In this course, you’ll learn how to configure and track a variety of monitoring endpoints by utilizing different techniques and protocols. The course also focuses on demonstrating optimal problem detection approaches, data transformation features, and many other key monitoring concepts.
Products covered Zabbix 7.0
Format Online / classroom
Group size Up to 15 students
Duration 5 days
Course prerequisite None
Recommended skills Basic experience in Linux operating systems
Next level Zabbix Certified Professional (Level 3)
Previous level Zabbix Certified User (Level 1)

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Acquired skills and knowledge

Monitor a wide range of components,

including OS resources, network devices, log files, web applications, and websites

Deploy the official Zabbix agent

and extend it for efficient and customized data gathering

Establish a streamlined process

to escalate identified problems across users and departments for prompt resolution 

Get a comprehensive overview of your IT infrastructure state

by using a variety of Zabbix dashboard widgets

Utilize multiple monitoring techniques

such as SNMP, Zabbix Agent, SSH, web application monitoring, and more for comprehensive data collection

Prevent alert storms and optimize problem detection

by learning how to use various Zabbix trigger functions

Outcomes

Why send employees to a Zabbix Certified training session?

Organizational impact

Understanding a variety of monitoring techniques and protocols is vital to implementing optimal monitoring workflows. Zabbix Certified Specialist attendees will learn how to design and implement multiple monitoring strategies and leverage the full Zabbix data collection and problem detection toolset across a wide range of monitoring endpoints.

Individual impact

The scope of the course covers not only Zabbix features, but also general monitoring techniques and protocols used across an assortment of different endpoints - from servers and network devices to applications and services. As a result, attendees will be able to choose a viable monitoring approach for different types of monitoring endpoints.

Course program

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Day 1

  • Zabbix main components
  • User interface overview
  • Setting up a personalized user profile
  • Zabbix definitions: items, triggers, etc.
  • Creating and configuring a host
  • User macros and tags
  • Data collection using simple and SSH checks
  • Zabbix agent, Zabbix agent2 plugins

Day 2

  • Zabbix agent active and passive mode
  • Making data human-readable with units and value maps
  • Data collection intervals
  • Data transformation using preprocessing
  • Problem detection using triggers
  • Cause and symptom problems, trigger dependencies

Day 3

  • Zabbix proxies
  • Working with templates
  • Data aggregation with calculated items
  • Bulk data collection using dependent items
  • HTTP data collection and synthetic web monitoring
  • Log file monitoring
  • SNMP monitoring
  • Database monitoring

Day 4

  • Java Monitoring
  • Inventory data collection
  • User management using user groups and roles
  • JIT provisioning with LDAP and SAML
  • Sending notifications and executing remote commands
  • Maintenance periods
  • Services monitoring (SLA)
  • Low-level discovery basics
  • Audit Overview

Day 5

  • Data visualization using graphs, maps, and dashboards
  • Zabbix reporting services
  • Zabbix performance tuning
  • Zabbix administrative settings
  • Zabbix releases

Zabbix Certified Specialist Exam

Certificates and gifts

For all attendees

Course
attendance certificate

For all attendees

Zabbix polo shirt

For passing the exam

Zabbix 7.0 Certified Specialist certificate and digital badge

For passing the exam

Zabbix Specialist pin

All indicated gifts (merchandise, etc.) provided post-training are guaranteed only in training courses organized by Zabbix SIA and Zabbix LLC. Gifts provided by Zabbix subsidiaries and partners may vary in their quantity and composition.

Public training schedule

14 Feb, 2025
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Certified User 7.0
French
IZI-IT
Steve Destivelle
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Online
IZI-IT
Steve Destivelle
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17 - 21 Feb, 2025
EET
09:00-18:00
Certified Specialist 7.0
English
Zabbix
Edgars Melveris
EET
09:00-18:00
Online
Zabbix
Edgars Melveris
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17 - 21 Feb, 2025
GMT-3
10:00-19:00
Certified Specialist 7.0
Spanish
Zabbix
Facundo Vilarnovo
GMT-3
10:00-19:00
Online
Zabbix
Facundo Vilarnovo
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17 - 21 Feb, 2025
EET
09:00-18:00
Certified Expert 7.0
English
Zabbix
Arturs Lontons
EET
09:00-18:00
Online
Zabbix
Arturs Lontons
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17 Feb, 2025
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Certified Professional Upgrade 7.0
French
UTAK
François-Hugues Mailliet
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Online
UTAK
François-Hugues Mailliet
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17 - 19 Feb, 2025
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Certified Professional 7.0
Dutch
Open-Future B.V.B.A
Patrik Uytterhoeven
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Online
Open-Future B.V.B.A
Patrik Uytterhoeven
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17 - 21 Feb, 2025
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Certified Specialist 7.0
Slovak
Axians Slovakia s.r.o.
Marek Konečný
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Online
Axians Slovakia s.r.o.
Marek Konečný
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17 - 21 Feb, 2025
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Certified Specialist 7.0
French
IZI-IT
Steve Destivelle
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
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IZI-IT
Steve Destivelle
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17 - 19 Feb, 2025
GMT-3
09:00-18:00
Certified Professional 7.0 7.0
Portuguese (br)
Unirede Inteligência em TI
Paulo Roberto Deolindo
GMT-3
09:00-18:00
Online
Unirede Inteligência em TI
Paulo Roberto Deolindo
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17 - 21 Feb, 2025
GMT+1
9:00-18:00
Certified Specialist 7.0
Italian
Quadrata Service Group s.r.l.
Dimitri Bellini
GMT+1
9:00-18:00
Online
Quadrata Service Group s.r.l.
Dimitri Bellini
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17 - 19 Feb, 2025
GMT+5
09:00-18:00
Certified Professional 7.0
Russian
Gals Software LLC
Anton Kasimov
GMT+5
09:00-18:00
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Gals Software LLC
Anton Kasimov
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17 - 21 Feb, 2025
GMT
09:00-18:00
Certified Specialist 7.0
English
Opensource ICT Solutions Limited
Nathan Liefting
GMT
09:00-18:00
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Opensource ICT Solutions Limited
Nathan Liefting
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18 Feb, 2025
EET
09:00-18:00
Certified User 7.0
English
Zabbix
Aigars Kadikis
EET
09:00-18:00
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Aigars Kadikis
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18 Feb, 2025
GMT+1
10:00-12:00
Certified Professional Upgrade 7.0
German
Inqbeo GmbH
Jochen Weschta
GMT+1
10:00-12:00
Germany Munich / Online
Inqbeo GmbH
Jochen Weschta
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19 Feb, 2025
PST
09:00-18:00
Certified User 7.0
English
Zabbix
Kārlis Saliņš
PST
09:00-18:00
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Zabbix
Kārlis Saliņš
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19 Feb, 2025
GMT+2
09:00-16:00
Certified Specialist Upgrade 7.0
Czech
initMAX s.r.o.
Tomas Hermanek
GMT+2
09:00-16:00
Czech Republic Prague / Online
initMAX s.r.o.
Tomas Hermanek
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24 - 26 Feb, 2025
EST
09:00-18:00
Certified Professional 7.0
English
Zabbix
Kārlis Saliņš
EST
09:00-18:00
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Zabbix
Kārlis Saliņš
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24 - 28 Feb, 2025
GMT+8
10:00-19:00
Certified Specialist 7.0
English
Zabbix
Aleksandrs Petrovs-Gavrilovs
GMT+8
10:00-19:00
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Zabbix
Aleksandrs Petrovs-Gavrilovs
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24 - 28 Feb, 2025
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Certified Specialist 7.0
Czech
initMAX s.r.o.
Tomas Hermanek
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Czech Republic Prague / Online
initMAX s.r.o.
Tomas Hermanek
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24 - 26 Feb, 2025
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Certified Professional 7.0
French
IZI-IT
Steve Destivelle
GMT+1
09:00-18:00
Online
IZI-IT
Steve Destivelle
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