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Published inMar 2022

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ISBN-139781803246918

Edition2nd Edition

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Zabbix

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Networking

Authors (2):

Nathan Liefting

Brian van Baekel

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Setting up HTTP agent monitoring

With the Zabbix HTTP agent, we can monitor a web page or API by retrieving data from it. For instance, if there's a counter on a web page and we want to keep an eye on that counter value, we can do so with the Zabbix HTTP monitor.

Getting ready

We are going to need a web page to monitor and we will need our Zabbix server. For your convenience, we've added a page to our own website to retrieve a value from. Here's the page: https://oicts.com/book-page/.

Please also note that your Zabbix server will need an active internet connection for this recipe.

How to do it…

Let's poll the special web page we've created for you showing a visitor count that's currently configured on it. This is a real counter for the number of times (unique) visitors have opened the URL:

Navigate to your Zabbix frontend and navigate to Configuration | Hosts, then click the host called lar-book-agent_simple.
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Zabbix 6 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Cookbook - Second Edition

Published in: Mar 2022Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781803246918

Authors (2)

Nathan Liefting

Nathan Liefting, also known as Larcorba, is an IT consultant, trainer, and content creator (artist). He has more than 6 years of professional experience in IT. His experience ranges from managing networks running EVPN/VXLAN to Linux environments and programming. Nathan started working with Zabbix in 2016 when it was still at Zabbix 2 and Zabbix 3 was just released. He now works for Opensource ICT Solutions BV in the Netherlands as a Zabbix trainer and consultant, designing and building professional Zabbix environments and Zabbix components for some of the biggest companies around the world.
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Brian van Baekel

Brian van Baekel quickly discovered how powerful Zabbix is during his career as a network engineer. Ever since, he has been working with Zabbix in various (large) environments, leading to his official Zabbix Certified Trainer certification in early 2017. In 2018, Brian founded Opensource ICT Solutions BV in the Netherlands and Opensource ICT Solutions LLC in the US. Both companies primarily focus on building Zabbix environments all over the world. In 2021, further expansion of the business was established by opening a subsidiary in the United Kingdom with a full focus on the Zabbix product. All companies provide support, training, and consultancy services, which means Brian works with the Zabbix product 24/7. Fun fact: Even his cat is named Zabbix.
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