Zabbix Lab

Description

The zabbix-lab project is designed to provide a lab environment for deploying and experimenting with Zabbix, an open-source network monitoring software. This lab leverages Vagrant to orchestrate the setup of virtual machines that host various components of Zabbix, including the Zabbix server, Zabbix agents, and a PostgreSQL database for data storage.

Prerequisites

Before you can use this lab, ensure you have the following installed on your system:

• Vagrant: Download & Install Vagrant
• VirtualBox: Download & Install VirtualBox
• Necessary Vagrant plugins:
  • vagrant plugin install vagrant-faster
  • vagrant plugin install vagrant-cachier

Installation

To set up the Zabbix lab environment, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/zabbix-lab.git

2. Navigate to the cloned repository directory:

cd zabbix-lab

3. Start the Vagrant environment:

vagrant up

This command will read the Vagrantfile, download the required box images, and provision the VMs as configured.

Usage

Once the environment is set up, you can start interacting with the Zabbix server and agents. Here are some basic steps to get you started:

1. Access the Zabbix web interface by navigating to http://192.168.56.101 (assuming 192.168.56.101 is the IP configured for the Zabbix server VM in your Vagrantfile).
2. Log in with the default Zabbix credentials (usually Admin for the username and zabbix for the password).
3. Begin configuring your monitoring environment by adding hosts, items, and triggers.

Customization

You can customize the lab environment by editing the Vagrantfile. This includes changing the number of nodes, their configurations (CPUs, memory), and network settings.