Category Archives: Monitoring

Monitoring current RX and TX network interface buffers in Zabbix

One day after restarting the Ubuntu server, due to the long start of a large number of network interfaces, my script which increased the values of the buffers and also performed other settings was performed ahead of time, respectively, the changes did not apply and I found out about this problem only after 24 hours, so I decided monitor current RX and TX buffers.

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NetData installation

NetData – monitoring system that displays real-time statistics on web panels.

On the test, I will install NetData on Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 16.04.
Before installing, you can upgrade the system:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

If Ubuntu version is 18.04 and newer, then NetData is installed with the command:

sudo apt-get install netdata

After installation, the configuration will be in /etc/netdata/, the logs in /var/log/netdata/.

On Ubuntu 16.04 and older, you can install as follows (the installation will be done in /opt/netdata/):

sudo bash <(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart-static64.sh)

Restart NetData can command:

sudo systemctl restart netdata

View status:

sudo systemctl status netdata
sudo ps ax | grep netdata

After installing NetData, you can immediately open it in the browser http://HOST:19999
I recommend to immediately restrict access to the tcp port 19999, for example through iptables.

Zabbix notifications by phone via Asterisk

One night at the station, the air conditioners turned off and the temperature started to rise, naturally, I received email notifications on the phone, but since it was night, I only saw them in the morning, so it was necessary for such an emergency to quickly make the possibility of phone call notifications.

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