Zabbix Certified Specialist

Zabbix Certified Specialist (ZCS)

In this course, you’ll learn how to configure and track a variety of monitoring endpoints by utilizing different techniques and protocols. The course also focuses on demonstrating optimal problem detection approaches, data transformation features, and many other key monitoring concepts.

Acquired skills and knowledge

  • Install and configure a new Zabbix instance
  • Monitor a wide range of components, including OS resources, network devices, log files, web applications, and websites
  • Extend the built-in monitoring capabilities of Zabbix and collect own metrics
  • Deploy the official Zabbix agent and extend it for efficient and customized data gathering
  • Utilize multiple monitoring techniques such as SNMP, Zabbix Agent, SSH, web application monitoring, and more for comprehensive data collection
  • Detect problems with software and hardware components
  • Establish a streamlined process to escalate identified problems across users and departments for prompt resolution
  • Let Zabbix solve problems automatically
  • Prevent alert storms and trigger flapping and optimize problem detection by learning how to use various Zabbix trigger functions
  • Utilize batch processing for the best possible performance in data collection
  • Transform and present collected metrics into human-readable formats
  • Use network maps to get a state overview of components, networks, sensors and other endpoints.
  • Get a comprehensive overview of your IT infrastructure state by using a variety of Zabbix dashboard widgets
  • Configure daily, weekly, monthly or yearly reports

Certificates

  • Course attendance certificate
  • Zabbix 7.0 Certified Specialist certificate (after passing the exam)

Information

Level: 2
Duration: 5 days
Prerequisites: Linux skills

Events

  • Feb 12, 2024 – Feb 16, 2024
  • Apr 8, 2024 – Apr 12, 2024
  • Jun 10, 2024 – Jun 14, 2024
  • Aug 26, 2024 – Aug 30, 2024
  • Oct 14, 2024 – Oct 18, 2024
  • Nov 18, 2024 – Nov 22, 2024
2,350.00 € (excl. VAT)

Training program

  • Introduction: Functionality overview
  • Introduction: Core development principles
  • Introduction: Important decisions
  • Introduction: About Zabbix LLC
  • Introduction: Zabbix licensing model and commercial services
  • Architecture: Zabbix components
  • Architecture: Internal Zabbix architecture
  • Architecture: Zabbix proxy overview
  • Architecture: Data flow
  • Preparations: Network time protocol (NTP), time zones, firewall, SELinux
  • Installation: Get Zabbix
  • Installation: Zabbix requirements
  • Installation: Set up Zabbix database
  • Installation: Installation of Zabbix server from packages
  • Installation: Installation of Zabbix frontend from packages
  • Zabbix interface: Interface overview
  • Zabbix interface: Permissions
  • Zabbix interface: Usage of filters
  • User profile: Base preferences
  • User profile: Language, time zones and themes
  • User profile: User media
  • User profile: Messaging
  • Definitions: List of terms used in Zabbix
  • Definitions: Items and triggers
  • Definitions: Trigger, events und actions
  • Definitions: Macros and tags
  • Configuration: Host groups
  • Configuration: Assign permissions
  • Configuration: Hosts
  • Configuration: Host properties and entities
  • Configuration: Host interfaces
  • Configuration: Host interface states
  • Configuration: Host interface availability
  • Data collection: Item types
  • Data collection: Item keys
  • Data collection: Item data types
  • Data collection: History und Trends
  • Data collection: Timeout
  • Data collection: Simple Checks
  • Data collection: ICMP Checks

  • Zabbix agent: Introduction
  • Zabbix agent: Agent installation from packages
  • Zabbix agent: Zabbix agent 2
  • Zabbix agent: Zabbix agent checks
  • Zabbix agent: Zabbix agent on Linux
  • Zabbix agent: Command-line options
  • Zabbix agent: Zabbix agent on Windows
  • Zabbix agent: Passive Checks
  • Command-line tools: zabbix_get
  • Zabbix agent: Active checks
  • Zabbix agent: Troubleshooting
  • Zabbix agent: User parameters
  • Human-readable data: Item units
  • Human-readable data: Value maps
  • Update intervals: Overview
  • Update intervals: Flexible and regular
  • Update intervals: Forced checks
  • Preprocessors: Overview
  • Preprocessors: Troubleshooting
  • Preprocessors: Simple change and change/second
  • Preprocessors: Regular expressions
  • Preprocessors: Discard unchanged values
  • Data collection: Unsupported items
  • Data collection: Test items
  • Problem detection: Triggers
  • Problem detection: Dynamic problem names
  • Problem detection: Live data
  • Problem detection: Trigger expressions and functions
  • Problem detection: Recovery expressions
  • Problem detection: Close and acknowledge problems
  • Problem detection: Problem view options
  • Problem detection: Time-based functions
  • Problem detection: Trigger dependencies

  • Templates: Template properties
  • Templates: Link templates
  • Templates: Multiple template layers
  • Templates: Working with templates
  • Batch processing: Items
  • Batch processing: Templates and hosts
  • Data collection: Zabbix sender
  • Data collection: SSH checks
  • Data collection: Telnet checks
  • Dependent items: Definition
  • Dependent items: Configure master item
  • Dependent items: Configure dependent item
  • Dependent items: Multi-layer dependencies
  • Dependent items: Benefits
  • Data collection: SNMP interfaces
  • Data collection: SNMP OIDs and MIBs
  • Data collection: SNMP command-line tools
  • Data collection: SNMP troubleshooting
  • Data collection: SNMP traps
  • Data collection: IPMI monitoring
  • Data collection: Calculated checks
  • Data collection: Aggregated checks
  • Data collection: Logfile monitoring overview
  • Data collection: Logfile monitoring items
  • Data collection: Logfile monitoring details
  • Datea collection: HTTP agent
  • Datea collection: HTTP authentication
  • Datea collection: Web szenarios
  • Dataa collection: Web szenario steps

  • Automation: Autoregistration overview
  • Automation: Network discovery overview
  • Inventory: Overview
  • Inventory: Inventory modes
  • Inventory: Data collection
  • Notifications: Media types
  • Notifications: Message templates
  • Notifications: Configuration of user media
  • Actions: Functionality
  • Actions: Conditions
  • Actions: Operations and steps
  • Actions: Recovery and update operations
  • Actions: Problem escalation
  • Actions: Troubleshooting
  • Actions: Internal actions
  • Services: Overview
  • Services: Problem and service tags
  • Services: SLA and service actions
  • Maintenance: Functionality
  • Maintenance: Maintenance periods
  • Maintenance: Use tags in maintenances
  • Maintenance: Pause operations during maintenance
  • Low-level discovery: Overview
  • Low-level discovery: Workflow
  • User groups: Overview
  • User groups: Assign permissions
  • Users: Management
  • Users: Configure password policy
  • Users: Permissions overview
  • User roles: Overview
  • Configuration: Import and export
  • Audit: Overview

  • Configuration: Realtime data export
  • Data visualization: User defined graphs
  • Data visualization: Dynamic graph relationships
  • Data visualization: Network maps
  • Data visualization: Dashboards
  • Data visualization: Dashboard widgets
  • Reporting: Overview
  • Reporting: Components and installation
  • Administration: General settings
  • Administration: Housekeeping settings
  • Administration: Global regular expressions
  • Performance: Health dashboard
  • Performance: Data collector processes
  • Performance: Internal processes
  • Performance: Internal caches
  • Performance: Zabbix queue
  • Zabbix upgrades: LTS, major, and minor versions
  • Zabbix upgrades: Upgrades and Compatibility
  • Discussion: Q&A session
  • Certification (Exam)