Zabbix Certified Specialist



This 5 day Zabbix Certified Specialist training ensures easy understanding of Zabbix concepts and structure for the information technology professionals, who need to run Zabbix efficiently and provide support to other Zabbix users. See www.zabbix.com for Zabbix product information.

This is an online training and is available in English as well as in Dutch.

Products covered
Latest release of Zabbix course material.

Format
In small groups (up-to 5 students).

Duration
5 days.

Course requirements

  • Advanced computer literacy
  • Basic Knowledge of operating systems (Linux, Windows, …)

Course program

Day 1

  • Intro: Functionality overview
  • Intro: Key Principles of Development
  • Intro: Important decisions
  • Architecture: Zabbix components diagrams
  • Preparations: Network time protocol
  • Preparations: Timezones
  • Preparations: SWAP file setup
  • Preparations: Firewall
  • Preparations: Selinux
  • Installation: Server, DB, GUI: Getting Zabbix
  • Installation: Server, DB, GUI: Server requirements
  • Installation: Server, DB, GUI : Installing Zabbix from packages
  • Installation: Server, DB, GUI: Front-end requirements
  • Installation: Server, DB, GUI: Practical Setup
  • Installation: Server, DB, GUI: Trainers demonstration
  • Zabbix interface: Preprocessing
  • Zabbix interface: Interface overview
  • Zabbix interface: Permissions
  • User profile: Settings, themes, media and messaging
  • User profile: Trainers demonstration
  • User profile: User profile
  • User profile: Color themes
  • User profile: User media
  • User profile: Messaging
  • Administration: Create new user
  • Administration: Practical Setup
  • Administration: Trainers demonstration
  • Definitions: List of terms used in Zabbix
  • Monitoring: Hosts
  • Monitoring: Overview
  • Monitoring: Latest data
  • Monitoring: Latest data – Simple graphs
  • Monitoring: Latest data – Graphs for multiple elements
  • Monitoring: Latest data – Applications
  • Configuration: Host groups
  • Configuration: Hosts
  • Configuration: Practical Setup
  • Configuration: Trainers demonstration
  • Configuration: Items new/modify
  • Configuration: Testing new/existing passive items
  • Data Collection: Item filters/mass edit and check now/clear history
  • Data Collection: Preprocessing
  • Data collection: Agent-less monitoring
  • Data collection: Simple checks
  • Data collection: ICMP Checks
  • Data collection: Practical Setup
  • Data collection: Trainers demonstration

Day 2

  • Agent Installation: Intro
  • Agent Installation : Linux Agent installation from packages
  • Agent Installation : Agent for Windows, MACOS
  • Agent Installation : Zabbix Agent 2
  • Agent Installation : Practical Setup
  • Agent Installation : Trainers demonstration
  • Data Collection : Zabbix agent passive checks
  • Command line utilities: zabbix_server, zabbix_get, zabbix_agent
  • Command line utilities : Practical Setup
  • Command line utilities : Trainers demonstration
  • Data Collection : Zabbix Agent active checks
  • Data Collection: Practical Setup
  • Data Collection : Trainers demonstration
  • Data Collection : Q&A
  • Data Collection: Monitoring Windows
  • Data Collection : Trainers demonstration
  • Problem detection: Triggers, less sensitive triggers, dependencies
  • Problem detection: Trigger Event tags
  • Problem detection: Built in and User macros functionality
  • Problem detection : Tips and tricks
  • Problem detection : Macros
  • Problem detection: More trigger examples
  • Problem detection: Advanced problem detection
  • Problem detection: Practical Setup
  • Problem detection: Trainers demonstration
  • Configuration: Using templates
  • Configuration: Trainers demonstration
  • Configuration: Tags- Template and Hosts
  • Configuration: Practical Setup
  • Configuration: Trainers demonstration
  • Data collection: Agent user parameters
  • Data collection: Practical Setup
  • Data collection: Trainers demonstration
  • Command line utilities: zabbix_sender
  • Command line utilities: Practical Setup
  • Command line utilities: Trainers demonstration
  • Data collection: SSH/Telnet checks
  • Data collection: Practical Setup

Day 3

  • Data collection: HTTP Checks
  • Data collection: Practical Setup
  • Data collection: Trainers demonstration
  • Data collection: Dependent items
  • Data collection: Practical Setup
  • Data collection: Trainers demonstration
  • Data collection: Calculated checks
  • Data collection: Practical Setup
  • Data collection: Trainers demonstration
  • Data collection: Aggregate checks
  • Data collection: Practical Setup
  • Data collection: Trainers demonstration
  • Data collection: SNMP monitoring
  • Data collection: SNMP traps
  • Data collection: Practical Setup
  • Data collection: Trainers demonstration
  • Data collection: Log file monitoring
  • Data collection: Practical Setup
  • Data collection: Trainers demonstration
  • Data collection: Web checks
  • Data collection: Practical Setup
  • Data collection: Trainers demonstration

Day 4

  • Inventory: Auto-collection
  • Inventory: Practical Setup
  • Inventory: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Custom graphs
  • Data visualization: Practical Setup
  • Data visualization: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Maps
  • Data visualization: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Practical Setup
  • Data visualization: Screens
  • Data visualization: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Practical Setup
  • Data visualization: Dashboards
  • Data visualization: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Practical Setup
  • Data visualization: Slideshows
  • Data visualization: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Practical Setup
  • Automation: LLD overview
  • Distributed monitoring: Proxies
  • Automation: Network discovery, Auto-Registration, integrations
  • Administration: Configuration files
  • Administration: XML Import/Export
  • Administration: Practical Setup
  • Administration: Section summary
  • Administration: Managing users and user groups permissions, audit
  • Administration: Practical Setup
  • Administration: Working time, housekeeper, authentication
  • Administration: Frontend scripts
  • Administration: Practical setup
  • Administration: Trainers demonstration
  • Administration: Frontend Modules
  • Administration: Zabbix server health
  • Administration: Trainers demonstration

Day 5

  • Inventory: Auto-collection
  • Inventory: Practical Setup
  • Inventory: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Custom graphs
  • Data visualization: Practical Setup
  • Data visualization: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Maps
  • Data visualization: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Practical Setup
  • Data visualization: Screens
  • Data visualization: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Practical Setup
  • Data visualization: Dashboards
  • Data visualization: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Practical Setup
  • Data visualization: Slideshows
  • Data visualization: Trainers demonstration
  • Data visualization: Practical Setup

Course Materials: Courseware will be provided.

Certification: Zabbix Certified Specialist Certificate

The course can be rescheduled, depending on the number of registrations