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Latest Data
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LATEST DATA
Monitoring > Latest data
Performance data for a
selected server/group
Simple graphs
Plain text information
Config details
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LATEST DATA

In the top right, there is a time period selector

It allows to select required period with a mouse click
This allows to show values for specific time period
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SIMPLE GRAPHS
History ( raw data )

Trends (min, max, avg)

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SIMPLE GRAPHS
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SIMPLE GRAPHS
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SIMPLE GRAPHS
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Tags vs Applications
Group of items
One application, many items
One item, many applications
Since Zabbix 5.4 - Aplications moved to Item Tags
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Graphs and Classic graphs
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CUSTOM GRAPHS (LEGACY)

Configuration > Templates > Graphs
Multiple items in a single customized graph
Multiple graph types
Normal
Stacked
Pie
Exploded pie
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CUSTOM GRAPHS (LEGACY)

Legend, working time, trigger line, percentile lines
(left/right)

Automatic, fixed or referenced Y axis min/max

Multiple items on two axis with different colors &

draw styles
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CUSTOM GRAPHS (LEGACY)

Ability to select what values will be displayed for Trend graphs:
avg - display the average values
last - display the latest values
max - display the maximum values
min - display the minimum values
all - display all possible values
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CUSTOM GRAPHS (NEW)

In version 4.0 the graph widget was updated to use redesigned new graphs!
Legacy graph widget has been renamed to Graph (classic)
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CUSTOM GRAPHS (NEW)

Uses vector image file format
Displaying of values is based on Data sets, which are comprised of hosts and items
Wildcard use is supported when referencing hosts/items!

Parameters of a Data set element can be overriden in the “ Overrides” section

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CUSTOM GRAPHS (NEW)

The following graph types are supported for the New graph:
Line
Points
Staircase
Bar
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Maps
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MAPS
A Map is a graphical representation of data
Real-time data can be shown (e.g. CPU load,
bandwidth, etc.)
If some event occurs, icon status or link color
on the map is changed automatically
Access to scripts, as well as links to other
pages
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MAPS
Configuration for the entities is available under Monitoring
All users in Zabbix (including non-admin users) can create network maps
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MAPS
Map properties: Icon mapping Map elements:
Image
Name, dimensions Min. trigger severity
Trigger
Background image URLs
Host
Icon highlighting
Host group
Icon label type and
location Map
Shape
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MAPS
Different icons for different states
Custom URLs & labels
Drag and drop editing
Moving and copy-pasting
Icon alignment, macro expanding
Map links with labels and different styles
Macros in labels for elements and links
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MAPS None Highlight Mark Don't expand All

OK

Disabled

Problem

Recent
problem
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MAPS – ACKNOWLEDGE Status

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MAPS - Icons
Icons are used to represent map elements:
Host - icon representing status of all triggers of the host
Map - icon representing status of all elements of a map
Trigger - icon representing status of one or more triggers
Host group - icon representing status of all triggers of all hosts belonging to the
selected group or host group elements
Image - an icon, not linked to any resource
To add an element to map user must have at least read permission
Map elements that user does not have read permission to are displayed with a greyed-
out icon
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MAPS - Shapes
In addition to icons, it is also possible to add shapes
Shapes are just a visual representation
For example, a rectangle shape can be used as a background to group some hosts
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MAPS - CUSTOM ICONS AND BACKGROUNDS

You can upload your own custom icons/backgrounds in the Administration – General – Images section!

Select the Type of the image that you wish to upload

Upload the image

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MAPS - HINTS
You can define map hierarchy by using submaps
To display data on Elements or links, use map labels, ex: {?last(/{HOST.HOST}/system.cpu.load)} or
{?last(/WiFi/net.if.out[ifHCOutOctets.1])}
If links are the same color as the background, they will appear only when a problem is active!
Use macros in URL’s: {$HOST.CONN}, {$HOST.IP}, {$HOST.DNS}
By default the links are a straight line - route links by using invisible icons or shapes
Use icon mappings to assign icons to matching hosts automatically
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Icon Mapping
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Icon Mapping
Map elements can have different icons assigned to them
It is possible to map Icons to host elements automatically by using icon mapping
Icon mapping is based on Host inventory values
Icon map has to be defined in Administration – Icon mapping
The specific Icon map has to be selected in the map Properties section
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Icon Mapping
You can use host inventory to either populate the inventory values manually or automatically

Populate inventory value manually

Populate inventory value from item

In Automatic mode, the inventory values are obtained from any item on the host
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Icon Mapping
Create the Icon map

Assign the icon map to your map

Select “Automatic icon selection” on your host element

If the “Automatic icon selection” is greyed out, make sure that the icon map is assigned in the map properties
section!
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Dashboards and Widgets
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Dashboards
Zabbix Dashboard is your central points of monitoring.
You can have a wide variety of different dashboards for different user groups:
A dashboard for your networking team
An infrastructure overview dashboard based on your Zabbix maps
A dashboard displaying live statistics of your business, e.g: website traffic
And much, much more!
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Widgets
Dashboards consist of widgets.
Widgets can represent data related to wide variety of different Zabbix elements, for example:
Graphs
Problems
Maps
Latest data
External sites
….
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Widgets
Most of the widgets can be filtered by hosts, host groups, items, triggers and customized in other ways:
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Widgets
Some widgets are interactive. For example, you can use a Map navigation tree widget to switch between maps:
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Widgets - Geomap
The Geomap widget allows you to display your hosts and problems on a geographical map
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Widgets – Top Hosts

The Top hosts widget can be used to display a list of Top N or
Bottom N hosts sorted by an item value
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Widgets – Item value

The single item widget allows you to display values
for a single metric
Can be used in template dashboard
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Rebranding
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Rebranding
Customize your Zabbix instance to represent your organization.
Replace the existing Zabbix branding and Help page URL with your
own organization branding and a custom website URL.
The rebranding feature does not violate the Zabbix license
agreement - you're free to replace the Zabbix branding at your
leisure!

local/conf/brand.conf.php

<?php
return [
'BRAND_LOGO' => './images/custom_logo.png',
'BRAND_LOGO_SIDEBAR' => './images/custom_logo_sidebar.png',
'BRAND_LOGO_SIDEBAR_COMPACT' => './images/custom_logo_sidebar_compact.png',
'BRAND_FOOTER' => ‚© initMAX',
'BRAND_HELP_URL' => 'https://www.initmax.cz/help/'
];
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