Configure Zabbix Docker

Configure Zabbix Server to point to zabbix-agent container 

 

 

 Navigate to Monitoring --> Hosts -->Zabbix Server --> Configuration ( Figure 1 ) 

 

 

 Figure 1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Clear 127.0.0.1 from IP address field 

 

 

 Enter zabbix-agent in the DNS name field 

 

 

 Set Connect to field to DNS 

 

 

 Click the Update button ( Figure 2 ) 

 

 

 Figure 2 

 

 

 

 

 

 Configure Zabbix Server Timezone 

 Edit /opt/zabbix-docker/.env_web uncomment the following line: 

 #PHP_TZ=Europe/Riga

 

 Navigate to http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php locate your local timezone and set PHP_TZ to it, for example for American Eastern you would set it to the following: 

 PHP_TZ=America/New_York

 

 Configure Zabbix Server Server Name 

 Edit /opt/zabbix-docker/.env_web and set the following line: 

 ZBX_SERVER_NAME=Composed installation

 

 to a server name that you like (Example: ZBX_*SERVER_*NAME=Widgets, Inc) 

 Configure Zabbix Auto Discover 

 

 

 Navigate to Configuration --> Actions -->Actions Drop-down --> Discovery actions ( Figure 3 ) 

 

 

 Figure 3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Select Auto discovery. Linux servers and click Enable ( Figure 4 ) to enable Linux hosts auto discovery 

 

 

 Figure 4 

 

 

 

 

 

 Enable Zabbix Notifications 

 

 

 Navigate to Configuration --> Actions -->Actions Drop-down --> Trigger actions ( Figure 5 ) 

 

 

 Figure 5 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ensure you have already configured notifications under Administration --> Media types . 

 

 

 Click the Disabled link under the Status column in the R eport problems to Zabbix administrators item in order to change the status to Enabled ( Figure 6 ). 

 

 

 Figure 6 

 

 

 

 

 

 Enable Zabbix FreeNAS Monitoring 

 

 

 On FreeNAS server enable SNMP by going to Services --> SNMP and set it to Running and Start Automatically and enable SSH by going to Services --> SSH and set it to Running and Start Automatically ( Figure 7 ). 

 

 

 Figure 7 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 On FreeNAS server, under Services , click on SSH --> Actions and ensure Log in as root with password and Allow password authentication checkboxes are checked and click the Save button ( Figure 8 ). 

 

 

 Figure 8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 On FreeNAS server, under Services , click on SNMP --> Actions and note the Community string (default is public ) or change as required and optionally set the Log Level to Info if you wish to get more information out of FreeNAS and click the Save button ( Figure 9 ). 

 

 

 Figure 9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Using WinSCP or scp download the following file from the FreeNAS server: 

 

 

 /usr/local/share/snmp/mibs/FREENAS-MIB.txt

 

 

 

 Upload the FREENAS-MIB.txt file to the Zabbix Docker server in the following directory: 

 

 

 /opt/zabbix-docker/zbx_env/var/lib/zabbix/mibs

 

 

 

 Restart the Zabbix docker stack: 

 

 

 cd /opt/zabbix-docker && docker-compose down

cd /opt/zabbix-docker && docker-compose up -d

 

 

 

 On the Zabbix server navigate to Administration --> General --> GUI drop-down --> Macros ( Figure 10 ) 

 

 

 Figure 10 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ensure the Value field of the {$SNMP_COMMUNITY} Macro is set to public or whatever value you set the FreeNAS Community string from above and click the Update button ( Figure 11 ). 

 

 

 Figure 11 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Using a web browser download the following templates from Zabbix Share: 

 

 

 SNMP Intefaces discovery 

 https://share.zabbix.com/official-templates/snmp-devices/snmp-interfaces-discovery 

 SNMP Interfaces discovery 

 https://share.zabbix.com/official-templates/snmp-devices/snmp-processors-discovery 

 SNMP Generic 

 https://share.zabbix.com/official-templates/snmp-devices/snmp-generic 

 FreeNAS 11 SNMP 

 https://share.zabbix.com/storage-devices/freenas/freenas-11 

 

 

 On the Zabbix server navigate to Configuration --> Templates --> Import and import each of the templates you downloaded above ensuring the Rules are set like below before each import ( Figure 12 ): 

 

 

 Figure 12 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 On the Zabbix server navigate to Configuration --> Hosts --> Create Host 

 

 

 In the Host tab, fill out the Host name , groups and interfaces where 1 92.168.xxx.xxx is the IP of your FreeNAS host ( Figure 13 ) 

 

 

 Figure 13 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 In the Templates tab, ensure you link the Template Module ICMP Ping and the Template SNMP FREENAS 11 templates and click the Update button ( Figure 14 ) 

 

 

 Figure 14 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Wait 10-15 minutes before Zabbix starts pulling data from the FreeNAS server. If successful, Monitoring --> Hosts should show the FreeNAS server listed with SNMP turned green ( Figure 15 ) 

 

 

 Figure 15 

 

 

 

 

 

 Enable Zabbix VMware Monitoring 

 Original Guide URL: 

 https://bestmonitoringtools.com/vmware-monitoring-with-zabbix-esxi-vcenter-vm-vsphere/ 

 

 

 Enable (Remove the # from front of each line) on the following entries in /opt/zabbix-docker/.env_srv and save the file: 

 

 

 ZBX_STARTVMWARECOLLECTORS=3

ZBX_VMWAREFREQUENCY=60

ZBX_VMWAREPERFFREQUENCY=60

ZBX_VMWARECACHESIZE=128M

ZBX_VMWARETIMEOUT=120

 

 Restart the Zabbix docker stack: 

 cd /opt/zabbix-docker && docker-compose down

cd /opt/zabbix-docker && docker-compose up -d

 

 

 

 Navigate to Configuration --> Hosts --> Create Host 

 

 

 In the Host tab, fill out the Host name of your Vcenter/VMware server, and select groups . Do not fill out the IP address field, leave it to default 127.0.0.1 ( Figure 16 ) 

 

 

 Figure 16 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Click the Templates tab and select Template VM VMware and Template Module ICMP Ping templates ( Figure 17 ) 

 

 

 Figure 17 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Click the Macros tab and then click Inherited and host macro s button. 

 

 

 Click the Change link next to each of the following fields and fill out the value of each field with the Password, URL (https://vcenter/sdk) and Username of your Vcenter/VMware server and click the Add button ( Figure 18 ): 

 

 

 {$VMWARE.PASSWORD}

{$VMWARE.URL}

{$VMWARE.USERNAME}

 

 Figure 18 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 VMware/Vcenter discovery can take hours to complete. 

 

 

 Navigate to Configuration --> Templates. In the Name field enter Template Vm Vmware and click the Apply button to locate the Template Vm Vmware template ( Figure 19 ): 

 

 

 Figure 19 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 On the Template Vm Vmware entry click on the Discovery link ( Figure 20 ): 

 

 

 Figure 20 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 On the Discovery rules screen, click on the Enabled link on the Discover Vmware VMs entry to change the status to Disabled ( Figure 21 ): 

 

 

 Figure 21 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Next, click on the Trigger prototypes on the Discover VMware datastores entry ( Figure 22 ): 

 

 

 Figure 22 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 On the Trigger prototypes screen, click the Create trigger prototype button ( Figure 23 ): 

 

 

 Figure 23 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 On the Trigger prototype screen, in the Name field enter the following: 

 

 

 Free space is less than 5% on datastore "{#DATASTORE}"

 

 

 

 In the Severity field set it to High 

 

 

 In the Expression field enter the following: 

 

 

 {Template VM VMware:vmware.datastore.size[{$VMWARE.URL},{#DATASTORE},pfree].max(15m)}<5

 

 

 

 Click the Add button ( Figure 24 ): 

 

 

 Figure 24