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.
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-fastervagrant plugin install vagrant-cachier
To set up the Zabbix lab environment, follow these steps:
- Clone this repository to your local machine:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/zabbix-lab.git
- Navigate to the cloned repository directory:
cd zabbix-lab
- Start the Vagrant environment:
vagrant up
This command will read the Vagrantfile, download the required box images, and provision the VMs as configured.
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:
- Access the Zabbix web interface by navigating to
http://192.168.56.101(assuming192.168.56.101is the IP configured for the Zabbix server VM in yourVagrantfile). - Log in with the default Zabbix credentials (usually
Adminfor the username andzabbixfor the password). - Begin configuring your monitoring environment by adding hosts, items, and triggers.
You can customize the lab environment by editing the Vagrantfile. This includes changing the number of nodes, their configurations (CPUs, memory), and network settings.