Zabbix

ZABBIX

ZABBIX 1.1 alpha 6 running under Linux
Developer(s)	ZABBIX SIA
Stable release	1.6.4 / April 2009
Preview release	1.5.4 / August 2008
Repository	git.zabbix.com/scm/zbx/zabbix.git
Written in	C (server), PHP (frontend)
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Network management system
License	GNU General Public License
Website	http://www.zabbix.com/

ZABBIX is a network management system application created by Alexei Vladishev. It is designed to monitor and track the status of various network services, servers, and other network hardware.

It uses MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite or Oracle to store data. Its backend is written in C and the web frontend is written in PHP. ZABBIX offers several monitoring options. Simple checks can verify the availability and responsiveness of standard services such as SMTP or HTTP without installing any software on the monitored host. A ZABBIX agent can also be installed on UNIX and Windows hosts to monitor statistics such as CPU load, network utilization, disk space, etc. As an alternative to installing an agent on hosts, ZABBIX includes support for monitoring via SNMP, TCP and ICMP checks, IPMI and custom parameters. ZABBIX supports a variety of real-time notification mechanisms, including Jabber.

Released under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License, ZABBIX is free software.

See also

• Comparison of network monitoring systems

References

• Vidmar, Anže (March 12 2007). ZABBIX: State-of-the-art network monitoring Linux.com
• Ramm, Mark (March 15 2005). The Watcher Knows, Linux Magazine
• Schroder, Carla (May 24 2005). Monitor Your Net with Free, High-Performance ZABBIX, Enterprise Networking Planet
• ZABBIX - monitoring your applications,network and servers debianhelp.co.uk (Installation Instructions for Debian or Ubuntu Machines)

External links

• www.zabbix.com
• ZABBIX forums
• ZABBIX Demo
• Collection of templates for zabbix (under development)