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Zabbix over the Internet
Walter Heck presented on running Zabbix monitoring over the internet for small and medium businesses. Some key challenges included operating with an active-only setup through a single firewall port, developing templates without direct access to customer systems, and worldwide alerting via SMS. The backend used a single Zabbix server with Drupal and MySQL on a dedicated server hosted at Hetzner. Future plans included simplified installation packages and expanding alert methods.
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Zabbix over the Internet
- 1. Running Zabbix overthe internet Active-only hosts over the web September 30th, 2011 Zabbix Conference, Riga, Latvia Walter Heck, Tribily.com
- 2. Introduction 2 Server Monitoring as a Service (SMaaS) has the future in small/medium scale dedicated/virtual server monitoring
- 3. Who am I? 3 • Walter Heck, 30 years old • Founder OlinData / Tribily • Ex-Delphi programmer • Narcoleptic • Traveler / hitchhiker / couchsurfer / diver / hiker / geek / environmentalist / metalhead
- 4. In-house vs External 4 'Special' circumstances: • No access to client server • No access to client firewall • Have to assume the ‘dumbest’ user (KISS)
- 5. Restrictions 5 • Active only • Only open firewall on our server on one port • No proxies • No Distributed Monitoring • Targeting SME users
- 6. Targets 6 • Don’t monitor too much • Don’t monitor too often • When external scripts needed, use bash preferrably, or otherwise perl or php • Prefer zabbix-triggered sender scripts over cron- triggered senders
- 7. Challenges 7 • Agent doesn’t currently support encryption or authentication • Patch in the works, will contribute back if Zabbix SIA allows it • Developing templates for software/hardware we don't have in production • Worldwide alerting through text message (SMS) • Clickatell most wide coverage
- 8. Backend 8 • Zabbix on a single server • Drupal Frontend + Zabbix frontend • On webserver with 10 other sites • Dual master MySQL setup • 8G RAM, 2* 750G HD’s, 2*4 core CPU • Hosted at Hetzner • Cheap, good connectivity • Reserve unlimited rackspace
- 9. Future plans 9 • Offer our own repackaging for major distro's • Simplify setup for customers • Worldwide phone call alerts • Global SIP/VOIP gateway? • Allow clients to plug in templates from http://zabbixtemplates.com
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- 11. The End! http://tribily.com walter@tribily.com @tribily /@walterheck