Overview
Zenoss Community Edition is an application, server, and network management platform for monitoring availability, inventory/configuration, performance, and events. It is based on the Zope application server.
This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at admins who wish to use Zenoss to monitor physical and virtual networks in the cloud and on-premise.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Install and configure Zenoss.
- Understand Zenoss’s real-time model for monitoring a network.
- Perform basic administrative tasks in Zenoss.
- Monitor devices, events, and service.
- Ensure top application performance.
Format of the Course
- Interactive lecture and discussion.
- Lots of exercises and practice.
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Requirements
- An general understanding of networking and server administration principles
- Experience with Linux command line
Audience
- System administrators
- Network administrators
Course Outline
Introduction
Overview of Zenoss Features and Architecture
- Real-time monitoring
- Modeling vs. Monitoring
Setting up Zenoss
- Installing, enabling browser access
- Configuring Zenoss Core
Getting Started
- Navigating the User Interface
- Using Zenoss Resource Manager
Monitoring Network Devices
- Working with SNMP, SSH, and WMI
- Time-series analysis of performance and anomalies
Monitoring Network Services
- Monitoring HTTP, POP3, NNTP, SNMP, FTP
Working with Monitoring Templates
- Configuring a monitoring template
- Creating a monitoring template
Monitoring Host Resources
- Monitoring processor and disk usage
Setting Alerts
- Using event management tools
- Creating rule sets, triggers, and on-call calendars
- Discovering network resources
- Detecting changes in network configuration
- Annotating system alerts
- Generating reports
Extending Zennoss
- Extending with ZenPacks
- Working with Nagios plug-in
- Monitoring Windows Systems
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion