Setting up triggers

Triggers are important in Zabbix because they notify you as to what's going on with your data. We want to get a trigger when our data reaches a certain threshold.

So, let's get started with setting up some cool triggers. There are loads of different options for defining triggers, but after reading this recipe you should be able to set up some of the most prominent triggers. Let's take your trigger experience to the next level!

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will need our Zabbix server ready and we will need a Linux host. I will use the lar-book-agent_simple host from the previous chapter because we already have some items on that.

We'll also need one more host that is monitored by Zabbix agent with the Zabbix agent template. We'll use one of the items on this host to create a trigger. This will be the lar-book-agent_passive host from the previous chapter.

On this host, we will already have some triggers available, but...