Exploring the frontend

Although we have already looked at some data provided by the frontend, we should get a bit more familiar with it before attempting some more configuration tasks.

Configuration steps will be followed by verifying results in the Monitoring section. We will then explain some generic item terms used in Zabbix and their uses. Items, being the basis of information gathering, have a fair amount of configuration possibilities.

In your browser, open Zabbix's root URL (http://<server_ip_or_name>/zabbix), and log in again if you have been logged out. You should now see a pretty empty dashboard with little information:

Click on the entries of the top menu bar and observe how the lower menu bar shows subentries of the chosen category. Click on Configuration, and then click on Host groups in the second-level menu—here, all configured host groups are shown. You will be using these menus a lot, so in the future, we'll refer to the action we just performed as Configuration | Host...