Using the new Zabbix Geomap widget

Now that we have seen how to create dashboards in the previous recipe, let's set up another dashboard. We'll use this one to create a full-fledged geographical overview of some of our hosts in Zabbix. We'll do this by using the Zabbix inventory functionality we have just learned how to use.

Getting ready

All we need for this recipe is our Zabbix setup with access to the frontend. It is also smart to follow the previous two recipes about dashboards and inventory. If you have not followed those yet, it is recommended to follow them first.

How to do it…

Using the Zabbix Geomap functionality is quite easy. We simply need to use our Zabbix inventory on our hosts in combination with a dashboard widget:

1. First, let's navigate to our Configuration | Hosts page and edit one of our hosts. I'll be using the lar-book-templated_snmp host.
2. Go to the Inventory tab and make sure that it is set to Manual or Automatic...