Configuring Zabbix
After the Zabbix server is installed and functioning, we have to set up e-mails so that we get automated e-mails whenever there is an issue. Zabbix 3.0 is able to send e-mails through SMTP. We can figure it out by navigating to the Administation | Media types menu and changing the SMTP information under Email. After the e-mail is configured, it is time to add some hosts or devices to start monitoring.
Configuring a host to monitor
In this section, we will see how to add a host, whether it is a Proxmox node or a virtual machine, to the Zabbix monitoring server. This procedure is the same for adding any host with a Zabbix agent installed. By default, the Zabbix server is added to the monitoring host. We are now going to add our example Proxmox node pm4-2 in Zabbix in order to be monitored. The following steps show how to add the host to Zabbix:
- Go to Configuration | Hosts and click on Create Host.
- Type in the Hostname and Visible name. The hostname must match with the hostname...
