Zabbix Certified Specialist (ZCS) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Day 1

  • Intro: Functionality overview
  • Intro: Key Principles of Development
  • Intro: Important decisions
  • Architecture: Zabbix components
  • Architecture: Zabbix proxy overview
  • Preparations: Network time protocol, Timezone, Firewall, SELinux
  • Installation: Zabbix: Getting Zabbix
  • Installation: Zabbix: Requirements
  • Installation: DB: Database installation
  • Installation: DB: Zabbix database creation
  • Installation: Server: Installing Zabbix server from packages
  • Installation: Server: Command-line utilities
  • Installation: GUI: Installing Zabbix frontend from packages
  • Installation: Practical task
  • Installation: Server, DB, GUI: Trainers demonstration
  • Zabbix interface: Interface overview
  • Zabbix interface: User permissions
  • Zabbix interface: Global search
  • User profile: General settings
  • User profile: Color themes
  • User profile: User media
  • User profile: Messaging
  • User profile: Trainer demonstration
  • Administration: Create a new user
  • Administration: Practical task
  • Administration: Trainer demonstration
  • Definitions: List of terms used in Zabbix
  • Monitoring: Overview
  • Monitoring: Workflow
  • Monitoring: Hosts
  • Monitoring: Latest data
  • Monitoring: Latest data - Simple graphs
  • Monitoring: Latest data - Graphs for multiple elements
  • Monitoring: Applications
  • Configuration: Host
  • Configuration: Host naming
  • Configuration: Host groups
  • Configuration: Practical task
  • Configuration: Trainer demonstration
  • Data Collection: Items
  • Data Collection: Item keys
  • Data Collection: Item units
  • Data collection: Standard, flexible and scheduled item update intervals
  • Data collection: Value mapping
  • Data collection: History and trends
  • Data collection: Testing items from the frontend
  • Data collection: Item filters / mass edit
  • Data Collection: Check now / clear history
  • Data Collection: Preprocessing
  • Data Collection: Throttling
  • Data Collection: Not supported items
  • Data Collection: Agent-less monitoring
  • Data Collection: Simple checks
  • Data Collection: ICMP Checks
  • Data Collection: Practical task
  • Data Collection: Trainer demonstration

Day 2

  • Agent Installation: Intro
  • Agent Installation: Linux
  • Agent Installation: Using packages
  • Agent Installation: Agent for Windows, MacOS
  • Agent Installation: Zabbix agent 2 overview
  • Agent Installation: Practical task
  • Agent Installation: Trainer demonstration
  • Data Collection: Zabbix agent passive checks
  • Data Collection: Zabbix agent active checks
  • Data Collection: Command-line utilities: zabbix_get
  • Data Collection: Practical task
  • Data Collection: Trainer demonstration
  • Data Collection: Q&A
  • Monitoring Windows: Zabbix agent on Windows
  • Monitoring Windows: Event logs
  • Monitoring Windows: Performance counters
  • Monitoring Windows: WMI queries
  • Macros: Built-in macros
  • Macros: User macros
  • Problem detection: Triggers
  • Problem detection: Trigger expressions and functions
  • Problem detection: Trigger expression constructor
  • Problem detection: Trigger expression testing
  • Problem detection: Closing and acknowledging problems
  • Problem detection: Trigger dependencies
  • Problem detection: Advanced problem detection
  • Problem detection: Practical task
  • Problem detection: Trainer demonstration
  • Event tags: Defining custom tags
  • Event tags: Multiple tag levels
  • Event tags: Use cases
  • Templates: Template properties
  • Templates: Template linking
  • Templates: Multiple template levels
  • Templates: Practical task
  • Templates: Trainer demonstration
  • Data collection: Agent user parameters
  • Data collection: Practical task
  • Data collection: Trainer demonstration

Day 3

  • Data collection: Zabbix sender
  • Data collection: Practical task
  • Data collection: SSH checks
  • Data collection: Telnet checks
  • Data collection: Practical task
  • Data collection: HTTP Checks
  • Data collection: Practical task
  • Data collection: Trainer demonstration
  • Dependent items: Definition
  • Dependent items: Master item setup
  • Dependent items: Dependent item setup
  • Dependent items: Practical task
  • Dependent items: Trainer demonstration
  • Data collection: Calculated checks
  • Data collection: Practical task
  • Data collection: Aggregate checks
  • Data collection: Practical task
  • Data collection: SNMP monitoring
  • Data collection: SNMP interfaces
  • Data collection: SNMP OIDs and MIBs
  • Data collection: SNMP command-line utilities
  • Data collection: SNMP troubleshooting
  • Data collection: SNMP traps
  • Data collection: Practical task
  • Data collection: Trainer demonstration
  • Data collection: Log file monitoring
  • Data collection: Log file monitoring item types
  • Data collection: Triggers for log monitoring
  • Data collection: Advanced log file monitoring
  • Data collection: Log monitoring notes
  • Data collection: Practical task
  • Data collection: Trainer demonstration
  • Data collection: Web scenarios
  • Data collection: Web scenario steps
  • Data collection: Web scenario reports
  • Data collection: Web scenario triggers
  • Data collection: Practical task
  • Data collection: Trainer demonstration

Day 4

  • Reports: System information
  • Reports: Availability reports
  • Reports: Top triggers
  • Reports: Trainer demonstration
  • Inventory: Inventory modes
  • Inventory: Auto collection
  • Inventory: Overview
  • Inventory: Details
  • Inventory: Practical task
  • Inventory: Trainer demonstration
  • Notifications: Media types
  • Notifications: Message templates
  • Notifications: User media setup
  • Actions: Functionality
  • Actions: Conditions
  • Actions: Operations and steps
  • Actions: Recovery and update operations
  • Actions: Escalations
  • Actions: Using macros
  • Actions: Troubleshooting
  • Actions: Practical task
  • Actions: Trainer demonstration
  • Actions: Internal actions
  • Actions: Detection of misconfiguration
  • Actions: Practical task
  • Actions: Trainer demonstration
  • Notifications: Custom media types
  • Notifications: Practical task
  • Maintenance: Functionality
  • Maintenance: Maintenance periods
  • Maintenance: Host- and trigger-based maintenance
  • Maintenance: Pause operations during maintenance
  • Maintenance: Practical task
  • Maintenance: Trainer demonstration
  • Business-level monitoring: Services
  • Business-level monitoring: Parent - child relationships
  • Business-level monitoring: SLA calculation
  • Business-level monitoring: Reports
  • Business-level monitoring: Uptime and Downtime
  • Business-level monitoring: Practical task
  • Business-level monitoring: Trainer demonstration
  • Low-level discovery: Overview
  • Low-level discovery: Workflow
  • Low-level discovery: Example
  • Low-level discovery: Practical task
  • Low-level discovery: Trainer demonstration
  • Configuration export: XML import/export
  • Automation: Network discovery overview
  • Automation: Autoregistration overview
  • Automation: Zabbix API overview
  • Backups: Best practices

Day 5

  • Zabbix server health: Using templates
  • Zabbix server health: Main internal components
  • Zabbix server health: Built-in dashboard
  • Zabbix server health: Trainer demonstration
  • Configuration files: Overview
  • Administration: General settings
  • Administration: Housekeeping settings
  • Administration: Global regular expressions
  • Administration: Macros
  • Administration: Trigger severities and options
  • Administration: Proxies
  • Administration: User groups
  • Administration: Special user groups
  • Administration: Permissions
  • Administration: Frontend scripts
  • Administration: Audit
  • Administration: Action log
  • Administration: Queue
  • Administration: Practical task
  • Administration: Trainer demonstration
  • Data visualization: Custom graphs
  • Data visualization: Practical task
  • Data visualization: Trainer demonstration
  • Data visualization: Map constructor
  • Data visualization: Icon mapping on maps
  • Data visualization: Map hierarchy
  • Data visualization: Permissions
  • Data visualization: Problem display options
  • Data visualization: Trainer demonstration
  • Data visualization: Practical task
  • Data visualization: Screens
  • Data visualization: Slideshows
  • Data visualization: Dashboards
  • Data visualization: Trainer demonstration
  • Data visualization: Practical task
  • Discussions: Q&A session
  • Course attendance certificate
  • Zabbix 5.0 Certified Specialist Exam
  • Zabbix 5.0 Certified Specialist Certificate