SubVS: Monitor Servers with Ubuntu and Zabbix

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 2, 2006

“Zabbix is a nifty service monitoring application that also
keeps a history of each machine, so it can be used for trend
analysis as well as ‘normal’ monitoring. It can be used to monitor
just about anything, and uses a client agent for windows, linux,
BSD, Solaris and others. I use it for an easy to use overview of
how all the servers are keeping, and its useful to have a look at
when users start moaning, because at a glance you can see what is
happening. It can also send alerts based on a huge range of
criteria, so you could know before the users even get a chance to
moan…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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