Two new books on Zabbix: Common Questions, Detailed setup

Technology moves with a rapid pace, 5 years in IT field is enough to change a lot of things. Five years back, when I wrote a post on Zabbix Implementation, then there weren’t many books on the topic and forums or posts like mine were the kind of only ways forward for getting help on issues … Continue reading Two new books on Zabbix: Common Questions, Detailed setup

Zabbix Monitoring-Simplest becomes more simpler

[tweetmeme source=”mrnitishkumar” only_single=”false”] Remember that IT guy from the movie “Hello” based on Chetan’s One Night @ Call Center? So many USBs hanging around neck, some screw drivers in the pocket, some wires here and there … and don’t know what else. A funny sight to laugh about, but little does you realize that life … Continue reading Zabbix Monitoring-Simplest becomes more simpler

Zabbix 1.8 Network Monitoring Book from Packt Publishing

[tweetmeme source=”mrnitishkumar” only_single=”false”] Buzz Sometimes big things come in your way in unexpected manner. Happened to me when I was contacted by Sandeep Patil from Packt Publishing to take a look over their book over Zabbix. I have seen the book earlier and was already knowing that its one of the biggest book on the … Continue reading Zabbix 1.8 Network Monitoring Book from Packt Publishing

Zabbix: Really frustrating me now

I wrote about Zabbix Installation for Layman sometimes back and really recommended it for all system administrators out there, due to its simplicity, flexibility and promising nature about lots of aspects. But now days, look like myself in deep troubles with the same. I am getting strange kind of problems with well established setups of … Continue reading Zabbix: Really frustrating me now

Zabbix Server: Some issues and some tips

In addition to the implementation details, I wrote few days back, I would like the add up some precautions and resolution to some issues, which would sure make life with Zabbix little easier for newbie . Keep the date time configuration correct: I really faced much trouble over this one. Before installation of any new … Continue reading Zabbix Server: Some issues and some tips

Making Zabbix Monitoring Server from Scratch: The Dummies Manual

[tweetmeme source=”mrnitishkumar” only_single=”false”] Update: Wrote this post long back.. just was meant to show that how easy it could be…many things needs to be updated in reference to new features and UI.. will update soon. Recently I received a book over Zabbix from Packt Publicing. Amazing book and probably the only available for the same. … Continue reading Making Zabbix Monitoring Server from Scratch: The Dummies Manual

Monitoring IT Infra with Prometheus and Grafana – Part 1

Recently in pursuit of Open Source solution to monitor a stack of Jenkins and Team City nodes, I got chance to explore Prometheus and Grafana, which brought back all the fun, I used to have with CentOS and Open Source. That prompted me to write a step-by-step guide about setting up one. Roughly 12 years … Continue reading Monitoring IT Infra with Prometheus and Grafana – Part 1