Zabbix Network Monitoring - Second Edition

Information flow in Zabbix

We have now configured various things in the Zabbix frontend, including data gathering (Item), threshold definition (Trigger), and instructions on what to do if a threshold is exceeded (Action). But how does it all work together? The flow of information between Zabbix entities can be non-obvious at first glance. Let's look at a schematic showing how the pieces go together:

In our Zabbix server installation, we created a host (A test host), which contains an item (CPU load). A trigger references this item. Whenever the trigger expression matches the current item value, the trigger switches to the PROBLEM state. When it ceases ...