Zabbix Certified Expert

Zabbix Certified Expert (ZCE)

The Zabbix Certified Expert course will teach you how to deploy, tune, secure and upgrade your Zabbix components. You will learn how to use the Zabbix API, high-availability features, as well as database partitioning. In addition, attendees will gain a full understanding of internal Zabbix processes, their impact on Zabbix performance, and the steps required to tune them in accordance with Zabbix workloads.

Acquired skills and knowledge

  • Tune your Zabbix database to ensure optimal performance when monitoring tens of thousands of monitoring endpoints
  • Upgrade to the latest Zabbix release with minimal downtime
  • Configure SELinux and add an additional layer of security to your Zabbix servers
  • Encrypt connections to and from your Zabbix instance with TLS certificate encryption
  • Secure your most sensitive credentials in an external HashiCorp vault
  • Configure SNMPv3 monitoring for your network devices, servers and other hardware
  • Integrate Zabbix with LDAP/SAML or configure custom HTTP authentication
  • Understand the internal Zabbix inter-process communication logic and database structure
  • Automate tasks such as host onboarding/offboarding and configuration updates with Zabbix API
  • Write Zabbix API scripts to integrate Zabbix with external systems

Certificates

  • Course attendance certificate
  • Zabbix 7.0 Certified Expert certificate (after passing the exam)

Information

grade Level: 4
calendar_clock Duration: 5 days
checklist Requirements: ZCP

Events

  • event 22.04. - 26.04.2024
  • event 11.11. - 15.11.2024
3650,00 € (excl. VAT)
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Training program

  • Installation: Zabbix upgrade
  • Installation: Zabbix source code
  • Administration: Zabbix and SELinux
  • Security: Using SSL certificates
  • Security: Database connection encryption
  • Security: Zabbix and HashiCorp Vault
  • Security: Internal communication encryption

  • Security: MySQL DB connection encryption
  • Security: PostgreSQL DB connection encryption
  • Security: Internal communication encryption with PSK
  • Security: Internal communication encryption with Certificates
  • Security: Using custom cipher for encryption
  • Data collection: SNMPv3 monitoring
  • Administration: External authentication (LDAP, SAML)

  • Programming: Zabbix communication protocol
  • Administration: Zabbix database structure
  • Programming: Zabbix API overview
  • Programming: Zabbix API authentication
  • Programming: Zabbix API methods
  • Programming: Zabbix API output
  • Programming: Zabbix API filters
  • Programming: Zabbix API modules
  • Programming: Zabbix loadable modules
  • Programming: Zabbix frontend modules

  • Administration: Zabbix server startup/shutdown behavior
  • Administration: Data collection internals
  • Administration: High availability internals
  • Administration: Configuration syncer internals
  • Administration: Preprocessing internals
  • Administration: Low-level discovery internals
  • Administration: VMware monitoring internals
  • Administration: Zabbix self-monitoring
  • Administration: Zabbix tasks
  • Administration: Event and data processing
  • Administration: Housekeeper internals
  • Administration: Proxy communication

  • Administration: Autoregistration internals
  • Administration: Network discovery internals
  • Administration: Advanced IT services configuration
  • Data collection: Storing history in Elasticsearch
  • Overview: What's new in 6.2
  • Zabbix 6.0 Certified Expert Exam
  • Zabbix 6.0 Certified Expert Certificate