training resources" host
Click here
Click on Add and choose "Agent"
Click here
Then choose
"Agent"
PRACTICAL TASK #5
Fill required fields:
Clear IP address
DNS name: training.lan
Connect to: DNS
Port: 10050
Interface settings
Press Update to save the changes

Check interface availability - it is gray, because there are no items assigned to this interface
Availability is gray
PRACTICAL TASK #5
Click on the "Training resources" host again
Write "Zabbix agent" in the "Templates" field
Too many templates are displayed...
Write
"Zabbix agent"
Zabbix agent
template is not
listed here
PRACTICAL TASK #5
Press "Select" button next to the "Templates" field
Press Select
Choose
Templates
Press "Select" button and choose the host group "Templates"
Press Select
PRACTICAL TASK #5
Scroll down and find the template named "Zabbix agent"
Click on the template name to choose it
Click here
Press Update to save changes to the host

Go to Monitoring → Hosts and wait for the ZBX interface to become green
Interface
availability
Hosts
Congratulations
Lab #6
Simple checks
PRACTICAL TASK #6
Go to Configuration → Hosts
Click on Items for the "Training resources" host
Click here
A few items are already linked from a template. Press Create item to add another one
PRACTICAL TASK #6
Enter item details in the form:
Name: ICMP ping status
Type: Simple check
Key: icmpping
Type of inf.: Numeric(unsigned)
Choose the
Host interface: training.lan correct type
Switch to the Tags section and add a tag:

Name: Application
Value: ICMP
Click on Tags
Press Add to create the item
PRACTICAL TASK #6
Press Create item to add the next item
Name: Service Web performance
Type: Simple check
Key: net.tcp.service.perf[http] Choose
correct type
Type of inf.: Numeric (float)
Host interface: training.lan

Name: Application
Value: Web
PRACTICAL TASK #6
Press Create item to add the next item
Name: Service NTP availability
Type: Simple check
Key: net.udp.service[ntp,training.lan] DNS address is
Type of inf.: Numeric (unsigned) specified in the
Host interface: training.lan item key
The interface is
specified, but will
not be used

Name: Application
Value: NTP
PRACTICAL TASK #6
All items are displayed with Name, Key, Type, Tags and other fields
Go to Monitoring → Hosts and click on the "Latest data" for "Training resources" host
Click here
PRACTICAL TASK #6
Items are collecting data, last check time, change and last value are displayed for all items
Collected data
Currently, only raw data is displayed for the "Simple check" items
Next topics will explain how to display the data in a human-readable format
Congratulations
Lab #7
Zabbix agent
PRACTICAL TASK #7
Install Zabbix agent
# dnf -y install zabbix-agent
Installed:
zabbix-agent-6.0.0.el8.x86_64
Complete!
Enable Zabbix agent service and make it start on each system boot
# systemctl enable zabbix-agent --now
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/zabbix-agent.service →

/usr/lib/systemd/system/zabbix-agent.service.
Check Zabbix agent log file

# tail -20 /var/log/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.log
99535:20220117:094114.769 Starting Zabbix Agent [Zabbix server]. Zabbix 6.0.0 (revision 1ff76345b1).
99535:20220117:094114.769 **** Enabled features ****
99535:20220117:094114.769 IPv6 support: YES
99535:20220117:094114.770 TLS support: YES
.....
99537:20220117:094114.791 agent #2 started [listener #1]
PRACTICAL TASK #7
Go to Monitoring → Hosts and check that Zabbix server interface is available
Interface
availability
Click on "Latest data" for "Zabbix server" host
Click here
PRACTICAL TASK #7
Enter "Agent" into filter section and press Apply
Check Zabbix agent version
Enter "Agent"
Press "Apply"
Agent version
Check Zabbix agent version from the command line

# zabbix_agentd --version
zabbix_agentd (daemon) (Zabbix) 6.0.0

Revision 1ff76345b1 11 January 2022, compilation time: Jan 11 2022 11:34:39
PRACTICAL TASK #7
Check Zabbix agent generation from the command line
# zabbix_agentd -t agent.variant
agent.variant [u|1]
Check Zabbix server memory usage from the command line

# zabbix_agentd -t proc.mem[zabbix_server]
proc.mem[zabbix_server] [u|9387474944]
Use test functionality to check zabbix log file directory size

Press Create item on "Zabbix server" host:
Name: Zabbix log files total size
Type: Zabbix agent
Key: vfs.dir.size[/var/log/zabbix/]
Type of inf.: Numeric(unsigned)
Host interf.: 127.0.0.1:10050
Test item
Press Test button at the bottom of the page
PRACTICAL TASK #7
Press Get value and test button to test the item key
Total size of /var/log/zabbix directory is displayed
Press Cancel to close the test form

Discard the configuration by pressing Cancel on the item configuration form
Congratulations

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Check the time zone:

Mon Sep 27 11:31:14 EEST 2021

Check SELINUX status

Check firewall status

Unit firewalld.service could not be found

Zabbix Official Repository - x86_64 29 kB/s | 42 kB 00:01

Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mysqld.service →

Check if MySQL is running correctly:

mysqld.service - MySQL 8.0 database server

Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.

Copyright (c) 2000, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its

Type 'help;' orMySQL

Notice how the prompt is changed to mysql>

Query OK, 1 row affected, 2 warnings (0.01 sec)

Create a database user zabbix with password P455w0RD:

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

Exit MySQL console:

Install Zabbix SQL DB initialization scripts from the official repository

Select zabbix database:

mysql> show tables;

Exit MySQL console:

### Option: DBName

### Option: DBPassword

Check Zabbix service status:

zabbix-server.service - Zabbix Server

6617:20210927:143601.751 server #25 started [task manager #1]

Copyright (C) 2022 Zabbix SIA

This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project

Compiled with OpenSSL 1.1.1g FIPS 21 Apr 2020

Watch Zabbix server log file for activity

Interrupt the output by pressing CTRL+C

3126:20211230:174155.023 log level has been decreased to 3 (warning)

Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service →

Check Apache server status:

# systemctl status httpd Apache startup

Select default language

Instance name: "Zabbix server XX",

Use UTC as global time zone

Use the default

Use the default password

Enter "Training users"

Switch to Permissions tab after filling the fields

Permissions will be displayed after choosing the role

Press Add at the bottom of the page to create the user

Press Update to apply changed settings

You are automatically redirected to Monitoring → Hosts section

Press Create host group again to create another group

Only Host groups that contain "Training" are displayed now

Click here to add

Click on Add to add another tag

Enter "Training/Servers" into the filter section and press Apply

Click on Add and choose "Agent"

Press Update to save the changes

Press "Select" button and choose the host group "Templates"

Press Update to save changes to the host

Switch to the Tags section and add a tag:

Press Add to create the item

Switch to the Tags section and add a tag:

Press Add to create the item

Switch to the Tags section and add a tag: