Creating maps to keep an eye on infrastructure

Maps in Zabbix are a great way to get an overview of infrastructure—for instance, they're amazing for following traffic flows or seeing where something is going off in your environment. They're not only super-useful for network overviews but also for server management overviews, and even for a lot of cool customization.

Getting ready

We will need our Zabbix server, our SNMP-monitored host, and the templates from the previous recipe.

How to do it…

1. Let's start this recipe off by navigating to Configuration | Template and selecting our Linux by SNMP template.
2. Go to Discovery rules and then Item prototypes. Create the following item prototype by filling in the fields in the Item prototype creation page:

Figure 6.11 – Item prototype creation page

3. We'll also need to go to Tags to add a new tag, like the one in the following screenshot:

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