Nesting Zabbix templates

Using a simple template per device or group of devices is in most cases the best practice way to create Zabbix templates, but it isn’t the only way. We can also use nested templates to break pieces of them apart and put them back together in the highest template in the hierarchy.

In this recipe, we’ll go over how to configure this and why.

Getting ready

We are going to need our Zabbix server, our SNMP-monitored host, and the template we created in the previous recipe.

How to do it…

1. Let’s start by navigating to our Data collection | Templates page and clicking the Create template button in the top-right corner.
2. We are going to create a new template for monitoring the uptime of our SNMP host. Input the following information:

Figure 5.43 – New template creation page for uptime with SNMP

3. Next, we are going to click the Add button and click our Custom Linux uptime by...