Summary

In this chapter, you have learned the different possibilities Zabbix offers to the enterprising network administrator.

You should now be able to choose, design, and implement all the monitoring items you need, based on the methods illustrated in the preceding paragraphs: simple checks that are more useful and powerful than the name implies; the all-powerful SNMP protocol, both as get values and as traps; log files in general; and the infinitely useful netflow protocol

The next chapter will build on the information exposed in this chapter and will focus more on server monitoring and how to extract information from DNS servers, web servers, proxies, and other appliances. These are important, if often overlooked, components of a network even from the perspective of a network administrator, and you'll find many useful tips on how to monitor them.